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[Daily News] MOROGORO Region will launch environment conservation campaigns to restore the region's old glory of ancient forests and streams of flowing waters from the Uluguru Mountain
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
DETROIT (AP) — Downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past... View Article
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Over 140 films selected from over 1500 entries from the US and twenty countries around the world will stream online this year due to the COVID – 19 Pandemic. (Hollywood, CA) via NNPA – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announces the selection of 140 films and filmmakers for the 26th Annual African […]
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Her father survived Jim Crow and saw the evolution of the vote in America, so Lex Scott speaks from a unique perspective when she champions African Americans’ historical significance casting their ballots. “When my father voted, his life was at risk,” remarked Scott, the president […]
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In a video posted on The Black History School, we learn more about During James Monroe's presidency, the U.S. was divided between slave states and free states. Being a slave owner himself, Monroe was an active member in establishing an organization that returned freed slaves to Africa. The American Colonization Society founders believed that freed […]
BRASILIA, (Reuters) - The Brazilian Air Force yesterday unveiled the first of 36 Gripen fighter jets bought from Sweden’s Saab AB in a $4 billion deal that includes the assembly of planes in Brazil.
The article Bolsonaro rolls out Saab fighter jet, says it gives Brazil air superiority appeared first on Stabroek News.
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku is not going down without a fight. He's on a mission to have the SIU findings deemed invalid.
Government architecture is not a subject that typically gets much public attention. That changed in February with the leaking of a draft presidential executive order that would re-orient federal architecture in a traditional direction, including a requirement that new office buildings in Washington be classical in design.
The City of Milwaukee has canceled trick-or-treating this year as Wisconsin's surge in coronavirus cases shows no sign of improving. Milwaukee will not have designated trick-or-treat times like it has had in the past and the activity will not be sanctioned by the city’s Health Department since it is deemed high-risk during the coronavirus pandemic,... [Read More]
People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) executive members are at odds over the level of support both PNP presidential candidates, Mark Golding and Lisa Hanna, command inside the the YO ahead of the November 7 internal election, creating doubt about a claim that Golding has the backing of 14 of the organisation's 21 delegates.
Escorted by security forces, hundreds of people held a procession through Kumba town in southwest Cameroon, the site of a school attacked by gunmen on Saturday.
At least seven children were killed in the raid according to officials.
People carried placards denouncing the attack, while calling for an end to the violence which has gripped the region since 2017.
\"Instead of 6 we have now seven corpses in the mortuary,\" said Ntou'ou Ndong Chamberlin, the administrative head of Meme division.
\"We have to make it stop, they [children] are our future, we need our education, they are our future leaders, violence must stop,\" said a man at the procession.
The UN called the shooting 'the worst atrocity' since schools reopened in Cameroon two weeks ago.
Fighting between Cameroonian forces and separatist rebels in the English-speaking northwest and southwest regions has killed thousands. Both sides have been accused of committing atrocities.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but authorities have put the blame on separatist militia fighters.
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO ATLANTA ANNOUNCES 2020/2021 YOUTH OF THE YEAR LOCAL WINNERS Over 10 Impressive Teens Recognized for Leadership Excellence and Promoting Positive Change Atlanta, GA – Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta (BGCMA) is proud to announce its 2020-2021 Youth of the Year winners from local Clubs throughout the city. The … Continued
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Lynda Edwards and George Graham, two Jamaica-born writers a generation apart, interview interesting Jamaicans living abroad. George was born in 1934 in Black River. Lynda was born in 1967 in Mandeville. Both live in Florida. This week, they...
Businessman Duduzane Zuma was seen engulfed by crowds at a night club in KZN on Saturday after returning from Dubai.
Added on October 24, 2020Press Trust of india SRINAGAR: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has turn out to be the primary UT within the nation to operationalize Public…
The Audacity of Hope: A Throwback By Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer I write these words just 20 days before the 2020 General Election in the United States. Though I sure hope we …
AN increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases has prompted the Government to place the areas of Rae Town in Kingston and Cornwall Courts in St James under 'special area curfew', the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced yesterday.The curfew, which took effect at 6:00 pm yesterday, will remain in effect until 5:00 am on November 6, 2020, the OPM said in a release.
Today Representatives sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urging them to immediately reverse the recent interim policy decision “COVID-19 Pandemic: Work Eligible for Public Assistance.”
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“Terrebonne Parish’s African-American sheriffs played crucial roles … portraits of three other African American sheriffs who served between … the Finding Our Roots African-American Museum in Houma and …
By Associated Press Undefined STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over the region. The heavy shelling forced residents of Stepanakert, the regional capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, into shelters, as emergency teams rushed to extinguish fires. Local officials said the city was struck with Azerbaijan's Smerch long-range multiple rocket systems, a devastating Soviet-designed weapon intended to ravage wide areas with explosives and cluster munitions. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said other towns in the region were also […]
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Nigeria's police chief ordered the immediate mobilisation of all force resources on Saturday to try to control the worst street violence in Africa's most populous country in two decades stemming from protests against police brutality.
[DW] US President Donald Trump predicted that Egypt would \"blow up\" a mega-dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile. Neighboring countries have criticized plans for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
[Government of Mauritius] A United Nations Recovery Fund (UNRF) to the tune of USD 2.5 million was launched, on Monday 24 August 2020, during a ceremony held at the State House, in Réduit. It will support the Government of Mauritius and local communities to minimise the socio-economic and environmental impact following the oil spill which resulted from the grounding of the bulk carrier MV Wakashio at Pointe d'Esny.
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Residents of Cornwall Court in this western Jamaica parish have, for the most part, welcomed the special area curfew that was imposed in their community starting at 6:00 pm until 5:00 am from Friday, October 23 to Friday, November 6, in the wake of the recent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the area.Rae Town in Kingston has also been placed under the special area curfew.
Good morning, California. It's Friday, October 23. Court rules against Uber, Lyft Image via iStock The stakes in the battle over Prop. 22 just got a lot higher. Uber and Lyft must reclassify their independent contractor drivers as full-fledged employees by late January, a California appeals court ruled Thursday - a decision voters could throw […]
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This weekend marks the first round of elections for 568 seats in the lower house of parliament.
By HAROLD HOGUE Commit2Dallas As a former educator, homeowner and father of young children, it’s been a priority for me to remain active in the Dallas Independent School District. That’s why I leapt [...]
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