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The elections end game
The most recent point at which Mr Granger could have done the right thing and spared the country from further agony was the presentation of the report of the three-person CARICOM observer team which bravely and sedulously undertook the scutinising of the recount and tabulation of votes over five
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Ethiopia, Egypt trade words over Nile sharing treaty
The two countries are locked in a bitter dispute over usage of the Nile River waters, with Egypt charging that Ethiopia’s plan to fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will starve Egypt of its primary
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Source: The East African
Strenuous and urgent efforts have to be made for shared governance - Stabroek News
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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MPs in Sierra Leone debate president Bio’s statement to parliament
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s members of Parliament last Thursday, began their marathon debate on the statement delivered to parliament by President Bio, at his State opening of  the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Trinidad: Three UNC candidates happy to face the polls - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas Mayor Vandana Mohit is confident that she would win the Chaguanas East seat for the United National Congress (UNC). The article Trinidad: Three UNC candidates happy to face the polls appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
SA's universities need R1.8 billion to be Covid-19 ready | News24
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande has said funding for universities varied from R2.1 million to R402.8 million.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Congolese want more than apology for Belgium's colonial impunity
King Philippe’s ‘regret’ for Belgium’s brutal colonial past received mixed reactions in the Democratic Republic of
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Open letter to Prime Minister Mia Mottley & the citizens of CARICOM | New York Carib News
Without seizing herself of the full set of facts, Prime Minister Mottley, in her capacity as CARICOM Chairman, jumped into Guyana’s elections politics, like a bull in a China shop, to support her friend Bharrat Jagdeo, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party
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Source: The New York Carib News
Ziggy Marley Will Receive the Black Press 2020 Global Icon Award and Make a Virtual Appearance at the 2020 NNPA Convention | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ziggy Marley, the oldest son of the Reggae Icon Bob Marley, recently appeared on a livestream interview with the Black Press that was reached more than 1.7 million people around the world. The socially conscious singer is being honored for his outstanding achievements in the
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Small farmers in St Thomas to access some 400 acres of former sugar lands
More than 400 acres of former sugar cane lands in St Thomas will be made available to small farmers in the parish for the growing of cash crops. “We are looking to move certain lands from sugar cane into crash crops. The small farmers...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kenya: COVID-19 Pandemic Could Widen Existing Inequalities for Kenya's Women in Business
[IPS] Nairobi -Pauline Akwacha's popular chain of eateries, famously known as Kakwacha Hangover Hotels and situated at the heart of Kisumu City's lakeside in Kenya, is facing its most daunting challenge yet. Akwacha and other women in business across this East African nation are bracing themselves
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Source: allAfrica.com
LeMoyne-Owen College Receives $40 Million Grant
LeMoyne-Owen College—the only HBCU in Memphis—has received a $40 million endowment.
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Archer: Lock down West Kingston
With reports that several cases of the novel coronavirus have been discovered in the West Kingston community, which neighbours the teeming downtown Kingston market district, one urban planner wants the area shut
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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UC system picks first Black president - Black Voice News
In summary Michael V. Drake, a former leader at Ohio State University and UC Irvine, will have fewer tools than past presidents to deal with the UC’s imminent fiscal woes. After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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Africa COVID-19 stats: 492,805 cases; 11,659 deaths; 237,042 recoveries | Africanews
There are now more than over 400,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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SPLC Action Fund: After Flag Vote, Mississippi Legislators Take Additional Steps to Help "Dismantle Vestiges of White Supremacy"
If Mississippi voters pass the amendment this fall, a future candidate for statewide office need only win the popular vote to be deemed the election
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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Africa virus stats: 371,611 cases; 9,485 deaths; 178,524 recoveries
There are now more than over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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Kenya: 'A Constitution Is Just a Piece of Paper If It's Not Implemented' - Natasha Kimani On Achieving Gender Equality in Kenya
[Chatham House] The 2010 constitution was intended to transform the lives of Kenya's marginalized groups, but, 10 years on, Kenyan women remain significantly disadvantaged. Natasha Kimani speaks to Lyndsey Jefferson about the obstacles that remain for women in Kenya as part of a series exploring
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda reintroduces lockdown in parts of Kigali as cases rise
A fresh surge in coronavirus cases prompted Rwanda’s government to place six areas of the capital, Kigali, back under a “total
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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Locust Swarm Destroys Crops in Kenya as Millions Face Hunger
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Officer Charged in George Floyd Death, Seeks Case Dismissal
By Amy Forliti Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death is asking to have his case dismissed. An attorney for Thomas Lane said in court papers made public Wednesday that the case against his client should be dismissed for lack of
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Source: The Birmingham Times
NNPA Salutes Attorney Benjamin Crump and The Crump Law Firm in Memory and Honor of the Family of George Floyd | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Benjamin Crump has earned recognition as a freedom fighting lawyer who doesn’t hesitate to defend the life and legacy of African Americans harmed by police violence and racially motivated acts. He currently represents the families of Ahmad Arberry, George Floyd and other Black men
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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WACHIRA: 10 years: I dropped golf for writing
It is 10 years now since I committed to contribute an article every Wednesday for the Ideas & Debate section of Business Daily.
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Source: Business Daily
State cracks down on bars, restaurants - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, July 7. Newsom ramps up enforcement Cleverson Davis, a waiter at Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose, tends to customers on June 5. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group Amid intense criticism for reopening California’s economy too quickly, Gov. Gavin
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
All cattle must have ear tags, passports by January 2021
ALL cattle must have ear tags and corresponding passports, effective January 1, 2021.This move by the Government is to tighten enforcement measures under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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EDITORIAL: Without a budget, EAC secretariat will lose its
Barely a week to the end of the financial year, the East African Community secretariat was yet to make known its spending plans for the financial year that starts on July
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Source: The East African
Africa: Investing in Digital Agriculture Can Help Africa Beat This Pandemic
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] We need to bridge Africa's data gap to strengthen food, health and economic security, and overcome a predicted continent-wide recession
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Source: allAfrica.com
This Day in History July 3
Today is the 185th day of 2020. There are 181 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1987: British millionaire Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand becomes the first hot-air balloon travellers to cross the Atlantic, parachuting into the sea as their craft went down off the Scottish coast.�OTHER
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An old man’s lament
THREE times in the past month, 71-year-old Leonard Chizinga showed up at NewsDay offices seeking to talk to a reporter about what he described as a burning issue and was turned away each time. By Tawanda Tafirenyika Yesterday on the fourth visit, I granted him an audience to hear what it was so
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Making the case for a strong Black economy in the 9th District
However, the most important point made is that Black Lives Matter, especially as it pertains to the work force of Memphis and the 9th
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
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