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Under pressure, Niger criminalized slavery in 2003, but about 43,000 people are still thought to be held as slaves. In March 2005, a public ceremony freeing 7,000 slaves was planned, but at the last minute the government reversed itself, denying that slavery existed in the
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No charges after voting fraud investigation –
TALLAHASSEE – State law-enforcement officials found “no evidence of fraudulent intent” by the Florida Democratic Party after more than a year-long investigation into alleged vote-by-mail fraud, records
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Ida B. Wells and Her Anti-Lynching Campaign
African-American journalist Ida B. Wells went to heroic lengths in the late 1890s to document the horrifying practice of lynching blacks. Her groundbreaking work, which included collecting statistics in a practice that today is called data journalism, established that the lawless killing of blacks
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US moves to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers
The US commerce department said it was amending an export rule to “strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain US software and
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Hotel Industry Sets Out New Coronavirus Safety Guidelines – Free Press of Jacksonville
As states begin to ease up on stay-at-home restrictions, hotels around the country are preparing for travelers amid the coronavirus pandemic as travelers worry about
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Zimbabwe: Corruption in Issuance of Exemption Letters Exposed
Government has unearthed corruption in the issuance of exemptions letters for travellers during the Covid-19 lockdown by officials in the Gweru District Development
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Jumaane Williams demands schools clear families probed for skipping online school | New York Carib News
Jumaane Williams demands schools clear families probed for skipping online school
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Ghana: Stepping Up Fight Against Illegal Border Crossing Amidst COVID - 19
This clearly shows that illegal border-crossing during the pandemic increased the risk of importing COVID-19 cases into the country and therefore the foreign nationals, who are mostly farm hands entering the country despite the border closure through illegal routes, must be
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Source: allAfrica.com
ZimParks rehabilitates Bulilima dam
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) is rehabilitating part of Mabhongwane Dam at the border with Botswana in Bulilima West, as a long-term measure to control marauding elephants in the
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Shooter killed, 1 sailor hurt at Texas naval station
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — An armed person wounded a sailor at a Texas naval air station Thursday before being killed by security forces, officials
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Georgia Law Officials Are Looking For Answers After Two Sisters Found Dead Under Bridge
Georgia law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in the tragic death of two stepsisters, Truvenia Campbell, 31, and Vanita
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Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per
Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast Asia. The report said 12.5 per cent of all soldiers killed in Vietnam since 1961 were Black.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks , in full Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (born June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kan., U.S.—died Dec. 3, 2000, Chicago, Ill.), American poet whose works deal with the everyday life of urban blacks. She was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950), and in 1968 she was named
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NAACP report
NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said
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Health safety experts identify 8 types of misdiagnosis in COVID-19 era
HOUSTON – (May 18, 2020) – As healthcare systems handle the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of misdiagnosing a patient
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Gov’t not at fault for miscarriage – Tufton
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the decision to cancel Medevac helicopter support for the mother of two who suffered a miscarriage while aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Adventure of the Seas was made by authorities on the
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City of Dallas 2019 Drinking Water Quality Report | Dallas Weekly
City of Dallas 2019 Drinking Water Quality Report
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Pandemic Halts Vaccination for Nearly 80 Million Children | Afro
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Kenya: Senators Want Broke Kenyans Stranded Abroad Evacuated
Nairobi — The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on coronavirus has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the evacuation of broke Kenyans living abroad, with priority given to
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Kenya: Between the Lines
The story was about Kelvin' Ochieng', a young man who had ended up homeless on the rough streets of Nairobi after graduating with a first-class honours in actuarial
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Unions to produce own report on school reopening
Teachers’ and lecturers’ unions, together have partnered with the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and engaged medical experts to help develop a report on the reopening of learning
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CBK seen capping premium on reopened 5-year bond
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COVID Crisis: The Black Press is Doing What It Does – On Budgets Spread Thin – Voice and Viewpoint
Recognizing that Blacks lacked access to public print media, the Rev. Samuel Cornish and the Rev. John B. Russworm bonded and emerged from within that assembly with a plan: To produce the nation’s first Black newspaper titled The
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Georgia Man Ahmaud Arbery, Shot and Killed — Jogging While Black
“The decision to rely on the citizen’s arrest statute is really a recent invention, prior to that they just simply said it was self-defense,” Merritt told CNN, adding that the men are trying to use the law to say they were trying to stop
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Low-income areas will struggle to contain Covid-19
A s the Covid-19 crisis continues, a new report suggests that it will be hard to control the spread of the virus in low-income
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An unarmed Black man may get shot while jogging, a beautiful Black woman might get gunned down in her own home for no justifiable reason or a young, Black boy might get murdered for going to the corner store to get a can of tea and a bag of
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NBA confirms talks to restart season at Disney site
The NBA confirmed yesterday that talks are underway with Disney to restart the season this summer in
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Trump Keeps Raising 'Obamagate.' What's That?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of seeking to damage his presidency, repeatedly referring to it as “Obamagate” but offering no
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Kenya: Counties Ramping Up Efforts to Contain Spread of Coronavirus
A month ago, President Kenyatta, while delivering an address on the virus, said the county governments were well placed to lead the fight against the pandemic given that they have "continued to show the power to
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