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Tamba Tengbeh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2020: The Sierra Leone Regional Rice Value Chain Project (RRVCP) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) last week held its inaugural National Steering Committee meeting to discuss the progress.  The Committee is responsible for providing
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Texas Southern University Just Announced a Five Week “Wintermester” - Watch The Yard
Texas Southern University (TSU) will hold a five-week “Wintermester” beginning November 30 to give students an opportunity to take online courses during Winter Break. The cost of each course is $750, and students can take a maximum of seven credit hours. Wintermester registration opens on
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Groove Phi Groove Brothers from New York Created This Stroll to Celebrate Their 58th Founders Day - Watch The Yard
Have you seen how the brothers of Groove Phi Groove hold it down in New York?! The Brothers of Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. recently came together from over 5 different chapters to create a stroll video for their org's 58th Founders Day. Chapters featured includE Great Dane, Big Apple
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Africa needs greater inclusion of women in peace and security processes
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2020: The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) have called for greater inclusion of women in peace and security processes if Africa is to meet its development aspirations and enjoy meaningful stability. To
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Speaker of parliament Abass Bundu attempts to shut down civil liberty in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s speaker of parliament - Dr Abass Bundu, has reacted badly to perception survey results published by two of the country’s most reputable civil society groups, which show that parliamentarians are the second most corrupt officials in Sierra Leone
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Case against former Mayor Herbert George Williams must now be dropped   
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2020: The prosecution is now stalled in the trial of Abu Bakarr Daramy and Herbert George – Williams, after the two eye witnesses who were present at the scene of crime (Lumley round about in Freetown) on the 31st of March 2018, when the late Ibrahim Samura is
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Disputed 2018 election in the Freetown constituency 110 to be held in December
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has finally published the date for the conduct of the controversial Parliamentary re-run bye election in constituency 110 which was marred by violence. It comes over a year after the last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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GOP Gets Court Backing in Suppressing the Vote in Battleground States
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a furious struggle over voting rights. In almost every instance, Democrats are trying to make it easier for Americans to cast ballots, and Republicans are trying to make it harder,” The New York Times reported on Wednesday, October
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Biden Wins Presidency! AP United States of America: 2020 Election Results - The New Journal and Guide
Joe Biden has won the presidency. Kamala Harris will be the nation’s first Black and South Asian vice president, and first woman to hold that office. Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes put Biden over the 270 electoral votes needed to
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Twenty-one Billion Leones missing in three government ministries in Sierra Leone
Africanist Press: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020 Details of an internal audit into financial activities of the Maada Bio administration for the fiscal year 2019, an advance copy of which the Africanist Press has seen, reveal how three government ministries in Sierra Leone collectively
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Guinea’s crackdown on post-electoral protests by security forces must be investigated
ARTICLE 19: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2020: ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns excessive use of force by security forces and the riots by supporters of political parties in the aftermath of the presidential election in Guinea. At least 21 people were killed, including three children, hundreds of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Underground Books Gets New Look — The Sacramento Observer
(OAK PARK) - Every closed door isn’t locked. A local Black bookstore used its time closed during the pandemic wisely, completing a remodel and rebranding campaign. Underground Books celebrated its grand reopening this weekend, highlighted by an official ribbon cutting and tours of Oak Park
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COMMENTARY: Contained rage doesn't remain contained. Time to have 'The Talk" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a counselor, I ask the heads of households to have “The Talk” with your family, especially with male children. It is no strange or foreign conversation I am asking you to have. Have the conversation with your children and grandchildren of how we overcame. Encourage them to give
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters - Voice and Viewpoint
“Indiana has some incredibly restrictive voter laws, and currently we only have one early voting site in all of Indianapolis,” stated Robert Shegog, CEO at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine. “A few more will open Oct. 24, but significantly more are needed
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Mo Ibrahim Foundation to launch 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Alabama State University to Rename Dorm Named After Ku Klux Klan Leader - Watch The Yard
By Lois G. Russell/ASU Two employees in Alabama State University’s Physical Plant had no idea that they would be a part of history when they came to work on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Joe Taylor and Joe Zeigler actually removed the nameBibb Gravesfrom the residence hall that has been a central location on
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IN MEMORIAM: MLB Great Bob Gibson Dies at 84 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gibson emerged as a raw, but immensely talented rookie who would not be denied stardom. He became a full-time starting pitcher in July 1961 and earned his first All-Star appearance in 1962. Gibson won two of three games he pitched in the 1964 World Series, then won 20 games in
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Yolanda Rodgers Howsie and Keshia Knight Pulliam Co-Found Nonprofit, Stepping Into Service - Watch The Yard
Delta Sigma Theta Sorors, Yolanda Rodgers Howsie and Keshia Knight Pulliam have teamed up to help support HBCUs. The pair have co-founded the nonprofit, Stepping Into Service(SIS) with the goal of raising money for Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the United States. Rodgers
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Sierra Leone’s finance minister Saffa prepares for major policy shift in 2021 budget
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance -  Jacob Jusu Saffa says that the government intends to make major policy shifts in agriculture, teenage pregnancy, health system, and recurrent spending. He was speaking last Thursday at the formal opening of the Fiscal
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our courts are deteriorating quickly to an anti-worker mindset. Over the past four years, two very conservative Supreme Court justices have been appointed, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, moving the Court further to the right and further away from protecting our rights.  And
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President Bio commissions four inshore patrol boats to protect the country’s territorial waters
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Yesterday Thursday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned four inshore patrol boats at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Murray Town, Freetown. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, Commander of the Maritime Wing, Captain Navy Philip
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
African fashion – The Journey to the global market
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2020: On November 19th 2020, the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021), will present an expert panel discussion focused on African Fashion: The Journey to the Global Market. This online event, designed for the emerging African Fashion sector is part of a series of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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