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[Nation] Lawyer Paul Gicheru's hopes of securing a conditional release from the International Criminal (ICC) Court's detention looks to have diminished after Kenya said it will not cooperate with The Hague court on the matter.
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South Africa: What History Teaches Us About Shaping South Africa's New Cannabis Laws
[The Conversation Africa] South African cannabis policy is currently at a crossroads. In 2018, the Constitutional Court effectively decriminalised private cannabis use. Since then, the government has continued to grapple with how to regulate this plant and its products, locally called 'dagga'.
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Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Reveals the Human Side of the Former President – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Stone Mims (rollingout.com) - The president is just a person. However, due to the weight of the decisions the president makes day to day, we  forget that each and every person we elect to [...]
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Justice Morrison to retire from Court of Appeal
President of the Court of Appeal Justice C. Dennis Morrison is to retire on his 70th birthday on Friday, December 4. Morrison was appointed to serve in the Court of Appeal of Jamaica in 2008 and in January 2016, he was appointed president. Called...
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Topicals, Two Women of Color are Changing The Skin Game One Flare Up At a Time • EBONY
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Capital City Black Film Festival maximizes virtual event to reach global audiences - DefenderNetwork.com
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DCC elections, Zanu PF changes tact
ZANU PF has been forced to shelve its original plan to have polling officers in the district coordinating committee (DCC) elections due to financial and logistical constraints, it has emerged. BY MOSES MATENGA As a result, the ruling party has now resolved that the teams to supervise polling will
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Champ Launches HBCU Golf Scholarship — The Sacramento Observer
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Prairie View A&M University has announced a $40,000 donation from Sacramento’s Cameron Champ Foundation and Chevron Corporation to establish two scholarship funds for student-athletes on its Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams. The donation to the Historic Black College and
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave telecom agency on January 20 - TheGrio
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, says he is leaving the telecommunications regulator on Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe... View Article The post FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave telecom agency on January 20 appeared first on TheGrio.
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Soccer Star Greets Wedding Couple From Afar While Quarantined  – The Wilmington Journal
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Rwanda: World Aids Day - Rwanda to Focus on Gaps in Diagnosis
[New Times] As Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark the Worlds AIDS Day, local medics have said that their focus going forward will be on addressing gaps in diagnosing the disease efficiently.
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Biden’s First 100-Day Challenge: Transitioning to a More Inclusive Economy | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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[New Times] Africa50, a pan-African investment platform is set to pilot a high-speed broadband concept to homes and SMEs in low income and semi-rural areas in Rwanda following an initiative aimed at sourcing innovative solutions, to help increase access to reliable and affordable internet
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ST AUGUSTINE, Florida — The little-known story of the ‘”Golden 13,” the U.S. Navy’s first Black commissioned officers, is chronicled in two oral histories, one compiled by historian and retired naval officer Paul Stillwell; the other by Politicojournalist Dan C. Goldberg. Each reveals a similar set
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Joe Biden weighs Rahm Emanuel for transportation secretary - Black News Channel
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a substantial and somewhat divisive figure in Democratic Party politics, to serve as his transportation secretary. Biden's selection of his nominee to lead
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