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Nigeria: Govt Approves N46.2 Billion to Pay Beneficiaries of Public Works Programme
Abuja — The federal government yesterday said N46.2 billion has been voted for the payment of the 774,000 people to be engaged under the special public works
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Young, Johnny (1940- )
Ambassador Johnny Young was a career diplomat and the third African American to be appointed ambassador by three presidents. In 1989 President George H.W. Bush appointed Young Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone. Five years later President Bill Clinton named Young Ambassador to the Republic
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In Dec. 2003 President Conté was reelected to a third term. In April 2004, after two months on the job, Prime Minister Lonseny Fall resigned and went into exile, claiming that the president would not allow him to govern effectively. President Conté is in poor health, and many fear a power struggle
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This Day in History - May 26
1994: US President Bill Clinton renews trade privileges for China, and announces his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights
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LED COALITION CELEBRATES EARLY RELEASE FOR FORMER DETROIT MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK •
Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit Mayor, has been granted home confinement after spending 7 years of a 28-year sentence in
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Kenya: Senate Mulls Standing Orders Review to Adopt Virtual Sittings
Nairobi — The Senate Business Committee will in the next two weeks submit proposed amendments to the Standing Orders which will allow the Senate to sit virtually for the first
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The African Union Organization
The African Union is one of the worlds most important intergovernmental organizations. It is composed of 53 countries in Africa and is loosely based on the European Union. These African countries work diplomatically with each other despite differences in geography, history, race, language, and
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Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC Ahead of Region in Benefits of Agoa Treaty
According to data contained in the US Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and New Developments report, Ethiopia at 81.9 per cent and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 68.2 per cent are the other eastern Africa countries that have also taken advantage of the treaty to
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Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC ahead of region in benefits of Agoa treaty
According to data contained in the US Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and New Developments report, Ethiopia at 81.9 per cent and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 68.2 per cent are the other eastern Africa countries that have also taken advantage of the treaty to
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Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis
Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face
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Sue K. Brown (1948- )
Ambassador Sue Katherine Brown is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor.  In 2011 President Barack Obama nominated her to become the U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro, the first African American to hold this post and only the second U.S. ambassador since
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‘I Cannot Breathe’: Video Shows White Cop ‘Killing’ Unarmed Black Man Pleading For His Life Before Dying
Police in Minnesota were being accused of killing an unarmed Black man after a viral video showed an officer pinning down a suspect as he repeated that he
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Ghana: Aviation Ministry Has No Contract With LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited - Minister
The Ministry of Aviation has re-affirmed that the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has no contract with LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited, a local crisis management company, for the disinfection of airports in the
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Some Say If Retail Stores Are Open, Churches Should Be Too. Here's Why It's Not So Simple.
Last week, President Donald Trump called on governors to reopen houses of worship, calling it an “injustice” that that “liquor stores and abortion clinics” were open when churches were
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody | The Mississippi Link
Thousands of protesters march down Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May
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No health minister in Brazil as coronavirus infection spreads
The National Congress had not said anything about the Teich resignation, but the former minister of education during the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva government and left-wing candidate for president of Brazil in 2018, Fernando Haddad, published a tweet saying: “Who will be the next Health
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Libya: UN-Backed Forces Seize Major Airbase
Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government have seized a major airbase south of Tripoli from rival forces who have been trying to take over Libya for more than
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Former WWE Star Shad Gaspard Dead at 39, Body Found on California Beach
The body of former professional wrestler Shad Gaspard has been identified by Los Angeles County authorities after it went missing Sunday, May
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The Racial Politics of Miss America
Elwood Watson, a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is one of the few African American cultural historians to focus his research on the Miss America pageant.  In the article below he examines the success of eight black women in winning the pageant and gaining the coveted crown
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PPP/C did not renege on commitment to constitutional reform
He was a regular visitor to Guyana and therefore, must have been very knowledgeable of political, economic and social developments in Guyana while he served briefly as economic adviser to Dr. Jagan and later, as Ambassador to Brussels appointed by President Bharrat Jagdeo, both being very
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Gadsden, James I. (1948- )
In 2002, Ambassador James Irvin Gadsden, career diplomat, and educator, was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Iceland. Gadsden was born on March 12, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, to James who worked as a janitor and Hazel Gaines Gadsden who was a housewife and
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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
During a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, protesters gather in the back of the precinct where some of the protesters picked up rocks and medal objects to smash the windows of a squad car in the back on May
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Kabuga’s arrest highlights improved France-Rwanda ties
The arrest of the most wanted genocide suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Félicien Kabuga, 84, in a Paris apartment last week, highlights renewed French commitment to improve relations with Rwanda, long injured by allegations against each other on the
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Citywide Curfew as Protest continue around Chicago
The curfew is meant to help police, who are facing massive protests, particularly in the Downtown
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WATCH: Why distressed pregnant woman on ship was not evacuated
Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not
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Tallahassee Police Shooting Victim Identified On Social Media As Black Trans Man
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Angolan Pupils in Namibia Shut Out
Isack Hamatwi, education director in the Ohangwena region told The Namibian yesterday the situation is worrisome as some of these pupils are in their final school years and commute between Angola and Namibia every day to attend
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Libya
Anti-government demonstrations gripped several countries in the Middle East in early 2011, and protests in Libya followed those in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain. The crackdown by the government in Libya, however, was the most vicious. The protesters took to the streets on Feb. 16 in Benghazi, the
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