Guilty by old age - The Times Group Malawi

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Guilty by old age - The Times Group Malawi

By Watipaso Mzungu: Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga is worried that the lakeshore district is fast becoming a hotspot of mob justice targeting elderly people on allegations that they practise witchcraft. Hardly a month passes without the district registering a case of murder of the elderly. “But the most saddening thing is …

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African-American candidate for California’s 37th congressional district, Errol Webber has claimed that Beyoncé has sold her soul and those of her fans to Satan. He made the claim in a series of tweets on Friday as the pop singer released her visual album “Black is King”. The congressional candidate

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Africa: Continent Nears 1 Million Covid-19 Cases, With 20,628 Dead

[allAfrica] As of August 4, the confirmed Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 968,612.

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Donald Trump Is Writing A Terrifying New Chapter In The History Of Political Repression

… fears of indigenous people and Black Americans through paranoid conspiracies claiming these …

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Somalia: African Development Bank Grants $25m to Somalia

[The Exchange] The African Development Bank (AFDB) approved grants worth $25 million to Somalia to boost its national budget efforts to mitigate the national and regional impacts of the pandemic.

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Anglican Bishop of Kingston Robert Thompson retires

Anglican Bishop of Kingston, the Rt Reverend Dr Robert Thompson, has retired after almost a half-century working for the Christian Church. The clergyman today laid down his pastoral staff on the altar of the Kingston Parish Church after...

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How the only female leader of the Black Panthers was pushed out by her own party - Face2Face Africa

August 1974 was a 'pivotal moment' for a woman in the black power movement. Elaine Brown had then been chosen to lead the Black Panther Party at a time no woman was leading any major civil rights group or political organization. Brown took over as chair of the party when founder Huey Newton went

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Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar face primary challengers; The 'Squad' plays defense | The Atlanta Voice

A series of galvanizing victories in Democratic congressional primaries this year have progressives poised to assert their growing influence in the next Congress. But plans for a larger and more robust 'squad' hinge on securing its foundation - and defending the seats they first won in 2018. Over

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Somalia: AFRICOM Says Civilian Killed in Airstrike

[Shabelle] The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says an airstrike that was intended to target al-Shabab fighters in Somalia earlier this year killed one civilian and wounded three others, in a rare admission by the Command.

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President Bio launches Social Investment Fund five years after Ebola

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2020: Last Thursday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone launched the country’s Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) project, five years after the country was declared free of Ebola by WHO. The aim of the PERSIF project is to provide basic

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Schools, unions leave parents in dark - Black Voice News

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, August 3. Online learning plans up in air Image via iStock A week before some California districts start school, many parents remain in the dark about what online learning will look like as teachers unions and districts negotiate instruction plans — in

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Border patrol - Diaspora urges testing, monitoring of visitors to keep COVID-19 numbers low

The diaspora is harbouring mixed views on whether Jamaica should again close its borders to incoming passenger traffic to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases. There is consensus, however, on the need for testing and vigilance in ensuring strict...

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Somalia: Africom Admits Killing of Civilians in Somalia Airstrike

[Dalsan Radio] The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) admitted that it killed one civilian and wounded three others in an airstrike in Somalia in a rare acknowledgement of civilian casualties from US Africa Command military operations in the Horn of Africa country.

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Critics want racist senator’s name stripped from Reno park - African American News Today - EIN News

Residents have launched an effort to rename a southwest Reno park honoring a powerful 19th century politician who had racist beliefs unbeknownst to most…

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Invite poor to mountaintop, says bishop

Jamaica’s political class was on Sunday rebuked for not doing enough to empower the population to be independent beyond filling their bellies. Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, the Right Reverend Robert Thompson, who was presiding over his final...

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Filmmaker releases HIV film

BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO FILMMAKER Malon Murape has released an HIV and Aids sci-fi short film, Garingiro, to amplify voices in the fight against the pandemic as well as discussing its genesis in the United States and Africa. Murape told NewsDay Life & Style that the film which features two actors Elias

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GICHINGA: Mind the gap between jobs data and the real economy

Humility recognises that there is much to learn beyond our immediate experiences and allows an open and curious mind to ask the most fundamental questions.

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How 'good White people' derail racial progress

… their families in schools with African American children." Why American cities … than low-income Whites; and African American households headed by an individual …

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Shada Sinclair is indeed going places

EIGHT years ago Evol Beckford, vice-principal at Hampton School in Malvern, St Elizabeth, said Shada Sinclair was going places.

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Morgan Jerkins Heads Down South in Search of Her Black Identity

… much contemporary analysis of the African-American experience. A backward trail through … Africa is there still in African

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Access to legal aid ‘woefully inadequate’ in Guyana - Stabroek News

Recognising legal aid as being essential to ensuring access and fair representation within the justice system, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has found that most jurisdictions in the Carib-bean have legal aid only for the most serious offences, while noting that the system

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The Daily 202: Trump makes another end run around GOP-controlled Senate by stretching delegation authority - African American News Today - EIN News

… is seeking reelection against an African American opponent who is wondering if …

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McCormack school land grab - The Bay State Banner

An insidious land grab process is occurring in the middle of a pandemic. The city is attempting to develop the green space nestled between the William McCormack and Paul A. Dever Schools, and Harbor Point apartments while schools are closed and while our communities are in crisis. The proposed