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Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Nigerians Stranded in Thailand to Pay Nearly N300,000 'Quarantine Fees' Each
The federal government has directed the Nigerian Mission in Thailand not to evacuate any stranded individual who fails to pay for his accommodation and feeding charges ahead of
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Local skincare company now making COVID-19 hand sanitizer
As sanitizing products continue to remain scarce nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a local skincare company is doing its part to minimize the virus’ spread by shifting its production from bath and body products to hand
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,127 cases; Obuasi becomes latest hotspot
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Still Unbroken: Acknowledging African-American Community Leaders during COVID-19
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Grant, Bernie (1944–2000)
Born on the 17th of February 1944 in Georgetown, Guyana, Bernie Grant was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 to serve as one of the country’s first black Members of Parliament (MPs). With a head teacher for a father and a teacher for a mother, Grant, the second of five children, was
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Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup
May 12: Cases hit 4641, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar donation
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Zimbabwe 'decrees' mask wearing amid lockdown extension
The government of Zimbabwe has officially made the wearing of masks compulsory in public places to combat the spread of
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Kenya: Isiolo Opens Regional COVID-19 Testing Centre
Upper Eastern counties will no longer take samples from suspected Covid-19 patients to Nairobi following the approval of Isiolo Referral Hospital's laboratory as a testing
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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center | Afro
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in
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New York Churches Open COVID-19 Testing Sites In Push To Reach Minority Communities
The first day of coronavirus testing at Bethany Baptist Church, a historic Black congregation in Brooklyn, New York, got off to a slow
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Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths
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Report: Structural racism — from segregated housing to limited job opportunities — responsible for high rate of COVID-19 deaths among African Americans
Long-established elements of structural racism, from substandard housing to mass incarceration to limited job opportunities, are responsible for the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on African Americans in Chicago and elsewhere, a new paper from the Chicago Urban League argues.The
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Nigeria: Congregational Prayers Remain Suspended - Bauchi Govt
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Africa CDC Head Rebukes Burundi for Expelling WHO
Africa's top official leading the continental fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has rebuked the Burundi government for kicking out the World Health Organisation's top official in the country after the WHO raised concerns about the danger of crowded election rallies spreading the deadly
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'I'm borne down': She’s lost more than 30 friends and acquaintances to the coronavirus
For weeks, Marsha Music's Facebook feed has brought a stream of death notices as COVID-19 tears through the black community in her hometown of
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Nigerians take the law into their own hands to fight COVID-19 | Afro
Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own
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Africa's persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO experts
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Guinea
Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte dIvoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest
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Guinea Bissau: MSF Calls for an Urgent Scale Up in the Response to COVID-19
Bissau — After a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bissau city, the pandemic prevention and response activities in the country must be
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Somalia's COVID-19 Cases Soar to 1,219
The Somali health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 49 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of infections to
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Nigeria coronavirus: 5,445 cases, govt explains returnees quarantine bills
May 16: 5,445 cases, govt on evacuees expenses
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has kicked against self-medication of any kind by COVID-19 patients in the
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Kenya coronavirus: 715 cases, Kenyatta joins summit of EAC leaders
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Angola: COVID-19 - No Positive Case in 24 Hours
Luanda — Angola?s 45 positive cases of covid-19 remain unchanged in the last 24 hours, the secretary of State for Public Health
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African Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Save Additional Lives From Malaria in the Face of COVID-19
In response to mounting concerns around the impact of COVID-19 on malaria elimination efforts across the African continent, the African members of the End Malaria Council have released a joint statement and a four-pronged action plan calling on African and global leaders to act quickly to: protect
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Award-Winning Literary and Scholarly Works by African Americans (to 2013)
The following is a list of major awards won by African Americans for literary, journalistic, and scholarly writing compiled by San Diego State University Librarian Robert Fikes, Jr.  The list includes all awards earned by these writers for fiction and non fiction.  Links to specific prizes appear
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Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From
There are of course huge differences between US states and African countries, but consider for a moment that the US has one international
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Common Launches the '#WeMatterToo' Campaign to Get Early Release for Inmates as Pandemic Ravages Prisons
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Obama Emerges As Central Figure In 2020 Presidential Race
In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus
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