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South Africa has the most reported cases – 14,355, with deaths numbering
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Face coverings, social distancing have reduced coronavirus, officials say
The county’s public health director said that measures such as social distancing and wearing face coverings have slowed the spread of the illness, but with more businesses opening and the weather improving, Barbara Ferrer warned against residents gathering with friends and family, but recognized
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Uganda
Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau
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Melvin Herbert Evans was born on August 7, 1917, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He attended public schools until entering Howard University where he received his B.S. in 1940.  In 1944 he received his M.D. from Howard College of Medicine, whereupon he served in a variety of medical
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NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks
NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks
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Kenya: Education Ministry Seeking Sh429 Million for Post-COVID-19
Nairobi — The Ministry of Education says it will require additional funding to the tune of Sh429 million to facilitate the testing and provision of protective kits for the trainers and students in the country's Techinical and Vocational Training colleges in the post-COVID-19
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Women at Risk as COVID-19 Strikes State Prisons in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties | Black Voice News
Across California there are at minimum 436 incarcerated persons—men and women—confined and struggling to stay alive with active cases of
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Covid-19: Brazil president roots for malaria drug
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: "Right-wingers take
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Zimbabwe: Internet Access a Human Right - Misa
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has launched a campaign urging the telecommunications regulator to reduce internet charges, saying recent increases in data violate fundamental human rights to access
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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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County allows beach parking lots, more retail businesses to reopen
LOS ANGELES — Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles County reopened some beach parking lots and authorized retail businesses inside enclosed shopping malls to reopen with curbside pickup service only, while continuing to warn of the continued spread of the
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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan
Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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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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Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Released From US Prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated
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Kenya: COVID-19 - Turkana Residents Use Cow Urine As Sanitiser
The residents are using urine from a female cattle to disinfect their hands after the Ministry of Health issued a number of directives on how to keep the virus at
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Afro-Latin Americans
Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry. The term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to have emanated from this
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Western NY, including Buffalo, to start phased reopening
NEW YORK (AP) — Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, met the state’s coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said
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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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Gauteng plans to establish ward-based Covid-19 response team to focus on hot spots
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JFJ raises geofencing concerns
WITH the Government indicating that it will be using geofencing technology to supervise returning Jamaicans who will self-quarantine at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one human rights advocacy group has said it will be keeping a close watch on the
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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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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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Fox Host Challenges Symone Sanders To Give ‘One Example Of A Lie’ From White House
Fox News host Dana Perino prompted an interesting exchange on Wednesday when she challenged Symone Sanders, senior adviser to the Biden campaign, to come up with “one example of a lie” from the White House dealing with the current coronavirus
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COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Afro
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Some of you have had to overcome serious obstacles along the way, whether it was an illness, or a parent losing a job, or living in a neighborhood where people too often count you
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‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco
Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born on January 17, 1964. Brought up in Chicago, Illinois, she comes from a multiracial family. She started her school life in Chicago, more specifically in Whitney Young High School and was on the honor roll for four years as well as serving as treasurer for
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