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Guyanese boy missing in Barbados
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South Africa: Police Sergeant and Accomplice Appear in Court for House Robbery
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, welcomed the arrest and appearance of a police Sergeant and his accomplice in the Lichtenburg Magistrates' Court on Friday, 15 May 2020 for house
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Award-Winning Literary and Scholarly Works by African Americans (to 2013)
The following is a list of major awards won by African Americans for literary, journalistic, and scholarly writing compiled by San Diego State University Librarian Robert Fikes, Jr.  The list includes all awards earned by these writers for fiction and non fiction.  Links to specific prizes appear
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Kenya: KAA - Passenger Flights Won't Resume Soon at JKIA
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has denied that it plans to resume passenger flight operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International
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Parker, Maurice S. (1949- )
Ambassador Maurice S. Parker is a career Senior Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Department of State.  On April 30, 2007 Parker was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Swaziland.  After U.S. Senate confirmation, Parker
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Children not ready for Grade Six assessment
As a parent and a concerned Guyanese, I would like to share my views, with the hope that the Ministry of Education can see some essence in my
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Third Lusignan Prison escapee recaptured
Ganesh Dhanraj, one of the two murder accused who escaped from the Lusignan Prison last month, was recaptured
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Risking It All For A Fade: Barbers Are Providing “Underground Cuts” Due To COVID-19 Shutdown
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We have a customer service problem in Guyana, period
Her experiences of being ignored, as almost invisible, is my whole shopping experience in
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Marshall and Dutchin among featured artistes on regional unity song
Guyanese Timeka Marshall and Adrian Dutchin are among 25 artistes from 14 Caribbean countries who have joined their voices for a song to give hope during the current
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Uganda: Workers Feel the Pinch of COVID-19
Some governments have stared this bleak figure in the eye with all round economic stimulus packages which have included cuts to Pay As You Earn and corporation taxes like the Kenyan
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Louisville Mayor Increasing Body Cams After Police Shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police will be required to wear body cameras and will change a search warrant policy after their fatal shooting of a black emergency medical worker in her home, the city’s mayor said
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Coronavirus causes learning losses
“Even before the COVID pandemic, we were already faced with a very serious challenge in education, which is a global learning
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Barack Obama slams coronavirus response in HBCU graduation speech
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Shooting of Jordan Davis
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Singing from the same hymn book – To what end?
From Joe Harmon’s extensive statement early in the week, to interviews by Lennox Craig and David Patterson at midweek, then by Amna Ally, Cathy Hughes and Aubrey Norton, all singing from the same hymn book – the elections were rigged by the
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Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )
In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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Kenya: 1,500 People Charged With Violating COVID-19 Rules
In a statement, the Judiciary said it set up two temporary courts at the Kasarani Stadium to handle cases related to violation of Covid-19
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Demerara Rebellion of 1823
The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the
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FID targets assets after five convicted in $400m Manchester municipal fraud trial
THE WAY is now clear for the Government to begin the legal process of seeking to take possession of properties and other assets valued at more than $220 million that have been traced to former Manchester Parish Council official Sanja
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Rwanda: Youtuber Detained Over Fraud, Impersonation
Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day
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Scars of Slavery: 13 Year Old’s Horrifying Consequences For Upsetting Her Mistress
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Muhammad Ali
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The Baptist War (1831-1832)
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Celebrating World Whisky Day
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2020 graduates are getting the VIP, special treatment –
This year, we had a pretty gloomy Class of 2020 who couldn’t think of anything worse than not being able to walk across the stage in that cap and gown, have the college president or school principal shake their hand and celebrate their
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A Timeline of Suge Knight's Criminal History
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Task Force approves conditional return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for
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