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Why Trevor Bauer, and what’s next for the Dodgers? | L.A. Focus News

Editor’s note: This is the Friday, Feb. 5 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter from reporter J.P. Hoornstra. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. The story of the winter usually goes like this: The Dodgers target a big-name free agent. They make the player a competitive

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Nigeria: Ekiyor Begs Okowa to Include Ijaw in University Upgrade

[Vanguard] A former national president, Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, and Niger-Delta activist, Dr Chris Ekiyor, has implored Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to revisit his plan to upgrade some academic institutions in parts of the state to university status by including Ijaw in the

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Land probe opens can of worms

BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA GOVERNMENT’S latest blitz on land barons has exposed serious political undercurrents, with one of the suspected barons, Wellington Peyama, sensationally claiming that he was being hounded by Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe for allegedly backing Vice-President

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Black History Month; Local artists bring awareness to racial injustice & hope for positive change - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

As KNWA/FOX24 continues to recognize Black History Month, some artists in northwest Arkansas are using their talents to bring awareness to racial injustice.

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Kenya: Ruto Visits Coast on a Mission to Counter Kenyatta, Odinga BBI Gains

[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto is on a mission to reverse the gains made by President Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga, who have stepped up campaigns to popularise the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

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Namibia: On the Spot - Governors Should Be Elected - LPM

Interview - Much has been said about the Landless People's Movement (LPM) good showing in last year's regional council and local authority elections. This week, New Era journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa (KT) caught up with operative secretary and parliamentarian Edson Isaacks (EI) to share his

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Wuhan Residents Remember Coronavirus ‘Whistleblower’ Doctor A Year After His Death

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A year after his death from COVID-19, residents in the Chinese city of Wuhan say they remain grateful to the “whistleblower” doctor who first sounded the…

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Flood-hit Pomeroon farmers get relief from gov’t - Stabroek News

Farmers from the Pomeroon who were affected by prolonged flooding over the past few weeks today received aid in the form of fertilizers, chemicals and other planting material from the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute

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‘Always There’ – Dr. John Warren Honored with 2021 NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award – Dallas Post Tribune

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It seemed only fitting that immediately after presenting the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award to San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Publisher Dr. John Warren, legendary singer

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Paradise/Bachelor’s Adventure CCSC seek gov’t assistance - Stabroek News

President of the once vibrant Paradise Bachelor’s Adventure Community Centre Sports Club Esse Peters is calling on the government to help bring the venue back to a standard that the community can be proud of and use to improve their

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TSU receives $4.75M from Houston Endowment | Afram News

Texas Southern University (TSU) has been awarded funding totaling $4.75 million from Houston Endowment for several academic, arts and social justice initiatives.

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Hundreds protest coup in Myanmar as resistance spreads - Black News Channel

By Associated Press Undefined YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar's streets on Friday to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly

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US Group against termination of Guyana/Taiwan agreement | New York Carib News

The Brooklyn, New York-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has strongly condemned what it describes as the “forced” termination of the agreement between Taiwan and Guyana to establish a Taiwan office in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state, blaming the termination at the

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Embattled state-owned arms firm Denel operating at 30% capacity

Denel said on Feb.1 that it made a R1.96 billion loss in the 2019/20 financial year, compared to a R1.47 billion loss a year earlier.

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Wells Fargo to Invest $50 Million in 6 Black-Owned Banks

Wells Fargo, the multinational financial services company, has announced investments in six Black Minority Depository Institutions (MSIs).

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Biden gives California woman a pep talk in his weekly address | L.A. Focus News

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden gave a pep talk to a California woman who was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic, during a conversation the White House said is part of an effort to help him engage more consistently with regular

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Jessica Boling Talks Voter Suppression and the Lessons Learned from the 2020 Election | The Madison Times

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Voter suppression seems like a thing of the past, after all no group is denied the right to vote based on their gender or race, but just because something is outlawed doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist in other forms. Today, voter suppression takes form in voter ID laws, purged

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Nigeria: Sex Party Worse Than Covid-19, Says Ncac Chief

[Vanguard] The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, says the sex party idea, trending currently in Nigeria is worse than the deadly coronavirus.

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Black History Month this year is more than just reflecting on the past

Every February, it feels as though Black History Month gets the same kind of tired play. Corporations make social media... View Article The post Black History Month this year is more than just reflecting on the past appeared first on TheGrio.

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Zimbabwe: Police, Zanu-PF Pull Blank Faces Over Bindura Rally By Musanhi

[New Zimbabwe] POLICE and Zanu PF both say they were not aware Bindura North MP Kenneth Musanhi held a rally last week in defiance of government's lockdown measures against gathering.

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Balram Singh Rai remains the only Guyanese minister who was denied a parliamentary pension - Stabroek News

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Locally invented maths game touted as remedy for Jamaican students

SERIOUS about revolutionising how mathematics is taught and approached in Jamaica, Jemar Green has formed a team of roughly 12 members that has created My Vle Play, a company that invents computer games geared towards sharpening maths skills and critical thinking abilities.

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Michelle Obama, Amanda Gorman discuss inauguration poem and 'renaissance in Black art'

… means politically to have an African-American President before [former President] Trump … creation I see from other African-American artists that I look up …

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Charles Romans: The importance of Black History

… too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of … society routinely rejected or ignored African Americans. Undeterred, he lobbied schools … the challenges already overcome by African Americans. President Lincoln’s Emancipation …

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Nigeria: CBN Hammers Cryptocurrency Traders, Directs Banks to Close Their Accounts

[This Day] The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday directed banks and other financial institutions to immediately close any accounts dealing in cryptocurrency or facilitating payment for crypto currency exchange, with immediate effect.

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Nigeria: Court Orders Closure of Popular Kano Cleric Nasir-Kabara's Mosque

[Leadership] A Chief Magistrates' Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the closure of a mosque belong to a popular cleric, Nasir-Kabara'.

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Journalist's Social Media Post On Peace Snowballs Into Her Resignation | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

ISLAMABAD — Ethical issues related to journalists’ use of social media are again in the spotlight after an international correspondent resigned rather than remove a letter she wrote in Jan. to US President-elect Joseph R. Biden, pleading for him to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan, her home

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Ombudsman presents report to President Bio

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received the 2019-2020 annual report of the country’s Ombudsman - Leon Jenkins-Johnston. Assuring the Ombudsman of his support for the Ombudsman office and its independence, president Bio said: “My government has

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Journalist’s Social Media Post On Peace Snowballs Into Her Resignation – The Wilmington Journal

ISLAMABAD — Ethical issues related to journalists’ use of social media are again in the spotlight after an international correspondent resigned rather than remove a letter she wrote in Jan. to US President-elect Joseph R. [...]

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Diasporans demand Ekusileni Hospital opening

BY SILAS NKALA DIASPORA-BASED well-wishers under the banner of Friends of Iam4byo Fighting COVID-19 have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently open Ekusileni Hospital to allow Bulawayo residents to enjoy better health care. The grouping last year donated US$21 000 towards the

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