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Incumbents and Newcomers Win | Afro

By Etolia Magdalena Special to the AFRO Like many places in the country, Washington, D.C. had races at stake on the Nov. 3 general election, and when the polls closed, many wondered the fate of the large group of candidates running for At-Large Council positions, and included Initiative 81, which would decriminalize the use and […]

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#HBCUMonth: Students Urge Their Peers to Get Involved, Vote | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While college campuses might look a bit different this year, September marks the celebration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) month and Sept. 20- Sept. 24 is National HBCU Week. This conference was planned under the White House

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20 advocacy groups warn against Google's purchase of Fitbit

Twenty advocacy groups from the US, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s US$2.1-billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit because of privacy and competition

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Zoom suspends activists' account after Tiananmen event

Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of US-based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, the activists said on

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98 teachers in Western Cape positive for Covid-19, as 16 schools close

MUST READ | 29 Eastern Cape schools closed because of positive Covid-19 cases

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14-Year-Old Girl ‘Sold’ to 64-Year-Old Kenyan Man | Afro

By Anne Macharia Zenger News Fourteen-year-old Maria Malaso was supposed to be married to a 64-year-old man a few weeks after the Kenyan government ordered the suspension of schools in mid-March due to the coronavirus. “I woke up one morning and my father told me that we are poor and schools will

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Cameroon: Child Marriage Worries Rise Amid Coronavirus Lockdown in Cameroon

Aid groups warn that forced child marriages could be on the rise globally due to school closures, food insecurity, and economic uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19

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Protective Gear For Medical Workers Begins To Run Low Again | Afro

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT, Associated Press The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients

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WhatsApp gets a raw deal in payments

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the fray two years ago by enabling the popular messaging service WhatsApp to send and receive money in

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Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee Seeks Male Applicants | Afro

BALTIMORE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE SEEKS MALE APPLICANTS The current BALTIMORE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (BCDSCC), known as the Baltimore County Democratic Party, was elected June 26, 2018 during the Democratic Primary Election. Elected BCDSCC members were sworn-in at

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Davis Well On His Way To Becoming The Face Of Boxing | Afro

By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO In one of the most highly touted boxing matchups this year, Gervonta “Tank” Davis delivered on the biggest stage of his career this far after notching an electrifying sixth-round knockout of Leo Santa Cruz on Oct. 31 at the Alamodome in San

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JSE-listed TeleMasters on an acquisition spree

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No ceremonial opening of circuit courts or trial by jury, as courts open on a phased basis tomorrow

There will be no ceremonial opening or trials by jury in circuit courts, as the nation's court system imposes restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, amid tomorrow's commencement of a phased reopening of courts across the

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PGCC’s New President Helps Feed Community On 9/11 | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Despite the campus being closed to students, Prince George’s County Community College’s new President Dr. Falecia Williams learned some valuable lessons while helping the volunteers distribute food baskets to community residents on Sept. 11. “This is

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Space rocks found after Japan fireball | Afro

Two large radiation-emitting space rocks, believed to be part of a meteor captured on video flashing across the Tokyo night sky earlier this month, have been found in a garden in Japan. The phenomenon over Tokyo happened around 2:30 a.m. local time on July 2, and the footage was shared on YouTube

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MTN partners with UN-backed mobile virus tracker set to reach over 600 million in Africa

The United Nations is partnering with Africa-focused wireless carriers including MTN Group and Orange SA on a mobile-data platform that delivers coronavirus-related information around the

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MPUTHIA: Privacy rights and harsh court of public opinion

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Vodafone, MTN share client data with Ghana to help with coronavirus contact tracing

Vodafone and MTN’s Ghanaian units are allowed to share subscriber data with the government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus cases, a high court in Accra ruled

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Voters Express Anxiety Ahead of Debate | Afro

By Cheyenne Briggs Special to the AFRO On the eve of the final Oct. 22 Joe Biden-Donald Trump TV debate before the Nov. 3 election, debate watchers shared their views about the significance of voting and what the most compelling issues were for them. “Yes, I am voting this year,” said Sali Matu

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AFRO Exclusive: Woman Sprayed With Unknown Substance Speaks Out | Afro

By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor (The subject of this story has chosen to remain anonymous and will be referred to as Marie Brown for this article.) A woman visiting Giant Food Supermarket in Owings Mills, Md. on Sept. 8 got more than she bargained for when she was attacked by a man who sprayed

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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February | Afro

By BlackPressUSA New statistical table and analysis available on the American Banking Institute’s (ABI) SBRA Resources website show that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Code since it was enacted. The Small Business

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Millions of African Women At Risk Because of COVID | Afro

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rebecca Nakamanya rolls her eyes, dismissing a question about school fees. What really worries her is how to feed three children and a jobless partner on a daily wage of less than $3, minus transport to and from her job as a cook. “We have

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Madonsela and co: Govt should have considered social impact of Covid-19 regulations

Professor Thuli Madonsela, as part of the Social Justice and Covid-19 Policy and Relief Monitoring Alliance (SCOPRA), has highlighted shortfalls in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) during the Covid-19

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IAPA urges debate of Brazilian fake-news bill

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) recommends that a new bill in Brazil to combat fake news should be debated in depth and include the opinions of press associations specialised in the subject in order to ensure that the right to freedom of expression in the digital space is

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AFRO Endorsements 2020 | Afro

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Relatives: Latoya was murdered by police

RELATIVES of Latoya Monte, the 34-year-old woman who was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police moments after 6:00 pm on Monday in the Kingston 10 area, are insisting that she was murdered, contrary to information released by the

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that more provisions of the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act will come into force on 1 July 2020, giving the legislation more bite to protect

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