Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland,

Gov. Cooper vetoes Senate Bill 168 - WS Chronicle

Earlier this week Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that included language that would have limited access to death records of those who die while in police custody. The post Gov. Cooper vetoes Senate Bill 168 appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Source: https://wschronicle.com

East Africa: African Dev't Bank Gives $1.2 M for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway Study

The two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess the proposed project's technical, economic, environmental and social viability

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Source: allAfrica.com

Djibouti

Djibouti | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Ethiopia moves to open phone industry to investors

Ethiopia is pushing ahead with plans to sell two new telecommunications licences following delays due to the coronavirus outbreak and postponed

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Source: TechCentral

Clean cooking tied to cost and mindset

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Source: Business Daily

Ethiopia: Upper House Speaker Resigns Over Postponement of Elections

Ethiopia's upper house speaker has resigned in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus, a sign of growing tension between her party and the

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Source: allAfrica.com

The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since reconstruction was passed by

The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since reconstruction was passed by President Eisenhower, 1957

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Source: Blackfacts.com

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1957

Ethiopia

Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. It has several high mountains, the highest of which is Ras Dashan at 15,158 ft (4,620 m). The Blue Nile, or Abbai, rises in the northwest and

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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7

2013

Ethiopia coronavirus: 1,486 cases; community transmission headache

Confirmed cases = 1,486 (142 new

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Another S. Sudan VP contracts Covid-19

The newly appointed chairman of the South Sudan's reconstituted National Committee on Covid-19 has tested positive for the coronavirus, the national Ministry of Health has

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Source: The East African

Courville, Cindy L. (1954– )

Cindy Lou Courville is an American diplomat and expert on Africa. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, to Earnest and Mar Courville in 1954, she grew up attending segregated schools until the eighth grade when she was among the first groups of African American children who began to integrate the local

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Source: Black Past

Africa: Desert Locust Upsurge Remains Critical

The current situation remains extremely alarming in East Africa where Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia continue to face an unprecedented threat to food security and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Treasury Declines KQ Sh7 Billion Bailout Appeal

The Treasury has refused to offer a commitment to Kenya Airways's request for a Sh7 billion emergency bailout after its aircraft were grounded due to the restrictions on international passenger flights sparked by the coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary | Dallas Weekly

On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with other civil rights lions like Reverend Hosea Williams (SCLC) continued on their march despite then Governor Wallace’s threats and were attacked by the

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Source: Dallas Weekly

African Union chief condemns US police killing of George Floyd

The head of the African Union Commission on Friday condemned the killing by police of an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota which has sparked protests across the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Privacy Bill: Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward – Voice and Viewpoint

On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video of a deceased person at the scene of an accident or

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

(1811) John Gloucester, “Dedication of the First African Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia”

In October of 1811, before the dedication of the first house of worship for African American Presbyterians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Reverend John Gloucester, founder and Pastor, had the following address circulated throughout the surrounding neighborhood and all friendly to his cause. The

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Source: Black Past

Queen of Sheba

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Ethiopia: Why an Ethiopia-Egypt War Over River Nile Dam Might Be 'Good'

The quarrel is over the rate at which Ethiopia fills the reservoir behind the dam and its effect on water supplies downstream in Sudan and Egypt--for who the Nile is the primary water

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Guterres Encourages Three UN Member States to Agree On Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

UN chief António Guterres is encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to persevere with efforts to overcome their differences and reach agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ellison, Keith M. (1963- )

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison was born on August 4, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. He was raised Catholic in a middle class family which included five sons to a father who was a psychiatrist and a mother who was a social worker. Since childhood Ellison was involved with the civil rights

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Source: Black Past

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1963

Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation

Statement of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

U.N. Leader Calls For Global Ceasefire On Africa Day

Africa Day will go virtual this year with a star-studded benefit concert hosted by English actor Idris Alba, an online how-to video for jollof rice, and a U.N. call for a global ceasefire issued by the Secretary General, Antonio

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Christensen, Donna Marie (1945–)

Donna Marie Christian-Christensen, the non-voting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives, was born in Teaneck, Monmouth Country, New Jersey on September 19, 1945 to the late Judge Almeric Christian and Virginia Sterling Christian. Christensen attended

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Source: Black Past

Sep

19

1945

Kenya: World Bank Announces U.S.$500 Million to Fight Locusts, Preserve Food Security and Protect Livelihoods

The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight the locust swarms that are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings

The rights group said in a report that victims were accused of being supporters of the Oromo Liberation Army, the breakaway armed wing of the Oromo Liberation Front, which the government had previously declared a terrorist movement but which has been unbanned by Prime Minister Abiy

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Africa: Russian Arms Exports to Africa - Moscow's Long-Term Strategy

Russia's state arms seller Rosoboronexport announced in April the first contract to supply assault boats to a country in sub-Saharan

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Source: allAfrica.com

Addis Ababa (1886- )

Addis Ababa was the last imperial capital of Ethiopia and serves as the capital of the modern state of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa came into existence in 1886 as a mineral springs resort for Ethiopias royal family and nobility. In 1892, Emperor Menilek II (r. 1889-1913) made it the capital when he

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Source: Black Past

Republican Senator Rand Paul (KY) Single-Handedly Stalls Anti-Lynching Legislation

“Senator Paul is now trying to weaken a bill that was already passed — there’s no reason for this, there’s no reason for this,” Harris

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Source: Chicago Defender

Ethiopia: Sudan and Ethiopia Agree to Resume Nile Negotiations

Prime ministers of Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to resume negotiations on the filling and use of the Grand Renaissance Dam [GERD], signalling a partial end to tensions over the Nile

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Source: allAfrica.com

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