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Africa: West Africa Takes Tentative Steps to Re-Open Region After COVID-19 Crisis
West African countries that had imposed travel restrictions to combat the spread of Covid-19 are contemplating coordinating efforts to allow travelers from countries within the region to enter to conduct cross-border
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Africa: The COVID - 19 Pandemic Shows Us Just How Much Women May Be Left Behind
As the precautional measure of social distancing find more people working from home, let us reflect on these five possible ways that may help ensure that women and girls are not being left behind as the world sets itself to deal with a humanitarian crisis that we just may never have thought
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Locusts, Covid-19, bad weather: The anatomy of a food crisis
A spectre of food crisis is haunting East Africa, preceded by an unfortunate axis of locust invasion, Covid-19 pandemic and adverse
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Nigeria: A Takeaway Not to Be Ignored
So, the point at issue here is the prioritisation of education and health, two major components of the social
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A focal point for malaria should be added to the National COVID-19 task force
A suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 should also receive a malaria test in areas where malaria is
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Angola, Canada Discuss Global Response to COVID-19
Luanda — Angolan head of State João Lourenço discussed Tuesday with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, the global response to
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Commentary: NFL Comments on George Floyd and Gets Roasted on Kaepernick – The Mississippi Link
He was blackballed by the NFL after silently protesting police brutality by silently taking a knee on the sidelines during the national anthem at the start of NFL
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Online directory Green Book of Tampa Bay helps visitors put their ‘green into black’ businesses
TAMPA BAY — Green Book of Tampa Bay (GBTB) is an online resource that offers its readers information on black-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural experiences created out of the African-American/African diasporic perspective, in Pinellas and Hillsborough
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Gender-based violence, an unjustifiable brutality: South Africa prez
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned violence against women and children in the country.This comes after recent spate of murders targeting women and
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Disease control hands low-income areas longer life
People in low-income countries are living longer and healthier lives due to better control of deadly diseases like HIV/Aids and malaria, says the World Health
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Howard U. Professor Honored by National Communication Association
Kehbuma Langmia, professor and chair of the department of strategic, legal and management communications at Howard University, has been honored as the 2020 recipient of the Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication.
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Spike Lee talks to Trevor Noah about his new film ‘Da 5 Bloods’ [Video]
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Japan provides Jamaica with $261 million for COVID-19 fight
The Japanese government has provided a total of $261.6 million in grant support to Jamaica’s COVID-19
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Hotels Allowed to Host Meetings
An extraordinary cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, June 16, chaired by President Paul Kagame resolved that hotels be allowed to host gatherings, meetings and conferences effective
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Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges
Democracy was at work in Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, when the main opposition APC party, led by  Honourable Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah voted against two of the eight presidential nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for MPs
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Nigeria's ruling APC risks disintegration - Buhari
“At the moment, our great party is faced with internal wrangling,” Buhari said in remarks at a party meeting Thursday in Abuja, the capital, emailed by the
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FIRST TAKE: A semblance of normalcy beckons at Level 3, but SA’s biggest problems remain
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave weary and irritable South Africans something to look forward to when, on Sunday evening, he announced that the country will move to Level 3 of the lockdown on 1 June – but, as always, the devil is bound to lurk in the
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Africa: Unctad - African Countries Should Use Official Development Assistance to Diversify Their Economies
A key recommendation of a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which deals with trade, investment, and development issues, is for official development assistance to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to be channeled to the productive
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Africa: President Ramaphosa Launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform to Help Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19: African Union Chair, President Ramaphosa launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, Africa's Unified Continental response to fight the pandemic
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Angola: Justice, Law Reform Commission Outlines Lines of Action
Luanda — The Justice and Law Reform Commission (CRJD) pointed out the reform of the organic laws of the Supreme Court, the Superior Council for the Judicial Magistracy and the Attorney General's Office as a priority for its
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Africa: COVID-19 Will Slow Hotel Development in Africa, Report Says
The new coronavirus pandemic will slow down the development of hotels in Africa in 2020 despite the sector returning growth at the start of the year, the latest survey by W Hospitality Group
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Congressional Leaders To Vote for D.C. Statehood | Afro
June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D- Maryland) announced that is the day when the House will vote on
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Africa: Continent Set to Get Debt Relief From China
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to cancel interest-free debt owed by "relevant" African countries as part of Beijing's move to help the continent during the Covid-19
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Indar slams delays in works to seal Mahaicony breaches - Stabroek News
Recently appointed Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar has bemoaned delays in sealing breaches along the Mahaicony shoreline, which one of the contractors, BK International, claims is partly due to a defect in the design provided to
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Scruggs resigns NAACP to run for county commission
ST. PETERSBURG – Today, June 11, Maria L. Scruggs will end her service to the St. Petersburg Branch NAACP in the role of
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Pandemics, Politics And The Impact Of Women In Leadership Roles - Milwaukee Community Journal
Despite enormous strides in business, government and other areas, women don’t always get the respect men do for their leadership abilities, even when they can boast greater accomplishments. But the combination of a pandemic, a recession and an election that 2020 brought could be the impetus for
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