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Western Sahara's pro-independence Polisario Front has launched an attack on the Guerguerat area on the border between Morocco and Mauritania.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has called on the DA to refrain from politicising the battle against the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Spokesperson for controversial KwaSizabantu Mission, Ruth Combrink, says she is “horrified” at allegations of sexual assault against her and her sister, Elisabeth Vermaak – calling the allegations a “personal attack”.
On May 10, 1967, while facing growing white backlash for demanding an end to the Vietnam War, Rev. Martin Luther... View Article
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Photo credits: The History Press (Charleston, South Carolina) The Thibodaux Massacre took place in Thibodaux, Louisiana on November 23, 1887. Black sugar cane workers, determined to unionize for a living wage, chose to combine their minimal power during the crucial harvest season. Instead, their actions sparked a relentless massacre. With echoes of the bondage, which […]
MegaBlack SF sent the following letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed on July 10, signed by many of the city’s most influential Black leaders. The group has asked for a meeting with Mayor Breed by July 24, 2020. Dear Mayor Breed, The signatories below are members of MegaBlack SF, a collective of Black-led organizations […]
The post MegaBlack SF: Black leaders tell Mayor Breed how to transfer police funds to the Black community appeared first on Black Voice News.
Parents and members of the Brackenfell community say a private event for matric pupils two weeks ago was open to every pupil - not just white pupils.
As Hyundai North America's first chief communications officer, Dana W. White knows what it is like to have two feet in two worlds. 'Growing up ...
Tucked around the Boland mountains of the central Cape Fold Belt, the Boland is a wine-making region of the Western Cape.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) went to the Senate floor this afternoon to seek unanimous consent to pass legislation he had introduced earlier today to provide direct payments to working families across the United States. Sanders’ proposal provides a direct payment of $1,200 for every working-class American, $2,400 for couples, and $500 for
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired professional basketball player who is known as one of the best dunkers in NBA history. He was born on January 12, 1960 in Paris, France as his father was an Air Force Officer who was stationed there at the time of his birth. His family moved back to the United States soon after his birth, where they first relocated to Dallas and Baltimore before settling down in Washington. He attended high school there where he played basketball and was voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for two years straight in the State Championships. He had an outstanding high school record and was also featured in Sports Illustrated magazine. In 1979, he enrolled at the University of Georgia where he was named SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year in 1981. In 1982, he was drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the team Utah Jazz.
Within months, he left Utah and transferred to the Atlanta Hawks. He started off with an extremely impressive record, never averaging fewer than 20 points per game, a record he was to maintain throughout most of his career. During the 1984 – 1985 season, he won his first Slam-Dunk Championship at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis. His shooting percentage from the free throw line was never lower than 80 percent for 10 consecutive seasons. He was the also best in the NBA in field goal attempts. However, the Hawks failed to make it to the NBA Playoffs. During the 1985 – 1986 season, Wilkins won the NBA scoring title with an average of 30.3 points per game. He was also voted an NBA All-Star and named to the All-NBA First Team. He was the first Atlanta Hawks player to start in an NBA All-Star Game since 1981.
His team managed to make it to the Playoffs but lost to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Dominique Wilkins record was still spectacular, averaging 28.6 points in the Playoffs and finishing second in overall scoring after Michael Jordan. In the 1987 – 1988 season, he had the highest scoring average of his career with an
Representatives for Nick Cannon are disputing reports that the actor and comedian is suing media giant ViacomCBS. The Shade Room reported that the actor and […]
Georgia Rep. John Lewis, the iconic civil rights pioneer who went on to become one of the most powerful men in Congress, has died. He was 80 years old.
Some 300 days after popular Pidgin journalist Samuel Wazizi was arrested and held incommunicado by police in the south-western city of Buea, his alleged torture and death were announced in the Cameroonian media on Wednesday.
Hoping we get justice for #Wazizi
- Eventmeed Blog (@eventmeed) June 4, 2020
Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, who went by the name Wazizi, was a popular news presenter at CMTV in Buea, the capital of the anglophone South West region.
\"He had an amazing programme over the radio called Hala ya matter in Pidgin; his programme was kind of satirical as he brought out the ills and gave out local news,\" says Feka Parchibell, the head of an NGO called Hope for Vulnerables and Orphans (HOVO) in Kambe, based in the anglophone North West region.
Parchibell met Wazizi in 2018 when he came to a HOVO press conference about the lack of education for Anglophone children in the region.
Wazizi, one of many detained journalists
Press organisations are also closely following the cases of Pidgin bloggers and activists Mancho Bibixy, Tsi Conrad, and Thomas Awah Junior.
[This Day] In a bid to boost the war against insurgency and armed banditry in the North-east and North-west, the federal government has procured 16 Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicles (UCAVs) otherwise known as drones and three fighter jets from China.
Article: Tomgram: Erin Thompson, Breaking the Bronze Ceiling - On August 26, 2020, Alice in Wonderland will get some company. She will be joined in New York City's Central Park by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth, the first statues there of women who, unlike Alice, actually existed. The monument is a gift to the park from Monumental Women, a non-profit organization formed in 2014.
South African soldiers deployed to enforce one of the world's strictest lockdowns to control the spread of coronavirus have returned to barracks as new infections slowed, the SANDF says
The singer performed at a Biden-Harris campaign event.
Women scientists have a vital part to play in scientific leadership and in contributing to Africa's development and transformation.
Gender disparities persist in the scientific workforce, largely leaving women scientists in junior positions with little responsibility and power to make decisions, as well as limited leadership opportunities.
To track and monitor women's representation, the African Development Bank's gender equality index captures progress on the appointment of women to posts of responsibility.
The African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence Programme honours two outstanding African women scientists from each of Africa's five geographical regions.
This programme promotes scientific development, encourages perseverance in research or academic careers, nurtures ambition, and raises the profile of science and technology innovation so that it contributes to Africa's development.
Provisional results Friday showed Mohamed Bazoum as having garnered 1.4 million votes, only trailed by former president Mahamane Ousmane with 675,000
(BPRW) Coronavirus in African Americans and Other People of Color (Black PR Wire) The coronavirus pandemic is having an impact all over the world, but a disturbing trend is evident in the…
Thousands of tertiary students hanging on to a thin thread of hope of travelling to the United States in the summer to earn funds to cover tuition and other costs for the upcoming academic year have had those dreams dashed with the Donald Trump...
'The purpose of the film was to encourage Blacks to create an action plan to survive in the belly of the beast.'
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Nigeria is advising its sub-regions to limit public gatherings, close bars and night clubs over the next five weeks amid a spike in new Covid-19 cases, a government coronavirus task force said on Monday.
[Nation] The political tension between Wiper Democratic Movement party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy President William Ruto has escalated, with the former challenging the DP to undertake a lifestyle audit to trace the source of his wealth.
The former "Grey's Anatomy" star reignited a feud that began years ago after Washington's controversial exit from the hit ABC show.
