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BY STEPHEN CHADENGA GWERU City Council has approached the Local Government ministry seeking authority to borrow $100 million for the purchase of utility vehicles to improve service delivery. In a notice, Gweru acting town clerk Vakai Chikwekwe said they wanted to use the vehicles for water, sewer
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The pandemic’s silver lining - Health sector getting much-needed investment as COVID-19 delivers critical lessons
A year under the weight of the pandemic brought on by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Jamaica creaking public health system is under the microscope as mounting cases of COVID-19 threaten to overwhelm the system, which has been starved of significant...
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'Puerto Rican Princes Lookin Goodt': Joseline Hernandez Bends It Over for Fans In Tight Two-Piece Outfit
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Kelly Price Joins EBONY's 'Women Up' Live, Talks New Music, Childhood Trauma and More • EBONY
Singer Kelly Price joins EBONY's 'Women Up' live event for an intimate discussion on trauma, weight loss, work and more.
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In Celebration of ‘Coming 2 America’s Release, Amazon Prime Video Announces Partnership With Black-Owned Restaurants
In celebration of Coming 2 America's upcoming release, Amazon Prime is launching a fleet of vehicles, a contest, and helping those in need to mark the momentous occasion.
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Dancehall music producer Donte “Papi Don Muziq” Johnson has been arrested in the United States in relation to a case of fraud. Johnson, 25, is accused of scamming an 88-year-old Sarasota, Florida man out of US$63,000. According to the...
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Zaya Wade Skips Class To Get Some Sage Life Lessons From Michelle Obama - Blavity
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New Instagram Account Dedicated To Black Queer Life In Britain Celebrates LGBTQ+ Culture From The 1950s To 2000 - Blavity
A recently launched Instagram account is celebrating the lives and experiences of queer Black folks in Great Britain from the 1950s to 2000.    According to AnOther, "Black & Gay, Back in the Day" was founded by journalist Jason Okundaye and activist and organizer Marc
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Senior Living: Reopening of long-term care facilities is ‘an absolute necessity for our well-being’ - L.A. Focus News
For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus of long-term care experts, caregivers, consumer groups and physicians. They’re calling
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Watch Trailer: Michael B. Jordan Starring In Tom Clancy Film ‘Without Remorse’
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FAT CHANCE! - Obesity lobby loses fight as healthcare workers first in line for COVID vaccine
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WATCH | Senegal opposition leader held in custody after clashes | News24
Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been held in custody at a court hearing, two days after his arrest sparked the country's worst violence in years.
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — House Resolution 1 – the “For the People Act of 2021” – counts as a strong rebuke and counterbalance to voting restrictions considered or enacted in various Republican-led states across the country. It restricts partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and nullifies
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UWI faces huge funding shortfall - Stabroek News
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US says it will reduce detention of immigrant families
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Is Sierra Leone richly poor or poorly rich?
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 March 2021: Sierra Leone has always enjoyed the paradoxical label of being one of the richest poor countries in Africa.  Our country is regarded as rich and well known for its vast endowment in minerals -  diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron
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Kim Kardashian blasts SA's YOU magazine for body shaming
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Nigerian-born, Chicago-raised author and speaker Luvvie Ajayi Jones, encourages everyone to embrace their fears in her latest book, 'Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual.' Already a New York Times best-selling author, Luvvie Ajayi Jones released her first book, 'I'm Judging You: The
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