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US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic | Afro
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Metro Transit suspends all bus, light rail service through the weekend
Citing safety concerns, Metro Transit has suspended all bus and light rail service through the weekend, with the exception of METRO Blue Line airport shuttle
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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sigma Lambda Chapter Fed First Responders & Hospital Staff in New Orleans East During COVID-19
The Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (New Orleans Alphas), announced the success of their COVID-19 Service
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Malawi Supreme Court breaks rank with peers in Southern Africa
In order to assist the courts to address these questions fairly, there is a need for jurisprudential clarity on the appropriate standard of proof which petitioners must satisfy in order to convince the court to entertain their claims, and the appropriate legal test for nullifying election
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Rwanda: Govt Okays Inter-Provincial Travel, Taxi-Moto Operations
An extraordinary cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, June 2, approved the resumption of inter-provincial travel and passenger taxi-moto services except in Rusizi and Rubavu
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Did Fired Cop Derek Chauvin Know George Floyd? The Two Were Once Co-Workers
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Sunday Brew — May 31, 2020
If information which surfaced over last weekend that there could have been manipulation of Leon Bailey to openly criticise the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is true, then it would be most
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Tuesday Night Owls: A century ago, officials failed to protect Black Americans. Still failing now
The US attorney general, A Mitchell Palmer, claimed that leftwing radicals were behind the uprisings – a false charge and one that further endangered African American
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San Diego Area COVID-19 Charity Support: The Hawaii Fudge Company Providing All Profit to Charities
Father’s Day will benefit San Diego Area charities this year when people order at The Hawaii Fudge Company
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement
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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper
Fired And Investigated: A List Of Repercussions Central Park ‘Karen’ Is Facing After Calling Cops
This week, the story went viral — Amy dialed 911 on Christian Cooper (no relation) after he told her that her dog should be put on a leash in a section of Central Park popular for
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From Peaceful Protesting to a President Posing | Afro
After a weekend filled with demonstrations, looting and burning, which led to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser implementing a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, peaceful protestors chanted, marched, distributed water and snacks and presented art in the name of antiracism and police
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Courier exclusive: Pittsburgh African Americans protest the unjust killing of George Floyd (video)
Thousands of people descended upon Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, May 30, protesting the unjust killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, by a White Minneapolis police officer, Derek
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Kenya coronavirus: 2,216 cases; record 54 recoveries
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
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‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters US; protests reach Europe
Tens of thousands of people marched peacefully to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
‘I Can’t Breathe’ pleas from George Floyd force Esaw Garner to...
The three words that still haunt Esaw Garner six years after her husband Eric Garner was killed by a New York Police Department officer rang in her ears again Tuesday
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Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
Dozens of writers from across Africa and the diaspora have co-signed a letter of support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the face of growing protests in the United States following the latest death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of white police
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No ceremonial opening of circuit courts or trial by jury, as courts open on a phased basis tomorrow
There will be no ceremonial opening or trials by jury in circuit courts, as the nation's court system imposes restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, amid tomorrow's commencement of a phased reopening of courts across the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
‘We would rather die of COVID-19 than starve under lockdown’
INFORMAL traders have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lockdown regulations and are now back in full force, operating openly in the high-density areas at a time the country is recording a surge in coronavirus
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Tufton urges J'cans to continue observing safety protocols as country lifts another restriction
With Jamaica set to lift another restriction on movement designed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is reminding the population that everyone has a role to play in mitigating the risks associated with that
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Rwanda records first virus death, govt 'rethinks' easing restrictions
“Further Covid-19 measures will be announced by Cabinet on Tuesday 2 June,” a tweet from the Rwandan Prime Minister’s office
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Uganda: Key Issues Ugandans Expect in Museveni Nation Address
Mr Julius Mukunda, the executive director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), yesterday said the first thing the President should tell Ugandans is how to revamp the private sector by clearing all domestic arrears worth
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100 Black Women Lawyers Go Live on Zoom Call | Afro
100 BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS GO LIVE, MAKING HISTORY WITH ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL ABOUT INJUSTICE
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Protesters Demand Hotel Rooms for Homeless During Rally and Occupation | Post News Group
On Fri May 22 to Sat May 23, housed and unhoused protestors gathered outside Palms Motel for a little over 16 hours to call for 37MLK, a community of mostly elder female lifelong Bay Area unhoused residents, to be sheltered in hotel rooms during the COVID-19
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Facebook User Calls For ‘Negro’ Protestors To Be Shot, Sparking Demands For Her Firing
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Pittsburgh under curfew after peaceful protests over George Floyd’s killing ‘get hijacked,’ turn violent
As protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, at the hands of a Minnesota White police officer rocked cities all across the United States, thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday
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Namibia: President Fines Guests Who Breached Lockdown to Attend His Party
Namibia's President Hage Geingob on Thursday admitted to breaching coronavirus regulations last month by hosting a celebration to mark his party's 60th anniversary and subsequently fining all the guests who
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ghana coronavirus: 8,070 cases, conditional lifting of most restrictions
Each student, teacher and non teaching staff will be provided with reusable face mask by the Ministry of Education prior to reopening for final year students
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Poor and black, north-east Brazil faces virus 'hurricane'
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil's north-east, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought, and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the novel coronavirus
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PHOTOS: City on fire—anger erupts in the streets of Mpls.
Marching, chants, and signs at protests during the day on Wednesday erupted into fires, looting and death by nightfall as demonstrators took over the streets of South Minneapolis to decry the death of George
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