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Former Sierra Leone rebel leader – Augustine Gbao is released early from prison
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2020: Sierra Leone’s U.N backed tribunal said yesterday, Wednesday it will grant conditional early release to a former rebel leader in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s brutal civil war. (Photo above: A child victim of the rebel
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It's Eazi and Lazer - Voice Online
MR EAZI and Major Lazer shared the audio and visuals for the dancehall-inspired single “Oh... The post It's Eazi and Lazer appeared first on Voice Online.
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2018 Auditor General’s Report - Stabroek News
On 30 September 2019, the Auditor General presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly his report on the audit of the public accounts for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2018. The article 2018 Auditor General’s Report appeared first on Stabroek News.
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India’s Ruling Party Rebrands Ahead of Tamil Polls – The Wilmington Journal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a party meeting in Tamil Nadu. Undated photoby V Naresh Kumar Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party returned to the lower house of the Indian parliament, [...]
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Awareness Push to Restore Voting Rights for California’s Parolees Kicks Off — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - On Aug. 17, the “Yes On Prop 17” campaign held its Official Proposition 17 Campaign Virtual Kick-Off on Facebook Live. The event featured testimony from previously incarcerated persons on why more than 50,000 parolees in California deserve the right to vote. Prop 17, which passed the state
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Digicel gifts children of people living with HIV free Internet, tablets
Telecommunications giant Digicel, through its Digicel Foundation, has collaborated with the Centre for HIV/AIDS Research and Educational Services (CHARES) to provide 10 tablets and one year of free Internet service to children whose parents are living with HIV/AIDS.The donation, valued at
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This Day in History — September 11
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Islands apart: Why does Barbuda want to split from Antigua? - Face2Face Africa
One of the world's favorite holiday destinations, the twin-island country of Antigua and Barbuda may no longer be one nation if Barbudans have their way in an upcoming parliamentary resolution on Thursday, September 17. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has already described the calls by the Barbuda
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How The Democrats have effectively abolished the 2nd Amendment.
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19 families purchase almost 100 acres of land in Georgia - TheGrio
In August, Real Estate agent Ashley Scott and her friend, investor and entrepreneur Renee Walters, along with 17 other families,... View Article The post 19 families purchase almost 100 acres of land in Georgia appeared first on TheGrio.
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Ethiopia: TPLF Wins Regional Election By Landslide
[Addis Standard] Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the ruling party of Tigray regional state, has won 98.2% of the vote for the regional parliament, taking 152 of the total 190 seats.
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Cayman Islands: Governor approves same sex partnerships law - Voice Online
THE GOVERNOR of the Cayman IslandsMartyn Roper has approved a law making same-sex partnerships legal... The post Cayman Islands: Governor approves same sex partnerships law appeared first on Voice Online.
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Kenya: Odinga Seeks to Pacify Coast in Crucial Tour
[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga's is seeking to unite the Coast leaders behind him in the revenue sharing stalemate, arguing that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) will include their concerns in the new formula.
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World Trade Organization: How an African head could make a difference | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
With three of the eight candidates to become the next leader of the World Trade Organization (WTO) coming from Africa, BBC Africa business editor Zawadi Mudibo looks at what difference having one of them at the helm would make for the continent. There is a growing feeling among African diplomats
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Minority Business Opportunity Week in Georgia kick off
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Juanita W. Goggins: Trailblazer Civil Rights Activist Who Died a Lonely Death
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Neither Here Nor There: India’s citizenship registry keeps fate of 1.9m in limbo
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Do you know about the African territory formerly known as the Grain Coast? - Face2Face Africa
In the 14th century when European explorative missions made contact with the peoples of Africa, the former, perhaps in imperial fashion, tried to put a name to some of these places at which they settled. Unsurprisingly, some of the names Europeans called African territories they colonized still
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Constitutional reform: the speakership - Stabroek News
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Nigeria now second-biggest Shelter Afrique shareholder
Nigeria has injected Sh1.01 billion ($9.4 million) in additional capital in Nairobi headquartered Pan African housing development financier Shelter Afrique.
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Nigeria: Why Nigerian Doctors Called Off Strike Despite Unresolved Grievances - Official
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Boko Haram killed 10 civilians in attacks on three villages | Africanews
Boko Haram jihadists killed 10 civilians in attacks on three villages in restive northeast Nigeria, local security officials said
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Black Caucus faces upheaval as progressive pressure rises - African American News Today - EIN News
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Justin Fairfax joins Black women in Virginia governor's race
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax formally kicked off his campaign for governor Saturday, a year after... View Article The post Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax joins Black women in governor's race appeared first on TheGrio.
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Uhuru blocks Sh100,000 pay for life awarded to former MPs
The National Assembly had in August approved the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which sought to increase the minimum monthly pension for lawmakers.
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Leaders in Mali meet with junta for conference on transition - Black News Channel
By Baba Ahmed Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian government and, ultimately, elections. The three-day
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Jamaican Judge at center of controversy over appointment to Florida Supreme Court | New York Carib News
There is a drama brewing in Florida over the pick for a new Supreme Court justice by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. The appointment of Jamaican-born Judge Renatha Francis was nullified because she did not make the state constitutional requirements.
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'Trump accused me of killing Christians' - Nigeria's Buhari reveals awkward chat with POTUS - Face2Face Africa
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that when he met Donald Trump, president of the United States, in April of 2018, the latter accused him of overseeing the killing of Christians in Nigeria. President Buhari was speaking at the end of a ministerial retreat at the Presidential Villa
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