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Dialysis Nurses – Prop 23 Poses Grave Threat to Black Patients
Ahead of the November election, a group of dialysis nurses and patients have come out in strong opposition to Proposition 23.   If passed, Prop. 23 would require all kidney dialysis clinics to have a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on-site during dialysis treatment. It would
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Africa needs greater inclusion of women in peace and security processes
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2020: The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) have called for greater inclusion of women in peace and security processes if Africa is to meet its development aspirations and enjoy meaningful stability. To
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Case against former Mayor Herbert George Williams must now be dropped   
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2020: The prosecution is now stalled in the trial of Abu Bakarr Daramy and Herbert George – Williams, after the two eye witnesses who were present at the scene of crime (Lumley round about in Freetown) on the 31st of March 2018, when the late Ibrahim Samura is
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Disputed 2018 election in the Freetown constituency 110 to be held in December
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has finally published the date for the conduct of the controversial Parliamentary re-run bye election in constituency 110 which was marred by violence. It comes over a year after the last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Joyce Dinkins, wife of former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, 88
New York (AP) – Joyce Dinkins, the former first lady of New York City, has died at 89. Dinkins died Sunday at home, her family ...
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Indiana has some incredibly restrictive voter laws, and currently we only have one early voting site in all of Indianapolis,” stated Robert Shegog, CEO at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine. “A few more will open Oct. 24, but significantly
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Peggy Noonan is my friend. Here's why her Kamala Harris comments were wrong. - TheGrio
I read about it late on Sunday night on Twitter, and I instantly knew that my conservative friend, famed Reagan... View Article The post Peggy Noonan is my friend. Here's why her Kamala Harris comments were wrong. appeared first on TheGrio.
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My Truth: United We Stand
By Cheryl SmithPublisher I was so happy when I received Alayna’s text message. I was already planning to call her and her sisters, Annya and Ayanna, because even though I …
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10 Reasons Why it is Important to Vote - The California Post
The voting season is upon us once again. With many important topics at hand, Californians have the privilege and duty, as Americans in a free country, to cast their votes in this upcoming November election. We want to share with you 10 reasons why voting is important. Did you know that the turn out
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Why the 2020 Vote Matters More than Ever to African Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who
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President Bio initiates public dialogue with civil society groups
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: Last Friday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio inaugurated the Government Civil Society Organisations’ dialogue series and hope that the public engagement will help strengthen and consolidate the country’s democratic values. “I am tasking my Government to infuse
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
First Lady, son named in gold smuggling
BY RICHARD MUPONDE ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya’s alleged accomplice in the 6kg gold smuggling syndicate, Gift Karanda, has named First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and her twin son, Collins as owners of the gold bars intercepted at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International
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102-Year-Old World War II Veteran Celebrated Her Birthday By Going Skydiving For The First Time
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Head of UN in Sierra Leone meets president Bio at State House
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Newly appointed United Nations Resident to Sierra Leone – Mr. Babatunde Ahonsi, last Thursday called on President Dr Julius Maada Bio to present his letter of appointment by the UN Secretary General. ”It is with utmost humility and great honour that
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Twenty-one Billion Leones missing in three government ministries in Sierra Leone
Africanist Press: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020 Details of an internal audit into financial activities of the Maada Bio administration for the fiscal year 2019, an advance copy of which the Africanist Press has seen, reveal how three government ministries in Sierra Leone collectively
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Barack Obama slams Jared Kushner’s comments on Black success: ‘Who are these people?’ - TheGrio
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Sierra Leone parliament approves $40 million loan to boost education sector
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: MPs in the parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday approved loan agreements totalling $40 million which the government has signed with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
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COMMENTARY: Contained rage doesn't remain contained. Time to have 'The Talk" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a counselor, I ask the heads of households to have “The Talk” with your family, especially with male children. It is no strange or foreign conversation I am asking you to have. Have the conversation with your children and grandchildren of how we overcame. Encourage them to give
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President Bio at long last signs repeal of criminal libel laws
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: After much dithering and political brinkmanship, president Bio has finally put his signature to the laws passed by parliament many months ago to repeal the country’s notorious laws that criminalised libel, marking the end of a bad law. The criminal libel
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COMMENTARY: The illness of King Donald, or why progressives cannot concede any ground to a sympathy vote for Trump | Dallas Weekly
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Case against former Mayor Herbert George Williams must now be dropped   
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2020: The prosecution is now stalled in the trial of Abu Bakarr Daramy and Herbert George – Williams, after the two eye witnesses who were present at the scene of crime (Lumley round about in Freetown) on the 31st of March 2018, when the late Ibrahim Samura is
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
COMMENTARY: Contained rage doesn't remain contained. Time to have 'The Talk" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a counselor, I ask the heads of households to have “The Talk” with your family, especially with male children. It is no strange or foreign conversation I am asking you to have. Have the conversation with your children and grandchildren of how we overcame. Encourage them to give
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President Bio commissions four inshore patrol boats to protect the country’s territorial waters
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Yesterday Thursday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned four inshore patrol boats at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Murray Town, Freetown. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, Commander of the Maritime Wing, Captain Navy Philip
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President Bio commissions four inshore patrol boats to protect the country’s territorial waters
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Yesterday Thursday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned four inshore patrol boats at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Murray Town, Freetown. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, Commander of the Maritime Wing, Captain Navy Philip
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Civil society groups call for reinstatement of suspended members of parliament
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2020: Pressure is growing on the Speaker of Sierra Leone’s parliament to reinstate four members of parliament suspended for what the Speaker described as gross misconduct. One of the MPs suspended is Hindolo Moiwo Ngevao, who few weeks ago was on BBC Focus on
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Somalia: DPM Meets Ugandan President, Discuss Bilateral Relations
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Grace PhD saga: Trial date set
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Texas Senate hopeful MJ Hegar tries to woo suburban centrists while mobilizing progressive Democrats - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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