The US on Friday, became the first country in the world to record 2,000 deaths in 24 hours making it the deadliest day from the Coronavirus pandemic any country has so far seen.
Five of Africa’s biggest ethnic groups that are truly transnational
Colonization did not allow African nations to organically form and take on identities symptomatic of a peoples’ values and history. European politicians, having arrogated to themselves the right to split the continent, also determined the future of nations in Africa. The Berlin Conference of 135 years ago set Africans on an irreversible path.
New York Now Epicentre of Covid-19; See as Bodies are being buried in a mass grave
New York is now the epicentre of the world after the state recorded more Coronavirus infections than any country apart from the United States. The number of confirmed cases in New York state increased to 159,937 after 10,000 new infections were recorded in 24 hours. In comparison, Spain has over 152,000 cases while Italy has more than 142,000. China, which is where the Coronavirus first broke out currently has nearly 83,000 infections.
TOP 8 BEAUTIFUL DOGS IN THE WORLD
Pomeranian
Pomeranian is a terribly active, conformable and are an extremely popular dog with its qualities and popular within the world. It comes during a wide selection of colours together with orange, lavender, sable, brindle, merle, red, chocolate and cream.
Remembering Latunde Odeku; first Black African neurosurgeon trained in the U.S.
Latunde Odeku was the first African-American neurosurgeon trained in the United States and Africa’s first neurosurgeon. Born Emmanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku on June 29, 1927, in Lagos, Nigeria, Odeku received his M.D. from the Howard University College of Medicine in 1954. The son of a Baptist deacon, Odeku obtained his preliminary education in Lagos, Nigeria, attending St. John’s School, Aroloya and later proceeded to the Methodist Boys’ High School where he took and passed the London Matriculation Examination in 1945. Odeku moved to the United States in 1947, where he would receive his undergraduate and professional medical education, graduating from Howard University with a B.S. degree in zoology in 1950.
What Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. wrote about his son’s assassination.
legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., until he was fatally shot on this day in 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, was a preacher who used the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience to fight for equality and justice. At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-ο¬oor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. News of King’s death sparked racial violence, leading to the death of more than 40 people nationwide.
Zimbabwe approves herbal treatment for COVID-19
Could herbal treatment be the answer to the deadly coronavirus? The government of Zimbabwe believes so. In recent years, the treatments and remedies used in traditional African medicine have gained more appreciation from researchers in science. In Zimbabwe, the government has authorized herbalists to treat coronavirus patients. However, medical experts have urged the government to stick to WHO guidelines on how to contain the virus.
Ugandan ‘Housemaids’ Flown Home After Being ‘Trafficked’ in Saudi Arabia
A group of Ugandan women were flown out of Saudi Arabia this week by their government and returned home, after being victims of human trafficking, reports the BBC. Seven women who thought they were relocating to Saudi Arabia for work as housemaids ended up in a shelter in the city of Riyadh because they lacked the funds to pay for their flights back home.
‘We’re sleeping outside’ – China evicts Africans from apartments over coronavirus
Chinese officials have started evicting hundreds of African residents and businessmen from hotels and apartments as they are being accused of having the novel coronavirus. The Africans say they are just being targeted under the guise of a testing campaign for the global pandemic also known as COVID-19. Some of them alleged that they have been placed under forced quarantine without being told about the results of their tests.
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