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Now you can read the Jamaica Observer ePaper anytime, anywhere. The Jamaica Observer ePaper is available to you at home or at work, and is the same edition as the printed copy available at http://bit.ly/epaperlive

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

Indian Cultural Association, Icons of Annotto Bay team up in St Mary

The Indian Cultural Association in Jamaica donated several care packages to residents of St Mary South Eastern and St Mary Central

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

Congo-Kinshasa: National Assembly Votes to Remove First Vice President

Kinshasa — Today the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo voted to remove the First Vice President, Jean-Marc Kabund, with 289 deputies voting in favor of his removal, 17 against, and nine

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Source: allAfrica.com

Recruiting for Good Cancels The Foodie Games and Launches Summer Gigs for Kids

The Foodie Games were creative competitions for kids to win fun goodies; R4G will instead hire kids for summer gigs to create positive and purposeful content. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, June 6, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- Recruiting

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Ambris fireworks keeps Breakers unbeaten

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies star Sunil Ambris continued to dominate the inaugural T10 Vincy Premier League, producing once again with both bat and ball to keep his Salt Pond Breakers undefeated here

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border

A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus

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Source: South Florida Times

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America | Afro

Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Safaricom retains top position as the most valuable firm in the

Kenya’s listed telco Safaricom topped the region as the largest company by market capitalisation and net earnings yet again this year, even as the Covid-19 pandemic hit listed firms, wiping out shareholder earnings and pushing away foreign

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Source: The East African

AU @57 declaration: ‘No-one is blameless’ in Libya tragedy – AUC chair

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, AUC; Moussa Faki Mahamat has bemoaned ongoings in Libya on the occasion of the AU’s 18

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

#JamaicaTogether Promo| Kadeen Mairs

COVID-19 has put into perspective what matters most: our health, strength, and family. We will come out of this with new income streams and better health and hygiene practices. Protect your mental health. We are all in this together. – Kadeen...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Burundi ruling party candidate wins presidential race

Burundi’s ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye was Monday declared the winner of the May 20 presidential race with 68 percent of the

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Source: The East African

Too early to reopen schools in South Africa - teachers' unions

The South African government is facing criticism over its plans to reopen

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

Muslim Journal Vol. 45, No. 37, May 29, 2020 | Muslim Journal

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Source: Muslim Journal | Publishing Community News weekly since 1975!

South Africa coronavirus: Eased lockdown splits opposition, over 11K recoveries

Key statistics as at May 24, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD

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

Course focusses on winning mindset

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Head-coach Junior Hercules has said that the ongoing World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) Online Clinic Course focuses on creating a winning mindset for seasoned coaches aiming to compete at the professional

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Coronavirus in Africa: 115,892 cases; 3,479 deaths; 46,553 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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

Flag raising goes virtual

With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, official Independence Day celebrations, including the flag raising ceremony, are going to be observed

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Africa: Total of COVID-19 Cases Now Over 115,000

South Africa has the most reported cases – 23,615, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

100,000: The Names Behind a Grim Toll

Your graphic depiction of the staggering loss of nearly 100,000 Americans to Covid-19 (so far) is moving beyond

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Africa: Uneca Encourages Africa to Invest On Digital Transformation

The webinar was organised by Africa Information and Communication Technology Alliance (AfICTA) in collaboration with UNECA with the theme "Unlocking Africa's Digital Potential Amid

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Source: allAfrica.com

African Liberation Day - It Is Time for Africa to Develop New Forms of Resilience

57 years ago, Africa laid the foundations for its unity that had been undermined by colonisation, by establishing a common organisation, the OAU, which became the African Union in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Paris Dennard Doesn’t Shy Away from Backing Trump

Paris Dennard is one African American who thinks President Donald Trump has improved the lives of Black people in the United

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Source: The Washington Informer

NACZ under fire over lukewarm Culture Week

THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has come under fire for its failure to fully embrace the digital era and market its online platforms after the annual Culture Week — which was held last week — failed to attract significant online

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Africa's First COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Have Begun In South Africa

A COVID-19 vaccine trial program began in South Africa last week — the first for the African continent — as the nation’s coronavirus case count topped

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

OGUTU: Sickle cell disease not yet fully curable despite a

The designation of the orphan disease status to SCD by regulatory agencies, such as US Food and Drug Administration, spurred interest in product development for therapeutic agents in the treatment of the

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Source: The East African

Biden reinforces plan for Black America after Breakfast Club backlash

Earlier this month, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, released his plan for Black America called, Lift Every

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Source: theGrio

HARRIS COUNTY DA KIM OGG REFUSES TO RELEASE HISTORY OF EX COP INVOLVED IN SHOOTING DEATH'S OF NINE AFRICAN AMERICANS

HARRIS COUNTY DA KIM OGG REFUSES TO RELEASE FACTS ABOUT EX COP’S ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN SHOOTING DEATH'S OF NINE AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trials over safety concerns

The World Health Organization says it is temporarily halting its clinical trials that use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients over published concerns that the drug may do more harm than

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

Hydrogen to fuel giant mining trucks in green shift by Anglo

Anglo American is advancing plans to convert its fleet of giant diesel-fuelled mine trucks to hydrogen power as the company seeks to burnish its green

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Source: TechCentral

Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 1: On ‘I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.’

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