Dr. Ralph Bunche: A Hero of U.S. Diplomacy

‘Courtside Karen’ Draws Attention To Husband’s Political Donations To Republicans, Including Trump And Giuliani

A closer look at the history of political donations from Chris Carlos -- the husband of Juliana Carlos, also known as "Courtside Karen" -- could shed some light on her privileged behavior confronting LeBron James mid-game.

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Source: Black America Web

Area Small Businesses Benefit From Dominion Energy Grants - The New Journal and Guide

Special to the New Journal and Guide

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Somalia: Galmudug Spy Chief And 13 Others Killed in Roadside Bombing

[Dalsan Radio] At least 14 people were killed including the regional director of intelligence in Galmudug following a roadside blast.

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Source: allAfrica.com

NAACP Houston and others seek renaming of Negrohead Lake - DefenderNetwork.com

The NAACP Houston, led by President Dr. James Dixon, in collaboration with Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis and United States Congressman Al Green, is convening a press conference to publicly call for the renaming of Harris County's Negrohead Lake. Dixon, Ellis

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

Somalia: Which Way for Farmaajo? Somalia At Crossroads As Opposition Withdraws Recognition

Analysis - Somalia's President Mohamed Farmaajo could be facing the most challenging time of his presidential career, exactly four years since he was elected the ninth head of the Horn of Africa country.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Government War on Donor Dollars

[Monitor] President Museveni's letter dated January 2, in which he suspended the operations of the European donor-funded Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) project, appears to be just a continuation of a sustained effort to clamp down on inflow of foreign funding to activities that the ruling

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Source: allAfrica.com

Richards Bay hero wants Orlando Pirates scalp in Nedbank Cup last 16

After beating Kaizer Chiefs, Richards Bay defender Katlego Maphathe now wants to add Orlando Pirates scalp to their collection.

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

Uganda: No Group Can Defeat Ruling Party - Museveni

[Monitor] President Museveni has said no group or organisation can defeat his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.

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Source: allAfrica.com

BLM Ally Dolly Parton Curved Trump’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, Twice

In his four years in office Donald Trump managed to degrade everything from the office of the Presidency to America's reputation across the world, so when he offered to "bless" Dolly Parton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she declined... twice.

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Source: Black America Web

Police predict violent 2023 poll

BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is anticipating increased political tensions and contestations ahead of the 2023 harmonised election following the continued political instability in the country since the 2018 elections. In the ZRP Horizon 2025, a document which maps the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Vice-President Harris’ Best Friend Forever, Derreck Johnson Shares Inaugural Experience | Post News Group

On Nov. 3, 2020, Johnson and Harris were both waiting for election results. Harris for the outcome of the presidential election, and Johnson, running for Oakland’s at-large City Council

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ICC finds Ugandan LRA commander guilty of war crimes

The International Criminal Court has convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Netherlands-based court on Thursday found Dominic Ongwen, 45, guilty of 61 charges relating to crimes including murder, widespread

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

PNP saddened at sudden passing of Justice Harrison

The People’s National Party (PNP) is expressing condolences at the passing of retired Judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Paul Harrison. Harrison passed away suddenly yesterday. Senator Donna Scott-Mottley, opposition spokesperson on...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Uganda: Ongwen is Guilty - Now Get Us Kony, Says U.S.

[East African] The US State Department will uphold its $5 million bounty on Joseph Kony, the leader of Uganda's rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, which has in over two decades committed atrocities in northern Uganda, South Sudan and parts of central Africa.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia - Roadside Bombing Kills At Least 13 After Presidential Talks Break Down

[DW] The attack took place shortly after negotiators failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president. Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab took responsibility for the attack near the town of Dhusamareeb.

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Source: allAfrica.com

British & Irish Lions tour decision 'by the end of March'

World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte said a decision on the British & Irish Lions tour to SA will be made by the end of next month.

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

Hunter Biden's memoir 'Beautiful Things' out in April - Black News Channel

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. The book is called 'Beautiful Things' and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

The path to Africa’s future of reliable internet connectivity

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 February 2021: Last week, the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) signed a partnership that paves way for secure and efficient internet connectivity for African countries. The agreement by the two industry leaders

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Ice Cube Claims He’s Setting Up A Meeting With President Biden

The rapper said the administration reached out to him.

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Congo-Kinshasa: UNICEF Deploys Staff, Medical Equipment and Supplies in Response to Latest DRC Ebola Case

[Unicef] Staff from UNICEF are working with the DRC Ministry of Health and medics in North Kivu province -- in the east of the country -- following an announcement by the Ministry of Health of the death of a 42 year-old-mother from Ebola.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Racial disparity seen in U.S. vaccination drive - DefenderNetwork.com

A racial gap has opened up in the nation's COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows. An early look at the 17 states and two cities that have released racial breakdowns through Jan.

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

The GOP Is America’s Abusive Partner

When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez uttered those words on her Instagram Live last week, it immediately invoked the once unthinkable scene of our Capitol building under siege by White…

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UK sanctions on Zim a push for reforms

BY James Duddridge Two years ago saw a dark period for Zimbabweans. Over a two-week period in January 2019, 17 people were killed while 81 others sustained gunshot wounds. Independent reports were clear that this terrible violence, together with the deaths of six protesters in the August 2018

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Department of City Planning Improves Online Application System Due To COVID-19 - Los Angeles Sentinel

The Los Angeles Department of City Planning announced that it has improved its online application system to minimize the need for people to visit its Development Services Centers in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. The online system's recent additions include a portal for accessory dwelling

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L.A. County Supervisors Hear Options For Removing Sheriff - Los Angeles Sentinel

Los Angeles County supervisors were briefed today on four legal options for removing Sheriff Alex Villaneuva from his elected post, but it was not clear if the board is ready to take action. Supervisor Hilda Solis, the board's current chair, noted that to date, the board has sued the sheriff, held

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

Rwanda: Kagame Tips Amavubi Players on Discipline and Hard Work

[New Times] President Paul Kagame, on Sunday, February 7, met with the national football team players and officials who represented the country at the African Nations Championship (CHAN), in which Rwanda reached the quarter-finals of the tournament.

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Source: allAfrica.com

I SAW THE SIEGE: ‘We Were Outnumbered’ On Capitol Hill, Says Congressional Aide

During Black History Month, Zenger News presents “I Saw the Siege,” a series of on-camera interviews with African-American eyewitnesses to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “I say a prayer every [...]

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Source: The Westside Gazette

New bridge, record cargo despite pandemic among 2020 highlights at Long Beach port | L.A. Focus News

When 2020 dawned, the major concern at the Port of Long Beach centered around a burgeoning trade war with China. But then the global coronavirus pandemic quickly changed that, posing challenges the port had never before faced. The fallout from the pandemic was the focus of Executive Director Mario

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

High-level Guinean delegation meets President Bio in Freetown

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2021: A high-level delegation led by the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad, Dr Ibrahim Khalil Kaba, today conveyed a letter from Guinea’s President Alpha Conde to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The Guinean team

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

OPINION: Chicago’s vaccine distribution plan is organized chaos—with dire consequences - The DePaulia

As of this month, 27 million Americans have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination. Illinois began the first stage of its vaccine rollout plan in December 2020 with phase 1A, which encompassed frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facility staff and residents. On

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Source: The DePaulia - The Student News Site of DePaul University

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