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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has set up what they call a resiliency relief program to help its members who have been hurt by the coronavirus
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DRC - Zambia border re-opens
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Thursday the partial reopening for pedestrians, a border post with Zambia.This followed a day’s demonstration against this preventive measure taken in response to the Covid-19
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Facebook to pay $52M to employees with PTSD from moderating rape, murder and suicide videos
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Burundi Expels WHO Officials
Burundi has expelled four officials from the World Health Organization (WHO), declaring them persona non grata and ordering them to leave the country by Friday, a leaked memo from the country’s foreign ministry
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
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'Just give me cigarettes': South African survivor of 1918 flu 'soldiers on'
Most people his age have passed on but 116 year-old Fredie Blom of South African is still going
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Angola: Cacuaco Administration Hands Out Free Meals
Luanda — Over 12,000 disadvantaged residents of Cacuaco municipality, in Luanda, benefit from free meals supplied by the local administration, within the fight against Covid-19
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Soul legend Stevie Wonder at 70 | DW | 12.05.2020
The year is 1963, yet hardly anyone in the theater knows who "Little Stevie Wonder" is when his record label Motown Records introduces
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Uganda: COVID-19 - Hospital Guards Who Don't Blink Day and Night
COVID — 19 isolation centres require full time security and round-the-clock watch, with the guards taking turns to take breakfast and
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS: Baltimore City Telephone Town Hall | Afro
You’re invited to join Mayor Jack Young for a Telephone Town Hall, Tuesday May 12th at
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Despite Guv's OK, Stylist Fears Reopening
She’s plenty eager to resume offering her loyal customers hair extensions and her trademark short cuts, the ones that for 25 years have caused New Haveners to remark, “Oh — Samantha cut your
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'Trump Death Clock' In NYC Counts Preventable Coronavirus Deaths
A digital billboard in Times Square showing the number of deaths related to President Donald Trump’s slow coronavirus response, reached a grave milestone on Wednesday, as it ticked over to an estimated 50,000 preventable
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Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!
An estimated 1,800 newspapers closed between 2004 and 2018 after the number of people buying print editions dropped, and now during the pandemic, it appears most small publications – especially minority-based ones – will be phased out
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Kenya slum demolition sparks protests amid virus restrictions
Hundreds of protesters in Kenya blocked one of Nairobi’s major highways with burning tires to protest government demolitions of the homes of more than 7,000 people and the closure of an adjacent food
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Biden Says He Would Not Pardon Trump or Block Investigations
The former vice president made his statement in response to a voter who asked him on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, “The Last Word,” whether he would “commit to not pulling a Gerald Ford in giving Donald Trump a pardon under the pretense of healing the
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Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait
From top politicians – former presidents, prime ministers and lawmakers, to entertainment icons and top sportsmen, the virus has left in its wake prominent casualties who could hardly get the send-off they would have been accorded in “normal
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TIAA Virtual Commencement Celebrates Difference Makers
As a part of the efforrt to uplift the community, TIAA celebrated individuals who are committed to making a positive impact on society and on the lives of others who they consider to be next generation of difference-makers last week during their virtual commencement in partnership with Facebook and
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Africa: COVID-19 in West Africa - Credible Information As A Vaccine Against Misinformation?
As governments struggle to contain COVID19, public service announcements and communication must focus on making citizens accept that the illness is a reality, giving them the knowledge to prevent and treat the infection and debunking myths and fake stories which impact the effectiveness of the
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,127 cases; Obuasi becomes latest hotspot
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Brazil surpasses 10,000 coronavirus deaths
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Analysis | The playbook is familiar as first-time candidate with military record gives GOP a shot at House seat
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Botswana coronavirus: capital Gaborone declared high-risk area, 'quarantined'
A statement issued by Dr. Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 read: “Following the confirmed COVID-19 case of a truck driver who came into Gaborone through the Tiokweng border on Sunday 09 May
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SCOMUP 2020 Determination Awards | Afro
In what has likely been the toughest semester in academic history, The Department of Strategic Communication celebrated all students who finished successfully this semester in spite of the pandemic. Students Candyce Burke and Justus Hawkins are the show hosts.
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Africa: COVID-19 - Developing Countries Must Not Be Left Behind
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Uganda: COVID-19 Disrupts 2021 Elections Plan
All planned Election Commission (EC) activities between March and May 2020, including elections for Special Interest Groups (SIG), have been suspended until further
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Virginia Black Caucus Says Reopening State Would Treat Black and Brown People Like Pigs
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus has sent a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam saying the move to reopen Virginia would be treating black and brown people like “guinea pigs for our
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Financially, over half (52%) of black women in the study are currently facing or anticipating a negative financial impact as a result of the pandemic, as compared with only 20% who are not, and half (50%) say that their ability to work effectively has been negatively affected by the
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