Kenya: Hotel Sues Kenya Power After Sh30,000 Monthly Bill Rises to Sh2.6 Million
[Nation] A company that runs a hotel, bar and restaurant business has sued Kenya Power over an increase in its monthly electricity bill from an average of Sh30,000 to Sh2.6 million.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Up to 118 Million of Africa's Poor - New Report
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Climate change will expose up to 118 million extremely poor Africans to drought, floods and extreme heat by 2030 if it is not addressed urgently. It could cut gross domestic product by up to three percent by 2050. And East Africa's iconic mountain glaciers are disappearing.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Why Scholars Have Created Global Guidelines for Ancient DNA Research
[The Conversation Africa] The field of ancient DNA has grown rapidly in recent years, largely thanks to technological advancements. This work involves sampling human remains from long ago and analysing the DNA to understand human and population history, origins and evolution.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Two men get life sentences for killing person with albinism
Two men have been handed life sentences for the murder of a 54-year-old person with albinism in Nkhatabay. The High Court sitting in Nkhata Bay has delivered the sentence against Frank Mkweni Khonje, 21, and Bonzo Chirwa, 54. They killed Yasin Kwenda Phiri at his home on New Year’s Eve in
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Seychelles: Scaled-Back Creole Festival Opens With Poetry, Dancing and Seychellois Pride
[Seychelles News Agency] Celebrating the Creole Festival in Seychelles every year says a lot about the perseverance and determination of a nation that is proud of its identity, said a top official at the opening of the annual event on Thursday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Multiple Utah Schools Fostered Racially Hostile Environments For 5 Years, DOJ Finds - Blavity
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has concluded its investigation into racially hostile environments at multiple
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Kenya: Mutunga in Attempt to Bring Back Miguna
[Nairobi News] Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has announced his intent to travel to Canada to bring back exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: NRM Sets Up Subcommittee to Tackle Office Rent Arrears
[Monitor] The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has set up a subcommittee to compile details about outstanding rent arrears accrued by its offices countrywide.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania, France Pledge Stronger Ties in Key Areas
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania and France yesterday expressed their commitment to cementing trade and economic ties on a win-win basis.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Two more ward candidates attacked in KwaZulu-Natal, says Cele after visiting Thulani Shangase's family | News24
After the killing of EFF Msunduzi councillor candidate Thulani Shangase, Police Minister Bheki Cele raised concerns about the role of alcohol with regard to the crime rate.
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Houston-area school district sued over gender-based discrimination - DefenderNetwork.com
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is suing a Houston-area school district over a dress code policy it says has led to multiple students being disciplined for having long hair. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include six boys and a nonbinary student ages 7-17 from Magnolia
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Nateniël Julies trial: Accused's tardiness irks judge, stern warning issued | News24
A Gauteng High Court judge has given a stern warning to one of the police officers charged with the murder of Nateniël Julies.
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Ugandan Writers Ignore Risks to Provoke Museveni
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- The Ugandan government is known for cracking down on writers who express strong dissent to President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the African country for 35 years. Despite the risks, two writers recently composed deliberately provocative pieces criticizing the president.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Designer credits NCF for invaluable help - Barbados Today
Bajan fashion designer Shanice Taylor is still on a high several weeks after she launched her branded business Designs by Shanice Taylor on September 30th, 2021. The reality of her actualised dream still settling in, the entrepreneur has declared that none of it would have been possible without
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Tanzania: Reasons Behind Wealth Disparity Among Regions in Tanzania
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Dar es Salaam's gross domestic product (GDP) has jumped 37 percent during the past five years as the commercial hub maintains its position of being the largest contributor to Tanzania's economy.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Police search for alleged hitman, arrest wife after North West man murdered | News24
North West police have launched a manhunt for the alleged hitman behind the murder of a 51-year-old man near Phokeng outside Rustenburg.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Kenya: Inside High Court Plan to Side-Step President Kenyatta
[Nation] Three High Court judges are set to make a landmark precedent that will allow for the side-stepping of the President in the process of appointing judges.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Saint Lucia records 18 new cases of COVID-19
FOLLOWING 71 RECOVERIES, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES IS 413.
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Source: Government of Saint Lucia Web Portal
Tom Fraud aka Alleged Scammer Shaun King Pushing Clothing Line With $150 Hoodies, Twitter Attacks
Shaun King must have the most horrible case of poor self-awareness known to mankind. The activist who has been accused of being a scammer relentlessly is now pushing his own clothing line, and the reaction has been as vitriolic as you would expect.
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Source: The Urban Daily
Villagers, neighbours battle over fenced-off cartroad - Barbados Today
Villagers in Airy Hill, St George are at odds with neighbours whom they accuse of an unjust and selfish act of blocking public access to a cart road that has been in use for more than half a century. Speaking to Barbados TODAY on Tuesday, one resident, Ms Wilson, said the villagers thought it
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Across Africa, major churches still strongly oppose LGBTQ rights | Africanews
In Africa, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran leaders are among those opposing such inclusion of LGBTQ people.
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Early voting underway, here's the 8 constitutional amendments on the ballot - DefenderNetwork.com
This Nov. 2 election, Texans have the chance to vote on eight amendments to the state constitution. What would each amendment actually do? Read our voter guide below to find out. Early voting begins Monday and ends Oct. 29. State of Texas Proposition 1 What it says:“The
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Nigeria: As Controversies Rock Govt's Concession Plan
[This Day] Chinedu Eze writes that since the federal government declared that it would concession terminal facilities in four major airports in the country, the plan has been fraught with controversies and fierce resistance from labour
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Source: allAfrica.com
South Africa: Ace Magashule Appears in Bloemfontein High Court, Claims the Corruption Case Against Him Is a Smear
[Daily Maverick] The suspended ANC secretary-general, his co-accused and all their lawyers were in the Bloemfontein High Court briefly before 3 November was set for their pre-trial hearing.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Black students suspended for planning demonstration against Confederate Flag, racial slurs | Afro
By Gregory Smith, Ahnayah Hughes and Airielle Lowe, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Jessica Murray said her daughter is reluctant to be herself when she goes to class at Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, because of racial taunts from white students. “My child doesn’t want to wear her
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
Tanzania: Digital Service Tax Guarantee More Revenues-Legislator
[Daily News] A LAWMAKER has allayed fears over Digital Service Tax, saying it will guarantee the government more revenues.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Currency Crisis Could Undo Zimbabwe's Early Progress
Analysis - The ruling party's command and control approach to the economy and monetary policy threatens recent gains.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: How We Aborted Obasanjo's 'Third Term' Agenda - Ken Nnamani
[Premium Times] "The publicising of the proceedings made lawmakers to sit up and take the act of law-making, because no one wants to be caught on camera... ... ."
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Tanroads Dismiss Images On Chato Airport
[Citizen] Chato -- The Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) in Geita has dismissed reports circulating on social media showing pictures of Chato airport with cracks and grass on its runway as fabricated and aimed at undermining the image of the airport.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Buyanga suffers another blow - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Buyanga had made two appeals before the Constitutional Court that were consolidated into one with the consent of both parties. The post Buyanga suffers another blow appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

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