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Veteran journalist Mohamed Adow has quit media to join the murky world of politics to contest Wajir South parliamentary seat.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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[New Times] The highly-anticipated Kigali Cultural Village, a hub for entertainment and lifestyle activities, is officially opening doors this week to the public after months of development.
All of Southern California could soon be under much tighter coronavirus restrictions, after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Dec. 3, announced a new stay-at-home order that will go into effect in areas where local intensive care bed availability is low — as coronavirus hospitalizations continue surging statewide. The order, once it goes into effect, would […]
José A. Álvarez | County of San Diego Communications Office Due to the increasing number of cases and hospitalizations, County health officials continue to urge San Diegans to follow the recommended guidance to prevent getting and spreading the novel coronavirus. Over the past seven days, the region has averaged more than 1,300 COVID-19 cases each […]
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Book Review - In What Africa Stands to Lose, a book that x-rays Trump's rhetoric on Africa, Nigerian-American journalist, Ekanem Williams, offers new insight into how Africa can change the negative narrative around its development.
[New Times] Rwanda has fronted Monique Nsanzabaganwa for the position of Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
During these last four years, I wondered why former President Barack Obama was relatively quiet as our nation morphed into a raging dumpster fire. I don’t expect politicians to be saviors, but I…
LIVERPOOL AND England star, Trent Alexander-Arnold, has been named on the Ugo Ehiogu ‘Ones To...
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Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Accountable Attorney General Barr, U.S. Park Police, and Other Law Enforcement Officers for Violent Attack in Lafayette Square on Racial Justice Demonstrators (Washington, D.C.) - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and co-counsel filed an opposition motion to dismiss last night in Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump, after […]
The post Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump Must Proceed, Defendants Need to Be Held Accountable appeared first on Milwaukee Community Journal.
To some, they're a flying nuisance but pigeons are a big business in Senegal.
From his roof in a suburb of the capital Dakar, shopkeeper and pigeon racer Moustapha Gueye releases dozens of birds from the loft, who quickly fly out of sight.
\"Here it's a factory, I'm creating athletes,\" he says.
He takes care of his winged friends every morning by training them and developing crossbreeds suitable for flying in hot weather.
\"It is a sport created by Europeans, it was imported here. We discovered pigeon racing through the internet. But before we use to be pigeon breeders only,\" Gueye says.
Though more popular across the continent, it is a growing sport in the West African country.
Today, there are some 350 pigeon racing enthusiasts in Senegal, who spend a lot of money. A pigeon can cost over 800 US dollars in the country.
\"Currently I'm doing business with pigeons. I've earned several million CFA francs selling pigeons, I even bought a car through those pigeons,\" he says.
\"But the most important thing for me is the passion.
\"It's exciting to have pigeons, when you start participating in races, releasing a pigeon 400 km from its loft and it comes back, that's something you can't explain, it's great!\"
Taking flight
Pigeon racing has clearly taken flight in Senegal and continues to spread its wings.
Senegalese pigeon-racing enthusiasts are keen to turn others on to the sport, and some hope to ultimately turn professional.
But breeder and pigeon racer Oumar Johnson says some people take their dedication too far.
\"When you're too busy with pigeons, things risk going badly,\" he says, adding that the pigeon-fanciers' federation is considering less time-consuming races for youngsters.
Young people are nonetheless the future of the sport, Johnson says, adding that their devotion will make Senegal \"one of the greatest pigeon-racing nations\" one day.
\"In Europe, you have to motivate young people to get involved,\" he says.
\"Here, young people are rushing into it.\"
Maryland was forced to shell out millions of dollars to replace coronavirus tests procured from South Korea after the first batch was deemed unusable, state officials conceded.
Namibia's Environment Ministry is going to put at least 170 elephants on sale in order to curb what it has described as overcrowding in the face of drought-causing food scarcity in the habitats of the animals. The ministry has in the past complained that it was finding it hard to check the increase in the...
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It's the one surefire way out of this COVID-19 nightmare - but a clerical error may have seriously hampered South Africa's ability to secure a vaccine.
Dear Editor,
For a decade or so the country has been governed by a minority or a wafer-thin majority.
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Black Leadership Matters Dr. David E. Jackson @dejacksonii Black lives matter – shout it from the housetops! But merely asserting the value of African-American lives is not enough to get our people to the promised land; nor is any party, politician, or program. Black lives matter most when they have purpose, and purpose comes from … Continued
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Commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to explore every opening to “restore hope” for a two-state solution.
INDIVIDUALS trying to benefit from the Government's Own Your Own Device initiative have another four weeks to submit their applications after technical hiccups delayed the start of the process by a couple days.
Another warrant of arrest, not to be enforced until the next scheduled court appearance, has been issued against former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi after he failed to appear in court.
The Most Famous Oysters in Morocco
Oualidia, famous for its lagoon where shellfish are farmed, it is known as the oyster capital of Morocco. Local producers have been cultivating oysters in the area since the 1950s and people from all over pass through the city just to get a taste of their reputably unique flavour.
Chaib gushes, \"It's impossible to come to Oualidia without eating oysters, there are several people who come here for example every two weeks only to eat oysters.\" Abdelaali shares the same sentiment, “The taste of Oualidia oysters is very special. Even the price is reasonable for all consumers.\"
A Painstaking Production Process
Around 24 tons of six-month-old juvenile old oysters — known as spat, are imported from France each year. They are then placed on breeding tables and undergo an immersion period in the local lagoon for half a year before being sorted according to size, organised onto racks or into bags.
Each rack can hold 200 to 300 small oysters or 120 to 150 larger ones and the shellfish will sit in the water for up to three years before being thoroughly cleaned by way of farm machines.
Afterwhich the oysters further sit in large basins of water from 48 to 96 hours during the necessary filtering stage to further reassure sterility for safe consumption.
Abdeljabbar Hassoune, the head of oyster production at Saidi Oyster Farm, explains how the locally-produced oysters come to have such a unique and now-famous flavour, \"The characteristics of the lagoon that contribute to the quality and special taste of Oualidia oysters compared to other oysters of Morocco, are fresh water, fertile soil and abundant minerals. This gives a special colour and a special and fresh taste of oysters compared to other places.\"
A Thriving Market Both at Home and Abroad
Once the shellfish have undergone all the necessary preparations and are ready for public consumption, they are sent out shipping with around 40 tons exported abroad each year in Morocco and 60 kept for the domestic market. Hassoune outlines the lucrative oyster production business activity, \"We have a market in Moroccan cities, we have local distributors and then we export to Europe, especially to Russia, where we export four to five tons of oysters every month.\"
There are now 17 active farms in Oualidia and Dakhla that employ more than 200 people.
Oualidia produces a yearly 300 tons of oysters generating nearly 740,000 euros.
We gave the exclusive earlier this year of Kyla Pratt's return to television in Fox's new comedic series Call Me Kat alongside Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bailik and Leslie Jordan. The series will premiere Jan. 3, 2021 and today viewers got a first look in a one minute teaser trailer.
Christal Mims, Staff After the announcement of a statewide curfew, more restrictions are being imposed upon L.A. County after a staggering increase in coronavirus cases. The county is now under a “stay-at-home” order that bans all public and private outdoor and indoor gatherings of people from different households, with the exception of faith-based services and […]
There’s deep division over the choice of a new transitional executive in Libya, hampering a chance at a successful political dialogue over crisis in the North African nation.
In a videoconference with participants of the Inter-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, the UN Special Representative, Stephanie Williams laments the lack of time.
Since a ceasefire was signed in October under the auspices of the United Nations, rival parties in Libya returned to the negotiating table. But rooted division is still a major hurdle for stakeholders to overcome.
At a Tunis meeting in Tunisia mid-November, participants at the dialogue agreed to organize national elections on December 24, 2021. But on a condition for a new unified executive for a smooth transition until the elections.
Two rival parties, the UN-backed Government of National Unity (GNA) in Tripoli and eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, are vying for power after Libya was plunged into chaos since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
Singapore becomes the first country to grant the U.S. start-up Eat Just Inc. permission to sale lab-grown chicken meat.
The meat is created from cultured chicken cell and will be sold as nuggets. No single chicken was killed to obtain the cell line but instead the technique uses cell isolation method that also includes a biopsy from a live animal.
The cells are later cultured and transferred into a bioreactor, fed with a proprietary mix of proteins, amino acids, minerals, sugars, salts and other nutrients and then harvested after they achieve enough density.
The San Francisco based company described its product as real, high quality meat created directly from animal cells and safe for human consumption.
Singapore’s Food Agency said it had approved the nuggets after Eat Just submitted a safety assessments.
