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Ghana is paying its first ladies - That's unfair to the poor majority
Lewis Gould, a pioneering scholar on the history and legacies of presidential first ladies remarked “[b]eing first lady requires a woman to act … as a mixture of queen, club woman, and starlet.” The president, according to Gould and others who advocate for first lady remuneration, is a 'team.' This
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Zimbabwe: Veteran Mbira Player, Tutor Chozengwa Dies
[The Herald] Popular gwenyambira Newton Cheza Chozengwa has died.
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Rwanda: Which Firms Are Allowed to Operate During Lockdown?
[New Times] Effective Saturday, June 17, several parts of the country will be under a 10-day lockdown, as the government looks to tame the current spike in new Covid-19 infections.
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South Africa: 'They Are Just Killing Us With Hunger Here'
[New Frame] Some Gauteng residents say they took food and items to sell to stave off hunger after the Covid-19 grant was discontinued. Others were angry about the army being deployed in their area.
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Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic. Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States...
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Hill: Jobs increased by 15% in BPO sector
The number of jobs in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector increased by 15 per cent over the past year, with 44,000 people employed in the sector as of June 30, 2021. This compares to the corresponding period in 2020, which saw 38,400...
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Jamaica Seeking $10.6 Billion in Slave Trade Reparations from Great Britain
Jamaica has put a price tag on slavery and has sent the British government the bill. State officials of the Caribbean nation said they’re asking Great Britain to pay $10.6 billion (USD) in reparations. The former British colony served as the center of the slave trade with Africans
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Des centres de vaccination contre le Covid-19 vandalisés en Isère et dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques - Haiti24
Deux centres de vaccination contre le Covid-19 ont été saccagés en moins de quarante-huitheures en France, au cours du week-end du 16 au 18juillet. Dans le département de l’Isère, un centre de vaccination a été vandalisé à Lans-en-Vercors au cours de la nuit de vendredi à samedi, a-t-on appris
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Somalia: Journalist Hanad Ali Guled Survives Beating, Knife Attack By Unidentified Assailants
[CPJ] Nairobi -- Somali authorities should investigate the recent attack on journalist and press freedom advocate Hanad Ali Guled and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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CaribPR Wire, Toronto, ON, Tues. June 1, 2021: Canada’s first Black Caribbean reality show, Auntie Jillian, begins airing on Synergy TV on Sunday June 20th, 2021, at 8pm EST with a Live “Meet The Danfords” post-show special hosted by Fusion’s DJ DLife. “I never thought people would be interested in
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Cicely Tyson Quotes on Life, Acting and More
Cicely Tyson, a stage and film actress, is known for roles in such projects as Roots, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Sounder (which won her an Oscar nomination), Fried Green Tomatoes, The Help, King (in which she played Coretta Scott King), A Woman Called Moses (where she played Harriet
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In U-turn, UK’s Johnson to quarantine after COVID-19 contact
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spend 10 days self-isolating after contact with a confirmed coronavirus case, his office said Sunday — reversing an earlier announcement that he would not have to quarantine....
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South African YouTuber, the seven-year-old Taylor Morrison wants to know what is going to be left of South Africa when she is a grown-up.
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Motorists advised to expect delays along Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril
The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising road users that delays may be experienced while traversing the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland, commencing Sunday, July 18, and continuing until July 21, 2021. The delays will be as a...
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Opposition Leader hits Government on alleged media blank - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Tuesday condemned any attempt to curb the media, in a statement entitled: I strongly condemn the PNM’s censorship of private media houses. This came after a report of some media being banned from covering the repatriation of Venezuelanls from the Cru
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Barry Hankerson Says Aaliyah Would Be “Very Supportive” Of Normani’s “One In A Million” Sample On “Wild Side”
Reactions have been nothing short of supportive for Normani and Cardi B's new song "Wild Side," which samples the 1996 hit "One In A Million" by Aaliyah, and it's even getting a co-sign from Baby Girl's former label head and notoriously quiet uncle, Barry Hankerson.
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US Coast Guard seizes $15 million in illegal drugs in Caribbean waters
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos has offloaded nearly US$15 million in seized cocaine and transferred custody of two male smugglers at Coast Guard Base San Juan,...
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Texas Senate passes bill that stops teaching requirement calling KKK 'morally wrong'
Republican senators in Texas have continued their ongoing fight against cultural awareness in the state’s public schools. They recently passed... View Article The post Texas Senate passes bill that stops teaching requirement calling KKK 'morally wrong' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Uganda: Security Verifying 170,000 Rejected Govt Cash Receivers
[Monitor] Security and town clerks have started verifying a total of 170,000 Covid-19 cash beneficiaries after the system being used at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development rejected their details.
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Africa: Moves Are Afoot in Africa to Keep More Women in Science Careers
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Morocco: Automotive - Adient to Set Up New Plant in Kenitra
[MAP] Rabat -- The U.S. headquartered automotive seating supplier Adient plans to invest 15.5 million euros to set up a new production unit at the Industrial Acceleration Zone of Kenitra, following a Memorandum of understanding signed Monday in Rabat with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and the
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ASCAP Launches HBCU Internship Program
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced on June 19 the launch of a new paid internship program for students enrolled in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the
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[New Times] The prototype of the e-tractor that once approved is sent to revolutionalise Rwanda's agriculture sector.
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Call for financial safety net for vulnerable workers
WITH thousands left reeling from sudden layoffs and redundancies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean as businesses try to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a call is being made for an unemployment insurance scheme, a living wage policy and legislation to protect contract
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New legislation coming for Welcome Stamp Programme - Barbados Today
The long-stay visitor programme known as the Welcome Stamp Programme will soon be supported by new legislation to prolong its existence. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, made this disclosure while addressing a ‘State of the Industry’ media briefing this
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