Mega farm investments key to food security

But ‘democracy’ is not breathing in Sierra Leone

And as expected of the “Falamakata” syndrome which is very much associated with low self-esteemed Sierra Leoneans, many SLPP supporters and apologists have suddenly become human rights activists

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Cristobal remnants bring thunderstorms, flooding to Midwest

MICHIGAN, United States (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada yesterday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, and

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

Newsom: We’re ready to keep reopening

(CALMATTERS) – California is entering yet another pivotal moment in its coronavirus

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Truck drivers accused of ‘smuggling’ COVID-19 from SA

THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has revealed that truck drivers transporting maize from South Africa to Zimbabwe were picking up passengers and travelling with women, risking the spread of

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Adonis displeased with CrossFit CEO’s remarks

Gregg Glassman, CrossFit’s CEO has stepped down after telling staff on a Zoom call, “We’re Not Mourning For George Floyd,” and Guyana’s fittest woman and CrossFit star athlete, Delice Adonis, has weighed in on the saga which has since sparked

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Reunert warns of tough times ahead

Despite a good performance in its ICT segment, Reunert experienced challenging trading conditions in the first half of its 2020 financial year, to 31 March, with its Electrical Engineering segment adversely

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Source: TechCentral

Reddit Replaced Alexis Ohanian With Black Tech Entrepreneur Michael Seibel After Ohanian’s Powerful Resignation

UPDATE: 6/11/2020 10:30 AM ESTLess than a week after Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian stepped down from his board position in order for a Black candidate to take his place, the social sharing platform announced Michael Seibel would be

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Source: MadameNoire

This one change to bankruptcy law could help small businesses

The law creates a Subchapter V of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which essentially makes it easier for small business owners to retain ownership of their business in the event of seeking bankruptcy

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

St Vincent PM says expects GECOM will honour results of recount

St Vincent PM says expects GECOM will honour results of recount -says CARICOM will not `tolerate anybody stealing an

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

No new COVID-19 case, 22 tests done

No new Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) case was reported

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Protesters brutalized across the nation; slave trader statue...

A Dallas police oversight board reported that it has had over 100 calls from residents complaining about police brutalizing protesters and reporting injuries as a result of police firing non-lethal but obviously harmful

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

SLAJ president speaks about the diffculties facing SLAJ amid COVID-19

In his address to members of SLAJ, the erudite President of the Association, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, congratulated members, more especially the surviving founding members, namely – Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (MP), Mrs. Bernadette Cole, Mr. Christo Johnson and

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Senate Confirms First Black Service Chief In Unanimous Vote | The Oklahoma Eagle

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation’s military

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

COVID-19 lockdown spawns child marriages

Centre for Women Against Abuse (CWAA), an organisation that works with women and girls in Mashonaland West province noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had created many challenges, especially for women and

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Disbelief and rumours lead to virus deaths in Haiti

CITÉ SOLEIL, Haiti (AFP) — On paper, Haiti so far has everything it needs to battle the novel coronavirus crisis — unoccupied hospital beds, medical staff, and

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

looking back – My life and times

I cannot think of any reason why God has preserved me to this day, other than His Grace and

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

#ThrowBack: Military steps in, denies coup

But in a statement read out by Major General Sibusiso Moyo, which came a few hours after the army besieged Pockets Hill, the ZBC headquarters, the State security agents indicated this was not “a military takeover of government”, adding Mugabe was

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Federal spy planes monitored protests over killing of George Floyd

Signs left by protesters on the fence that is preventing them from getting into Lafayette Park across the street from the White House during protests over the death of George Floyd on June 7, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Probe PG Hodzi for graft: Lawyer

PROSECUTOR-General Kumbirai Hodzi could land in soup over allegations of abusing and using his position for personal benefit in the ongoing arrests and alleged harassment of lawyers behind the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against his

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Just Eat Takeaway to buy Grubhub for $7.3-billion

European food-ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy US peer Grubhub in an all-stock deal that, if completed, would create the world’s largest food delivery company outside

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Source: TechCentral

Ex-Lesotho PM paid killers R400 000 to murder estranged wife: police

Lesotho's former prime minister Thomas Thabane and his wife paid assassins a down payment of $24 000 (about R400 000) to kill his estranged wife Lipolelo three years ago, according to a police affidavit seen on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Chasi wants reprieve for Chivayo

ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has given Intratrek exactly six months to feed 10 megawatts into the national grid, adding intrigue to the raging court case against the company after the Supreme Court this week ruled that its owner Wicknell Chivayo should stand

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

North Rupununi temporary road impassable due to flash flood

A temporary road in the North Rupununi has become impassable due to a flash flood and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) has advised persons travelling to Region Nine to make use of the recently commissioned road, which runs through

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Covered California Providing Health Care Coverage During COVID-19 Pandemic to Affected Californians

Los Angeles News Observer via Covered California News

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

DTEC-TAG LAUNCHES SUMMER LIVE-STREAMED LEARNING SERIES FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS & LEADERS

The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) is offering a summer instructional program to help parents, teachers and leaders better understand and utilize digital platforms to actively engage students of all

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Business confidence in South Africa drops to record low

South African business confidence plunged to the lowest level in 45 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with companies even more pessimistic now than when disinvestment from the country over its apartheid policies started gaining momentum more than three decades

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Source: TechCentral

Native Son hosts historic virtual leadership forum for Black gay men

(Photo: Native

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Source: theGrio

Community Demands Answers After Black Man Is Found Hanging Near City Hall

Source: Bob Carey / Getty

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Source: The Urban Daily

‘Boycott Starbucks’ Trends Once Again After Company Bans ‘Black Lives Matter’ Gear

Folks are now questioning the coffee company’s motives, considering they said they’d take action in “supporting our Black partners, customers and communities” in a June 4 statement following a week of protest over George

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Source: NewsOne

Council imposes heavy fines for unapproved structures

GWERU residents will have to fork out over $35 000 in penalty fees for building houses without approved plans as well as in excess of $3 000 for structures that are not inspected by

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

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