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National Unattached Youth Programme being reviewed

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, says the National Unattached Youth Programme, which provides skills training opportunities for young people aged 17 to 30 is being reviewed. Clarke said that the revision is aimed at...

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On January 20, 2009, with the Presidential swearing in of her husband Barack Obama, Michelle Robinson Obama became the first person of African American descent to become First Lady of the United

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At a New York City conference, representatives of

At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, was named director of the NAACP legal campaign.

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Rwanda: MPs Want Clear Plan to Increase Agricultural Loans

MP Théogène Munyangeyo, Chairperson of the Committee, said that agriculture received only 1.5 per cent of the total loans provided by commercial banks in Rwanda in the 2018/2019 financial

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T-bonds see heaviest investors uptake in one-and-a-half years

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Prepare for take-off - Marks tells J’cans stranded in US to expect flights soon

JAMAICANS IN the United States have been told to start packing their bags as commercial flights are set to resume to their homeland in a matter of days as the Government moves to relax border restrictions implemented to stem the spread of the

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Mayor Duggan Appoints Former Chief Justice Conrad Mallett as Deputy Mayor

Mayor Mike Duggan announced the appointment of Conrad Mallett, as Deputy

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Johnnie Cochran

Johnnie Cochran was a lawyer, who handled several high profile celebrity cases. He was born on October 2, 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his Bachelors’ degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959. Initially selling insurance policies for a living, Cochran soon began

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Lockdown assistance: PWDs sold dummy

This came out when senator representing people with disabilities (PWDs) Watson Khupe on Thursday last week quizzed Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke over social assistance which is yet to be disbursed to

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Rwanda: Government to Inject Rwf145.1 Billion in RwandAir

The Government has said that it will increase funding for the national carrier RwandAir to Rwf145.1 billion in the 2020-21 fiscal year, from the current

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Rwanda: MPs Raise Concern As Govt Cuts Agriculture Spending

Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed concerns over the government proposal to slash spending on agriculture by 35 per cent, saying that the move would affect farm

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KABAARA: Budget messages that are hidden in plain sight

Whether or not national government ministries are in a similar state, this is a good time to ponder how much longer and further Kenya can go when taxes “chase” spending rather than the other way

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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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(1993) Lani Guinier, “Seeking a Conversation on Race"

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Rwanda Plans Life Beyond COVID-19 With Food Reserves

Rwanda has drawn up a recovery plan that includes storing up an equivalent of maize and beans for 10 per cent of the population at 2,500 kilocalories per person per day, in a bid to ensure strong food reserves after the pandemic is

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Oakland Expands Free COVID-19 Testing Sites | Post News Group

The City of Oakland announced Monday a partnership with Allen Temple Baptist Church and the emergency relief nonprofit organization Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) to open a new COVID-19 community-based testing site (CBTS) in East

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Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Thurgood Marshall Jr. is a Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and a Principal with ML Consulting. His legal practice focuses on government relations and

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Statements from Atlanta City Council Members on the passing of John Sweet

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Kenya: Faulty Billing System Costing City Water Firm Millions

Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company continues to lose millions of shillings due to a faulty water billing system despite promises for an

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South Africa handed over limited powers to a new multiracial administration in 1985 (the previous government had enforced South Africas apartheid laws). Installation of this government ended South Africas direct rule, but it retained an effective veto over the new governments decisions. Finally, in

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Lesotho: Thabane Resigns as Lesotho's Prime Minister

Cape Town — Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has formally resigned more than a week after his coalition government fell apart, in a move that could help end a long-running political crisis in the southern African

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Scrap hardship pay for civil servants, says the World Bank

The World Bank wants Kenya to scrap hardship allowance to save Sh3 billion as part of cost-cutting measures to return the country on track.

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Soul food is a variety of cuisine originating in the Southeastern United States. It is common in areas with a history of slave-based plantations and has maintained popularity among the Black American and American Deep-South cotton state communities for centuries; it is now the most common regional

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Tanzania: State Puts Focus On Development, Education in 2020/2021 Budget

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Funding bind threatens Oracabessa fish sanctuary

A lack of government funding for the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary is threatening 10 years of gains in replenishing stock and could deal a massive blow to the local fishing

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Dept. of Commerce Names David Byrd New National Director of Minority Business Development Agency

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Rwanda: COVID-19 Will Leave Us With Lessons - Kagame

President Paul Kagame has called on Rwandans, especially those in positions of leadership, to use the challenges and methods used in dealing with Covid-19 as an opportunity to learn lessons that will help in

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300 Tested for COVID-19 Doctors Consortium Sets up at Masjidullah Philadelphia | Muslim Journal

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium offered free coronavirus testing at Masjidullah on Tues., May 5, 2020, marking the first time the group has organized an effort at an Islamic house of

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Lawmakers pass budget package to close out special session | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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