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Nigeria: Report - Nigerians Experience Income Drop After Lockdown
A recent survey carried out by FinMark Trust through the i2i initiative, in partnership with EFInA, reveals that some Nigerian households are beginning to experience reduced income, lower food consumption, and reduced access to financial and health services following the onset of the COVID-19
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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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Women Work Longer, Sleep Less Due to Covid-19
“The COVID 19 pandemic has aggravated the existing conditions for women, who are discriminated against in all sectors,” said Dr. Beatrice Duncan, Policy Advisor, Rule of Law, UN Women, at a May 22 briefing organized by Ethnic Media
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Music is Good for Your Soul and Your Health | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
June is African American Music Appreciation Month and the 2020 recognition jumped off with music expressing mixed emotions of sadness, anger and melancholy in many
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Key African American Women in Sports
Venus Williams (born 1980) and Serena Williams (1981) are sisters who have dominated the sport of womens tennis. Together they  have won 22 Grand Slam titles as singles. They competed against each other in the Grand Slam finals eight times between 2001 and 2009. Each has won an Olympic gold
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Africa: Low-cost Dexamethasone Reduces Death by Up to One Third in Hospitalised Patients with Severe Respiratory Complications of COVID-19
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Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice
Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the
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List of African-American inventors and scientists
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse
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African philosophy
African philosophy is philosophy produced by African people, philosophy that presents African worldviews, or philosophy that uses distinct African philosophical methods.[1] Although African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as
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(2001) Diahann Carroll, “Keeping Up the Good Fight, Winning the Crusade Against Cancer”
On February 9, 2001, actress and vocalist Diahann Carroll addressed the World Summit Against Cancer meeting in Paris, France.  Carroll addressed the audience of scholars and activists as a breast cancer survivor.  Her speech appears
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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans
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(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"
In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President,  fellow Tennessean,  Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address.  That address appears
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Africa: Great News on COVID-19 Treatment – But Not Good Enough Yet
That's according to Oxford University researchers Peter Horby and Martin Landray, who are conducting treatment experiments as part of the large Recovery Trial – a large, randomised controlled trial of possible treatments for patients admitted to hospital with
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But with the right degree and a couple years of appropriate job experience, the doors of opportunity will open wide for
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Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve
The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity
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Uganda: Justice Jb Katutsi On Battling and Reversing Diabetes
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Harris, Jr., Dr. Homer E. (1916- 2007 )
Homer Harris was born on March 4, 1916 in Seattle, Washington.  In 1933, Harris became the first black captain of the football team at Garfield High School in Seattle.  At the University of Iowa, Homer was elected by his teammates to be team captain, most inspirational, and Most Valuable
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Africa: Better Access to Stories Can Improve Adolescent Lives in Africa
The United Kingdom Research and Innovation fund's Accelerate project is working with adolescent groups in Africa to understand how young people see their lives in terms of
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(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the
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KQ State takeover set for take-off as Bill tabled
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