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Bill in Georgia senate would prohibit Confederate monuments
ATLANTA, GA – In light of recent protests against systemic racism, and outrage resurfacing about Confederate monuments, State Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D – Snellville) filed House Bill 1212, to prohibit the display of monuments and other markers related to the Confederate States of America on public
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Source: Atlanta Tribune
Uganda: Young Guns Take On Veterans in Battle for NRM Top Positions
[Monitor] The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is set to vote for the top nine leaders in its Central Executive Committee (CEC), which is the party's policy making organ.
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Kenya: DP Ruto Signals His Support for BBI
[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has finally indicated that he will throw his weight behind the push to amend the Constitution spearheaded by his boss Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, a departure from his hardline stance on proposed changes to the Constitution.
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Nigeria: #endsars - Osinbajo Apologises for Buhari Administration's 'Slow' Implementation of Protesters' Demands
[Premium Times] Peaceful demonstration is also going on in major cities in the country.
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Supreme Court rejects Republicans' attempt to block Biden Pennsylvania win - TheGrio
The Supreme Court rejected a request by Pennsylvania Republicans to block the certification of the state’s election results in President-elect... View Article The post Supreme Court rejects Republicans' attempt to block Biden Pennsylvania win appeared first on TheGrio.
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NiLu-Harlem's Born and Bred Gift Shop Supporting Harlem's Artists and Makers through Covid-19 - Milwaukee Community Journal
Small Businesses for America’s Future, a coalition of small-business owners and leaders, recently found that 1 in 4 businesses have considered closing permanently this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Small businesses employ half our country. NiLu, the Harlem gift shop owned by husband
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Census Takers to Start Visiting Nonresponding Households – Dallas Post Tribune
Census takers are working to follow up with households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Households can still respond now by completing and mailing back the paper questionnaire they received, by responding online at 2020census.gov, or by phone at 844-330-2020. Households can also
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Kenya: Panic in Cabinet Over Looming Changes as Kenyatta Charts Legacy
The stage is set for the formation of a government of national unity as President Uhuru Kenyatta races against time to implement his legacy projects -- the Big Four
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Africa: At 75, Is the UN Still Fit for Purpose?
[IPS] New York -- This September, New Yorkers will be a lot less annoyed. They've been spared the annual disruptions from road closures, sirens and movement of security forces accompanying world leaders who attend the UN General Assembly. By largely moving online due to COVID-19, the world's most
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Former Black Security Guard Becomes Medical Student At Hospital Where He Once Worked
Dr. Ledet is working towards his MBA and MD at Tulane.
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Jazz competition for high school students goes virtual
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has altered the annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, but it will still go on, giving students the chance to show their talents
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David Perdue is Hiding From Georgia Voters | Atlanta Daily World
A full week has now gone by since Senator David Perdue was forced into a January runoff, yet he has refused to talk to Georgia voters about how he plans to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions if his party succeeds in eliminating the Affordable Care Act. Clearly hiding from his abysmal
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Zimbabwe imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew after spike in Covid-19 cases | Fin24
President Mnangagwa said the rise in local transmissions of Covid-19 called for urgent and necessary measures including a suspension of freedoms.
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Alyssa Nakken made MLB history as the first woman to coach on the field during a major league game - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Zimbabwe: Workers' Miseries to Follow Them Into 2021 - ZCTU
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has lamented the continued impoverishment of employees saying workers will face a gloomy festive season with their miseries set to spill over into 2021.
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Algeria: Journalist's Conviction Would Prove Algeria Is Now Authoritarian
Press Release - If Khaled Drareni, the Algeria correspondent of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is sentenced to four years in prison, as the prosecution requested when his trial opened in the Algiers district of Sidi M'hamed yesterday, it will confirm that the Algerian state has turned its back on
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I will emerge a better player: Nyoni
FORMER Caps United and Highlanders speedy winger Gabriel Nyoni, who now plays for Maritzburg United in South Africa, hopes to emerge from the COVID-19-induced break a better
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Public schools reopening November 9th for grades 10, 11 and 12 - Stabroek News
Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday announced that public schools will be reopening their doors from November 9th to hold classes for students of grades 10, 11 and 12 and she assured that COVID-19 best practices would be in place to ensure the safety of both teachers and their
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Africa: Statement On the Virtual Ministerial Meeting of the Negotiating Parties of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Held On 27 October 2020
[African Union] At the behest of His Excellency, Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union
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One North Carolina City Council Approves Reparations for African Americans – Sort Of | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
(NNPA Newswire) Lost in the aftermath of the demonstrations stemming from the police killing of George Floyd and the pandemic is the issue of reparations for African Americans. Asheville, a North Carolina city where Black people make up just 11 percent of the more than 92,000 residents, may have
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South Africa: DA Calls for Drought to Be Reclassified As a State of Disaster
Press Release - During a recent oversight visit to the Central Karoo District, the Democratic Alliance (DA) was alarmed to find that recent rainfall has not alleviated the drought that has plagued the region for the past seven years, and that farmers there are on the brink of despair. We therefor
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Delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccine will deter ability to travel abroad
The slow rollout will affect South Africans’ ability to visit other countries, where vaccination may become an entry requirement.
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PNP still in limbo, eyes Azan’s return to House
The People’s National Party (PNP) has still not settled on a way forward in the short term as the highly anticipated Monday night executive meeting to review the offer of resignation from party President Dr Peter Phillips did not take place....
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AMA to set up market hubs for fresh produce
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA The Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) is set to open market hubs for horticultural products to bolster the country’s food self-sufficiency, the organisation’s chief executive Clever Isaya has said. The hubs are expected to allow farmers access to structured and organised
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Court case to stop 80 000 sheep being exported: 7 questions with Al Mawashi South Africa | News24
The NSPCA has turned to the courts to stop a shipment of more than 80 000 sheep from the Eastern Cape to Kuwait.
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OP-ED: No Bridge too Far — Remembering Congressman John Lewis and the Fight Still Ahead
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It comes to this: Americans are being cut out of the process by other Americans. A great victory, fought for on bloody streets and across bloody bridges, a score settled and signed into law all those years ago has been compromised in the courts. Time to despair? Nope. It sounds to
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Shoprite exits Kenya with Stanbic's Sh1. 5 billion loan
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Spelman College Creates Scholarship Honoring the Late John Lewis
Last week, civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis died after a long battle with cancer. Spelman College recently came forward to announce that it would be honoring his legacy…
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Coronavirus deaths are rising again in the US, as feared - Black News Channel
By LISA MARIE PANE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in nearly every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that 'we're
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KHAEMBA: Tech holds key to making cities liveable, sustainable
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