Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. Click the appropriate button below and you will be redirected to your Social Media Website for confirmation and then back to Blackfacts.com once successful.
Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. If you cannot remember your login information, click the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password.
Nick Cannon admits he isn't "looking to populate the Earth completely" which is why he recently had a vasectomy consultation
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Mali's interim legislature has elected Colonel Malick Diaw as its president. Diaw is a member of the military junta that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August.
The 121-seat body known as the National Transition Council on Saturday elected Diaw after meeting for its inaugural session in the capital Bamako.
Colonel Malick Diaw was elected president unopposed with with 111 votes in his favour and seven abstentions.
He was second in command of the military junta that took power after Keita's ouster. The junta has never formally been dissolved.
On Friday, the opposition June 5 Movement, which led protests against Keita this year, said it was boycotting the new legislature. It said it would not serve as a \"stooge\" for a disguised military regime\".
According to a government decree, members of the defence and security forces have 22 seats in the transition council, while political parties, civil society groups and trade unions also have seats.
[Africa Renewal] The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered on Wednesday at Columbia University in New York.
Pitso Mosimane has completed a historic double treble after guiding Al Ahly to Egyptian Cup glory following a dramatic penalty shootout victory.
[Daily Maverick] On the eve of an extraordinary African Union meeting, Catherine Constantinides, board member of the Saharawi Commission for Human Rights and climate activist has written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing him in his capacity as Chair of the African Union. She appeals to Ramaphosa to address the military violation by Morocco against the people of the Western Sahara. We publish her open letter.
It’s Mbeki’s first time attending an ANC NEC meeting since he was unceremoniously booted out of office some ten years ago.
[East African] Africa's air transport industry is set to face another grim year with delays to the region's economic recovery, job losses and without the continent's governments urgently providing emergency relief to the entire sector. Governments are also yet to establish a vaccine distribution network, unblock the flow of pledged financial support and systematically implement common Covid-19 testing.
Reynaldo Rey, a longtime actor who appeared as Red’s father in 1995 hit “Friday,” died Thursday in Los Angeles, his manager confirmed. He was 75. The actor died from complications of a stroke he suffered late last year. Along with his memorable role in “Friday,” Rey is also known for appearing in “Harlem Nights” (1989), […]
The current COVID-19 Pandemic, or more accurately the government’s inadequate response to it, reminds me of what my good friend Dick Gregory used to say about the state of our union.
Opinion - A month after Ethiopia launched a military operation against Tigray, a new face of war is emerging in the Horn of Africa. In the trenches of Tigray a new fighter is born, armed with an AK-47 or a rocket launcher, a twitter account and a Facebook page but evading sorties by lethal unmanned drones or stealth jets in increasingly ethnic but internationalised wars.
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday heralded former international Papa Bouba Diop at a ceremony marking the reception of his coffin from France, where he died after an illness last week aged 42.
Diop is best known in native West African country for scoring the winning goal against then defending champions France in the opening match of the 2002 World Cup.
The Lions of Teranga went on to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament before they were knocked out by Turkey.
Diop was also part of the side to lost to Cameroon on penalties in the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations final.
He won the 2008 FA Cup with Portsmouth in a club career including stints at French club Lens, Fulham, West Ham United and Birmingham City.
On Friday, Sall said \"the loss for the nation is immense\". Diop placed Senegal \"for posterity, on the planet of football,\" he added.
The president also announced a museum at a 50,000-seater stadium, which is under construction near the capital Dakar, will be named in Diop's honour.
Diop died in Lens, in northern France, from where his body was flown to Senegal.
Players from the renowned 2002 Senegal international squad attended the ceremony on Friday with Diop due to be buried on Saturday.
Los Angeles County shattered its daily record of coronavirus cases on Sunday, Dec. 6, as another 10,528 infections were reported, the fifth time in the past six days that a new record has been set. The county also reported 23 additional deaths, bringing the county's totals to 449,851 cases and 7,909 fatalities. The number of […]
Support our UCLA athletics coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. LOS ANGELES – Chris Smith nabbed a defensive rebound and looked up at the game clock. Just a couple seconds remained before the halftime buzzer. He took one big dribble and heaved a shot from UCLA’s own free throw line. Why not? Everything […]
According to CNN, Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley will be under strict stay-at-home orders after the remaining capacity... View Article
The post California begins stay-at-home orders starting Sunday night appeared first on TheGrio.
[Centre 4s] Nouakchott -- In the Sahel, with Covid 19, 2020 will be a pivotal year in the fight against armed groups, some of which are supported from outside. Moreover, a year of Partnerships and quest for coherence in cooperative policies. Finally, a year of thinking on the responsibility to deliver, and thus to putting an end to conflicts. Despite Covid19 perverse effects and an increasing internationalisation. Covid 19, terrorism and humanitarian crises
… a home-buying surge for African Americans: “A November National Association of … home ownership rate for all Black Americans by more than two percentage … -fueled economic upheaval for many African Americans. The National Association of Realtors …
Seen as a beacon of hope and stability in a turbulent region, Ghana is a major producer and exporter of gold, cocoa and oil.
