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Chiwenga hints on displacement of 2 500 Chilonga villagers

Vice-President Constantine Chiwenga on Wednesday told Chiredzi villagers that changes on their current settlement would be made after the COVID-19 crisis in a clear sign that government was determined to displace over 2 500 families for a grass farming

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

House Democrats to Unveil Plan to Distribute $1,200 Stimulus Checks in New $3 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Fund – Free Press of Jacksonville

Unfortunately, there are millions of Americans who have yet to receive relief funds and it has been reported that some who have, already need additional

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit

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Source: South Florida Times

Beckles calls for Guyana recount to be declared

(CMC): Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has called for the recount of the results from Guyana’s March 2 general election to be declared quickly. Beckles made the call in a statement on...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Companies are taking on another $1 trillion in debt - L.A. Focus Newspaper

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Jamaican mother of five living in 20-foot container appeals for help - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hungry and homeless, a desperate mother of five is longing for reprieve from a life of hardship unfamiliar to many. The article Jamaican mother of five living in 20-foot container appeals for help appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved Communities.

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot

This wouldn’t be a California election without at least a few wildy contentious ballot measures about housing and property

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

Simmons, Denise E. ( – )

E. Denise Simmons made history in 2008 by becoming the first openly lesbian African American mayor in the United States. She was selected by fellow city councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to serve as mayor of the city for a two-year term from 2008 to

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Source: Black Past

McKenzie saddened by passing of former May Pen mayor

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has expressed sadness at the passing of former Mayor of May Pen and Councillor for the Mineral Heights Division Milton

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tanzania: Fired Ministers Shared Mixed Fortunes

He served as a minister for Home Affairs in President John Magufuli's cabinet for five months, from December

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Source: allAfrica.com

Scott $75B Homeowner Assistance Bill Included in HEROES Coronavirus Relief Package

Scott welcomed the inclusion of his legislative proposal to establish a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund to offer relief to consumers and prevent

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Source: Headlines - The Atlanta Inquirer

AfriForum withdraws court application dealing with Covid-19 quarantine facilities | News24

Lobby group AfriForum has withdrawn its High Court application dealing with the repatriation of South Africans and the quality of quarantine facilities.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Dengue outbreak over for Jamaica - Continued vigilance encouraged

The Chief Medical Officer of Jamaica Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has declared that the island’s dengue outbreak is now over. This comes as the data from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’s National Epidemiology Unit showed that for the last...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Hotels, attractions offering free rooms, day passes to local health care staff

In a move, it said, is designed to honour the medical teams who have been working on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has announced that it is providing free hotel stays for local health care

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Bartlett warns against sterile treatment of tourists

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has urged Jamaica’s hotel staff and other hospitality stakeholders not to lose their good-naturedness in trying to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19. The minister’s comments came during his...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Klan Cops and `The Wilmington Massacre’

In Wilmington, N.C. recently it was revealed some White members of the Wilmington Police Department are just itching for America’s mythical race war — much ballyhooed by some for decades — to

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Pritzker lays out federal COVID-19 response wish list to congressional committee | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said he would like to see a coordinated national COVID-19 containment strategy that requires people to wear masks, and he reiterated

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Brandon Scott Wins Democratic Nomination for Baltimore Mayor | Afro

BALTIMORE (AP) — City Council President Brandon Scott, who ran a campaign focused on youthful energy, progressive ideas and experience, has won the Democratic nomination for Baltimore

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Angola: Official Calls for Stricter State Fund Management

Lubango — The vice-governor for political, economic and social Affairs of the southern Huila province, Maria Chipalavela, Wednesday, here urged entrepreneurs benefiting from State financial support for stricter use of the amounts

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Source: allAfrica.com

The scary moment Nat King Cole collapsed seeing the remains of his mom for the last time - Face2Face Africa

Love for a mother is profound. A mother is the shield, tower, inspiration, and for music icon Nat King Cole, his mother Perlina Adams Coles was his only music teacher who he hoped would become a classical pianist. So when she died on February 23, 1955, in North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, aged

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Dlamini-Zuma asks SCA for leave to appeal 'inexplicable' high court ruling | News24

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has approached the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the ruling, which "inexplicably" declared six of the alert Level 3 regulations invalid.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Analysis: Florida's virus record exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Sunshine State recorded more than 15,000 new infections on Sunday -- the highest number of new cases in a single day by any state -- as the pandemic raged across southern and western heartlands including Texas, Georgia and Arizona. The surge came two months after many states, disregarding

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Steenhuisen: Dlamini-Zuma has become our de-facto president

Steenhuisen said Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is very busy while Ramaphosa sits on the sidelines, watching it all unfold.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Mexico surpasses Italy to post world’s fourth-highest coronavirus death toll - Stabroek News

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic rose above 35,000 yesterday, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world’s fourth-highest death total, according to Reuters

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Houston, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of July 13 - DefenderNetwork.com

The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of July 13, 2020. Texas Division of Emergency Management The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the department will open four drive-thru test sites: Crump

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

‘Bad mind!’ - St Ann’s Bay mayor blasts critics of COVID spend, Porsche charging station

ST ANN’S Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis has labelled as “bad-mind” detractors who have mounted a withering campaign against him since news broke of the reported $46m COVID-19 expenditure on sanitising the town of Ocho Rios and the $80,000 charging port installed at the municipal office to charge his

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Knew Khupe, Chamisa As Factional Leaders, Chose Me As Successor - Mudzuri

The late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai knew if either Nelson Chamisa or Thokozani Khupe succeeded him as president, the party would split into rival factions, newly appointed MDC-T deputy chair, Elias Mudzuri has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Western Cape municipal mayor dies from Covid-19 | News24

Langeberg mayor Henry Jansen has died due to Covid-19, the municipality in the Western Cape confirmed on Wednesday.

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