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25 cars join ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through Eutaw to protest police brutality and call for criminal justice reform
On Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2020, twenty-five cars joined the ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through the City of Eutaw, to protest the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many
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Only this protest — The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington for a Digital Justice Gathering — will be held online, inviting people to log on to the internet and digitally demand justice for low-income and otherwise disenfranchised people in
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Uganda: EC Rejects Opposition Demands On Elections
Preparations for next year's general elections got off to a bumpy start yesterday after authorities at the Electoral Commission (EC), rejected Opposition demand for a new 2021 roadmap, born out of a meticulous consultative
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Sudan: Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Forges New Presence in Sudan
The Security Council on Thursday extended the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and set out the parameters for a follow-on mission that will start its work on 1 January next
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Ghana: Residents Ordered to Weed, Desilt Choked Gutters ... for Failing to Wear Face Masks
Some recalcitrant Sunyani residents who failed to wear their face masks were yesterday arrested and made to undertake clean-up exercise for some hours by security agencies who were on the streets to enforce directives and protocols of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) announced by the President, Nana
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The Real Looters Of The Bronx
BRONX, N.Y. — Last Friday a few dozen protesters gathered at a busy intersection near the northern tip of New York City for “A People’s Tour of the Real Looters of the
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Kenya Wins UN Security Council Seat by 2 Votes
Kenya narrowly won an election for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat Thursday, in a vote impacted by the COVID-19
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BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)
In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald
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Kenya: CS Steps in to End Kenya-Tanzania Stand-Off at Namanga Border
The Cabinet secretary for the East African Community yesterday intervened to end the Namanga border stand-off that had paralysed cross-border
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Ghana: Re-Opening of Shss On Monday, June 22 Govt Rolls Out COVID-19 Safety Protocols ... As President Tasks Chass to Ensure Strict Adherence
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) to ensure that the coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols are strictly adhered to when schools resume on Monday, June 22, 2020
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Rwanda: Central Bank Reinstates Mobile Money Charges
After three months of free mobile money transactions, charges will be reinstated on Monday 22nd June according to an announcement by the Central
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Algeria: RSF Condemns Flagrant Erosion of Press Freedom in Algeria
In Mohammadia, 350 km west of Algiers, the newspaper Ennahar's correspondent, Djamel Ali Toubal, was given a summary trial on 17 June because of his sympathetic coverage of the "Hirak" anti-government street protests on Facebook and was sentenced to two years in prison for "insulting state
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Ghana: Flood Disaster in the Midst of COVID 19 Response.
Each year, Governments and national institutions and relief agencies are called in to respond to the disasters as a result of the heavy rains.While inspecting the extent of the disaster andproviding relief items to the victims of the flood disasters, we often hear promises of how the following year
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Kenya: Mombasa Hotels Take Up Measures to Survive Pandemic
Nairobi — Mombasa based Reef Hotel has now moved to offer free accommodation in the facility till end of June in order to survive the coronavirus
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West Africa: Abuses By G5 Soldiers in Sahel 'Could Threaten International Support'
French Defence Minister Florence Parly has urged governments in the Sahel to uphold human rights during military operations, in a report on the progress of France's regional Operation Barkhane before the French senate's foreign affairs
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Governor Orders Statewide Mask Use Amid Scattered Pushback
But after weeks of mixed messaging and leaving the decision of implementing mask mandates up to counties, the state today said face coverings will be required after
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After the violent arrest of Kaleemah Rozier was caught on video by a bystander in New York City, the 22-year-old mom says she plans to file a $10 million lawsuit against police for excessive force after the arrest for improperly wearing a face
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Tunisia: COVID-19 - 14 More Imported Cases (Health Ministry)
Tunis/Tunisia — The Health Ministry announced in a press release issued on Friday that on June 18, out of a total of 1279 conducted screening tests, including 15 as part of monitoring active cases, 18 tests have been
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South Africa: Lockdown 'No Longer Sustainable' Despite Surge in Cases
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Amid a sustained wave of protests and conversations around police violence, white supremacy and anti-racism, Juneteenth ― the day celebrating the end of slavery in America ― is beginning to receive the recognition it
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Cameroon: Minister Elung Equips Kupe Muanenguba With Protective Kits
The Minister, Deputy Secretary-General at the Presidency of the Republic, Paul Elung Che has heard the distress drums of his people and responded timely with a consignment of protective materials and sanitary kits to bar the way to coronavirus in Kupe Muanenguba
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The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a civil society group pivotal in the revolution that ousted former president Omar al-Bashir, said attacks on medical teams by security forces and civilians had become a common phenomenon, especially in emergency units when security of health personnel is
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Mozambique: Police Claim to Have Cut Terrorists' Supply Chain
Maputo — The Mozambican police claim to have dismantled a base of the terrorists operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, and to have cut their chain of
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