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Nigeria: WTO to Affirm Okonjo-Iweala As DG Today
[This Day] The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has scheduled a special meeting of its General Council for Monday (today), where Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is expected to be formally announced as the Director General.
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Source: allAfrica.com
‘White Freedom’ traces complex relationship between freedom and race – Florida Courier
“White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea’’ by Tyler Stovall. Princeton University Press (435 pages. $29.95) BY DR. GLENN C. ALTSCHULER SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER The Declaration of Independence’s assertion of “self-evident truths” – that “all men are created equal” and endowed with
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Tops/Flops France-Finlande : Le soir de Griezmann, Martial un peu en deçà - Haiti24
La grosse prestation de Griezmann, la belle disponibilité de Benzema, mais également le match un peu plus discret de Martial: retrouvez les Tops et les Flops de la rédaction à l'issue de cette rencontre entre la France et la Finlande (2-0). TOPS À découvrir Griezmann est redevenu le taulierOn
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Source: Haiti24 – Nouvelles d’Haïti | Politique, affaires courantes, sport et autres rubriques
HPCSA probe into coerced sterilisation of women living with HIV still ongoing | News24
The Commission for Gender Equality report has made several findings and recommendations, including that medical staff breached their duty of care to the women.
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South Africa: Land Rights Have Become a Resource That Is Given to the Elites, Say Rural Land Activists
[Daily Maverick] Rural activists say that the Ingonyama Trust judgment reveals a culture of exploitation of the most vulnerable by traditional leadership and the government, to benefit elites.
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Simone Biles Credits Naomi Osaka For Encouraging Her To Prioritize Her Mental Health - Blavity
After  Simone Biles withdrew from the competition at the Olympics on Tuesday in an effort to protect her mental health, she said athletes like Naomi Osaka encouraged her to speak her own truth about the “internal struggles” she’s been dealing with. "I have to focus on my mental health,” Biles
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Military coup in Mali – is Africa returning to its bad old ways?
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2020: The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was seized and detained with his Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by the military yesterday. Initial reports indicate that what started as a mutiny is becoming a full-blooded coup d’état. In
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President Chakwera engages British PM Boris Johnson on Climate Change
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera, currently on tour of duty in the United Kingdom for a Global Education Forum on Thursday engaged Tory leader and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on global climate change and the need for the UK government to support Malawi. Chakwera appealed to Her
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Horne in the race
Senator Norman Washington Horne has confirmed that he is interested in becoming president of the People's National Party (PNP),...that is if the organisation's delegates so desire.
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Sophia, the white girlfriend of Malcolm X - Face2Face Africa
Long before he met and married his Black Muslim wife, Betty Shabazz, the first great love of Malcolm X’s life was awhite woman, a tango-dancing blonde, whom Malcolm named ‘Sophia’ in hisAutobiographybut whose real name was Beatrice Caragulian Bazarian also known as ‘Bea’ or perhaps even
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Africa: Sudan Joins the Smart Africa Alliance
[SudaNow] Kigali, Rwanda -- The Republic of Sudan has become the 32nd African country to join the Smart Africa Alliance thus signaling a strong intention to place technology at the centre of Sudan's reconstruction.
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Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Now At 489
Among the new cases, 19 are truck drivers from Elegu, Malaba, Busia and Mutukula border
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Liberia: World Bank Group President David Malpass Welcomes G7 Covid-19 Support to Developing Countries
[FrontPageAfrica] Washington -- World Bank Group President David Malpass has lauded the G7 leaders' Statement on COVID-19 response and vaccinations for developing countries.
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Air Pollution Linked With Increased Risk Of Dementia: Study – The Omaha Star
Exposure to 1 microgram of particulate matter per cubic meter corresponds to a 16 percent greater chance of all-cause dementia. The post Air Pollution Linked With Increased Risk Of Dementia: Study appeared first on Zenger News.
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Acting CoP Jacob: More police operations to stem rise in crime - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Police operations have been increased, geared at stemming the potential rise of crime, acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob said in a release on Saturday. He said law enforcement was aware that communities throughout the country were experiencing increased criminal activity. On Friday,
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One rule for them: Eskom to SUSPEND load shedding for 'political request'
Never mind Eskom... PARLIAMENT is the best place to find 'power' in South Africa: The latest load shedding developments are, well, utterly extraordinary.
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Edward Brooke , in full Edward William Brooke (born October 26, 1919, Washington, D.C.—died January 3, 2015, Coral Gables, Florida), American lawyer and politician who was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served two terms
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#BTSpeakingOut – How prepared are we really? - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Trevor Browne With the approach of what promises to be yet another active hurricane season, the Barbados Association of Professional Engineers
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South African News | Online News | The South African
For all the latest news updates, South African news & anywhere in the world. The South African is an independent, no agenda and bias online news platform that gives the latest news updates.
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Spot Money launches South Africa’s first Open Banking offering
Spot Money offers a mobile open banking platform that integrates with various bank and payment services.
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Virus Outbreak Inevitable In Australian State; Chief Health Officer – The Wilmington Journal
BRISBANE, Australia — Queensland’s chief health officer said it’s “almost inevitable” that Covid-19 cases will rise in the state in the coming months. Jeannette Young said the state has weathered 13 incursions of the virus from interstate [...]
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Kenya: Global Warming Threat to Colobus Monkeys
[East African] A study published in the journal Plos One outlines how remaining within the goals of the Paris Agreement would save many species in Kenya.
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Serena Williams Donates To #MasksForKids Initiative
Serena Williams, Scholastic and the National School Board Association are donating over 4 million face masks to schools throughout the U.S.
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Kenya: Landmark Ruling - Court Awards Sh4 Million to Post-Poll SGBV Survivors
[Nation] The High Court on Thursday made a historic ruling awarding eight survivors of 2007/8 post-election sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) Sh4 million each for violation of their constitutional rights.
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COVID-19: A defining and refining moment for leadership
DEVELOP ME: TAPIWA GOMO SEVERAL leaders regret having to lead in a season when the world is grappling with the worst pandemic in a century. Most politicians seek office promising to do one thing when their intention is to do something else. In the absence of real challenges, the majority of current
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Kenya and DR Congo Enter Cooperation Agreements on Economy, Security and Maritime Transport
[Capital FM] Kinshasa -- Kenya and DR Congo on Wednesday signed four framework cooperation agreements covering several economic sectors, security and defence as well as maritime transport.
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Billionaire Robert Smith calls on corporations to adopt 2% ‘Reparative’ plan for Black people - DefenderNetwork.com
The country’s richest Black person has some thoughts on how corporate America can address structural racism. According to Forbes, Robert F. Smith believes that big banks and major companies should spend the next 10 years investing directly in technology, education, telecom, banking and healthcare
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Basketball legend Dr. J on why LeBron James is not an NBA G.O.A.T - Face2Face Africa
NBA legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving caused some controversy in the basketball world recently when he announced some of his greatest NBA players of all time and left off LeBron James, who is seen as one of the greatest in the game at the moment. Former Philadelphia 76er great Erving did not only leave
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Skeem Saam: Tonight's episode, E267 S9 - Tuesday 13 July 2021
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The Innovative Caribbean Disaster Fighters NFT Collection Is Here - Haiti News
CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Aug. 11, 2021: The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), has partnered with SuperWorld, a virtual world in Augmented Reality (AR), for the first time, to release the NFT “Caribbean Disaster Fighters' collection. Caribbean Disaster Fighters is
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