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Kenya: Qatar Will Be Your Professional Graveyard 'Engineer' Olunga, Do Not Go There for Now
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Compton Unified Board of Trustees Suspends In-Person Instruction in Response to Rising COVID Cases in LA County - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Africa: Kaspersky Predicts Increased Cybercrime Across Africa in 2021
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Nigerian Navy Warns Niger Delta Militants Over Threat to Resume Attacks
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HBO's 'Insecure' will end after its upcoming fifth season | The Atlanta Voice
After years of heartbreak, friendship, mirror rapping, and, of course, awkwardness, 'Insecure' will be coming to an end after the next season. Issa Rae, the creator of the popular show, made the announcement on Wednesday on Twitter, ahead of filming for the fifth season. 'Very excited to film our
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Biden to Order FEMA & National Guard’s Help to Get More COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: AP |Reuters |DSHS | Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images During his evening victory speech after the close of the November 3, 2020 election, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden vowed to get America's growing COVID-19-related health crisis "under control." On January
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records Nine Additional Deaths, 1,398 New Infections
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Kenya: Band Beca Wow Fans With New "Watch Your Mouth" Video Release
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Over 6,700 devices, $97M contributed to gov’t laptop/tablet initiative
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Africa: Global Fund Signs $8.5 Billion Grants to Fight HIV, TB, Malaria
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After Victory in Georgia, Rev. Raphael Warnock Returns to His Pulpit as Promised | L.A. Focus News
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Kenya: Bribe-Taking Officers Soiling the Name of Police Service
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America and South Africa share a painful history, says US ambassador to SA Lana Marks | News24
“America and South Africa share sacred principles that people are equal before the law,” says US ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks.
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Kenya: Breaking the Silence That Led to a High Teenage Pregnancy Rate in a Kenyan County
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Rantz: Union head says opening schools is ‘white supremacy,’ suicide concern ‘white privilege’ - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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