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Byo residents pursue independent water tests

BULAWAYO residents have engaged private laboratories to run independent tests on the city’s water after five children reportedly succumbed to diarrhoea due to contaminated water being pumped to Luveve high-density suburb by the local

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

College Football Star Threatened Boycott Over Coach's Support For Far-Right Channel

Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET

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Uganda: The Fake Pandemic News

Now, they have turned their attention to junk news about the COVID-19 crisis, helping social-media platforms move more quickly to dispel and discourage rumors, misinformation, and conspiracy

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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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Zimbabwe gives civil servants 50% salary hike, adds coronavirus allowance in US dollars

The Zimbabwean administration of President Emerson Mnangagwa, which has been facing unrest amid rapidly rising inflation, has hiked civil servants' salaries in local currency by 50% and also awarded them a US$75 Covid-19 allowance starting this

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Atlanta Officers Arrests Seen as Flashpoint in Police Morale Across the Nation?

The swift firing and arrests of two Atlanta police officers —now facing 15 charges between them ranging from aggravated assault to felony murder—following the tragic death of Rayshard Brooks, has sparked growing tension in police forces in Atlanta and throughout the

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Zimbabwe: Private Motorists Demand Exorbitant Fares During COVID-19 Public Transport Ban

Private motorists are taking advantage of the temporary ban on public transport during the Covid-19 lockdown period to demand exorbitant fares from Zimbabweans travelling between the country's towns and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Cop Kills Black Man At A Wendy's (UPDATE)

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that police Chief Erika Shields is resigning, after a Black man was killed by police at a Wendy’s on Friday

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Rwanda Records Lowest Number of New Infections in 3 Weeks

Rwanda on Wednesday, June 17 has recorded three new coronavirus cases in as many

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Source: allAfrica.com

Perverts take aim at children

THE police have made two more arrests in connection with the alleged rape of young girls across the island, at a time when child protection agencies are expressing concern that Jamaica's children, who are out of school, are at

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Round II: Chad receives 20,000 doses of Madagascar's COVID-Organics

Says it is of two type, the curative and preventive

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Klobuchar tells Biden to pick woman of color as VP, withdraws consideration

Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced on Thursday evening that she has withdrawn her name from consideration as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden‘s potential running mate, and has urged him to instead choose a woman of

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BCC defends water quality

TWELVE people were on Tuesday admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital suffering from diarrhoea as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) denied that the six children who died of diarrhoea in Luveve high-density suburb could have consumed contaminated water provided by

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Africa: Over 240,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, and 110,000 Recoveries

Cape Town — As of June 15, the confirmed COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Sikhala Confronts Kazembe Over Coup Plot Claims

Outspoken MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala on Wednesday confronted Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe demanding answers on why the Zanu PF top official made allegations linking him to a plot to overthrow President Emmerson

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Africa: 'Africa Achieves Better-Than-Expected Anti-Epidemic Results'

Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the 250,000-mark to reach 251,866 with 6,769 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon, maintaining a mortality rate far below the global average, beating forecasts from

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Investigators working with the idea that suspect in Atlanta Wendy's fire may be linked to Rayshard Brooks | The Atlanta Voice

Investigators are working with the idea that a suspect in the arson fire that burned down an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant may be linked to Rayshard Brooks, a source told

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Kenya budgets to fight locusts, floods and virus

Kenya has allocated Ksh48 billion ($480 million) to agriculture, and an additional Ksh4.3 billion ($43 million) from the World Bank has been set aside to combat the spread of the desert

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Source: The East African

Atlanta Cops Reportedly Call Out Sick In Response To Garrett Rolfe Being Charged

Source: Christian Science Monitor / Getty

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Mass grave found of Sudanese conscripts killed in 1998, says prosecutor

Sudan's public prosecutor announced on Monday the discovery of a mass grave containing conscripts allegedly killed after trying to flee a military camp in 1998 under ousted president Omar

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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Get Tested for COVID-19 . . .For Yourself, For Your Family, Co-workers, Customers, Neighbors and Friends

Riverside had tested more than 104,700 residents—9,590 of those were confirmed positive for the virus, while testing in San Bernardino County is progressing much slower, through June 9, the county had only tested 6,953 individuals with 3,931 testing

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Kenya: Four At State House Test Positive for Coronavirus

Four State House officials have tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first publicly-acknowledged Covid-19 infections at the top national government

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mayor to require city employees to take implicit-bias training

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive June 19 to address racial equity in Los Angeles by requiring city departments to plan for the reinstatement of affirmative action in California and for city employees to take implicit-bias

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Cops Kicking Rayshard Brooks Is Latest Instance Of Police Disrespecting Victims After Shootings

Tucked into the murder charges for the fired Atlanta cop who shot and killed an unarmed Black man last week was the allegation of him literally adding insult to

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Source: NewsOne

Burundi's new president to be sworn in today

Burundi's newly elected president Evariste Ndayishimiye will be sworn in today (Thursday), following the sudden death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza who left him an isolated nation in political and economic

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Source: The East African

Tennessee officials want mail voting appeal fast-tracked

NASHVILLE — Tennessee officials are seeking a fast-tracked decision by the state Supreme Court to block the absentee-voting-for-all option that a judge has ordered during the coronavirus

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Coroner Reveals 'This Is Us' Writer's Cause of Death | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Take a look at some of her tweets from 2019 below: You May Also Like Maybe the better question to ask is, what happens in the minds of Black women in general who commit

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Morocco sends 8 million masks to 15 African countries

Morocco has began shipment of 8 million masks and other medical supplies to help 15 African countries in their efforts to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, as instructed directly by Moroccan King Mohammed

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Nigeria coronavirus: 17,735 cases; six local airlines set to fly

Total confirmed cases = 17,735

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