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Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) trailing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate. Scheduled for Wednesday, the vote went on until Saturday due to logistical and technical hitches
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Aggrieved members of the Liberia Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (LAMLT) have expressed disappointment over the 'unfair' handling of the association's election.
The hostility toward Big Tech was on display from both Democrats and Republicans during last week’s antitrust hearing. And despite expectations, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had thoroughly prepared. “It was not a great day for the tech companies,” said Paul Gallant, an industry analyst at Cowen & Co. “[Lawmakers] were remarkably well-versed […]
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By Staff Reporter The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has slapped sanctions on Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his Sakunda Holdings for allegedly providing support to the Zanu PF regime. “Tagwirei and other Zimbabwean elites have derailed economic development and harmed the Zimbabwean people through corruption,” said Deputy Secretary Justin G. Muzinich. “The United States supports the economic well-being of the Zimbabwean people and will target repressive and corrupt acts and graft by Zimbabwean politicians and their financiers.” The announcement just after the second anniversary of the killing of six civilians by the army as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government violently cracked down on post-election demonstrations on August 1 in 2018. OFAC said Tagwirei (51) had longstanding associations to the ruling party in Zimbabwe and high-level Government of Zimbabwe officials, including the current President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa (Mnangagwa), and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. The two leaders were put on the sanctions list in March 2003. “Tagwirei has utilized his relationships with high level Zimbabwean officials to gain state contracts and receive favored access to hard currency, including U.S. dollars. In turn, Tagwirei has provided high priced items, such as expensive cars, to senior-level Zimbabwean government officials,” it said, describing him as a corrupt businessman. “Since former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s 2017 departure, Tagwirei used a combination of opaque business dealings and his ongoing relationship with President Mnangagwa to grow his business empire dramatically and rake in millions of U.S. dollars.” OFAC removed the late John Bredenkamp and 20 companies associated with him from the sanctions list.
Fredrick, Maryland resident James Dale Reedwas arrested last Friday for threatening to kidnap and kill Democratic presidential nomineeJoe Bidenand his running mateKamala Harris, according toThe New York Times. It was reported that on Oct. 4, James Dale Reed left a handwritten note on a Biden-Harris […]
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated. Americans cringed. After the presidential candidates put on one of the noisiest, most chaotic debates in recent memory, voters across the country struggled for words – printable words – to describe the display. Many went first to profanities. Others landed on more polite, but still biting, terms for the live, prime-time event, long considered […]
Although it was originally supposed to provide an opportunity for workers to meet and develop their political power, Labor Day has become little more than a paid vacation. However, on Labor Day this year, voters who work for a living, even those whose employment has been interrupted by Covid-19, would do well to ponder the classic Election Day question: “Will you be better off with a Democratic or a Republican president?”
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Content Last Updated: 01/30/2012
Issues of faith and religion come to the forefront quite often during elections and presidential campaigns. In preparation for the 2012 elections, Im providing a faith snapshot of each of the presidential candidates. This project will be updated as I find additional faith-related statements from the candidates. Please check back often!
Barack Obamas Political Profile:
Party: Democratic
Age: 50
Education:
Columbia University, B.A.
Harvard Law School, J.D.
Current Position: President of the United States
Experience: Attorney, Illinois State Senator
Declared Candidacy: April 4, 2011
Website: BarackObama.com
Barack Obamas Faith Snapshot:
Religion/Church: Former member of the United Church of Christ.*
President Barack Obama was not raised in a religious household. Like his mother, he said he grew up with a healthy skepticism of organized religion. His father was born Muslim but became an atheist as an adult. His mothers family members were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists. It was after college that he encountered a spiritual dilemma. Realizing something was missing in his life, he felt drawn to be in church.
Obama said he had begun to sense God beckoning him to submit to his will and dedicate himself to discovering truth. So one day he walked down the aisle at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and affirmed his Christian faith.
Remaining a member of the church for 20 years, Trinity, Obama said, is where he found Jesus Christ, where he and Michelle were married, and where his children were baptized.
In a Call to Renewal Keynote Address in June 2006, Obama referred to himself as a progressive Christian.
During Obamas 2008 presidential campaign, the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
, made headlines for what many considered highly offensive and controversial remarks from the pulpit. Distancing himself from his pastor, Obama publicly denounced Wrights comments as divisive and racially charged.
*In May 2008, Obama
As black smoke billowed into the sky, Shiva Karout stepped out of his gym with his colleagues and customers to watch. His gym, Barbell House, sits just across the coastal highway from Beirut’s port where a fire raged. They were curious. Then a first boom shook them, and curiosity turned to fear realizing how close they were. “We got a […]
A new regulatory framework for space activities is under consideration, as Nairobi and Rome prepare for fresh cooperation.
The governors met yesterday in Naivasha and revealed they were working on a pre-election pact.
Lobbying firms, public interest advocates and some California constitutionalists are concerned about what would happen if the Legislature approves a rule that would allow lawmakers to vote in their absence. They are also urging Californians to vote ‘no’ on a similar measure that might make it to the November ballot as a proposition. “It has been widely reported that the Assembly is going to consider a ‘rule’ allowing ‘proxy voting’ […]
Former Fifa employee Veron Mosengo-Omba has been appointed the new General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). The Swiss-Congolese replaces Morocco's Abdel Bah, who had occupied the role in an acting capacity since March 2020. Mosengo-Omba has left his role at Fifa, 'with immediate effect' according to the global body, where he had recently been working as Chief Member Associations officer. 'On behalf of all of Fifa, we would like to thank Veron Mosengo-Omba for his excellent work,' said Fifa President Gianni Infantino and General Secretary Fatma Samoura in a joint statement on Saturday. Véron Mosengo-Omba appointed CAF General Secretary - https://t.co/mCBIq7dutB - FIFA Media (@fifamedia) March 13, 2021 '[We] wish him the very best of luck in his next challenge as Caf General Secretary. Fifa also looks forward to working with him on future projects in helping to project African football to the summit of world football.' Mosengo-Omba's appointment will raise further questions about the role of football's world governing body in Friday's African elections. An old friend of Infantino after the pair read law together at university, the Swiss-Congolese was one of two Fifa employees spotted talking to the four then presidential candidates in Morocco two weeks ago. In the Moroccan capital Rabat, it was mooted that Patrice Motsepe would become the new Caf president with the other three assuming secondary roles. That has now come to pass with Senegalese Augustin Senghor and Mauritania's Ahmed Yahya being named first and second Caf vice-president when the body's new Executive Committee met for the first time on Saturday. Congratulations Mr. Veron Mosengo-Omba for your appointment as the new General Secretary of @CAF_Online . The DR Congo National was appointed today by the new CAF Executive. pic.twitter.com/mNgq6j6Vrs - FUFA (@OfficialFUFA) March 13, 2021 When Senghor withdrew his candidacy, he said he had joined his onetime rivals in standing aside after accepting 'the proposal submitted to us by Fifa, Morocco and Egypt in the superior interest of the unity of African football'. BBC Sport Africa has twice asked Fifa why Mosengo-Omba and Fifa's Deputy General Secretary Mathias Grafstrom were meeting with the candidates in Rabat on 27-28 February, but has not received a direct answer. A quote by Infantino was suggested instead, with the Fifa president having said, on 6 March, when explaining his widespread travels across Africa in recent weeks: 'It is no secret that Caf has been facing some difficult times. 'So it is an opportunity to look forward to speak with everyone, to try to help African football in whichever way we can,' he replied, having also been asked if Fifa had a preferred candidate. 'I personally spoke with all four candidates for the presidency and many other presidents of associations, and I can confirm there is plenty of common ground between them.' After Caf's General Assembly voted to its vice-presidential tally from three to five, Djibouti's Suleiman Waberi, Cameroonian Seidou Mbombo Nj
During a segment on defunding the police, West unloaded on civil rights attorney and frequent Fox contributor Leo Terrell.
West started his response by recognizing the heaviness of the day, stating that hours before the segment, George Floyd was laid to rest in Houston two weeks after his death at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers.
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When Hannity looked to Terrell to get his take on Democrat-run cities and where they’ve “failed America’s children,” Terrell focused his response on West saying that the professor won’t answer Hannity’s question because he’s just interested in “giving old talking points.”
West asked Terrell what his talking points are and showed disdain over the fact that the attorney had chosen to “disrespect” him on the day “Brother Floyd is put in his grave.”
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On May 6, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America.
Among the participants were Reverend Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network; Melanie Campbell, convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network; Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP; and Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, among others.
Melanie Campbell, convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network shared the need to focus on issues critical to Black women, including racism, closing the wage gap and voter suppression.
“I am heartened by the efforts of Vice President Joe Biden to convene a call to highlight and uplift the often overlooked plight of African Americans, especially during a time when our community is experiencing the detrimental health and economic impacts of COVID-19 at an astounding rate,” said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP.
“I am encouraged that the 2020 campaign’s first comprehensive plan to address issues facing Black America incorporated elements of the National Urban League’s Main Street Marshall Plan, a sweeping policy proposal for economic development and racial justice,” said
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League.
The group was forced to stay put with his convoy of more than 20 branded vehicles at the police roadblock between Njabini and Naivasha.
In the article below, Syracuse University historian Herbert Ruffin explores the rapid rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement as the most recent development in the ongoing struggle for racial and social justice in the United States.
In the summer of 2013, three community organizers Alicia Garza, a domestic worker rights organizer in Oakland, California; Patrisse Cullors, an anti-police violence organizer in Los Angeles, California; and Opal Tometi, an immigration rights organizer in Phoenix, Arizona, founded the Black Lives Matter movement in cyberspace as a sociopolitical media forum, giving it the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The idea came when the three, who became aware of each other through Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity (BOLD), a national organization that trains community organizers, all responded similarly to the July 2013 acquittal of neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman by a Sanford, Florida, jury for the murder of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin. Angered and deeply burdened by the verdict, members in BOLD social forums began asking the organization’s leaders how they were going respond to the assault on and devaluation of black lives. Garza wrote a Facebook post which she titled “A Love Note to Black People” calling on them to “get active,” “get organized,” and “fight back.” For Garza, the injustice targeting black people was a disease called institutional racism that could not be defeated by just voting, being educated, and pulling oneself up with strapless boots. She ended by telling her readers that she loves them and that “Our Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter.” Cullors responded to the post with the hashtag “#BlackLivesMatter.” Tometi added her support and a new organization was born.
Black Lives Matter, like Dream Defenders in Daytona Beach, Florida, Million Hoodies Movement for Justice in Washington D.C., and Baltimore Bloc in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of many freedom rights groups formed during the protest for George Zimmerman’s arrest and trial. Unlike most other
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, is the leading candidate for the party’s presidency, according to provincial nominations ahead of the elective congress later this month.
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A drug company says that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug give hints that it may help mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients from needing to be hospitalized, a goal no current coronavirus medicine has been able to meet. Eli Lilly announced the results Wednesday in a press release, but they have not been published or reviewed by independent scientists. The drug missed the study's main goal of reducing the amount of virus patients had after 11 days, except at the middle of three doses being tested. However, most study […]
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Zanzibar — THREE more CCM cadres, including retired teacher and currently full-time peasant Haji Rashid Pandu, joined the Zanzibar presidential race yesterday, bringing to 13, the total number of candidates seeking to succeed outgoing President Dr Ali Mohammed Shein.
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Kisiwandui main offices also received the first female presidential hopeful, Ms Mwatum Mussa Sultan, who collected the nomination papers, encouraging women to come out and join the pursuit if \"We really want to attain the widely touted gender equality\" in decision making.
Others are Zanzibar Y outh, Culture, Arts and Sports Minister Ali Abeid Amani Karume, Mr Mbwana Y ahya Mwinyi, Mbwana Bakar Juma and former Permanent Secretary in the revolutionary government Omar Sheha Mussa.
The ruling party has opened doors for aspiring presidential candidates to pick the nomination forms for Zanzibar and union presidencies.
CCM Deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar) Dr Abdallah Juma Abdallah, speaking to reporters here last week, invited all \"courageous\" party members to collect the nomination papers but warned the corruption tainted individuals to remain at bay.
Burundi's electoral commission is to announce provisional results from last week's presidential election Monday, with the outgoing head of state's handpicked successor Evariste Ndayishimiye poised to be declared the winner.
Burundians voted last Wednesday to elect their president, lawmakers and local officials in a poll marked by allegations of fraud and conducted with scant attention to the coronavirus pandemic.
Partial results published by state media gave Ndayishimiye, 52, around 80 percent of the vote.
After a campaign marked by violence, the election was generally calm.
However, the CNL said several of its officials had been arrested and harassed, and alleged fraud.
[Namibian] SWAPO information secretary Hilma Nicanor yesterday said the party's prominent leaders, members, their families and friends should not be ashamed of engaging in business ventures as they are all equally Namibian.
Black people often end up in the demographic struggling to repay student loan debt for a variety of socio-economic reasons caused by systemic racism that wreaks havoc on generation after generation in a cruel cycle of poverty and resource deprivation.
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, has put forward a student loan debt cancellation plan for people who earn $125,000 a year or less.
The plan would forgive all undergraduate federal student debt for borrowers who attended community college, four-year public institutions, or private HBCUs.
Trump is also proposing to cut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which offers student loan cancellation for full-time public service and non-profit employees who make 120 on-time payments over 10 years.
Trump seeks to replace that program with an income-based repayment plan that forgives undergraduate federal student loans after 15 years of payments for everyone, not just public service employees.
