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NNPA NEWSWIRE — For instance, Amazon fired Black and brown workers who have organized to demand more substantial health and safety protections. Thousands of Instacart workers, many of whom are women of color, are reportedly waiting for face masks and hand sanitizer promised months ago. Three out of
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MPs in Sierra Leone debate president Bio’s statement to parliament
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s members of Parliament last Thursday, began their marathon debate on the statement delivered to parliament by President Bio, at his State opening of  the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Is the Postal Service Slowing Mail Delivery?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress authorized a $10 billion loan to the postal service as part of a coronavirus relief package. Still, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin steadfastly has refused to hand over the money until the USPS turns over much of its operations to him. Reports of significant problems at
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Sierra Leone parliament debates new laws to replace seditious libel law
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2020: There is at long last, a ray of hope in Sierra Leone for journalists as members of parliament yesterday debated the repeal of Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 (Act No.46 of 1965) which has been used by politicians of varying [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
WHO to increase COVID-19 testing from 500 up to 1000 a day in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2020: The World Health Organization Country Office has secured a grant of €500,000 from the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) through a strategic partnership to increase COVID-19 testing capacity from 500 up to 1000 tests per day in Sierra Leone. The support will
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
NetOne board ‘disconnects’ Muchenje
BY BUSINESS REPORTER RECENTLY reinstated NetOne Cellular (Pvt) Limited chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has not been allowed to go back to work by the company’s board despite an interim High Court order to do so, NewsDay Business can reveal. The board is currently functioning as a three-member team
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM MON. 7.13.20 1PM ET: REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ | BlackPressUSA
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM MON. 7.13.20 1PM: REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-NY) — After high school, Alexandria attended Boston University and graduated with degrees in Economics and International Relations. During this period she also had the opportunity to work in the office of the late Senator Ted
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EU and Ireland provide 1.5 Million Euros  to help tackle COVID-19 across districts in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai yesterday Tuesday, launched the “Team Europe Initiative” aimed at supporting decentralized COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone. The “Team Europe Initiative” will support and
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OP-ED: STOP THE KILLING OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE!! | BlackPressUSA
THE AFRO — While we may not have large numbers of Klan members and other racist organizations openly active today, those original members are people’s grandparents, uncles, aunties and cousins who still live to this day and have invested that racial hate in their offspring! This racial hatred has
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Civil society groups call for High Court Judge led inquiry into killing of youths in Makeni
LEGAL LINK, CAN and NACFOHRD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2020: Three leading civil society organizations working for the advancement of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Sierra Leone - LEGAL LINK, CAN and NACFOHRD, are deeply concerned over the disproportionate use of force by the
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Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The International Association of Mayors of African Descent is visionary mayors and leaders united for the purpose and vision of establishing the platform in which education, empowerment, and economic development through trust, trade, training, and tourism.
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With 150, 000 Dead and Polls in Free Fall, Trump Seeks a Culture War
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won the popular vote over Trump by 2.8 million votes. Trump’s poll numbers in vital battleground states are in freefall and he continues to
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Sierra Leone records over a thousand COVID-19 cases as calls to unlock the country grow
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 June 2020: The total cumulative number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Sierra Leone has now reached 1,001, as 32 new cases were reported yesterday. But the number of people dying from the virus continues to remain very low. There has been no report of any new [Read
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Is the Postal Service Slowing Mail Delivery? | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress authorized a $10 billion loan to the postal service as part of a coronavirus relief package. Still, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin steadfastly has refused to hand over the money until the USPS turns over much of its operations to him. Reports of significant problems at
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Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone call for investigation into killing of unarmed youths in Makeni
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2020: There are reports from Sierra Leone that the president has instructed the country’s Office of National Security (ONS) to lead what the government refer to as an 'independent investigation' into the rioting which took place last saturday in the northern city of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leonean blues and jazz singer and guitarist – Bai Kamara nominated in US Blues Blast Music Award
Bolaji Alonge: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2020: Sierra Leonean singer, songwriter and guitarist, Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers album Salone, which was released earlier this year has been nominated in the Best Acoustic Blues Album category at the Blues Blast Music Award ceremony to be
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Naija music artist – M Show is back with another stunning track
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2020: M Show releases her highly anticipated single titled 'Gbera' which is produced, mixed and mastered by Boostmix. She is the 1st runner up of Whoepp Golden Chance contest. M Show’s love for music and life remains the driving force behind her music and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Tiger Woods set for PGA Tour return at Memorial Tournament
Chris Cox/PGA TOUR: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2020: Tiger Woods is back on the tee. There is little need to overcomplicate the storyline beyond that. The 82-time PGA Tour winner and the world’s most talked-about player is set to make his much-anticipated return this week at the Memorial
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Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "This is a pivotal time, in our nation's history, to force positive changes within all of our institutions which are rampant with racist behaviors – federal and state, healthcare, education, corporations, including corporate media, Wall Street – which is appropriately named because
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We must overhaul our education systems
Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The educational systems in Sierra Leone have been monumental failures. It is obvious. The festering poverty of Sierra Leoneans sitting on top  of some of the wealthiest marketable natural resources in the world is a gnawing pointer
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Coronavirus Africa: UNWTO adapts agenda for Africa to accelerate tourism recovery
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: Yesterday, member States of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) from across Africa, shared their priorities for tourism against the backdrop of COVID-19. (Photo above: Ivory Coast gears up for billions of dollars investment in tourism).  As with every other
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Freetown Correctional Centre publishes report into Pademba Road prison riot
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2020: Following the aftermath of the rioting that took place on the 29th April, 2020, at the Freetown Correctional facility, Pademba Road, leaving several prisoners dead, injured and serious destruction to buildings and property, Officers of the Freetown Correctional
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains to research or participate in brain studies due to distrust of the medical system. The good news is
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My government will provide nurses with two sets of uniforms free of charge – said president Bio
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio was in Bo, southern Sierra Leone yesterday, where he visited the newly refurbished Covid-19 care and treatment facilities, and distributed much needed equipment and uniforms to healthcare workers. Praising the interventions of
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Security forces in Sierra Leone open fire on protestors in Makeni
Sierra Leone telegraph: 18 July 2020: There are disturbing reports coming from Makeni in the north of Sierra leone, where military personnel have fired teargas and live bullets at local people protesting against the government’s removal of an electricity power generator from the city to relocate to
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Speculation grows over date of next election in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: Speculations are growing across the political divide in Sierra Leone, after a leading pro SLPP government newspaper – Global Times, published a story recently stating that the next general and presidential elections will be held in 2024 – not 2023 as
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dr. Manal Ghazzawi of Sierra Leone bags prestigious award
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s most outstanding female pharmacists and entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, is the latest and proud recipient of one of the world’s prestigious awards, bestowed on her by Women in Africa Entrepreneur
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd's murder and concern about the rampant killings of African
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COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People | BlackPressUSA
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