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Maryland reported 1,708 new COVID-19 cases and twelve new deaths, according to state health department data released Saturday morning.
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South Africa: Study Finds Extreme Levels of Violence Against Sex Workers
[GroundUp] Decriminalisation of sex work will make women safer, says advocacy group
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Loga gets desperate - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY HENRY MHARA DYNAMOS and FC Platinum defenders Godknows Murwira and William Stima are the latest players to be added to the Warriors squad as coach Zdravko Logarušic seeks for defensive alternatives following the withdrawal of some of his key men that has left his defence looking thin. The
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Nigeria: It'll Cost Nigeria More to Break Up Than to Remain One - Obasanjo
[This Day] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday reiterated his support for a united Nigeria, saying the cost for Nigeria not to continue existing "is much more than the cost to make Nigeria to continue to exist."
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Enrollment Increases for HBCUs
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some observers believe the calls for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the global awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement have contributed mightily to the rise in enrollment at HBCUs.| By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
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Tunisia: Covid-19 - El Kef Reports Three More Deaths, 89 Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Three people succumbed to the coronavirus in El Kef over the past 48 hours, bringing the death toll to 632 since the pandemic began, the local health directorate said.
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NSSA closes accounts for widows - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE THE National Social and Security Authority (Nssa) has closed accounts for widows and widowers, triggering an outcry. In an interview yesterday, Masvingo Pensioners Forum co-ordinator Charles Gonzi described the move as inconsiderate. “Nssa closed accounts for those with
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Job cuts cost Stanbic $430m - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY SHAME MAKOSHORI POST tax profits at Stanbic Bank slowed to $1,2 billion during the half year ended June 30, 2021 after expenses spiralled following a staff rationalisation programme, chairman Gregory Sebborn said on Friday. The Stanbic boss said job cuts had cost the bank $430 million, as
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Nigeria: UK Donates Another 592,880 Covid-19 Vaccine Doses to Nigeria
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government yesterday received another 592,880 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine donated by the UK via the COVAX Facility.
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Sierra Leone Safeguards Children With New Vaccine Against Polio
[WHO-AFRO] A sub-national polio immunization campaign starts today in Sierra Leone to protect an estimated 520,000 children under five years of age using the novel Oral Polio vaccine. The campaign will run for four days and will be implemented by national and district teams and frontline health
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Rwanda: For Rwanda, All e-Learning Lessons to Be Retaken in in-Person Classes
[East African] Rwanda's Ministry of Education order that schools repeat courses taught online during closure period could help contain rise in inequalities in education, educationists say.
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Former IOC president Rogge dies at 79 - Stabroek News
(Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said yesterday. The article Former IOC president Rogge dies at 79 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Former South Carolina Rep. Lucille Whipper, well-known community activist, dies at age 93 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Former South Carolina Rep. Lucille Whipper died on Friday, according to her son, former Rep. Seth Whipper. She was 93. Whipper, who died at a local hospital, was known as a model for community activism, being the first African American woman to represent Charleston County
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Nashville Freedom Rider Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton Dies at 81 - Voice and Viewpoint
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum announced. He was 81. Patton participated in the downtown Nashville civil rights sit-ins in 1960, a movement that eventually led to the
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Black former McDonalds manager files lawsuit claiming restaurant ignored co-worker’s use of racial slurs
Black ex-McDonalds shift manager Anthony Green is suing his former employer after being targeted with racist language from an employee The post Black former McDonalds manager files lawsuit claiming restaurant ignored co-worker’s use of racial slurs appeared first on TheGrio.
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Tunisia: Covid-19 - Two More Deaths Recorded in Beja
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of coronavirus-related deaths has risen to 610 in the governorate of Beja, after the death of two patients at the local hospital Saturday.
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Tunisia: In Tunisia, President's Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court
Press Release - President Qaies Saied of Tunisia claimed he was acting constitutionally when he arrogated broad powers for himself on July 25, after months of stalemate among Tunisia's governing institutions and amid a deepening Covid-19 crisis. The constitutional provision he invoked states that
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Marker honoring enslaved Africans dedicated in Boston
A public marker remembering the enslaved Africans forced to journey across the ocean to toil in the Americas has been formally dedicated in Boston.
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New Gullah Geechee Alliance to explore $34B tourism potential
… term "Gullah Geechee." African Americans, millennials and travelers who identify … Harriot of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and Marilyn Hemingway …
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Algeria: President Tebboune to Chair Extraordinary Meeting of Council of Ministers
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic,Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, will chair Sunday an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, said Saturday the Presidency of the Republic in a statement.
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Senate reports truant ministers to ED - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA PRESIDENT of the Senate, Mabel Chinomona has asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take action against ministers who have been absconding Parliament. On Thursday, during the question and answer session, Chinomona tasked the leader of the Senate, Monica Mutsvangwa, who is the
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Uganda: Scuffle As Police 'Block' MPs From Delivering Medical Supplies in Nakaseke
[Monitor] Two people including a journalist are nursing injuries sustained from a scuffle between Members of Parliament from the greater Luweero region and the Police.
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Camille A. Brown first Black woman in 65 years to direct and choreograph Broadway show
Tony award-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown will make history as the first Black woman to both direct and choreograph a The post Camille A. Brown first Black woman in 65 years to direct and choreograph Broadway show appeared first on TheGrio.
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Hundreds of migrants blocked from crossing into Spain | Africanews
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Sunday NYT Mag Cover Deflects Black-on-Asian Assaults, Finds ‘Root Causes,’ Victim Blaming
In the August 22 cover story for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, San Francisco-based magazine journalist Jaeah Lee touched on the anti-Asian-American hate crimes, but while it's an important and valid story, it dealt very gingerly with certain aspects.
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Windows on Main Street: The Magic Kingdom’s own opening credits
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Benin's rare swamp forest 'at risk of disappearing' | News24
Home to once bustling flora and fauna, experts now warn that the fragile environment, one of the last of its kind in the West African country and accessible only by canoe, is at risk of disappearing.
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Nigeria: Notorious Bandit Sets Conditions for Peace in Katsina
[Premium Times] "I was among the first people that accepted the peace dialogue in Katsina. But I was poorly treated and given only a rickety motorcycle while the other repentant bandits were given preferential treatment. That is why I returned to the forest"
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The Most Overlooked Music Venue in America
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Rwanda: Over 80 Graduate From Oklahoma Christian University
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