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Nigeria: Govt Knocks Atiku Over Alarm On Debt Profile

Abuja — Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has come under criticism from the federal government for portraying an apocalyptic scenario about the country's debt

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: EC Rejects Opposition Demands On Elections

Preparations for next year's general elections got off to a bumpy start yesterday after authorities at the Electoral Commission (EC), rejected Opposition demand for a new 2021 roadmap, born out of a meticulous consultative

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Source: allAfrica.com

10 Elected Officials Of Color Send Letter To Mayor Durkan And Chief Best

On Mon., U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and nine city, county and state elected officials of color who represent the Seattle community sent a letter to Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best that urged them to enact meaningful and transformative changes to the very nature of

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Trump: I'll veto defense bill to keep Confederate base names | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a massive defense bill to keep military bases such as Fort Bragg named after Confederate officers, swimming against sentiment in his own party and imperiling a 3% pay raise for the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Trinidad man walks into police station and confesses - 'I just killed her'

Trinidad man walks into police station and confesses – ‘I just killed

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Nigeria: All 36 Governors Declare State of Emergency Over Rapes and Violence

All 36 of Nigeria’s governors resolved to declare a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Congress Sends Juneteenth Legislation to Trump | Dallas Weekly

June 19, 1863 Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society enforce the Emancipation order

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Senator Shelley Moore Capito Breaks Down Republican Police Reform Bill

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito about the Republican policing reform bill, a response to nationwide protests over police shootings of Black

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Source: Stories About Black History

THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: How to stop killing people like George Floyd

That was the beating of black motorist Rodney King by a swarm of Los Angeles police

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Recount ‘completely acceptable’ for declaration of result

In a blistering report the three-person scrutinizing team from CARICOM declared that the National Recount of votes and by extension the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections were sufficiently transparent to reflect the will of the Guyanese people and form the basis for the declaration of the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

California Assembly Passes Bill to Set Up Reparations Task Force

The “reparations” bill calls for the creation of a task force to study and propose ideas for how African Americans in California can be compensated for slavery and its “after lives,” as the author of the legislation, Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), describes the Jim Crow laws and other forms of

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

Rwanda No Longer a COVID-19 Risk Area - German Biomedical Institute

Germany's renowned Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday, June 18, announced that it is no longer considering Rwanda as a Covid-19 risk area, owing to the country's recent containment measures against the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mali's president agrees to hold dialogue aimed at forming unity government

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced on Tuesday that he would hold talks on establishing a new unity government, after weeks of escalating criticism from the country’s political

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Bill Banning Police From Using Deadly “Sleeper Hold” Introduced in California Assembly

Last week, reacting to the violent death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minnesota, California Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) introduced a new

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

VOTERS

In a few days, early voting in the Democratic Runoff Election for U.S. Senate

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota still hasn’t gotten an anti-lynching law through Congress

In 1900, the first anti-lynching bill was introduced by Rep. George White, an African

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Texas Southern University Offers George Floyd’s 6-Year-Old Daughter A Full Scholarship

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Source: Black America Web

Central Africa: Pierre Nkurunziza, a Leader in the Great Lakes Mould

Many will remember Nkurunziza only for the last years of his presidency - that legally dubious third term of office that sparked a political

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Source: allAfrica.com

Suggestion made for more groups to look out for sexual harassment

ONE of the suggestions being made to improve the Sexual Harassment Bill is widening the scope of people who have a duty of care to address complaints of sexual harassment, including the crew of public transportation such as the State-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company

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

Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward

The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust between law enforcement and minority

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

LeBron James And Other Stars Form A Voting Rights Group | The Oklahoma Eagle

Invoking the names of an earlier generation of athletes who called for social justice, Mr. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, said he wanted to be a model for future

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Rep. Cedric Richmond Gets GOP Colleague Together During House Hearing

On Wednesday, tempers flared during a House hearing on the matter and it left Louisiana Congressman Cedric Richmond at odds with his Republican colleague Matt

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Wayne Brady And Bill Duke Are Now Honorary Members of Phi Beta Sigma

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. announced this weekend that they have inducted Wayne Brady and Bill Duke as an honorary

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Source: Watch The Yard

Henry Richardson: Key Figure in Amending the State Constitution to Integrate the National Guard

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Source: Black Then

Funds available for homeless assistance –

Volusia County has received nearly $450,000 in federal funds that are available to nonprofit organizations that are working to lessen the impacts of COVID-19 in the homeless

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Source: Daytona Times

Federal Lawsuit Filed Against City of Oakland for Police Violence During Recent Protests

Representatives of social justice organizations and individuals announced a civil rights class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Oakland in the wake of police violence during protests May 29 and June

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A call for change, a call for justice

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Malawi: New Elections, New Alliances, New Uncertainties

As polls suggest the opposition alliance will win on 23 June, President Mutharika has been trying to forcibly remove the country's chief

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Source: allAfrica.com

Change Guyana calls on Granger to concede

Change Guyana, which contested the March 2nd general elections, today called on President David Granger to concede defeat and allow the inauguration of PPP/C presidential candidate, Irfaan

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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