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This week in African art and culture, the 1-54 Contemporary African art fair, Africa’s biggest art fair, kicks off in London.
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\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.
Facebook has released findings from a study that outlines in detail how its investments in infrastructure and connectivity across Africa will grow the continent's economy by over $50bn over the next five years.
Environmental Activist Maloto Chimkombero has released Mdaponda, a victorious song in which a Christian is celebrating after overcoming all challenges through the power of Jesus Christ. Chimkombera told Malawi24 that what motivated him to come with up the Afro Jazz Fusion genre song is how the devil torments people and how God come to their […]
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The sight of discarded masks on roadsides has become an eyesore and worse a major health risk not only against the corona virus.
Believe it or not even before the outbreak of corona virus cultures across the globe people wore masks for various reasons.
According to Ghonche Materego a theatre director, other tribes in southern Tanzania had a culture of wearing masks which were either used in specific dances or for religious purposes.
The masks at these grand balls allowed people to do or say what they pleased without fear of retribution.
While one may still find masks lining the canals of Venice during the carnival and the occasional grand ball in the dance halls of France, the fall of the aristocracy hit the masquerade hard and night clubs gradually took the prized place of the costumed balls.
SAN FRANCISCO - Even as a third wave of Covid-19 crescendos across the United States, the Transportation Security Administration logged more than 3.5 million travelers in U.S. airports during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend. TSA checkpoint data show spikes on the Sundays before and after Thanksgiving Day, and on the day immediately preceding the holiday. More than 1 million travelers passed […]
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On “From Marva with Love,” we heard from Dorothy Jones, the owner of Blackjack Pizza in Dallas, TX.
MS: Ms. Dorothy can you tell us a little bit more about Blackjack Pizza and why you started it?
DJ: Well I’m going to tell you about Blackjack Pizza, We opened and we’ve been there about 30 years or more and it’s been a very great opportunity for us.
MS: Being in the community, what are some of the things that Blackjack Pizza is part of?
Blackjack Pizza has two locations: 2536 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Dallas, TX 75215 (214) 565-1025, and 2120 N. St Augustine Suite 100 Dallas, TX 75227 (972) 329-1414.
President Donald Trump is not planning to go softly into that great goodnight. He is reportedly preparing to announce a... View Article
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Trinidadian national Lynda Mahabir, a victim of the Windrush scandal in the United Kingdom, says she is looking forward to being reunited with her family soon.
Last week, a UK High Court ruled that the Secretary for the Home Department had committed 'a colossal interference'' in Mahabir's right to family life.
She took the government to court claiming the financial impact of the fees for them to apply to enter the UK had separated her from her husband, Winston, and five children.
Her lawyers argued this was a breach of her right to family life, and discriminated against her relatives. Deputy High Court Judge Tim Smith ruled in favour of the family, and against the home secretary.
Smith said there was no dispute Mahabir was a Windrush victim.
Mahabir went to the UK at two months old in 1969, before being brought back to Trinidad by her father in 1977.
The Home Office failed to document her lawful immigration status and, as a result, she was unable to return to the UK for 41 years - until she was granted leave to remain under the Windrush scheme in 2018.
WAITING TO BE REUNITED
In a WhatsApp conversation with Newsday, Mahabir said she was very 'thankful and grateful' for the outcome of the case in court. 'And, my family and I are looking forward to be reunited soon.'
She admitted it was a hard and tough journey, but it was a battle that was worth fighting for.
'It was not an easy road but through our faith in Jesus, he gave us the strength to cope with the hardships faced.'
She and her family keep in touch through social media and WhatsApp, she said. How soon does she expect they will be able to join her in the UK?
'As soon as the Home Office responds to the applications submitted by my lawyers.'
She said she went to the UK as a child and was given the wrong immigration status. She returned to the UK and was granted leave to remain under the Windrush scheme in 2018.
She said Home Office did not recognise that her family should also be there with her. Mahabir said despite the way she and her family were treated, she did not give up.
Mahabir challenged the home office's refusal to consider her husband and children's application under the Windrush scheme, saying they had to pay the relevant application fees, which would have amounted to over £20,000.
Mahabir, in e-mail exchanges with the Home Office, said it would be a 'daunting task' to pay the fees but wanted to establish her status as a British citizen and wanted her family with her.
In her judicial review claim, she challenged the home office's refusal to allow the family to make fee-free applications to enter the UK.
She argued her family was forced to separate for over two years and this was in breach of their right to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and of their rights not to be discriminated against under Article 14 of the ECHR.
A THANKLESS CHOICE
In his ruling, Smith held that Mahabir was faced with 'a thankless choice,' of either giving up the remedies put in
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Knick fans vividly remember how loud The Garden was when Ewing dominated the paint, when Oakley crashed the boards, coming away with just about every rebound, and when a John Starks or an Allan Houston would drain a 25-foot three-pointer. With momentum building toward a playoff berth, Knick fans are anxiously awaiting the full re-opening of The Garden to crowds (the team is currently allowed 2,000 in attendance).
An official Chinese digital yuan, more than five years in the making, is now in pilot runs to slowly start replacing the physical legal tender.
The digital yuan, which will be pushed out to consumers via banks, seeks to restore this missing balance; it will allow authorities to “regulate an overstretched debt market more effectively”, says DBS Group Holdings economist Nathan Chow.
According to media reports, half the May transport subsidy for Suzhou municipal employees will be in the form of digital currency electronic payment, or DCEP, as it’s being called in the absence of a catchier moniker.
The digital yuan could find customers overseas, especially in places where China is making belt-and-road investments.
By distributing digital currency through banks, China has given its big institutions a chance to match the payment technology of fintech rivals.
[Daily Maverick] MTN lists its third subsidiary in Africa as it ramps up its strategy to focus exclusively on Africa. But political and currency risks still loom large.
[Daily Trust] Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Publicity, says there is a strong suspicion that choppers are being used to ferry arms for bandits.
The kidnapping case against the two suspects has been postponed to 18 November 2020 for a formal bail application
[New Frame] Lagos -- The Super Falcons are the undisputed queens of African football, winning 11 of the 13 women's continental championships ever played. But they still have to beg the Nigerian federation for pay and respect.
