‘What Makes Her Actions So Dangerous?’: Sen. Raphael Warnock Questions Park Cannon’s Violent Arrest
Sen. Raphael Warnock spoke out in defense of Rep. Park Cannon, questioning her treatment by officers in comparison to the violent mob of insurrectionists at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Source: NewsOne
Concerns grow over Sierra Leone government’s proposed cyber-crimes legislation
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2021: As the debate continues over the rationale of the government of Sierra Leone’s proposed legislation on cyber-crimes which has gone through its second and penultimate reading in parliament, the minister of information - Mohamed Rahman Swarray has held
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Nigeria: Govt, ASUU Agree On Periodic Review of Implementation of Agreements
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have resolved to carry out regular review of the progress made in the execution of Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) reached by both parties.
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Source: allAfrica.com
What's Going On | New York Carib News
SPRINGTIME IN AMERICA Two massacres, 18 deaths in less than one week in America, is unacceptable. A white man, Robert Aaron Long, killed eight people in Atlanta,  Georgia last week, six of whom were Asian American.  The gunman in Boulder, Colorado who killed 10 people, including a law enforcement
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Source: The New York Carib News
Kenya: International Teachers Unions Urge Uhuru to Save KNUT From Collapse
[Nation] Nine teachers unions from Africa and across the world are now mounting pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta asking him to intervene and stop the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) from further crippling the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut).
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician - has revealed that a American anti-abortionists are promoting it to women across the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Survey Looks At the State of Transition to Digital Playbook By MNOs in Africa and Middle East - Lack of Clear Roadmaps and Progress
[Balancing Act] London -- A survey of MNOs in Africa and the Middle East (which includes North Africa) carried out by Upstream Technologies - although a self-interested party as a vendor - sheds an interesting light on the distance between the rhetoric about digital transformation and the actual
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Source: allAfrica.com
University students deliver double-digit returns in TVA Investment Challenge - TSDMemphis.com
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University students in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Investment Challenge Program delivered double-digit returns in 2020, outpacing the S&P 500 Total Return Index for the calendar year, despite tremendous market volatility brought on by COVID-19. “The year 2020 was
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
Kenya: Nairobi Is Rapidly Losing Its Green Spaces - This Could Open the Door to More Diseases
[The Conversation Africa] There's been widespread concern in Kenya over the shrinking of green spaces in Nairobi, the capital city. Most recently, there was uproar over the construction of a raised highway. This resulted in the felling of hundreds of trees, though protests managed to save the life
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: How Police Officer Made Me Crawl On Lagos Road Naked - Victim
[Premium Times] "He said I should remove my clothes. I started shouting, people were coming, he used his gun to chase a security guy away."
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Source: allAfrica.com
Prophetic Politics and Black America: “What Will You Do unto the Least of These?” – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – It is, therefore, a reaffirmation of my faith in the oneness of God and the oneness of humanity that I must join to publicly support my African American
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
The right to vote is the foundation of democracy - Carolina Peacemaker
The right to vote is the essential foundation of democracy. Yet today, across America, there is a systematic campaign by one party to curtail the right to vote, targeted particularly at minorities and the young. As the Brennan Center for Justice reports, Republicans have introduced more than 250
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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com
Kenya: LSK Wants Askaris Arrested for Mistreating Kisumu Hawker
[Nation] The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is demanding for the arrest of Kisumu county askaris who were captured on video dragging a female hawker on a tarmac road, sparking public outrage.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Tech Savvy Youth With High Social-Emotional Skills Succeed in Agriculture - Study Shows
[IPS] Ibadaan, Nigeria -- Saheed Babajide, a young animal production graduate and a manager at a national milk production company in Iseyin, Nigeria, is a beneficiary of the government's youth agriculture intervention programme. But he feels he received almost no training during the three years he
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Source: allAfrica.com
Cohort Sistas 3.1% campaign celebrates Black women with doctoral degrees - TheGrio
Cohort Sistas launched the 3.1% Campaign, raising funds and awareness to support Black women pursuing doctoral degrees and highlighted 31... View Article The post Cohort Sistas 3.1% campaign celebrates Black women with doctoral degrees appeared first on TheGrio.
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Source: theGrio
Zim quartet for Italian exhibition - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO TOP four Zimbabwean artists’ crafts will be showcased at the 59th edition of the La Biennale di Venezia exhibition, set for Venice in Italy from May to November next year. Addressing a Press conference at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) in Harare
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Nigeria: Senate Okays Establishment of Agricultural Development Fund
[Daily Trust] The Senate yesterday passed a bill seeking to establish the National Agricultural Development Fund.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Benin: At a Benin Hospital, a Female Doctor Takes Reins Against Covid-19
[Africa Renewal] Dr. Rokhiatou Babio is one of the few women in Benin spearheading a medical team on the COVID-19 frontline. She narrates her gut-wrenching experience on that dark day, a month after taking office.
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Chains of Racialized Voter Suppression Remain - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… evil status quo and preventing African-Americans from accessing the right to … legislators drafted laws to “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision,” in …
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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media
Chef Tina Gray Brings Comfort in Every Bite. | Chicago Defender
Chicago native and mother, Chef Tina Gray, is the owner of What's on The Menu Catering. Her passion, love for food, and philanthropy are the foundations of her platform. Chef Tina has cooked for celebrities such as comedians Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, basketball star Derrick Rose to name
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Source: Chicago Defender
Nigeria: Islamic Teacher, 33 Others Arrested for Alleged Looting of Burnt Katsina Market
[This Day] The Katsina State Police Command yesterday paraded a 43-year-old Islamic teacher, Muhammadu Abba, and 33 others for allegedly looting goods and other valuables worth thousands of naira at the Katsina Central Market which was ravaged by fire.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ghana's Akufo-Addo Faces a Gruelling Second Term
Analysis - On 4 March, Ghana's Supreme Court unanimously ruled to uphold the second term victory of President Nana Akufo-Addo in the 7 December 2020 general elections. Akufo-Addo's opponent and immediate past predecessor John Dramani Mahama, who had challenged the results in court and argued for
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Chains of Racialized Voter Suppression Remain | New Pittsburgh Courier
The chains of racialized voter suppression remain unbroken in America “land of the free.” The supposed shining light of freedom for all the world to see can’t seem to catch its breath although political developments are illuminating voter suppression tactics to disenfranchise Black voters. Many
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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media
Bobby Shmurda’s Parole Requirements Revealed
He also has to submit to substance abuse testing and receive counseling for anger and aggression that he may be harboring in his person.
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Source: Black America Web
Nigeria: Govt Rejects Transparency International's Rating of Nigeria's Anti-Corruption War
[This Day] The recent poor rating of Nigeria in its anti-corruption campaign by the Transparency International (TI) received the attention of the federal government yesterday as it punctured the assessment, saying it was full of discrepancies, inaccurate data and indices.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ghana: Church, State and Media Vs. LGBT+ Rights
[African Arguments] The state, media and religious leadership across different faiths have unleashed a wave of homophobia against its queer community.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Defend our Democracy to Lamola: People who committed crimes 'must go in peace to prison' | News24
A delegation from the Defend our Democracy campaign met with Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to deliver a statement, which details its "key calls".
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Fugard Theatre closure: EFF blames ANC for collapse of creative industry
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) referred to the closure of the Fugard Theatre as "demoralising and culturally crippling".
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Nigeria: Buhari Flags-Off North-East Rice Cultivation Programme
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari says the revolution of rice production across the country is the product of his administration's clear-sighted policy on agriculture.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Why Loss of Green Spaces in Nairobi Could Open the Door to More Diseases
[Nation] There's been widespread concern in Kenya over the shrinking of green spaces in Nairobi, the capital city. Most recently, there was uproar over the construction of a raised highway. This resulted in the felling of hundreds of trees, though protests managed to save the life of one
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Source: allAfrica.com

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