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Why are blacks residing on the south and west side of Chicago facing more arrests and fines for failing to social distance more than others throughout the
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Mentally Ill Jamaican man gets bail after 20 years behind bars - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Forty-nine-year-old Abraham Lawrence, one of several mentally challenged persons, who had been locked away in state custody for two decades, was granted bail in the St Elizabeth Parish Court in Black River
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PM thanks Rihanna for donation of 4,000 tablets | New York Carib News
The Clara Lionel Foundation (Rihanna's Foundation) and the Jack Dorsey Start Small Foundation stepped up to assist students with a donation of 4,000 tablets to help bridge the digital divide of the haves and have nots in Barbados.
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100 Black Men of Chicago and The Impact of COVID 19 on Youth Education and Resources for Parents and Students
Thursday, June 11, the 100 Black Men of Chicago brought us another informative virtual town hall meeting hosted by reputable broadcast journalist Darryl Dennard entitled The Impact of COVID 19 on Youth Education and Resources for Parents and
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George Floyd's death an American tragedy with global echoes | The Atlanta Voice
Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, Floyd’s face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to
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Angola: COVID-19 - Six Angolans Recover in Lisbon
Lisbon — Six Angolan nationals currently based in Portugal were declared recovered from covid-19 on
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Rwanda: APR Quartet in Final Talks With Club for New Contracts
Local giants APR have reportedly offered an extension until 2022 to four players who would otherwise be out of contract at the end of the 2019-20 Rwanda Premier League
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South Sudan's Machar, wife recover from COVID-19
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, have resumed their official duties on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, an official statement
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WHO warns pandemic accelerating in Africa, 25% of cases in South Africa
The speed the new coronavirus jumped from 100 000 to 200 000 confirmed cases in Africa shows just how quickly the pandemic is accelerating on the continent, the World Health Organization said
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The American Black Film Festival Is Going Virtual For Its 2020 Participants
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Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus - Stabroek News
SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running
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COMMENTARY: Newsoms confusing COVID-19 decrees - Black News Channel
By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me walk you through a straightforward and truthful perspective on this new entity that is the topic of our conversations nowadays, Coronavirus, or COVID-19 which is now a part of everyday
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Jamaican mangoes for New York market
A release from the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, DC, said the more than 4,500 pounds of mangoes, targeted for the New York, United States, market was exported after Washington DC-based Jamaica Direct Distributing Company, Miami-based US importer Season Farm Fresh Inc, and their Jamaican export
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I missed chance to be a dad, Jamaican George Williams reflects 50 year incarceration without trial - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) It was George Williams’ first Sunday as a free man, and his family made certain that he had a hearty dinner and experienced the warmth and togetherness of being at home in Ewarton, St
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Doubters quarantine: DRC civil society campaign combats virus denials
Civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking to the front line of coronavirus sensitization efforts as the pandemic continues to spike in the vast Central African
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'Major win' for mentally ill prisoners
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - More than 20 years ago, Abraham Lawrence was imprisoned after throwing stones at a group of men. The stones had damaged a police service vehicle in the process. His only 'crime', other than malicious destruction of property, was that he was deemed mentally ill and
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Mass Testing for Rwandan Peacekeepers in South Sudan
The testing spearheaded by the Ministry of Health started on Tuesday in Malakal where Rwanda Formed Police Unit-One (FPU-1) hybrid contingent of 239 officers, is
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WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — With nearly 30,000 dead in Brazil and more than 10,000 dead in Mexico, the novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to shatter hospital systems across Latin America — while France, which is emerging from a similar nightmare scenario, began on Tuesday a gradual return to
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Hunger strike - Prisoners protest death of fellow inmate after altercation with warders
The authorities are trying to reduce tension at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre where prisoners have gone on a hunger strike in protest of the death of an inmate during an altercation with correctional officers last Saturday. The...
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Covid-19 may never go away
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Wrongfully Convicted Inmate That WNBA Star Maya Moore Put Career On Hold For Has Been Released After Serving 22 Years
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Freetown Correctional Centre publishes report into Pademba Road prison riot
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2020: Following the aftermath of the rioting that took place on the 29th April, 2020, at the Freetown Correctional facility, Pademba Road, leaving several prisoners dead, injured and serious destruction to buildings and property, Officers of the Freetown Correctional
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Perilous prisons - Correctional facilities most dangerous for sick, mentally ill inmates
More than 400 inmates have been injured in violent altercations inside Jamaica’s prisons since 2018, and more than half of them have had to be taken outside the facilities for emergency medical attention. Many did not survive. At the same time,...
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Bourda vendors forced to reduce produce prices due to lack of customers - Stabroek News
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Meet The New Travel Host Who Wants To Take You Around The World With ‘Fly Brother’
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Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
NEW YORK, United States (AP) Jeffrey Epstein's long-time confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred yesterday to New York to face charges that she recruited women and girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
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UVA Doctors Discuss Impact of COVID-19 On Black America
Dr. Webb, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia, moderated the distinguished panel which featured Hilton, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia and co-founder of GoodStock
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Zimbabwe: Suspend Constitutional Amendment Hearings Parly Told
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