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Vaz says Neita-Robertson tweet defamatory, demands apology

Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Portland Western Daryl Vaz is demanding an apology from Queen's Counsel Valerie Neita-Robertson for what he described as defamatory statements made about him on her Twitter page.

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Mali PM Boubou Cisse apologises for security force 'excesses' during protests | News24

Mali's prime minister has apologised for 'excesses' by security forces who opened fire last week on anti-government protesters, but rejected opposition demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign.

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UN raps Mnangagwa over rights abuses

POLITICAL polarisation, poor governance and a fragile economy have exacerbated people’s discontent with government, but President Emmerson Mnangagwa should address the root cause of the problems rather than engage in excessive use of force, a United Nations special rapporteur has said. BY Andrew

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Permanent secretary sets out details of Ocho Rios land acquisition

PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Audrey Sewell has raised questions about findings in the contractor general's report on the Government's sale of prime St Ann beachfront properties in 2016 to Puerto Caribe Properties Limited (PCPL), which claimed that Prime

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South African-made ventilators go into production - TechCentral

As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase, South African-made ventilators have gone into production, with the life-saving machines expected to be ready in a few weeks.

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A brief introduction to Nigerian Pidgin - Face2Face Africa

Nigeria has over 521 languages and dialects with English as its official language for business. Pidgin English is the lingua franca that bridges the gap between the educated elites who are fluent in English and those that are not. It unites the people in ways that no other language does. Pidgin

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'It Was Exactly That:' August Alsina Agrees His Relationship With Jada Pinkett-Smith Was An Entanglement

During a recent interview, August Alsina speaks about his thoughts on the word entanglement, why he disclosed his relationship with Jada when he did and his little tiff about Keke Palmer.

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‘IMMEDIATELY’ - Leaked letter reveals Hutchinson demanded SCJ Holdings expedite land offer to sweetheart’s company

J.C. Hutchinson, a de facto agriculture minister, urged an entity in his ministry to give possession of sugar lands at Holland Estate in St Elizabeth to a company in which his partner was a director and shareholder, according to leaked documents...

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'Met Police is refusing to acknowledge racism in the force’ - Voice Online

THE LIB Dem candidate for Mayor of London, Siobhan Benita, has criticised Cressida Dick for... The post 'Met Police is refusing to acknowledge racism in the force’ appeared first on Voice Online.

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Senegal builds military camp near Mali boundary to deal with 'cross-border threats' | News24

Senegal has begun building a military camp near its border with violence-torn Mali to address 'cross-border threats (and) trafficking', the defence ministry has said.

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Rwanda: Two New COVID-19 Labs Set Up in Kigali, Huye

[New Times] Government has established two new Covid-19 testing laboratories in Kigali and Huye, Southern Province in bid to further decentralize testing of the novel coronavirus and contain it.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Dambusters dog's racial slur gravestone altered by RAF - The New York Beacon

The headstone of a grave of the Dambusters’ dog, whose name was a racial slur, has been altered. The 617 Squadron, based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, undertook a low-level night attack on German dams in 1943, probably the most famous raid in the

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

‘Govt has no plans to abandon Zimdollar’

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday told Parliament that government had no immediate plans to abandon the Zimbabwe dollar, totally crashing any hopes by civil servants of having their salaries paid in United States dollars. BY VENERANDA LANGA Ziyambi was responding to a question by Bulawayo

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Brazilian Cop Seen Standing On Neck Of Black Woman Faces Criminal Charges - Blavity

Two officers in São Paulo, Brazil, are being investigated after the video of a May 30 incident showed one of them standing on the neck of a Black woman.

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KISERO: Independent firm should run Kenya Power

It is not surprising that pundits read political intrigues in this week’s dramatic exit of five independent directors of the state controlled Utility, Kenya Power.

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Source: Business Daily

Virginia Trooper Under Investigation After Dragging Black Motorist By Neck

A Virginia state trooper is being investigated after a video from April 2019 surfaced online. The footage, recorded by a motorist during a traffic stop, shows an aggressive cop, forcefully

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C. T. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure | The Michigan Chronicle

By Bunnie Jackson-Ransom Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020)) was an American minister, author, and was a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Vivian continued to reside in Atlanta, Georgia and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership

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What McBride's appointment means for the country's intelligence services | News24

Robert McBride takes over the helm of one of the most important positions in an organisation riddled with vacancies, instability and internal strife.

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PNP says Tufton must clarify allegations in public domain

Opposition Spokesperson on Health, Dr Morais Guy, is calling for Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, to address allegations implicating him and a public relations company. READ: Tufton seeks advice as name goes viral Guy...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Philadelphia Sued For Military-Force Police Violence During Protests

Three civil rights lawsuits were filed in Philadelphia earlier this week accusing the city of using military-level force that injured several protesters

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San Diego police shoot man holding replica weapon - Dallas Post Tribune

A man who pointed a gun at police officers after repeated orders for him to move away from the weapon was shot and killed by officers in the City Heights section of San Diego, Calif., on the afternoon of July 9. He has been identified as Richard Lewis Price, 49. Police later determined that

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How Mississippi Fred McDowell shocked the music world as a farmer with mad guitar skills - Face2Face Africa

Mississippi Fred McDowell was an interesting man as an American hill country blues singer and guitar player. Born in Rossville, Tennessee to farming parents who both died while he was young, he soon learned to play the guitar by 14, but managed to only own one when he was 37 years old. He played

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State Minister Alando Terrelonge files defamation suit against councillor

State Minister for Education Alando Terrelonge has filed a defamation lawsuit against Ainsley Parkins, the councillor for the Southboro division in his constituency. Terrelonge, the St Catherine East Central MP, is alleging that Parkins...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

South Sudan president Kiir reshuffles cabinet | Africanews

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has conducted a mini cabinet reshuffle, the first since the formation of a national unity government in

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Trump: 'Black Americans Are Killed by Police Just Like Whites'

By Victor Omondi Trump doesn’t admit that African-Americans suffer disproportionately from police brutality. In an interview with CBS News, the President made startling remarks about the Confederate flag, victims of police violence, and a recent confrontation in St. Louis, where a couple pointed

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'We got the calls from desperate women'

Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, the minister who has responsibility for gender issues, says while Jamaicans were in retreat for the past three months trying to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Members of Parliament were fielding calls from desperate women trapped in abusive situations.

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Petrojam prosecutions could be imminent - Creary error doesn’t invalidate Integrity Commission report, says Panton

Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Seymour Panton, says that prosecutions are likely to follow from the two Petrojam reports that were tabled at the end of June in Parliament. Asked to comment on former energy minister Andrew Wheatley’s move to...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

His Excellency, your promises trailed to nothing

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Your Excellency, in Genesis, a story is told of the Garden of Eden. It is said that in it, man does not have to work by the sweat of his brow to survive. There is a tree of life located in the middle of the exquisite garden from which man may eat of all he

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Clifton Boys’ Home rebuilding nears completion - Project faces $10 million funding shortfall

Following delays resulting from the suspension of work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial challenges and difficulties in accessing some building materials, construction of the new Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, is now...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

AFRO Exclusive: Greenbelt Mayor Pushing For Police Reforms | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Greenbelt Mayor Colin Byrd has never backed away from a challenge and looks to bring changes to the city’s police force the way he helped lead to major shifts on the campus of University of Maryland College Park. Byrd, the millennial mayor who led

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