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Within the framework of the operation to repatriate Cameroonians blocked abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, 139 of them got to the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport on Saturday, May 9, 2020 on board a special Ethiopian Airlines plane from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, information
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Report: Structural racism — from segregated housing to limited job opportunities — responsible for high rate of COVID-19 deaths among African Americans
Long-established elements of structural racism, from substandard housing to mass incarceration to limited job opportunities, are responsible for the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on African Americans in Chicago and elsewhere, a new paper from the Chicago Urban League argues.The
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Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce sets up relief program to help businesses of color
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Ghana coronavirus: jumbo recoveries, prez assents to 'People's Vaccine'
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There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Kenya: Gor Mahia Star Detained in City Hotel Over Sh600k Bill
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Nigeria: How We're Assisting Nigeria to Avert Food Crisis - World Food Programme
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Africa: Impact of School Closures On Education Outcomes in South Africa
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Cameroon: North West - Senator V.p, Nkeze Crusades Against COVID-19
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Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!
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