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These are the clips where you can watch the video and audio of all the people standing up for racial equality…and more… You will police brute force and self damaging police property to pass the blame onto the crowds…
https://twitter.com/brianna_jones5/status/1268058104366690306?s=20
https://twitter.com/KangiSammy/status/1268116693831823360?s=20
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https://twitter.com/AnonNotices2020/status/1267483748674736129?s=20 
https://twitter.com/AugustusPember3/status/1267685284176519169?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheRealAJGreen/status/1267844362173648896?s=20 
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https://twitter.com/JDack_/status/1268133052707999744?s=20 
https://twitter.com/LeaselMartin/status/1267985834315264000?s=20 
https://twitter.com/cypheruntoId/status/1268016850555686913?s=20 
https://twitter.com/Lovly_BTS_Art/status/1267889518750793728?s=20
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1267941216873844738?s=20 
https://twitter.com/raelynnnism/status/1267993766020947968?s=20 
https://twitter.com/JadeSamuelsen/status/1267999297074798594?s=20
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https://twitter.com/Duckwhirl/status/1268101617959743489?s=20
https://twitter.com/chalametsvirgo/status/1268095498709327875?s=20
https://twitter.com/ashleytheartlst/status/1268038682365227009?s=20 
https://twitter.com/undoalaska/status/1268032578285645826?s=20
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Thousands around the world protest George Floyd's death in global display of solidarity(CNN)Protesters have marched in the US for six consecutive nights over the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. Their anger over the killing of the unarmed black man has now spread worldwide. Over the weekend demonstrators gathered in London, Berlin and Auckland, among other cities, to protest against police brutality in solidarity with the US crowds. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/world/george-floyd-global-protests-intl/index.html 
 
Stars from across the pop music spectrum, including Billie Eilish, Jay-Z, Ariana Grande and more have used their sizeable platforms to support protesters and condemn police brutality, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and other black Americans. Eilish, 18, wrote a lengthy post on Instagram to her 63m followers, castigating those who use the phrase “all lives matter” in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. “No-one is saying your life doesn’t matter. No-one is saying your life is not hard … This is not about you,” she wrote. “Society gives you privilege just for being white … we have to address hundreds of years of oppression of black people. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/01/billie-eilish-jay-z-and-more-voice-solidarity-with-george-floyd-protesters
 
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have come out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, after the death of George Floyd in the US. At least four solidarity gatherings were held in the country on Monday afternoon, with massive crowds taking to their knees in the Auckland demonstration. Tens of thousands marched from Aotea Square, in central Auckland, to the American embassy, carrying signs with messages such as “Be kind”, “Silence is Betrayal” and “Do Better, Be Better”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/01/thousands-in-new-zealand-protest-against-george-floyd-killing
 
(CNN)Non-black folks also need to help root out racism, former first lady Michelle Obama said this week while speaking out over the death of George Floyd. Obama expressed grief over the recent killing of Floyd, as well as other black men and women in recent weeks, in a Facebook post on Friday. "Like so many of you, I'm pained by these recent tragedies," she wrote. "And I'm exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop." Obama went on to mention Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and Michael Brown. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/30/politics/michelle-obama-george-floyd-statement-trnd/index.html
 

“There was minimal involvement of African researchers or policymakers in the [WHO] process,” when covid19 crisis in Feburary explains Marsh, adding that the original WHO consultation was held at a time when the focus was on China and Europe. According to the findings of the survey conducted by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Africa needs to prioritise research and development areas such as infection prevention and control, including healthcare workers’ protection, as well as epidemiological studies and clinical https://www.aasciences.africa/sites/default/files/2020-04/Research%20and%20Development%20Goals%20for%20COVID-19%20in%20Africa.pdf

The continent's population aged 60 and over is "projected to increase more than threefold between 2017 and 2050, from 69 to 225 million". In some countries, the number is expected to increase even faster. In Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, for example, the report anticipates that older populations will quadruple by 2050. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/africa-population-aging-social-protection-200516101003773.html

Sub-Saharan Africa lacks good quality historic air pollution data, Researchers analysed air quality data in three African cities and found increased pollution over 45 years. Effective interventions are needed to control air pollution in Africa’s major cities, an expert says https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/pollution/news/air-pollution-in-cities-up-sharply-over-45-years.html

A 95-year-old Ghanaian World War II veteran walked 23 kilometres (14 miles) in one week to raise funds for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic in Africa.Joseph Hammond logged 3.2 kilometres (two miles) each day to reach his target on Africa Day earlier this week in Ghana's capital, Accra. As of Thursday, he had raised almost $26,000.https://www.von.gov.ng/covid-19-95-year-old-ghana-war-veteran-walks-23km-to-raise-funds/

Bridgette Motsepe Radebe Mining mogul Radebe is South Africa’s leading black female mining entrepreneur, and founder of Mmakau Mining. The businesswoman is against the “capitalist mining model” through which the majority of the natural resources in the country passed from the white minority to corporate bodies at the end of apartheid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgette_Radebe

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The oldest person to start primary school—he enrolled in the first grade on January 12, 2004, aged 84. Although he had no papers to prove his age, Maruge believed he was born in 1920. His name is Kimani Maruge. Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, passed on August  14 2009. Hollywood Movie on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vSWTU8qgU
Nothing, it seemed, was going to get in the way of this woman and stop her from taking her secondary school exams. She sat her school exams in a hospital bed 30 minutes after giving birth has passed with a mark of 75 per cent. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Top-marks-for-Ethiopian-who-wrote-exams-after-labour/4552902-5286496-1upj03z/index.html
 Then we will also meet the 29-year-old driven to study law after he saw his father lose his property in a land dispute in 1996, when he was only 6years old. Twenty-three years later, the High Court delivered a final judgement which ruled in his family's favour. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6882937/Jordan-Kinyera-lawyer-wins-family-land-Uganda.html
And finally we will hear about how one individual stopped the destruction of more than 500,000 acres of rainforest in together with local community leaders, they documented the destruction of forests and farmlands in this country that has huge plantations of palm oil. https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/alfred-brownell/ 
If you’ve ever dreamt about attending a fashion show be it locally or internationally, worry no more. From the way things are going, you might just be able to enjoy a fashion show virtually. Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba on Friday held the first virtual fashion show, complete with 3D models, on Instagram Live, as she unveiled the newest collection for her label Hanifa, paving the way for what might be the new face of fashion. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/article/2001372793/congolese-designer-anifa-mvuemba-hosts-first-virtual-fashion-show-with-3d-models

 “May this convention of union last 1,000 years.”
African countries including Ghana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Mali, and Zambia recognise Africa Day as a public holiday.  Other countries have celebrations to mark the historical day, while international cities, such as New York, Dublin, Melbourne, London, and Washington engage in academic gatherings and cultural showcases to mark the day.
https://africa.com/10-things-know-africa-day/
In Nigeria, one of the countries with the greatest potential for rapidly scaling up production, pharmaceutical manufacturing production currently utilizes around 40 percent of actual installed capacity. https://www.cfr.org/blog/scaling-african-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-time-covid-19
 Blantyre-based tech firm iMoSyS is one such company that is now using its 3D printers and computer assisted design (CAD) software to design reusable face masks and face shields for healthcare workers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52776994 
Dynamic, a reformer and an adept diplomat, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is at the heart of tectonic change in Ethiopia and in the region. The country was starting to outgrow the governing and economic model that had turned it into East Africa’s largest economy. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed

Top 250 Companies operating in Africa
https://africanbusinessmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AB_0520_Top-250-Companies_compressed.pdf
How to cook Jollof rice… in simple steps to help you celebrate Africa Day https://twitter.com/Kurlycheeks/status/1264807349082116097?s=20

The Tigrayans or Tigrinyas are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Northeast Africa who primarily inhabit the highlands of Eritrea and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. They speak the Tigrinya language, a direct descendant of the Ge’ez language that was spoken in late antiquity
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Unicef announced a new partnership with Airtel Africa aimed at providing children with access to remote learning and enabling access to cash assistance for their families via mobile cash transfers. Under this partnership, Unicef and Airtel will use mobile technology to benefit an estimated 133 million school-age children currently affected by school closures in thirteen countries across sub-Saharan Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic.  https://www.totaltele.com/505970/UNICEF-joins-with-Airtel-to-facilitate-remote-education-in-Africa
Introducing Africa’s Biggest Digital Classroom to Bring It All Together!
This is perhaps the most ambitious move yet building Africa’s Biggest Digital classroom . This Digital Classroom is being designed to respond to the challenges of widespread education exclusion, low Financial Literacy rates on the continent, vastly uneven teacher-to-learner ratios, as well as accessibility to physical and financial resources that continue to hamper the success of the delivery of Education on the continent today, and into the future. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/brandcom/2020/05/21/building-africas-biggest-digital-classroom/ 
The 255 pyramids found today in Sudan are nearly twice the number scattered across the Egypt. According to various accounts, in Egypt the number of the pyramids totals between 118 and 138. the Kushite king, Piankhi, overthrew the 24th Dynasty and united the entire Nile valley, all the way from the delta to the city of Napata, during his reign. Piankhi, as well as his descendants, ruled as the pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. The Napatan domination of Egypt would last until the Assyrian conquest of Egypt in 656 BC. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/18/sudan-pyramids/
Some of Africa's biggest music stars are lined up to perform at a 2-hour long virtual concert on Monday to celebrate Africa Day. Actor and musician, Idris Elba is hosting the concert titled 'Africa Day Benefit Concert at Home' through a partnership with music channel, MTV Base Africa, and YouTube. The concert will feature performances from music acts like Benin's Angelique Kidjo, Kenya's Sauti Sol, South Africa's Sho Madjozi, and Nigeria's Burna Boy. South African comedian Trevor Noah, reigning Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi, and rapper Sean Paul are also part of the concert's  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/africa/idris-elba-africa-day-concert/index.html  to watch the concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kWNB6f9DM
African Community of the Podcast
Digo people. The Digo are an ethnic and linguistic group based near the Indian Ocean coast between Mombasa in southern Kenya and Tanga in northern Tanzania. ... They are part of the greater Mijikenda ethnic group of people which contains nine smaller groups or tribes, including the Duruma, Giriama, and other https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-digo-community-of-kenya-national-museums-of-kenya/MAKyyu0nfiQxIg?hl=en
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