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George Johnson
George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African
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Dec
17
2001
Angola's Vice President to Sue for Libel
Luanda — The authors of information circulating on social media alleging the involvement of the Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa in the country's massacre of May 27, 1977, should be brought to
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Malawi new presidential vote on June 23: parliament
Malawi's parliament has endorsed June 23 as the date for the presidential election re-run after a court annulled last year's vote over irregularities, a lawmaker
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DRC: Protests over the sacking of president's ally as first vice-president in parliament
Supporters of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi demonstrated in the capital Kinshasa and other cities across the country on Tuesday, following an evening of tension at the National
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Mauritius Holds Some Rs 1 000 Billion in Foreign Currency, Indicates Finance Minister
The Finance Minister believes that in the context of this unprecedented crisis, this increase in official reserves will enable the country to deal with the economic shock of Covid-19 with more
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Why Govt Continues to Determine Petrol Price, After Deregulation of Downstream Sector - Minister
The government, however, said it would continue to intervene in determining the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to safeguard consumers of the commodity from being exploited by oil
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Williams v. Mississippi (1898)
? Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On the 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indic
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Parliament dissolved in St. Kitts, PM to name election date | New York Carib News
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris says the Parliament in the twin-island Federation has been dissolved but he has kept nationals in the dark as to when he would announce the date for the next general election that must be held by August
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Source: The New York Carib News
A Brief History of the African Country of Kenya
Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago. Recent finds near Kenyas Lake Turkana indicate that hominids lived in the area 2.6 million years
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Dec
12
1963
Nigeria: Tambuwal Seeks Death Sentence, Life Jail for Illegal Arms
Sokoto — Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged the National Assembly and the Presidency to make unlawful possession of arms punishable by either death sentence or life
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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Wants Kabuga Temporarily Transferred to the Hague Due to COVID-19
The Prosecutor of the of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT) has requested that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga is temporarily transferred to the The Hague in The
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Tunisia: Parliamentary Blocs Intend to Vote On Motion Calling for French State's Apology to Tunisian People After Its Amendment
Tunis/Tunisia — Several blocs in the House of People's Representatives (HPR) have stated their intention to vote on the motion tabled by Al Karama Coalition group calling on the French state to apologise from the Tunisian people for the crimes committed during and after the colonial period, once
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Kenyatta, Odinga Lay Ground for Changes in House Teams
Radical surgery on National Assembly and Senate committees is in the offing as President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga lay the ground for smooth implementation of the Building Bridges Initiative
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Relief as MoBay airport employees return to work
The airport re-opened Monday welcoming six flights, the first for week since restrictions on flights because of
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Noble Johnson
George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African
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Jan
0
1916
Atwoli: I’ve no grudge against DP Ruto
According to Mr Atwoli, unlike other Deputy Presidents in Africa, Dr Ruto has not pledged allegiance to his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta by engaging in premature 2022 succession politics at the expense of service delivery to the
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New twist to ongoing March 2 election saga in Guyana | New York Carib News
New twist to ongoing March 2 election saga in Guyana
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Frederick Douglass was the only male to play a
Frederick Douglass was the only male to play a prominent role at the first Womans Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York. He seconded the womans suffrage motion introduced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Jul
26
1848
A Message from the NBMBAA Atlanta President, Sonya Stallings-Ward
As President of The National Black MBA Association, Atlanta Chapter (NBMBAA Atlanta) and on behalf of the Board of Directors, prayers are extended for all as we offer our deepest and most sincere condolences for those who have lost loved ones to
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What next in Odinga’s rise in government?
Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga’s influence in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration is expected to grow further, with reports suggesting that he is being considered for a key role on a team to steer the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery
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Source: The East African
First all-race elections in South Africa
South Africa held its first all-race elections for the national assembly and provincial parliaments.
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1994
Terry McMillan, novelist born
Terry McMillan
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Oct
18
1951
Kenya: Ministries Explain Sh8.1 Billion Suspect Allocations
The government has come out to explain suspect allocations of Sh8.1 billion in small amounts to infrastructure projects in the new budget that were flagged by the Parliamentary Budget Office
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Nigeria: Interview - Cost of Nigeria's Oil Production Unsustainable - Sylva
At my inauguration in August 2019, our ministry was given eight mandate areas - to curb crude oil theft and products smuggling; completion of the gas flares commercialisation programme; increasing crude oil production to three million barrels per day; reducing the cost of crude oil production by
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 18: "New York Draft Riot"
The New York City Draft Riot, similar to the Detroit Draft Riot, was caused by the exemption clause of the Enrollment Act of Conscription and racial tensions between African Americans and white citizens. On July 13, 1863, rioters gathered outside of the Provost Marshal office, attacking the
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Chief Election Officer is subordinate to GECOM
Lowenfield will be appropriately advised in due course that a singular reference to an officer in the Constitution does not make you a “Constitutional Officer” without the attendant provisions defining the office such as its genesis, its primary function, and protections distinct from the ordinary
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Lamine Guèye
As early as World War I, Guèye made radical demands for genuine assimilation of Africans into French culture and institutions. In the early 1920s he became the first African lawyer from French West Africa to study in Paris. After serving as mayor of Saint-Louis, Senegal, for a brief time in the
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Fired Cop Involved In George Floyd’s Killing Is Already Out Of Jail
Lane was arrested and booked last week after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges for the three officers who were assisting Derek Chauvin, the cop seen on video using his knee to apply deadly pressure to the neck of Floyd, who was handcuffed and unarmed face-down on the
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Nigeria: Infectious Disease Bill - Bill Gates Denies Offering Bribe to Nigerian Lawmakers
American billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has denied media reports that he offered a $10 million bribe to the Nigerian House of Representatives to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill being considered by the
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Ministries explain Sh8.1b suspect allocations
The government has come out to explain suspect allocations of Sh8.1 billion in small amounts to infrastructure projects in the new budget that were flagged by the Parliamentary Budget Office
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