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Cameroon COVID-19 survivor battles stigma via social media
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Uganda: COVID-19 Cases in Uganda Jump to 260
The number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda now stands at 260 after 12 new cases were registered on
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Research Shows Low-Wage Workers Make More On Unemployment Than At Former Jobs
A study shows low-wage workers receiving unemployment benefits are making more than when they had
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Angolan soldier kills teen during virus mask operation
An Angolan soldier shot and killed a teenager during an operation to enforce face-mask wearing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the government has
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Matiang’i declares Monday a holiday
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Uganda: Museveni Says Public Transport to Resume As All Get Free Masks
All Ugandans aged six years and above will be given free face masks in a bid to protect themselves against the coronavirus, President Yoweri Museveni has
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Ethiopian police arrest 2, 800 for violating Covid-19 rules
More than 2,800 people have been arrested in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for failing to wear face masks in public places and for violating the social distancing rules outlined under country’s state of emergency, the Addis Ababa Police Commission disclosed
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L.A. Public Officials Acknowledge the Inequality of Resources within Underserved Communities Escalated After COVID-19
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Africa: Lafarge Africa Grows Profit By 157% to N8 Billion in First Quarter
Lafarge Africa Plc has reported improved results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2020, raising shareholders' hope of good harvest at the end of the
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Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in
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Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA
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'Y'all Deserve the World': Ciara and Russell Wilson Celebrate Future Zahir's Sixth Birthday with Quarantine-Friendly Bash
Ciara and Nayvadius “Future” Wilburn‘s son, Future Zahir Wilburn, may have ushered in his sixth birthday in the midst of a global pandemic, but his mom and stepdad Russell Wilson weren’t going to let that be a reason not to
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Business League Hosts Virtual Recovery and Relief Roundtable
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Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility
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Sierra Leone: Freetown Just Implemented a New Tax System That Could Quintuple Revenue
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Cameroon: Panic Grips Faithful After COVID Pastor Dies
Panic has gripped several hundred people after a popular Cameroon pastor and candidate in the central African state’s last presidential election, Frankline Ndifor, died of COVID-19 following his prayers that hundreds of his supporters  cured of the
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Uganda Executive, MPs in Tussle Over Use of COVID-19 Funds
Despite seeming to have softened his stance on the Ush10 billion ($2.6 million) that Ugandan legislators allocated themselves as part of the Covid-19 supplementary budget, President Yoweri Museveni is said to have ordered an audit of the
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GCS honors grads under new ‘social distancing’ rules
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Morgan Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for COVID-19 Student Relief | Afro
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TV Host & Entrepreneur Publishes her 2nd Book on Tools to Handle COVID-19 & makes it available for $1.00, this week only
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, May 15, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- TV & radio host, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Jennifer K. Hill, wrote and published her second book " 101 Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times " during the height of the COVID-19
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Kenya: Ministries Explain Sh8.1 Billion Suspect Allocations
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MYO extends benevolence during COVID19 crisis
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Nigeria extends easing of lockdown
The Nigerian government on Monday extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks as a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the
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Congresswoman Johnson Announces $230 Million Grant to Dallas Area Rapid Transit from Federal Transit Administration through CARES Act | Afro
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is receiving $229,627,520 in Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the CARES
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