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The overthrow of President Alpha Conde in Guinea capped a steady slide from grace for the veteran opposition leader and human rights professor who critics say failed to live up to pledges to deliver democratic restoration and ethnic reconciliation. A dishevelled Conde appeared in a video circulating on social media as he was being held […]
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Wynn Las Vegas announced the newest concept in nightlife,Intrigue, last night during a reveal at Tryst Nightclub’s “Final Affair” industry party. Intrigue will open in the space currently occupied by Tryst on Apr. 28, 2016, which marks Wynn Las Vegas’ 11th anniversary. Tryst closes on Saturday, Nov. 7, after a successful 10-year run.
“The current market is dominated by the DJ phenomenon,” said Sean Christie, VP of operations at Wynn Las Vegas. “While the current nightlife options at Wynn continue to enjoy the success of EDM, there is an audience who wants an alternative nightlife experience. Wynn was the first in Las Vegas to embrace the DJ phenomenon at Encore Beach Club, XS and Surrender and will again usher in a unique concept with Intrigue while providing the highest level of luxury and service that customers expect from the resort.”
Intrigue will feature state-of-the-art lighting and sound designed by award-winning John Lyons Systems throughout the spectacular 14,000-square-foot venue, which will accommodate up to 1,200 patrons. Guests will enjoy contemporary party music that will cross over many different genres creating a high-energy dancing environment. A new glass enclosed patio will allow year-round views to the venue’s dramatic waterfall and spectacular pyrotechnics show. Additionally, a 1,200-square-foot private club within the club will be a social media free zone, allowing guests the ultimate in privacy.
While most people have been spending their shelter-in-place lives eating snacks and drinking wine, Tanya Sam appears to be maintaining her figure.
Sam posted a photo on Instagram that showed her wearing a two-piece multicolored pants set.
Sam, a former nurse, wore a crop top and harem pants, causing her washboard abs to glisten in the photo.
She wrote: “I don’t want to go back to wearing “real” clothes, high heels, doing hair and makeup 💄 but I then I look back at pictures from 𝘉.
Sam has documented a few of her workout routines on social media.
Alexis Skyy is wowing fans with her eye-catching looks.
It’s unclear why Skyy was in New York and who she was with, and she was cryptic about her excursion in her photo caption, writing, “I should have put you somewhere where no one could find you 💫,” quoting a lyric from Drake and Future’s song “Desires.”
Skyy’s post racked up over 108,000 likes and many comments on her good looks.
“Winning Season Is Here 💯 tell em dont f-cc around babe 🥵 cause you got desiressssss 😩😍”
“Thought this was kash doll for a sec 🤨 U bad tho 🔥”
“Damn u so fine 😍 wifey ❤️😍 looking so amazing”
Skyy’s beauty post comes a few days after she lit up Instagram with a thirst trap.
The get-up exposed a great deal of Skyy’s body and assets, leading to a shower of compliments from her fans.
Renowned activist, CNN commentator and two-time New York Times bestselling author, Van Jones, has joined Roc Nation as an exclusive management client.
Roc Nation will work with Van across all aspects of his career. The work that we do with Van will be about making change. It will be cause-oriented, it will be justice-oriented, and it will promote innovative approaches that uplift people.
On the partnership, Jones commented: “Roc Nation stands for excellence, innovation and impact, and I am proud to join the family. Under development is a tour that will be helmed by Van to support … positive change in today’s world, we must close the gaps that exist between artists and activists … cultural leaders and political leaders … taste-makers and changemakers. This partnership opens up the opportunity to do that on a global scale. It’s a bold, unprecedented move. And I’m both humbled and excited by the possibilities.”
On Van joining Roc Nation, Shawn Carter stated, “Van’s immense capacity for empathy builds bridges. He inspires dialogue and only through conversation and active listening, can true change occur. Roc Nation is honored to support and amplify every initiative.”
A Yale-educated attorney, Van is perhaps best known as a commentator on CNN, where he hosts “The Messy Truth, with Van Jones.”
Van is also the Founder and President of the Dream Corps, a nonprofit organization that works to solve America’s toughest problems. Its current initiatives — #cut50, #YesWeCode, and Green For All — create innovative solutions to “close prison doors and open doors of opportunity.” The Dream Corps also supports the #LoveArmy.
Van is a sought after speaker for Morehouse College. He has garnered honors from the World Economic Forum, TIME’s “100 Most Influential” List and Fast Company.
Most recently, he won the 2017 Webby Special Achievement Award for his use of the Internet and social media during the 2016 election, including for his video series “The Messy Truth.”
In October 2017, he will release his third book: Beyond The Messy
Cameroon is marking its national day Wednesday under coronavirus restrictions and amid ongoing clashes between the military and anglophone separatists.
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, broke his silence on the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday night in a televised address to mark the country’s national day.
He made no mention of the ongoing separatist conflict in western Cameroon that the U.N. says has cost more than 3,200 lives and displaced more military raised flags on public buildings Wednesday to mark the anniversary of a 1972 referendum for a unified state instead of the federal system agreed to when the country first gained independence.
Cameroon’s anglophone rebels refuse to honor national day, saying the referendum was unjust because it allowed the French-speaking majority to rule over them.
Ongoing clashes
Cameroon’s military said clashes with rebels this week killed at least six people, where separatists had called for a lockdown and vowed that national day would not be observed.
Educational Campaign
Six of Los Angeles County’s largest nonprofit health systems with hospitals, clinics and care facilities across the region have come together united in a mission to encourage community members to put health first and access care when needed.
Health care providers remain committed and available to serving the community’s health care needs – including emergency, primary, specialty and urgent care.
The BetterTogether.Health public service effort will include messages on multi-language television and radio, as well as billboards, newspapers, magazines, digital, social media, online information, links to vital health care resources and more.
“Those caring for patients in our hospitals, urgent care centers, clinics, testing centers and through telemedicine have responded with remarkable dedication, resilience and skill,” says Johnese Spisso, President, UCLA Hospital System and Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences.
“Receiving timely treatment by skilled medical professionals is essential to helping us achieve for our patients and communities the best possible outcomes,” says Tom Priselac, CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System.
Science desk: The Docs Who Cried Wolf
While many “people across the political spectrum erred” in comparing the coronavirus to the flu, it isn’t their fault, Dennis Saffran argues at American Greatness.
Pandemic journal: Listen to Skeptics
Many media critics of President Trump are “dismayed” at his call to “get our country open” again, casting “the lockdown debate as a straightforward battle between a pro-human and a pro-economy camp.”
Indeed, many “prominent African-American entertainers” are happy to be pictured with him, and Farrakhan even “has his own place of honor in the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall.”
Media critic: A CNN Meltdown
“Call it a symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” snarks Tristan Justice at The Federalist: “CNN’s Brian Stelter suffered an on-air meltdown Sunday over conservative media paying any attention to arguably the largest spy scandal in American history”: the Obama administration’s campaign against the incoming Team Trump.
Of course, those media do cover the pandemic, while Stelter ignores the fact that “CNN led the media’s infatuation with Russiagate conspiracy theories distracting the country from preparing for the kind of pandemic seen today.”
Our forever president, Barack Obama, will join a star-studded lineup and speakers in a live broadcast commencement event for graduating high school seniors this evening.
Presented by XQ Institute, the LeBron James Family Foundation, and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 will feature Mr. Obama and a host of other stars such as King James, Pharrell Williams, H.E.R., Lena Waithe, and more.
The event will be simulcast across various social media platforms and major broadcast networks, including YouTube, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, Instagram, and over 20 digital streaming venues.
Obama joined JPMorgan Chase’s “Show Me Your Walk” HBCU commencement event, hosted by Kevin Hart and featuring Sen. Kamala Harris and others who shared their words of encouragement for this important cog of the American education system.
Check out @GraduateTogether to connect with all social media connected with the Barack Obama To Address High School Class Of 2020 Students
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My prayer is that Professor Gambari would remain faithful to his core value of commitment to the nation of Nigeria and would do all in his power to promote more inclusive governance.
Professor Gambari is best known for his concentric circles approach to defending the national interest, with Nigeria being the inner circle projecting to West Africa, Africa and the rest of the world, with the core objective of always getting the best for the country.
I think the attempt by certain ethnic jingoists to paint Ibrahim Agboola Gambari with the Fulani \"cabalistic\" identity brush does great disservice to the country at this time where the expectation is that he would struggle for more inclusive governance in the national interest.
Lionel Bernstein, Denis Goldberg, Arthur Goldreich, Bob Hepple, Harold Wolpe and his brother-in-law James Kantor were white.
Hero of the anti-apartheid struggle Denis Goldberg, the only Rivonia defendant white man jailed for life, is the latest to die, at the age of 87.
Around the world, there is a history of white people who protested against racism in general and black oppression in particular.
Viola was a white housewife who worked with the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King for the rights of black people.
Schwerner was also known for his door-to-door campaigns, seeking out white people to support the civil rights cause.
Whereas 10 years ago when the majority of the companies were still having doubts whether to actually have an advertizing budget on these platforms (some were saying social media is bad due to the addicting nature and how we constantly compare our lifes with eachother), nowadays we see that most of these same companies have their own social media department, fully focused on providing content.
Abdi's formal studies however was something very different then media or business.
This type of businessmodel allows the affiliate to sell other people's products on their own platform, while gaining a margin of the profit.Abdi would mainly use Instagram in order to promote such products.
He would use follow/unfollow method, buying/selling shoutouts and creating authentic unique viral content in order to grow his account exponentially.However due to affiliate vendors at the end of the actually being the product owner, Abdi felt more of a salesman that is selling products than an actual entrepreneur with his own business.
In 2020 he also started to create content for himself, which led to his notoriety and succesful rise as a Tik Tok star, gaining more then 1.2 million worldwide views in total.Currently, Abdi most well known work is being a social media influencer and consultant for high end influencers/brands/ambassadors and he also still provides physical therapy related courses at offices throughout the Netherlands for the prevention of physical neck/shoulder/back complaints.Hejar Abdi can be followed on:Tiktok: @imhejarInstagram: @hejarabdi
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has dismissed as fake social media chats purporting to be between him and some Zanu PF officials.
In a statement Mwonzora said the chats are fake and malicious and are designed to reinforce the false allegations that his party is working with Zanu PF.
They are designed to buttress the false allegations that we are working with Zanu PF ahead of our Extraordinary Congress slated for the 31st July 2020,\" said Mwonzora
He urged Zimbabweans to ignore the chats and had no kind words for Journalist cum activist Hopewell Chin'ono whom he said was a propagandist.
Only a few weeks ago a rabid social commentator and Zanu Pf G40 apologist and propagandist, Hopewell Chin'ono circulated fake social media chats on Twitter purporting to be a conversation in which I was supposed to have admitted working with Emmerson Mnangagwa.
\"These chats and other shenanigans are meant to divert attention to the brave rebellion by our MPs who rejected the instruction to resign en masse from Parliament by the Zanu-PF G40 sponsored outfit calling it's self the Alliance party\"
Social media was abuzz with chats purported to be between Mwonzora and Zanu PF officials who include Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Information deputy Minister Energy Mutodi implying that Zanu PF was funding MDC.
Two drivers working on behalf of FedEx were fired after posting a video to social media that showed a confrontation between them and a white Georgia customer.
“FedEx called and told me to take down this video and fired both of us today,” one of the men involved tweeted along with a short clip of the confrontation that took place.
A part of the confrontation that transpired between the delivery driver and a Georgia customer was caught on tape and widely shared on social media.
The driver, who NBC reports was employed by an independent service provider, added that he posted the video because “we go through racism everyday on that route in Leesburg but he [the white customer] was the first one to actually come up and actually threaten us.”
TOPICS: News essential workers FedEx viral video
On Friday, a group of youth armed with placards and claiming to be family members of the deceased, Charles Isanga told journalists that they had forgiven the embattled RDC.
When this reporter visited the family in Rwanda Village, Jinja District, Isanga's uncle, Mr George Nabikamba disowned the group saying they had not apologized to the RDC.
\"There is a family claiming that is part of us, it seems Mr Sakwa paid them to confuse the ongoing investigations in the case at the Jinja High Court in Jinja,\" Ms Namukaya said.
She also asked police in Jinja to arrest the group claiming to be her family members.
However, when contacted, Mr Sakwa said he had not met the group and neither had he stage-managed the group claiming to be Isanga's family members.
“As the mayor of Georgia’s largest city, I expressed opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent order allowing certain businesses—dine-in restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys—to reopen before health experts say doing so is safe.
However, Lightfoot is grappling with many young people being non-compliant with the shelter-in-place orders her city is aggressively enforcing in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in its neighborhoods; black neighborhoods, in particular.
As the nation’s third largest city’s first black woman and first openly gay mayor, she has had to struggle with the virus’ disproportionate impact on the black community.
Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, a professor of Urban and Regional Planning and the director of the Center for Urban Studies at the University of Buffalo, said we should not give these mayors a pass or holding them partly responsible for the catastrophic impact the pandemic has had on the black communities in their cities.
Given these African American mayors’ knowledge of their black communities and its social demographics they should have been better prepared for the deadly pandemic regardless of what the federal or state leaders did, Taylor said.
José Mário Vaz took office on June 23, 2014, after securing enough votes—61.9% to Nuno Gomes Nabiams 38.1%—during the second round of presidential voting on May 18. Domingos Simos Pereira, the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was named prime minister. The U.S. State Department offered these words, These elections offer the opportunity for comprehensive reforms to break Guinea-Bissaus cycle of corruption, and make progress on providing public services and advancing the countrys development.
In August 2015, President Vaz dismissed the government, including Prime Minister Pereira. Vaz appointed former Minister of National Defense Baciro Djá as the new prime minister on August 20. However, Djás appointment was contested by his own political party, PAIGC. His appointment also raised concerns from the Economic Community of West African States, a 15-member collective, about the president being able to substitute the role of prime minister. The following month, the Supreme Court ruled that Djás appointment was unconstitutional. He resigned on Sept. 9.
See also Encyclopedia: Guinea-Bissau .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Guinea-Bissau
Students swamp new online theatre classes
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Fanuel Mulwa and Sheila Munyiva in a past performance.
The course, says NPAS’s founder and artistic director Stuart Nash, is specially designed for secondary school students to “help parents through these difficult times.”
Created in partnership with the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage, the course has multiplied into more than eight online classes in order to meet the immense response from the public, specifically Form One through Form Four students (plus a number of persistent pre- and post- high schoolers).
Those students who had the good fortune to see NPAS’s poster which was circulated all over social media, (from Facebook and Twitter to What’s App and various other online chat groups) since late April have been getting crash courses in the basic elements of performance.
And since NPAS first opened in 2017, both have been in all the studio’s musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Caucasian Chalk Circle and most recently Sarafina where Fanuel played Crocodile and Hellen was the mother of Sarafina (played by Sheila Munyiva)
Both have also taught at NPAS so Stuart felt secure putting secondary students in their hands.
In reality, the House bill would give $100 billion to local organizations, such as community health centers or nonprofits, to help with testing and contact tracing by funding door-to-door outreach, the purchase of testing supplies and the hiring and training of people to run mobile testing sites.
The bill states that grants will be awarded for “diagnostic testing for COVID-19, to trace and monitor the contacts of infected individuals and to support the quarantine of such contacts, through mobile health units and as necessary, testing individuals and providing individuals with services related to testing and quarantine at their residences.”
THE FACTS: Several former presidents have made comments criticizing the policies of their successors, including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter — even Theodore Roosevelt.
In April 2015, former President George W. Bush was seen as criticizing successor Obama during a closed-door Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, quoting Sen. Lindsey Graham’s comments on Obama’s policies in the region: “Pulling out of Iraq was a strategic blunder.”
THE FACTS: Numerous posts circulated on Facebook falsely claiming that people who refuse to participate in contact tracing in Washington will “not be allowed to leave their homes to purchase basic necessities such as groceries and/or prescriptions.”
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan says the passenger plane that crashed near Karachi had 91 passengers and seven crew members on board, revising earlier statements from airport officials.
The airport in Lahore, where the Pakistan International Airlines flight originated on Friday, initially said there were 107 people on board.
A spokesman for Pakistan’s civil aviation authority attributed the discrepancy to confusion in the tense aftermath of the crash.
A passenger plane with 107 people on board crashed in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Friday after what appeared to be an engine failure during landing.
The aircraft arriving from the eastern city of Lahore was carrying 99 passengers and eight crew members, said Abdul Sattar Kokhar, spokesman Pakistan’s civil aviation authority.
Babyface, who wrote and produced all original songs on the “Waiting to Exhale” soundtrack, revealed in an Instagram video that his performance was back on and is set for 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, May 24 on Instagram Live.
Along with his announcement, Babyface teased his friend Toni Braxton.
Babyface explained that the key to writing a song for the “Living Legend” is to drink a glass of water, leave water at the bottom of your mouth so fans won’t completely understand the words you’re singing, and sing with lots of emotion.
He then went on to mock Braxton’s singing style by performing her song “Let It Flow,” which was featured on the “Waiting to Exhale” soundtrack.
Tamar Braxton, Toni’s sister, stepped in to give Babyface a few pointers in an Instagram video on Tuesday, May 19.
X Factor alumni Simone Battle was found deceased in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home this past Friday morning.
While the 25-year-old’s death is still under investigation, law enforcement suspects it was a suicide. However, no cause of death has been formally announced yet.
Battle was a contestant on the first season of X Factor and was mentored by Simon Cowell; unfortunately she was quickly eliminated from the show.
Even after the rejection, she still made her mark. She soon later landed a spot in the pop group G.R.L., which is a reboot of the Pussycat Dolls.
Many friends, family and members of the music community took to social media to express their emotions after discovering the news.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Simone Battle of G.R.L,” said Robin Antin, founder of Reign Deer Entertainment RCA Records and the Pussycat Dolls.
Friend and fellow music artist Derek Butler was the initial person to confirm the news on Instagram, posting a photo of Battle with the caption: “I’m still in shock and in disbelief to have confirmed the death of my childhood friend.”
The remaining members of G.R.L. also issued a statement on Twitter that stated, “Words cannot express the depth of our loss. Simone’s incredible talent was only surpassed by the size of her heart.”
