Kenya: Harambee Stars Defender Joins Moroccan Side

Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants

Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Namibia: Diamond Licenses Applications Open

[Namibian] Applications for new diamond licenses have recommenced following the review requirements and procedures by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tunisia Takes Delivery of Medical Aid From Turkey

AllAfrica publishes around 800 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every

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Malawi: Chilima, Wife Test Coronavirus Negative - 'Malawi Surge in Virus Cases Is Alarming and Frightening'

[Nyasa Times] Malawi vice-president Saulos Chilima has said with his wife he has undertaken a coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic tests following the surge of cases in the country and both tested negative.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Richmond rids itself of another statue | Dallas Weekly

(Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via

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Somalia: Puntland President Unveils New Cabinet

AllAfrica publishes around 800 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: New Study Sheds Light On Factors Pushing Children Into the Streets

[New Times] The National Rehabilitation Service (NRS) is finalising comprehensive research on the magnitude of delinquency, the role of the community and the impact of rehabilitation centres.

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Kenya: Kitui Family Recounts How Kin Was Killed By Gunmen Linked to Felicien Kabuga

Mr Benjamin Mbiti Kalili was a telecommunications expert who had been seconded by United Nations to the Arusha based International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda genocide which was trying the genocide suspects to help in tracking Mr

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tunisia: HPR Plenary Session On Wednesday Devoted to Report of Inquiry Committee Into Amdoun Tragedy

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -The House of People's Representatives (HPR) is holding Wednesday a plenary session to present and discuss the report of the inquiry committee into the Amdoun tragedy (Beja governorate), pursuant to provisions of Article 100 of the Rules of Procedure, in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

East Africa: More Than 40,000 People Forcefully Evicted in East Africa During Coronavirus Crisis

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -Poor communities in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia have been left homeless and exposed in the midst of the pandemic, charity says

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mozambique: Eight Killed in Terrorist Ambush

[AIM] Maputo -- Five terrorists killed eight people on 27 June in an ambush against a vehicle of the company Fenix Construction Services in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tunisia: New Party Sees Light of Day

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -A new party called "People's Will" (Iradat Echaab) led by Tarek Abbassi, has been born.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Hughes, Langston (1902-1967)

Poet, novelist, playwright, librettist, essayist, and translator, James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on Februray 1, 1902 to parents Caroline (Carrie) Mercer Langston, a school teacher, and James Nathaniel Hughes, an attorney. His parents separated before Langston was born and

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Source: Black Past

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Elder Watson Diggs: Principal Founder of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated

Elder Watson Diggs was a principal founder of Kappa Alpha Psi

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Source: Black Then

Hair weaves made from Chinese prison camp detainees seized

(AP Photo/Wong

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Somalia: Somaliland Releases Detained Musicians

[Dalsan Radio] Authorities in Somaliland have on Wednesday released two singers after being in prison for more than 2 months in Hargeisa.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Stella Nyanzi Announces Her Candidature for Kampala Parliamentary Seat

[Nairobi News] Controversial Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has officially joined politics.

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘He Looks Like Babyface’: Toni Braxton Fans Do a Double Take After the Legend Posts Son’s Graduation Picture

The R&B living legend took to Instagram to celebrate her oldest son, Denim Braxton-Lewis, on his milestone achievement of graduating from high school, but his resemblance to Braxton’s producer and longtime friend Kenneth “Babyface” Edmunds turned a few

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Menchú, Rigoberta

Menchú, Rigoberta | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Why COVID-19 has not ravaged Miramar

Messam, who is mayor of the city of Miramar in South Florida, said once back home he directed city managers to plan for a devastating

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

Rwanda: Atlas Mara Explores Further Acquisition Options

[New Times] Atlas Mara Group, which owns Banque Populaire du Rwanda will continue to explore options in pursuit of adjustment towards improving performance in core markets, streamlining the holding company structure and related costs, and exiting or partnering in certain countries.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: COVID-19 - Aga Khan University Gives Pumwani Maternity Hospital Sh10m

[Nation] Patients at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi are set for better care as the Aga Khan University has given it Sh10 million for the fight against Covid-19.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cleopatra Study Guide - Important Facts and Timeline

Cleopatra (January 69 B.C. - August 12, 30 B.C.) was the last pharaoh of Egypt. Following her death, Rome took over as ruler of Egypt. She was not an Egyptian, however, despite being pharaoh, but a Macedonian in the Ptolemaic dynasty that a Macedonian Ptolemy I Soter started. Ptolemy was a military

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Kenya: Central Region Governors Laud Rival of Nairobi-Nanyuki Metre-Gauge Rail

[Capital FM] Nyeri -Governors drawn from the central region have commended ongoing efforts by the national government to revive the Nairobi-Nanyuki metre-gauge railway, a move they say will boost the region's economy.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia: 133 Stranded Somalis Evacuated From Uganda

[East African] Entebbe,

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Egypt Court Jails Belly Dancer for 'Debauchery' in Social Media Crackdown

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Sama El-Masry was sentenced to three years in prison posting "indecent" videos and photos on TikTok

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I missed chance to be a dad - George Williams reflects on lost moments, five-decade incarceration

It was George Williams’ first Sunday as a free man, and his family made certain that he had a hearty dinner and experienced the warmth and togetherness of being at home in Ewarton, St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Wesley Cook established his status as a political activist while still a teenager. At age 14, he took part in a protest against a rally for presidential candidate George Wallace and was subsequently arrested by Philadelphia police. The arrest did not deter him from further political activism, and

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Source: Brittanica

Rwandan Researchers Develop New Algorithm to Treat Tuberculosis

[New Times] With around 1.5 million deaths a year, Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease. Over the years, the infection has developed resistance against Rifampicin, a standardized drug that is used to treat Tuberculosis.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Visibly annoyed Ramaphosa says cigarettes will be sold again... eventually

Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to accept the cigarette ban as reality, at least while Level 3 lockdown is in place.

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

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