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The political and structural context of the police murder of...
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Malawi: From ACB Statements - How Malawi Judges Rejected K100m to Deliver Electoral Justice
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PSC concerned over impact of government's non-payment of SMMEs during Covid-19 crisis
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Nigeria: UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Borno
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Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )
William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in
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Officials are first to call for Huizar to resign from council
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Lesotho: 'We Need Political Stability for Economic Revival'
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Nigeria - Dozens Killed in Terrorist Attack
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Kenya: Senator Haji Leads Pastoralists PG in Defending Duale Against Kega-Led Onslaught
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Nigeria: Key Points From Buhari's Democracy Speech
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Huizar arrested on federal corruption charges
LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Jose Huizar, long considered the central figure in a nearly two-year federal bribery and corruption probe at City Hall, has been arrested at his Boyle Heights
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Nigeria: Still a Fragile Nation
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MBUGUA: We need stricter regulations for private equity fund
While the seven labour laws of 2007 and the Employment and Labour Relations Court provide for both legal and institutional frameworks for protection of workers, there are far too many cases of employers trampling on employees’ rights, begging the question whether more stringent regulations need to
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Netanyahu lashes out at graft charges
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Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria
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Jihadists kill 7 soldiers in Nigeria attacks
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ACC concludes investigation into allegation of misappropriation of COVID-19 funds
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(1871) Congressman Robert C. DeLarge, “Speech on the Enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment”
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New Orleans’ First Black District Attorney Eddie Jordan Jr.
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