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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.10.20 7PM ET: STEPHANIE MILLS | BlackPressUSA
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM 7.10.20 7PM ET — STEPHANIE MILLS — Streaming live During the 1980s, Mills scored five Number 1 RB hits, including "Home", "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good All Over", "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)". Mills
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — U.S. Surgeon General: ‘The Debate is Over — We All Should Be Wearing Face Coverings to Prevent Spread of COVID-19’
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — “The best science we have available right now tells us the debate is over we all should be wearing a face-covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Dr. Adams told NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., during the interview streamed over BlackPressUSA’s Facebook
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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often
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MPs discuss president Bios performance report to parliament
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2020: Last Friday, 3rd July 2020, members of Parliament in Sierra Leone continued their discussion of the  president’s statement that he delivered to parliament on Thursday, 28th May 2020. Sulaiman Marray-Conteh MP of the ruling SLPP spoke about the pivotal role the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Minister Shiri dies from COVID-19
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We must overhaul our education systems
Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The educational systems in Sierra Leone have been monumental failures. It is obvious. The festering poverty of Sierra Leoneans sitting on top  of some of the wealthiest marketable natural resources in the world is a gnawing pointer
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Dr. Manal Ghazzawi of Sierra Leone bags prestigious award
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s most outstanding female pharmacists and entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, is the latest and proud recipient of one of the world’s prestigious awards, bestowed on her by Women in Africa Entrepreneur
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Citywide Curfew as Protest continue around Chicago | BlackPressUSA
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The curfew comes as a result of escalated violence seen after peaceful protests that took place in downtown Chicago.  Mayor Lightfoot expressed her “total disgust” at the number of protesters “who came to today’s protest armed for an all-out battle.” Lightfoot added, “You
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Open letter to President Julius Maada Bio about official report on the massacre of prisoners
Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: In our press release dated 4th May 2020, we accentuated our horror and concern over the brutal intervention of heavily armed State House Presidential guards who opened fire on unarmed prisoners and prison guards with assault
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Naija music artist – M Show is back with another stunning track
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Sierra Leone’s new Attorney General takes oath of office
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Anthony Yeihwoe Brewah, took his oath of office at State House today, in the presence of President Dr Julius Maada Bio in accordance with the Laws of Sierra Leone. Anthony Yeihwoe Brewah
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Opposition APC leadership hit by multiple deaths in road accident
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2020: Sierra Leones main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) today suffered a massive blow, after a vehicle carrying three of the partys Northern regions senior officials, were killed in a road traffic accident on their way to Freetown from Kabala, Koinadugu
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COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis | BlackPressUSA
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let's Not Put Our Health at Risk | BlackPressUSA
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was the senseless and tragic death of George Floyd on May 25 at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis, Minn. Floyd’s death, those horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds as this American was begging for his life on an American
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Young man shot on the head by soldiers in Makeni has died this morning
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 July 2020: One of the youths shot by security forces last Saturday in Makeni has died this morning at the Connaught Hospital, where several other seriously injured young people are receiving treatment. This brings the total number of young people killed in Makeni last
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Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward | BlackPressUSA
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White man allegedly posed as a protester to vandalize buildings in Minneapolis | BlackPressUSA
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President Bio sacks Attorney General Priscilla Schwartz
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2020: Sierra Leones Attorney General Dr Priscilla Schwartz, has this evening been sacked by president Julius Maada Bio, after making a series of legal gaffes, including her decision to charge the former minister of defence Retired Major Palo Conteh with
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone call for investigation into killing of unarmed youths in Makeni
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Dr Sylvia Blyden’s contempt of court hearing quashed
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IN MEMORIAM: The World Mourns A True Icon and Freedom Fighter – John Lewis 1940-2020 | BlackPressUSA
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Sierra Leone signs five-year electricity supply deal with Turkish Karpowership
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COMMENTARY: Obama's Popularity Continues to Rise Amid Trump's Rhetoric | BlackPressUSA
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The Palo Conteh treason trial Lesson learnt
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