And Congratulations! New Graduates

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And Congratulations! New Graduates

Students have worked hard to get here. It has been a long time coming, and this last year has probably been very challenging. After all the festivities are over, it is time to change focus and to anticipate, 'What's Next.' Time for the next step –Universal job skills that can boost your career. If mastered, it can improve your job prospects.

By Theo Edwards

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Banana Republic Blues

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Banana Republic Blues

I never thought I would be comparing Washington DC to the Green Zone in Baghdad; however, the MAGA crowd brought us to the brink of a very un-American insurrection. Trump stormtroopers aimed was to overturn the will of the American people and, in true Jim Crow fashion, tried to disenfranchise African Americans and other minorities.

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NBA names Victor Williams CEO of NBA Africa

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NBA names Victor Williams CEO of NBA Africa

“Becoming CEO of NBA Africa is a compelling opportunity to join the NBA – a widely-respected and admired globally-oriented sports enterprise,” said Williams. “It allows me to blend my professional experience building businesses in Africa with my passion for the sport of basketball. I look forward to working with our colleagues in Johannesburg and Dakar to help grow basketball’s commercial and social impact in Africa and on the world stage.”

NBA Communications

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New Symptom-Detecting Technology At Abu Dhabi International Airport

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New Symptom-Detecting Technology At Abu Dhabi International Airport

In video: The Future of Travel.

ETIHAD Airways, the national airline of the UAE, become the first airline to implement a new technology that would screen airline passengers to help identify at-risk passengers. The technology is in the trial phase, as published by The National on July 11, 2020.

By Theo Edwards

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How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change→

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How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change

Photo by Xena Goldman

Barack Obama: How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change.

The article first published from Medium | Equality.

A statement about the protests throughout the United States about police brutality and George Floyd's murder. The lack of police accountability. He offered valuable resources on how to use this moment.

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Watchdog Says Ghana’s Fisheries On Brink Of Collapse

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Watchdog Says Ghana’s Fisheries On Brink Of Collapse

Per the government’s Fisheries Management Plan, the country’s fishery can sustain 48 trawlers, yet, 76 trawlers licensed at the end of 2019.

Ghana continues to see large quantities of fish landed by Saiko canoes at Elmina Fishing Harbor, even after the government and the fishing industry committed to ending the practice last November, the GNCFC said.

The Saiko trade – where trawlers illegally target the main catch of canoe fishers, transfer it at sea to specially adapted boats, and sell the stolen fish back to local communities ­– took an estimated 100,000 tons of fish in 2017.

By Benson Afful

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Female Genital Mutilation

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Female Genital Mutilation

What are the causes and consequences of Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting, or FGM/C.?

Growing up in West Africa, it did not seem to be of importance to me when young girls mostly in their teens with distinguished colorings on their faces and other parts of their bodies were paraded bare-breasted if there were any to be bared, in the streets of my village.

By J Reynold Weeks: Credit Source:

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