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By Victor Omondi In a clip that has since gone viral, a 76-year-old woman by the name Xiao Zhen Xie was seen being taken away from a white man who allegedly assaulted her as he was being wheeled away by paramedics. According to witnesses and the victim, an unknown white man unjustifiably assaulted the woman […]
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Black Public Media (BPM), a nonprofit with a 40-year record of supporting artists who create and produce media content about the Black experience, has launched the BPM Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) to provide financial assistance to Black creatives and media makers facing crises brought on by unforeseen emergencies.
Monday, Nov. 30, was a big day for African Americans and national politics. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced members of its initial senior leadership team who will lead their Presidential Inaugural Committee. The committee is tasked with organizing activities surrounding the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, 2021. Two of the members … Continued
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The Minneapolis City Council has voted to redirect more than $7 million of the city's police budget to other social service programs in the city
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and his and the Republican Party’s dangerous actions and rhetoric are now causing damage that might not easily be undone. Led by the Proud Boys, whom Trump infamously asked to “stand back and stand … Continued
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On Monday (Dec 7), the soulful icon took to Twitter to dispel comments that her feisty tweets were that of a handler. After being dubbed the \"queen of Twitter,\" Warwick sent out a special message to the \"naysayers\" who had something to say about her online activity.
Charley Pride, known as the Jackie Robinson of country music and the first black performer to become a member of the Country Hall of Fame in 2000, died Saturday, December 12, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19 at age 86. Country stars paid tribute to Pride, including Darius Rucker, a three-time Grammy, CMA Award winner, … Continued
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Black women leaders have a recommendation for Dianne Feinstein, California’s senior U.S. Senator: consider giving up your own seat so that California Secretary of State Alex Padilla can fill it. Their call is to appoint a Black Woman with political experience and a track record of success – someone who will be ready on day one to serve.
The post Black Women Leaders to Sen. Feinstein: Give Up Your Own Seat for Sec. Padilla appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Innovation Commission’s collaboration with the Silicon Valley-based Hoover Institution will address the starting, recruitment and retention of companies and jobs, the development of innovation hubs and the commercialization of startups.
\"Today, we wish to reiterate our plea to South Africans to heed the threat of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases identified,\" Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday declined a request for an injunction that would have pressed pause on Pennsylvania’s effort to deliver the state’s 20 Electoral College votes to former Vice President [...]
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that all adults receive the vaccination in 2021.
While the CDC said there should be enough doses for as many as 20 million people to receive vaccination by the end of December, health officials expect a much larger supply in the coming months.
Continue reading Will the Black Community Get Shut out From COVID Vaccination? at The New Journal and Guide.
Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Thursday new coronavirus-related restrictions as the pandemic continues to ravage the region, including the prohibition of indoor dining at restaurants and limiting patrons at retail businesses, fitness centers and the MGM casino resort at National Harbor.
[Nation] Ms Esther Nthenya Muli, 45, who was freed from custody yesterday, would want to quickly put behind her events of the night of December 4 involving Machakos Senator Boniface Kabaka.
The police are urging small businesses to be especially careful this holiday season. \tHead of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gary McKenzie business owners who normally go...
Minneapolis is shifting a small portion of police budget funding to alternative policing methods.
AMERICA, AMERICA NATION TIME: For more than a week, African Americans and their leaders at the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National Action Network, listened in disbelief to president-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees. Hey, something was amiss. The original, coveted cabinet posts State, Treasury, Justice, and Defense seemed elusive for African Americans. Secretaries of State and the Treasury were […]
