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Bobi Wine spoke to Africanews as concerns are growing at the wave of violent arrests, disappearances and shootings that have rocked the east African country ahead of the January 14 vote.
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As DeVos exits DOE, leaders focus on damage control amid pandemic : TheGrio
Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has resigned, becoming the second Trump cabinet official to step down following President Donald Trump's... View Article The post As DeVos exits DOE, leaders focus on damage control amid pandemic appeared first on TheGrio.
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Leading health expert in Caribbean | New York Carib News
As the chief executive of the Caribbean’s leading public health agency, Dr. Joy St. John, a former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization in Geneva, knows what makes the hearts of the region’s health care system tick. The physician, a former chief medical officer of
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'We refuse to be bullied by politicians' - defiant Khayelitsha community network | News24
While Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu reportedly earlier said she would sue a Khayelitsha housing activist following an altercation, on Friday she said she considered "the matter closed".
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Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment 'as soon as possible' - Black News Channel
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Saturday it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility 'as soon as possible,' pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over
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My inside-out look at a vaccine trial - TSDMemphis.com
It made perfect sense to me. With COVID-19, African Americans have had higher infection rates, hospitalization rates and death rates. In fact, according to a recent report from the Shelby County Health Department, 59 percent of coronavirus deaths in Shelby County are African Americans. Vaccines
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Covid-19 cases hit 20,000 mark in Senegal, locals urge mask mandate | Africanews
Residents of the Senegalese capital Dakar have made a passionate appeal for the wearing of masks. Last week, locals in this West African nation protested against fresh restrictions to help curb spread of the coronavirus. Some want a mandatory regulation to force people to put on a mask.
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Audi to phase out combustion engines in 10-15 years – WirtschaftsWoche
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen’s premium carmaker Audi aims to phase out combustion engines and offer only electric cars in 10 to 15 years, at the latest, German weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing no sources. The company is currently working on a concrete time plan and expects to have target
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Keeping it Real: The Day Trump Crossed the Rubicon - Black Voice News
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Senator Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized - TheGrio
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville, Kentucky was vandalized on Saturday morning. As reported by WDRB, the message of... View Article The post Senator Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized appeared first on TheGrio.
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Intends To Move Forward With Articles Of Impeachment If 25th Amendment Isn’t Invoked
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2020 – A Year of Consequences, Calamities and Heroism | New York Carib News
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The insurrectionists had been invited to D.C. and sent to the Capitol by President Donald Trump and his lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani who, at a rally Wednesday morning, encouraged the crowd to go forward and “Let’s have trial by
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RECAP: Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Historic Win in Georgia Senate Race - Milwaukee Community Journal
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Atlanta church where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor during the civil rights movement, is now the first Black Democrat to be elected to the U.S. Senate in the Deep
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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Cancel Culture Is Left's Political Weapon
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Ahmaud Arbery's killers ask that he not be called a 'victim' - TheGrio
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Black congressman-elect says Trump won the election - TheGrio
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