Man arrested for murder of woman, 90, and her daughter after accusing them of witchcraft

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Man who filmed Arbery shooting video charged in his slaying

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia man whose cellphone video of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting helped reignite the case was charged with murder Thursday, making him the third person arrested more than two months after the

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Man Who Recorded Video of Ahmaud Arbery's Shooting Death Charged with Felony Murder: ‘His Involvement In the Murder of Mr. Arbery Was Obvious’

William Roddie Bryan, the man who recorded the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life, has been arrested for

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Tanzanian President Urges Public Not to Fear COVID-19 Pandemic

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Sunday urged members of the public to stop fearing the COVID-19 pandemic but he said they should continue observing protective guidelines issued by health

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Covid-19: Eritrea flattens curve

"Indeed, it is vital that every citizen continue to fully adhere to, and diligently implement, the government of Eritrea guidelines in force until the ongoing task of detailed and comprehensive assessment to gauge the spread of the pandemic in the entire country with full certainty is

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Former White House butler who served 11 presidents dies of coronavirus

A former White House employee who worked with 11 presidents ― from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama ― died over the weekend after contracting the

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Tanzania: Magufuli's Bold Plan to Reopen Colleges

Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday said he was ready to open schools, sports leagues and airlines as the country continues to fight

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Name at birth: Eldrick Tont Woods

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Ghana: EC Outlines COVID-19 Measures for Compilation of New Voters Register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has outlined measures to curb spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as it laces its boots for the compilation of a new voters

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Nigeria: Dope - Nigeria's Paralympic Champion, Esther Onyema, Banned for Four Years

Nigeria's former Paralympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Esther Onyema, 38, has been banned four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping rule

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Third Lusignan Prison escapee recaptured

Ganesh Dhanraj, one of the two murder accused who escaped from the Lusignan Prison last month, was recaptured

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Hospital staff face disciplinary action after two babies swapped at Gauteng facility | News24

The department will be instituting disciplinary proceedings against the implicated staff.

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Nigeria: Govt - Universities Enrolled Dead ASUU Members Into IPPIS

The federal government yesterday accused universities of deliberately accommodating dead members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the payroll forwarded to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

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Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Osmond, who on TV’s “Leave It to Beaver,” played two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell, a role so memorable it left him typecast and led to a second career as a police officer, died

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Ben Affleck apologizes for lobbying 'Finding Your Roots' to exclude slave-owning ancestor from show

The Arcadian calm of PBS was shattered Tuesday in the wake of leaked Sony emails that revealed Ben Affleck had demanded references to a slave-owning ancestor be excised from a segment on him in the program, “Finding Your Roots.” The System — which has no role in the production of this

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US firm announces 'positive' phase 1 results for virus vaccine

US biotech firm Moderna reported "positive interim" results on Monday in the first clinical tests of its vaccine against the new coronavirus performed on a small number of

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New York son kills father during Zoom meeting

A 32-year-old American in a New York suburb stabbed and killed his father who was participating on a Zoom video call on Thursday, police

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Struggle hero John Nkadimeng has died | News24

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said the party had needed him now more than ever as it seeks to reassert its values and morality.

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Barack Obama Inaugural Invitation

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South Africa: Lockdown Level 3 - President's Coordinating Council Meets to Discuss Preparations

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to co-chair a meeting of the President's Coordinating Council (PCC) on Saturday to discuss preparations to move most of the country to Level 3 of the

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LETTERS: Holding virtual meetings during pandemic

Comparatively, other countries have proceeded to extend the period within which companies may hold their annual general meetings, with others allowing hybrid AGMs where some shareholders participate in person, even as others exercise their rights

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Zimbabwe: Activists' Abductions - EU, UK, US Light Fires Under Mnangagwa, Demand Unbiased Probe

The international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and brutal attacks on three MDC Alliance youth

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Burundi: Govt Calls for Peaceful Voting

In a statement issued on Monday May 18, the Public Security ministry said; "We want to warn whoever will try to destabilise the elections that the police and its security partners are instructed not to tolerate any

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Nigeria: Shippers' Council, NCDC Collaborate On COVID-19 Sensitisation

The Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) has announced that it is collaborating with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to contain the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the Maritime community in

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Ghana: No New Taxes On Power Consumption - GRA

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says no new taxes have been or are being levied on power consumption in the country as being circulated on social and mainstream

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Nigerian Navy Foils Pirates' Attack On Chinese Ship - Official

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has said it rescued 18 crew members on board a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, from

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Tunisia: Military Option in Libya Is Not a Solution, Says Rached Ghannouchi

Tunis/Tunisia — Speaker of the House of Representatives (HPR) Rached Ghannouchi, on Tuesday, had a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez

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Rodrigues-Birkett to be UN Ambassador, Robert Persaud named as Foreign Secretary - Stabroek News

Three former Ministers of government were last evening appointed to key posts within the Foreign Service including Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett as Ambassador the United

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