Namibia: Rhino Population Healthy, but Threatened

Africa: Unite Human, Animal and Environmental Health to Prevent the Next Pandemic - UN Report

[UNEP] Nairobi -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a new report warns that further outbreaks will emerge unless governments take active measures to prevent other zoonotic diseases from crossing into the human population, and sets out ten

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Worst Virus Fears Are Realized in Poor or War-Torn Countries | Afro

By GERALD IMRAY and JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For months, experts have warned of a potential nightmare scenario: After overwhelming health systems in some of the world’s wealthiest regions, the coronavirus gains a foothold in poor or war-torn countries

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Africa: The G20's COVID-19 Debt Relief Plan Needs to Go Further

Analysis - The G20 is taking a lot of flak lately. It's a global club of the world's richest and most significant economies, but its reputation has diminished since its heyday when it successfully managed the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Independent Evaluation of Global COVID-19 Response Amnounced

[WHO] WHO Director-General today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sexcuses

Their copious stories,Oftentimes begin,End without audienceAnd are never done.- Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, Stanza 141ï¿½

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IDB warns of economic shock to Caribbean | New York Carib News

A new study by the Inter-American Bank (IDB) says Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will suffer “an unprecedented economic shock” from a sharp downturn in tourism as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The report, “Extreme Outlier: The Pandemic’s Unprecedented Shock to Tourism in

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Marion Barry Jr., four-time DC mayor who was jailed over cocaine use and returned to win an election - Face2Face Africa

The life and times of Marion Barry Jr., the four-time mayor of Washington, D.C., make for interesting reading. Here was a Mississippi sharecropper’s son who first took to education to elevate himself but soon found that the opportunity was ripe to enter politics. He received a bachelor’s degree in

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

History maker: Sha Sha wins BET award

SOUTH AFRICA-based Zimbabwean amapiano star, Charmaine Shamiso Mapambiro, popularly known as Sha Sha in the showbiz industry has written her own piece of history, by becoming the first local artiste to win a BET award. Sha Sha won the 2020 BET Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act award at

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Africa: COVID-Hit 2020 CHAN Tournament Gets New Date... As CAF Makes Major Changes to Calendar

[New Era] The Brave Warriors of Namibia will now only get a chance to make a second appearance at the African Nations Championship (Chan) tournament early next year, after CAF announced that the 2020 edition of the competition has been moved to January 2021.

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WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers | BlackPressUSA

To close out WORLD Channel’s celebration of Pride Month, Director Rodney Evans' documentary Vision Portraits debuts June 30. Best known for his films Brother to Brother (2004) and The Happy Sad (2013), in Vision Portraits, Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he profiles three blind or

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Opposition still unhappy with PM's response to Holywell issue

LEADER of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips said yesterday that the People's National Party (PNP) of which he is president, is not satisfied with the Government's response to the issue involving the bid to lease land close to the Holywell Park in St Andrew to Cabinet minister Daryl Vaz.

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Pretoria firm to roll out 5 000 Covid-19 test kits a day to plug shortage | News24

A local biotechnology firm is stepping up to try and plug the shortfall in testing capacity.

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Low turnout as France votes in local polls

PARIS, France (AFP) ï¿½ French voters abstained in their millions Sunday from a final round of municipal elections predicted to deal a blow to the party of President Emmanuel Macron.Amid persistent fears of the novel coronavirus contagion, just over a third of voters had turned out by 5:00

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6-year-old’s exuberant video promotes tourism in Italy - Dallas Post Tribune

An irresistible invitation to visit the popular Marche region of Italy is being promoted not by any tourism agency, but by a charming 6-year-old. She made the video, in part, to help sadness over the coronavirus 'fly away.'' In a brief video, young Paola exuberantly addresses everyone in charming

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With exception of sugar and forestry all other productive industries expanded, on average, in past 5 years - Stabroek News

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Zimbabwe: Fresh Wave of Farm Grabs Sparks Outrage

[Zimbabwe Independent] A fresh wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rushing to court for legal recourse.

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'We have not lost grip on taxi industry', says Mbalula | News24

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has said that he has not "lost his grip" on the taxi industry, emphasising that lawlessness would not be tolerated.

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Africa: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making

[UN Women] By UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on the occasion of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020: 'Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming'

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Sierra Leone’s human freedom index performance has dropped under SLPP government

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2020: According to the 2019 Global Human Freedom index, Sierra Leone ranked 132 out of 162 countries, scoring 5.99 dropping 20 places from 2018. Sierra Leone ranked 112 out of 162 nations in 2018 thats 5 places from 2017; and 107 out of [Read More]

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Cameroon accused of treating coronavirus lightly | Africanews

Measures to combat the novel coronavirus in Cameroon are triggering an avalanche of criticism in one of the countries most affected by the pandemic in sub-Saharan

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Somalia: Foreign Trawlers, Illegal Fishing, Staff Shortage Deny Somalia U.S.$300 Million in Revenue

[East African] After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East Africa.

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Africa: How COVID-19 Is Putting the Rule of Law to the Test Across Africa

[The Conversation Africa] A number of Africa's fragile democracies have become vulnerable to the sword of leaders assuming wide-ranging powers under cover of emergency responses to COVID-19. Partly for this reason, Good Governance Africa has published a set of articles that conceptualise COVID-19

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'Frivolous and shoddy' -China laughs off lawsuit by Nigerian lawyers over COVID-19 - Face2Face Africa

The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has dismissed claims by a group of Nigerian lawyers who are demanding compensation for COVID-19, which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. In a statement, the embassy called the action, 'frivolous and shoddy'. The lawyers say China failed in informing the World Health

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Tunisia plans to resume commercial flights late June | Africanews

Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27, 2020 as part of full de-confinement scheduled for June

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Be careful

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says territories in the region must “think twice” about the wholesale relaxation of social distancing measures in order to bolster faltering economies, as doing so could erase all the gains made in controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus over the

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Malawi: New Ministers' Council Has a Nepotism Stamp, Opposition Says

[Nation] Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera has come under fire for going back on his electoral promises by appointing a Cabinet of recycled politicians and relatives of the powerful people.

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California Eases Rules For Reopening Dine-In Restaurants, Stores

Gov. Gavin Newsom has eased the rules for when counties can reopen restaurants and stores, clearing the way for 53 of 58 California counties to qualify under the new coronavirus

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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 559,000, With 12,769 Deaths

[allAfrica] As of July 11, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 559,446.

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MASK UP! ST. PETE Campaign targets COVID-19 in South St. Pete, beginning Friday, July 3

ST. PETE campaign to bring awareness to the need to wear mask to lessen the spread of the

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African Innovators Join the Fight Against COVID-19

This new innovation, launched in late March, provides crucial contact tracing data to the Kenyan Ministry of Health as the country moves to curb the spread of

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