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Inventor Emmett Chappelle is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents and was recently recognized as one of the 100 most distinguished African-American scientists and engineers of the 20th
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Haiti – Blinken on Visit Announces US Support for Peace Keeping Force
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — Amidst its crisis of legitimacy, the Haitian government has found it difficult to retake power and preserve calm. The violence in Haiti has spread to ten departments, and the interim administration there widened the country’s state of emergency just one day before
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Christopher Columbus
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly
As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective
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VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border
A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus
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Bulawayo gets water once a week
OPPOSITION parties have expressed anger at the government’s refusal to declare Bulawayo a water shortage area to allow council to mobilise resources to bring lasting solutions to the city’s water
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VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border
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Why I'm Supporting Joe Biden: His Plan for Black America
Last week, I had the opportunity to host a virtual roundtable with my good friend and Democratic nominee for President, Joe
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The Flint Water Crisis Still Hasn’t Taught Michigan Its Lesson - Blavity
If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an  account here  and check out our  how-to post  to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ A small Black community in Michigan discovers high levels of lead in
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VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border | Afro
A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus
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VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border
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Terrell Owens Takes ‘One for the Team’ While Recalling 12-hour, 17-Woman Orgy with Chad Johnson | WATCH | EURweb
*They may not be on the NFL's active list, but Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson had more than enough playing time when it came to a mutual sexual experience. Taking to an Instagram livestream conversation, the pair reminisced about being intimate with more than a dozen women over a 12-hour
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Govt maintains K109 billion AIP allocation Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi
Minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda has maintained the provision for the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) at the approved level of MK109.82 billion and K12 billion for maize purchase despite the devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha. The minister revealed this in his presentation for Mid-year
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This Kenyan company is turning air into water through solar technology for communities
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Nigeria/Cote d'Ivoire: Super Eagles in Win or Burst Clash With Gernot Rohr's Benin in Abidjan
[This Day] The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash between Benin Republic and Nigeria in Abidjan today will be the defining moment for the Super Eagles in the race to who picks Group C ticket to the Mundial to be jointly hosted by Canada, USA and Mexico in two years' time.
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Nigeria: 10 Years After UNEP Report, Ogoniland Remains Heavily Contaminated - Report
Nearly 10 years after a clean-up was urged for areas polluted by Shell and other oil companies in the Niger Delta, work has begun on only 11 per cent of planned sites while vast areas remain heavily contaminated, according to a new investigation by four
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36% of public sector workers not expecting wage increase this year — survey
THIRTY-SIX per cent of public sector workers surveyed recently believe that they will not be granted a wage increase this year because of the economic strain and reduced financial resources brought on by the COVID-19
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‘Khami Dam water unfit for consumption’
DESCENDANT of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Prince Peter Zwide Khumalo yesterday slammed plans by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to pump the heavily-polluted Khami Dam water into households to alleviate supply
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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Water Crisis Requires U.S.$3,5 Billion
[Zimbabwe Independent] An estimated US$3,5 billion is needed to link Bulawayo to the Zambezi River -- a long running project touted as a panacea to the second largest city's perennial water shortages.
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Nigeria Has Created 775 Jobs Through Ogoni Cleanup - Minister
The Nigerian government has said the ongoing remediation project of the hitherto polluted Ogoniland, which was launched in 2016, has created 775 jobs for qualified
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Is Your Farm A Mosquito Magnet? 5 Ways To Protect Your People And Animals
While COVID-19 remains in the front of everyone’s mind, the coming of mosquito season means that both people and livestock are vulnerable to other serious illnesses if the farm infrastructure is not
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Wynn, Albert R. (1951- )
Albert Russel Wynn is Democratic representative of the State of Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is currently serving his eighth term. The district includes parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Wynn was defeated in the
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Water crisis worry Gokwe elderly - The Standard
ELDERLY women in Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency have pleaded for assistance to end the water crisis which has become a threat to their thriving community gardens project. The post Water crisis worry Gokwe elderly appeared first on The Standard.
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OP-ED: Honoring Our Promise to Our Black Veterans %
NNPA NEWSWIRE — These posters sent a message to Black veterans that they need not apply — that these life-changing programs were not meant for them. This message was reinforced by the blatant discrimination perpetrated by Veterans Affairs (VA) offices around the country and the abysmal benefits
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(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"
In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President,  fellow Tennessean,  Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address.  That address appears
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Ann-Marie Vaz lists road improvement, access to amenities as success in first year as MP
Reflecting on her victory over People's National Party (PNP) candidate Damion Crawford in a hotly contested by-election for the constituency of East Portland, Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz has listed road rehabilitation and improved access to some basic amenities as her main success so
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Dr. Kmt Shockley, Dr. Sebis’ Son Abdul & Author Krystal Parker l The Carl Nelson Show
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Angola: Cuanza Norte Province With New Water Distribution System
Ndalatando — The distribution of drinking water in the city of Ndalatando, the capital of Cuanza Norte province was reinforced this Thursday with the running of the new system of water caption which is installed in Morro da Santa Isabel, at the surroundings of this
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