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East Africa: Mastercard Foundation Mounts Aggressive Response to COVID-19 - Daniel Hailu
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Central State University [Ohio] (1887- )
Central State University (CSU) was one of the first colleges in the United states to be administered by African Americans.  It was also unique as a state-funded institution which for sixty years was part of a private college.  The school’s beginnings can be traced back to 1856 and the establishment
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‘Tragic and heartbreaking’ - PM comments on Noel Chambers who died after 40 years behind bars without trial
REACTING TO the national outcry over the death of Noel Chambers, who spent 40 years in prison without a trial, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, last evening, said nobody should be lost in the penal
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Africa Must Unmute Its Mic As E-Diplomacy Takes Root
Many leading global decision-making gatherings, from national parliaments to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, are being conducted via the
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University of the West Indies
Each of these countries is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth in the West Indies, thus allowing for improved regional autonomy.[1] The University was originally
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24
1986
My family was robbed!
The Trump Administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus
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Tributes to late MPs take Lower House sitting into late night
THE House of Representatives yesterday spent hours paying tribute to former Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson, and former Education Minister Dr Neville Gallimore — both members of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) — who died late last
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
DISCOVERY: Welcome and walk with us through Nyamirambo
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China says virus pushing US ties to brink of 'Cold War'
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said yesterday that relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled in part by tensions over the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 350,000 people worldwide and pitched the global economy into a massive
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Namibia: State of The Nation Address by His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of The Republic Of Namibia
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Opposition demands protocol for reopening economy
The Opposition has blasted the government for what it calls the ongoing failure to establish and make public the protocol to guide the re-opening of the economy, warning that this could lead to
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PM gives good rating to Jamaica's COVID-19 recovery
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Segars, Joseph Monroe (1938–2014) - Birthday
Ambassador Joseph Monroe Segars was born in Hartsville, South Carolina on November 6, 1938.
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Race, Family, and Real Estate: Beryl Satter's Family Properties
In her new book, Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, historian Beryl Satter puts a human face on the often told story of racial discrimination in urban housing by following the career of her father, Chicago attorney Mark J. Satter, who was both an
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Angola, Canada Discuss Global Response to COVID-19
Luanda — Angolan head of State João Lourenço discussed Tuesday with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, the global response to
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Phillips knocks alleged thievery under JLP-run corporations
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, has asserted that the leadership of the St James Municipal Corporation was seeking to undermine the minority caucus because of their efforts to expose corruption in local
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Fewer teachers died since schools closed in March, says JTA president
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Owen Speid, claiming that with fewer educators dying since schools were shuttered in early March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, says it might be an indication that the stress levels of the classroom have adversely impacted the health of
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Palestinian state proposed
In early Jan. 2013, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal to Cairo. First, Morsi met with each one individually. The objective was to work toward a reconciliation of the two factions, Fatah and Hamas, but according to
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Kenya: CA Re-Advertises DG Position for Second Time in 10 Months
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Errors raise questions over 2017 polls
Glaring errors in the results of the August 8, 2017, General Election, published on the website of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), have kicked up a storm, with leaders calling for a reorganisation of the commission before the proposed referendum and the 2022 General
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Guinea
In Dec. 2003 President Conté was reelected to a third term. In April 2004, after two months on the job, Prime Minister Lonseny Fall resigned and went into exile, claiming that the president would not allow him to govern effectively. President Conté is in poor health, and many fear a power struggle
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Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month
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Afro-Colombian Leaders: Recognition of Race and the Struggle to Realize Change
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Africa: France Defends Colonial-Era Statues in the Face of Anti-Racism Protests
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(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"
On June 7, 1966, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy became one of the first major American politicians to take a public stand against South African Apartheid when he delivered an address to the National Union of South African Students in New York City.  His address appears
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7
1966
Ambassador
Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.
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9
1961
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