Gunmen kill 43 in Nigeria's troubled north

Department Of Education & Early Learning To Host Conference On Children, Race and Racism - The Seattle Medium

Throughout the 3-day conference, attendees will hear from national and local speakers who will elevate research, best practice, and policy that supports educators in developing their culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching practices. Attendees will have opportunities to listen, learn, and

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Cedar Hill ISD to open Teacher Supply Warehouse - Dallas Examiner

Special to The Dallas Examiner CEDAR HILL – Cedar Hill Independent School District educators will soon havea new resource for classroom supplies as well as personal protection equipment. On Wednesday, the district opened

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#Election2020: Activists move from 'protests to the polls' in a push to shape a slew of local races on Election Day | The Atlanta Voice

Progressive activists are working to turn this year's nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice into results at the polls on Election Day, as they push to drive turnout and influence contests that will determine criminal justice policies at the local level. The groups engaged

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Health minister rejects claim Gov't dropped the ball on COVID-19

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Health Minister St Clair 'Jimmy' Prince has sought to assure the nation that the Government did not 'drop the ball' concerning its handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Prince said that the COVID-19 situation in St Vincent and

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Taraji P. Henson tells New Jack Swing backstory in podcast | The Atlanta Voice

Taraji P. Henson remembered wearing her favorite outfit to a music festival where some of the biggest New Jack Swing tunes were being performed from Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” to Tony! Toni! Tone!’s “Feels Good.” At the time, Henson had no clue about the backstory behind the music era, which made

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Committing to a just energy transition | Africanews

How would you ensure that an energy business operating in over 60 countries and providing more than 30.000 jobs aligns with the world’s climate and development goals? Solid commitments and clear strategies play a key role.

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Nigeria: UNILAG to Resume Lectures January 25 - Official

[Premium Times] According to UNILAG's communication unit, all lectures will be carried out online.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Biden Campaign, DNC Announce New Vote-By-Mail Features

The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Monday new features on IWillVote.com — the DNC’s voter participation website — that will help voters easily request and return their ballot by mail.

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Source: The Washington Informer

'Married At First Sight' Season 13 Cast Revealed• EBONY

Season thirteen of "Married At First Sight" will take place in Houston and EBONY is excited to announce that our own Vice President of Sales, Nicole Haynes, will be featured in this season's Matchmaking Special.

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'We are facing extinction': Black farmers in steep decline - Black News Channel

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — After Gil Alexander's death left no active Black farmers in a historic Kansas community once home to hundreds, Alexander's nephew and his wife gave up their jobs in Arizona to try and save the family farm. But Lateef and Carrie Dowdell

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Byo supply dams 70% full

BY MTHANDAZO NYONI BULAWAYO city’s supply dams are 70,39% full, with the local authority saying it is progressively moving towards suspending the water-shedding programme. According to the city’s inflows summary report, the dams were at 70,39% full as at March 5, 2021, which is enough to last for

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Nigeria: Allocation of 3% in PIA to Oil Communities Hurts, Says Akwa Ibom Governor

[This Day] Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has decried the three per cent allocated to oil-producing communities in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), saying the "paltry three per cent hurt the oil-producing communities badly."

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Source: allAfrica.com

Twitter Reacts To Cheating Houston Astros Not Making It To The World Series

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Indigenous peoples scream for help in Brazil - The New York Beacon

By Viviane Faver About 850 members from nearly four dozen Brazilian indigenous communities are camped in Brasilia to fight for indigenous land rights currently under consideration in the courts and Congress of Brazil. While lawmakers still debate the

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Nigeria coronavirus: 10,819 cases; mass infection of health workers

Confirmed cases = 10,819

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Rwanda: Rwf2.8 Billion Project Set to Boost Nyanza Cultural Tourism Ambitions

[New Times] Nyanza District and Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy (RCHA) are keen on mobilising resources to set up a Rwf2.8 billion facility, aimed at bolstering tourism receipts.

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Uganda: Sironko Residents Defy Covid-19 Guidelines

[Monitor] Residents of Sironko District, Bugisu Sub-region have continued to flout Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) put in place to curb the spread of the virus in country.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Music 99 off air but still available

After 21 years, Music 99FM switched off its over-the-air transmission at midnight on April 15, 2021. The station, a part of the Independent Radio Company, which is a member of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, was sold to satisfy one of the...

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'Planet Divoc-91': A webcomic about 2020’s most pressing issues

Artists and scientists collaborate to address young adults' experiences of the pandemic.

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Elite Guinea army unit says it's overthrown president | News24

Special forces soldiers apparently ousted Guinea's long-serving President Alpha Conde on Sunday, telling the West African nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders.

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CC Sabathia Recalls Waking Up Naked At Jay Z Party, Nick Cannon Welcomes 7th Child, And More • EBONY

CC Sabathia opens up about alcohol addiction, Nick Cannon welcomes his 7th child, and more in The Daily Rundown.

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Rick Ross Teams Up With Jetdoc To Spread Awareness About Affordable Healthcare

Rapper and mogul Rick Ross has teamed up with the telehealth company Jetdoc to spread awareness about the importance of affordable healthcare.

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Georgia Senate considers repealing no excuse absentee voting in sweeping election bill | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia Republican lawmakers are pushing to clamp down on voting rights Monday, potentially passing a sweeping election bill that among other things would repeal no-excuse absentee voting. Under SB 241, voters would need to be 65 years old or older, absent from their precinct, observing a religious

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

USVI Public Schools Resume In-Person Operations on Aug. 9

Public schools in the U.S. Virgin Islands will resume in-person operations when the 2021-22 school year kicks off Aug. 9, the V.I. Department of Education announced.

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In Their Honor: 15K Michiganders, Over 500K Americans Lives Lost to COVID-19 | COVID-19 | The Michigan Chronicle

Too many people are still dying from COVID-19, tragically. And recently, with the United States passing a grim milestone of over 500,000 COVID-19 related deaths, and Michigan reaching over 15,000 deaths, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has

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New world order, microwave society

BY NOTHANDO BHILA The old age axiom, the more the merrier has been reversed to read the less the merrier. Can this be a result of the selfishness that we have been somewhat asked to partake in slowly but poisonously through technological advancement and of late the worldwide lockdowns which in my

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Coronavirus Update: It’s Time to Have ‘The Talk’ About Coronavirus

On Wednesday, the U.S. saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with almost 46,000 infections

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Governor announces $25 Million in relief for renters | The Crusader Newspaper Group

On June 24, 2020 Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced the Indiana COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program, which will use $25 million in federal CARES Act funding to help Hoosiers struggling to pay rent due to the impact of

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Three killed in Limpopo mine protest | News24

Limpopo police have arrested four people after violent protests at a mine near Burgersfort left three dead.

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Africa: Sink or Swim, or Burn - the Whole World Is Inextricably Linked As Global Heating Intensifies

[Daily Maverick] So Unit 4 of the Medupi power station has blown up. Repairing the 800MW generator will cost an estimated R1.5-billion to R2-billion and will take two years. Following so shortly after the insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, and the extensive hack of Transnet's IT

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Source: allAfrica.com

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