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NCB facing pushback from workers over vaccine mandate

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) is facing pushback from employees over a new policy that requires them to either take the COVID-19 vaccine or submit weekly negative tests at their expense. NCB employees will be required to “share”...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

BY Brenna Matendere The National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) yesterday launched a key project to replenish the country’s depleted blood bank in partnership with social media giant Facebook to become the second country in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to achieve the feat. Kojo

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Wiley H. Bates: “The Negro Gentleman”

Wiley H. Bates was born into slavery in North Carolina. After the Civil War he worked as a water boy and freight boy on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad between the ages of about nine and twelve. After the death of his father at age eleven, Bates found employment on a boat that traveled on […]

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Africa: Kenya and Morocco to Represent Africa in UNWTO

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms among honorees for racial justice | New Pittsburgh Courier

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and philanthropist Robert F. Smith to be honored at Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law hosts 20th Annual Gala to spotlight movement for racial … Continued

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Salt Lake City police officer Nickolas Pearce is now facing second-degree felony aggravated assault charges following an incident in April where he ordered his police dog to bite a Jeffery

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Tributes pour in for DK Duncan

Tributes have been pouring in following news of the passing of former Cabinet minister Dr D.K. Duncan this morning. Duncan died while at hospital. He had been recovering after being admitted last month after testing positive for COVID-19. Here are...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: UN Tourism Body Picks Kenya, Morocco to Represent Africa

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and Morocco have been appointed by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation to represent the Africa Technical Committee on Tourism Online Education.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Corporate Hands | Texaco Jamaica supports back-to-school preparations

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Parents Knowingly Sent Teen to School with COVID-19, Mass. Mayor Says

Almost 30 teenagers are quarantining after parents in Attleboro, Mass., knowingly sent their COVID-19-positive child to school, the town's mayor and schools superintendent said.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae founder, Maytals frontman, 77

NEW YORK (AP) – Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it ...

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Source: South Florida Times

Violent Video of Killing Amps Up Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict – The Wilmington Journal

Margaret Lum Timasam, 62, was working on her farm in Muyuka, in Southwest Cameroon, when her daughter died. Comfort Timasam, a 33-year-old mother of two, was killed by suspected separatists demanding independence from Cameroon. 'I [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Kandi Burruss Talks Reunion Drama with Nene Leakes and How She Recently Bumped Into Her at a Restaurant

'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kandi Burruss opens up about Nene Leakes, their past drama, and how the former reality star walked past her in […]

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Westmoreland senior charged with fraud

The Little London Police in Westmoreland have charged a 70-year-old suspected con artist who allegedly fleeced unsuspecting persons of more than $1 million. The man, Winston Crossdale, who is from Little London, was charged on Tuesday with two...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

ED slams door on Ramaphosa

BY BLESSED MHLANGA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out allowing a delegation from South Africa to meet his critics, including opposition parties and civic organisations, slamming the door on efforts by the neighbouring country to negotiate an end to the political impasse that has paralysed

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Contract killer makes tearful confession to murder of Portland businessman's wife

A contract killer has detailed how he lured Tonia McDonald, wife of popular Portland businessman, Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, to a deserted roadway in the parish and watched as the man he sub-contracted stabbed her repeatedly. The...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Burundi: New Government, but No Progress in Sight On the Human Rights Front

[United Nations Human Rights Council] Following the 2020 presidential, legislative and local elections, the fifteen-year presidency of Pierre Nkurunziza came to a close and a new era under President Évariste Ndayishimiye began. The resulting new policy shifts, appointments, and public statements by

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Source: allAfrica.com

C Is For Country: Lil Nas X Has A Children’s Book On The Way

Lil Nas X announces on Twitter he is preparing to release a children's book called "C is for Country."

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NAN President Shares Washington March Experience — The Sacramento Observer

OPINION - How does it feel when you are about to be a part of something historic? This question continued to run through my mind during my trip to Washington, D.C. for the Commitment March led by Rev. Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton. One thing that I wanted to make sure […]

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Uber and Lyft Protest Judge Ruling to Change Independent Contractors to Employees – The Wilmington Journal

Uber and Lyft, ordered by a judge to make their California drivers employees rather than independent contractors, are hoping voters put the brakes on the change in November. Under AB-5, a bill signed last September [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Seychelles: 3 Candidates - Faure, Ramkalawan, St Ange Qualify for October's Presidential Vote in Seychelles

[Seychelles News Agency] Voters in Seychelles will choose from among three presidential candidates in the October election: President Danny Faure of United Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan of Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) and Alain St Ange of One Seychelles.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Morocco’s Myth-Filled Jimi Hendrix Shrine Village | Africanews

A Guitar Rock Legend

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Reflect on jobless youth and economic slowdown

We’re missing the warning signs of a youth unemployment, but more broadly, structural economic reform, time bomb long in the making.

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Source: Business Daily

Whisky, bootlicking at ED’s birthday

BY MOSES MATENGA SENIOR Zanu PF officials and corporate executives yesterday fell over each other to spoil President Emmerson Mnangagwa with presents that included flowers and expensive whisky brands on his 78th birthday. Loyalists also took the opportunity to bootlick the embattled leader whose

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Econet Vic Falls Marathon moved to next year

BY FORTUNE MBELE ORGANISERS of the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon have resolved that this year’s live race be pushed to next year and that the event be held virtually in December in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The race is usually run in July.In a statement on the race’s Facebook page the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Rwanda Launches Rwf71 Billion Project to Mitigate Drought in Kayonza

[New Times] A Rwf71 billion ($79.93m) Kayonza Irrigation and Integrated Watershed Management Project (KIIWP) that will operate in eight of Kayonza District's 12 sectors was launched on Tuesday, September 15 and is expected to contribute to poverty reduction in the drought prone district.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Families hit as pandemic worsens food insecurity

NEW YORK (AP) – At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic this spring, Sharawn Vinson often woke up crying. A recurring thought was making the ...

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Source: South Florida Times

30 hotspots identified around SA where of gender-based violence and femicide are most rife | News24

The government is to increase victim support in 30 identified hotspots where gender-based violence and femicide are most rife.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Ramaphosa, Moseneke pay trubute to Bizos: 'He hated oppression, inequality, unfairness' | News24

Renowned human rights lawyer Advocate George Bizos has been remembered for his hatred of oppression and inequality.

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‘Troubling’... Jackson concerned about release of WhatsApp communication

Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) Fitz Jackson has described as unfortunate and regrettable the release of private communication between himself and Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southern Mark Golding. Jackson says he was...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Ramaphosa's Jerusalema challenge is a 'let them eat cake' moment - FF Plus | News24

The FF Plus says President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to take up the Jerusalema dance challenge is reminiscent of Marie Antoinette who said the starving should eat cake.

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