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[Monitor] The Minister of Health, Ms Jane Aceng has said the Wednesday night arrival of 175,200 AstraZeneca vaccines through the Covax project was a timely intervention since the country had run out of vaccines.
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Shay Shane Of Black Girls On The Go Talks “Travel Shaming” During COVID And Helping Women Get Healing Through Travel
Shay Shane, Founder of the travel club Black Girls On The Go, talked with MadameNoire about why now is a good time to join her nearly 30,000 member club, how the community is functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what amazing things they have in store for the new year.
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Africa: France Defends Colonial-Era Statues in the Face of Anti-Racism Protests
French President Emmanuel Macron has resisted calls to take down statues with links to colonialism and slavery, vowing not to erase
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Boxers Keyshawn Davis, Richard Torrez Jr. fall short in gold-medal bouts at Tokyo Olympics news -The Black Chronicle
Aug 8, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN The 17-year gold-medal drought for USA Boxing's men continues after a pair of losses Sunday morning at the Tokyo Olympics. First, it was Keyshawn
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Carpenters wow public with medieval techniques at Notre Dame - Black News Channel
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a three-ton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the
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Spain's North African Enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta
At the onset of the Industrial Revolution (circa 1750-1850), European countries began scouring the globe looking for resources to power their economies. Africa, because of its geographic location and its abundance of resources, was seen as a key source of wealth for many of these nations. This
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Macron tightens grip ahead of 2022 challenge
PARIS, France (AFP) By replacing his popular prime minister with a little-known bureaucrat, French President Emmanuel Macron has signalled that he intends to tighten the reins on government ahead of a bid for re-election in 2022, analysts say.
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Macron promises help, Beirut residents vent fury at leaders - Black News Channel

By Bassem Mroue and Sarah El Deeb Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut vented their fury at Lebanon's leaders Thursday during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, blaming them for the deadly explosion that ravaged the capital. Shouting, 'Revolution!' they crowded around the

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Rep. Karen Bass Reintroduces George Floyd Policing Bill in Congress
When George Floyd gasped his final breath last May after a Minneapolis police officer was captured on viral video kneeling on his neck, Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation […] The post Rep. Karen Bass Reintroduces George Floyd Policing Bill in Congress appeared first on Essence.
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How Afro-Caribbean families have been talking about taking the vaccine - Voice Online
RECENT RESEARCH from the Red Cross has revealed that Britons from black and minority ethnic... The post How Afro-Caribbean families have been talking about taking the vaccine appeared first on Voice Online.
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Mali's president announces resignation after rebel troops launch coup | News24
Mali's president said he was resigning to avoid "bloodshed", hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the fragile West African nation.
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West Africa: France Announces End to Anti-Jihadist Operation in Sahel
[East African] France will begin a gradual withdrawal of its troops in the Sahel region of West Africa as part of a plan to put to an end its eight-year operation dubbed 'Barkhane'.
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Protesters Try To Seize African Artwork From Paris Museum
PARIS (AP) — Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to Africa in a protest against colonial-era
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Black Amazon manager files lawsuit over racial discrimination
A Black senior manager at Amazon has hit the company with a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination.  Charlotte Newman filed a... View Article The post Black Amazon manager files lawsuit against company over racial discrimination appeared first on TheGrio.
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Rwanda Pushes to Have Nyungwe Park Added to World Heritage List
[New Times] Several institutions headed by the Rwanda National Commission on UNESCO have embarked on a proposal to have one of Africa's oldest mountain forests: Nyungwe National Park added to the world heritage list.
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Challenging simplistic land degradation - The Standard
In the last blog, I reviewed the results of our land use analysis using a combination of Landsat satellite imagery, document/archival analysis and field interviews from Mvurwi area in northern Zimbabwe from 1984 to 2018, now out as an ARPA Working
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Beyond ‘Black Panther’: Afrofuturism Is Booming in Comics
… takes the form of an African-American man — are finding new readers … and history than in the African-American experience. “Nnedi is a very … artist Jack Kirby through an African-American lens: for example, “The Unkillable …
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Amazon rainforest faces fire threat—again | Afro
Institute alerts for evidence of soil changes in the Amazon show areas that have been deforested, damaged by logging and show signs of burning or mining, as well as plant degradation from February 2016 to June 2020 in the Brazilian Legal
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Liberia: Pres. Weah's France Trip Yields Tangibles As Macron Commits to Impact Lives of Liberians
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President Joe Biden Signs COVID-19 Relief Package | The Madison Times
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz If all goes according to the federal government’s plan – and for now it looks like it is – Americans can expect to receive another COVID-19 stimulus check. The $1.9 trillion COVID relief package was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday, March 11. The bill was
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One year later, the George Floyds continue to mount up - The Bay State Banner
Cops are sending a deadly message that Chauvin will in no way change things. Their message: Police will continue to police in mostly minority communities the same way, up to and including the use of
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Oakland Becomes Latest California City to Pass Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers, Granting $5 More Per Hour | Post News Group
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Africans await reset of relations with France | Africanews
A new summit between France and Africa opens this week offering the opportunity for a reset in relations
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Rwanda: Kagame Meets Duclert Commission Members, Ex-French Military Officers
[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Tuesday met members of the Duclert Commission together with retired French military officers who served in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994, as the parties sought to address historically damaged relations between the two countries.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks About His and Wife’s COVID Diagnosis - Houston Forward Times
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Africa: Foreign Ministry Organizes Tour for African Ambassadors On Africa Day
[Egypt Online] The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday 25/5/2021 organized a tour for African ambassadors to visit the National Museum for Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) to mark Africa Day, which annually falls on May 25.
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