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NONPROFIT REGISTER | Racial equity leaders honored at Colorado Symphony’s 31st recognition event

Colorado Politics 17 Jan 2022

COLORADO HOLIDAY COMMISSION ... Colorado Holiday Commission to honor adults and youths who have made impactful contributions to racial equity throughout the state ... Charleszine “Terry” Nelson, the special collection and community resource manager for the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, is the commission’s vice chair.

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UPDATE: Mount Tabor United Methodist Church postpones open house for “Navigating Jim Crow: Green Book ...

Winston-Salem Journal 17 Jan 2022

African American Heritage Commission, a division of the N.C Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ... African American Heritage Commission in 2018 and 2019 ... African American Heritage Commission from 2017 to 2020,” said Angela Thorpe, director of the N.C. African American Heritage Commission.

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GAEC appoints new Director-General

Joy Online 17 Jan 2022

He has participated in the governance of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission through his service on several statutory and Ad-hoc Boards and Committees ... Furthermore, he serves as a member of the African Union Commission’s (AUC) AMREC Working Group from 2017–date and the Project Counterpart for Ghana for some IAEA Technical Cooperation projects.

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GAEC appoints Prof Samuel Boakye Dampare as new Director-General

Joy Online 17 Jan 2022

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Ways to volunteer in Buffalo on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

The Buffalo News 17 Jan 2022

Monarch of Infinite Possibilities, a faith-based organization centered around environment and arts, had partnered with the Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor Commission to host a one-hour cleanup from 9 to 10 a.m.

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Horn of Africa: Swift aid for drought-affected farmers and herders needed to avoid a hunger crisis

Reliefweb 17 Jan 2022

... shocks like drought, so that inevitable shocks do not inevitably descend into humanitarian crises," said Chimimba David Phiri, FAO's Subregional Coordinator for Eastern Africa (SFE) and Representative to the African Union and to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

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Bawumia urges African central banks to connect payments switches to PAPSS

Joy Online 16 Jan 2022

The system was designed and facilitated by the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union Commission, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat as well as Africa Central Banks ... However, he said, there was less focus on cross-border or intra-African payments.

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Mount Tabor United Methodist Church presents “Navigating Jim Crow: Green Book and Oasis Spaces in ...

Winston-Salem Journal 16 Jan 2022

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Smithsonian removes looted Benin treasures

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 16 Jan 2022

"We need to develop trust and transparency among our core constituents in order to build a 21st-century African art museum," she said ... But experts peg the movement to 2018, when a report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron called for the permanent return of art taken from African countries without consent.

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DA seeks new body to deal with ANC cadre deployment, graft

Independent online (SA) 15 Jan 2022

ANC’s cadre deployment policies were laid bare by the minutes obtained by the State Capture Commission ... The minutes showed that the ANC’s deployment committee discuss candidates for bodies like the South African Human Rights Commission, the Commission for Gender Equality, as well as the appointment of judges.

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Ghana angered by late Gabon equalizer, game ends in melee

Columbia Missourian 15 Jan 2022

Aubameyang had come out of isolation and was expecting to make his return to the Gabon team against Ghana, but medical checks by the Confederation of African Football found evidence of the heart lesions and he was ruled out by CAF's medical commission.

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EU should promote realistic and sober role in the world - Bartolo

The Malta Independent 15 Jan 2022

  ... The French Presidency hosted a lunch in the presence of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki, and the Senegalese Foreign Minister, H.E. Aïssata Tall, to discuss the future of the relations between the EU and the African Union ahead of the Summit of 17-18 February 2022 ... .

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Confusion as cardiac problem sidelines top footballer

Russia Today 15 Jan 2022

Gabon forward Aubameyang has become the latest footballer to suffer a heart scare, with the Confederation of African Football medical commission detecting the issue. Two of Aubameyang's teammates, Axel Meye and Mario Lemina, have also been sidelined following the commission's examinations.

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Nonbelievers across Africa risk freedom and family support

Tyler Morning Telegraph 15 Jan 2022

According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 25 African nations — nearly half the continent’s sovereign states — have statutes outlawing blasphemy, or offensive behavior against a deity or idea considered sacred.

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Africa Cup of Nations: Ghana held after late Gabon equaliser in feisty affair

The Times of India 15 Jan 2022

YAOUNDE ... Gabon were not allowed to field captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who although out of COVID-19 isolation was not allowed to play by the Confederation of African Football. “According to the CAF medical commission, the players Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Axel Meye and Mario Lemina, barely out of COVID isolation, cannot take part in this match ... .