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Zambia shuts border with Tanzania over virus spread fears
May 10: Closure of border with Tanzania
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New poll reveals COVID-19’s impacts on African American communities
On Tuesday, May 19, the African American Research Collaborative in partnership with the NAACP and the Equity Research and Innovation Center at Yale School of Medicine presented new polling detailing the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on African American
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Uganda: Adolescents in Eastern Uganda Risk Becoming Obese, New Study Suggests
A study conducted by researchers at the School of Public Health Makerere University, has revealed that adolescents in eastern part of the country consume a lot of fats and oils and thus are at a risk of becoming overweight and obese along the life
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South Africa schools to re-open on June 1
South Africa’s schools will re-open on June 1, even though many are not equipped to do so without high risk of new Covid-19
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Top Money Managers Share Investment Strategies for a Pandemic-Driven Market – Free Press of Jacksonville
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to produce market uncertainty and investor anxiety, John Rogers Jr. and Mellody Hobson, co-CEOs of Ariel Investments L.L.C. (which ranks No. 1 on the BE 100s ASSET MANAGERS list) assembled some of the nation’s most successful value investors for last
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John E. Maupin
John E. Maupin, Jr. was President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Maupin also serves as Chair of Regions Community Development Corporation, the Company’s non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical assistance for affordable housing, small business, and community development
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Barrett Shares Specifics on Business Restart Grants Small Businesses Eligible for Up to $15,000 to Resume Operations
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced Wednesday, specifics on how the Milwaukee Business Restart Program will assist small local businesses as they resume
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Let prisoners go during COVID-19 pandemic
As Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black,” wrote in the Washington Post, this is largely the result of prison sentences that are longer than those imposed by any other
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Morehouse School of Medicine [Atlanta] (1975- )
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), one of two historically black medical schools created in the twentieth century, was established in 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Former US Surgeon General David Satcher served as the institutions first president.  The school was meant to be a two-year medical
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Kenya: KAA - Passenger Flights Won't Resume Soon at JKIA
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has denied that it plans to resume passenger flight operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International
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Georgetown, Guyana (1781- )
Georgetown, with a 2014 population of 239,227, is the capital, major port, and largest city of the nation of Guyana.  Since the entire nation has 769,000 people, about one third of the country’s population resides in the capital city. Georgetown sits on a flat coastal plain prone to flooding. It is
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California cracks down on rogue bars | Black Voice News
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is proposing emergency powers to shut down bars and restaurants if they disobey the state’s public health order by serving mojitos and manhattans to patrons in an
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Jamaica on Virtuoso's top 10 destinations for affluent travellers
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica is among the top 10 destinations that well-heeled travellers are now booking for their holidays, according to a Virtuoso survey published in CNBC 's Personal Finance section earlier this
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Angola: COVID-19 - New Measures Balance Social Life - State Minister
Luanda — The easing of some measures included in the Presidential Decree that declares the fourth State of Emergency, which entered into force this Monday, across the country, aims to ensure a balance between the protection of public health and economic and social well-being of the
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New poll reveals COVID-19’s impacts on African American communities
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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine
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Tensions rise as Texas governor readies to lift more rules
With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace by emphasizing that hospitalization and infection rates are steady, and pointing out that Texas’ 1,200 deaths still lag similarly big states, including
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Janelle Monáe goes one-on-one and discusses series "HOMECOMING 2"
The second season finds Stephan James reprising his role as soldier Walter Cruz, who is desperately trying to rebuild his life following the traumas of war and the Homecoming Initiative when he begins to realize that there’s an even more insidious version of the program underway – if only he can
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Anambra Identifies Cattle Dealer From Kano As Second Case
Awka — Anambra State has recorded the second case of coronavirus pandemic and the victim was a returnee from
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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 88 Thousand
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Black America: How Do We Get Out of COVID-19?
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Up To 3,000 Churches Plan to Reopen on Pentecost In Defiance of Governor’s Shutdown Orders
Earlier this month a federal judge ruled that Newsom had the right to ban church services in the interest of public health after a Lodi church—whose locks were changed when they were found to be in violation of the order— filed
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World Health Organization guidelines state in part that a Covid-19 patient who dies should be documented as a Covid
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An Open Letter to Church Leaders: ⋆
It was necessary that the people of Israel do a series of particular things in a particular way, sacrifice a lamb, eat it hurriedly with loins girded, each in their own
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The Notting Hill Riots (1958)
Amidst racial intolerance and competition over resources, the white working class of the Notting Hill area, London, UK, launched an attack against members of the black community on August the 30, 1958. Forced to arm themselves in defence, the confrontation lasted
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Chinese Landing still awaiting word from Lawrence on request for halt to mining over coronavirus fears
Despite an appeal to de facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence and other authorities to suspend mining in Chinese Landing due to fears over the possible spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Region One community, Toshao Orin Fernandes says there has been no
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UWI professor urges regional leaders to proceed cautiously
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No health minister in Brazil as coronavirus infection spreads | Afro
The National Congress had not said anything about the Teich resignation, but the former minister of education during the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva government and left-wing candidate for president of Brazil in 2018, Fernando Haddad, published a tweet saying: “Who will be the next Health
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