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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has revealed that some of the South African citizens repatriated from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began, have requested assistance to return to the Chinese
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North Dakota candidate who died from COVID-19 wins election - TheGrio
In a strange turn of events, a North Dakota businessman and rancher who died from COVID-19 last month was elected to... View Article The post North Dakota candidate who died from COVID-19 wins election appeared first on TheGrio.
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All budget tax measures in effect as of October 5th – AG - Stabroek News
Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said that all the Bills and Orders in respect of tax measures which were part of the National Budget for the year 2020 have been assented to by President Irfaan Ali and duly published in the Official Gazette on the 5th day of
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Inside Kenya’s new digital strategy to lift agriculture
Kenya has launched a digital-for-agriculture (D4Ag) project that is targeting to register 1.4 million farming households online and 2,300 agro-dealers to supply farm inputs to growers by 2023.
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Uganda: Government Seeks Shs6 Trillion to Meet Budget Shortfall
[Monitor] Government is seeking a Shs6.2 trillion loan to finance a deficit in the Shs45.5 trillion budget of the current financial year.
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Oil and gas, bridge over Corentyne on agenda - Stabroek News
Bilateral co-operation between Georgetown and Paramaribo was over the weekend agreed when two recently-elected presidents - Guyana’s Irfaan Ali and Suriname’s Chandrika-persad Santokhi  - held discussions on oil and gas and a bridge across the Corentyne among other
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Billion-dollar project against domestic violence launched - Stabroek News
A UN/EU project to combat domestic violence was launched last evening on NCN Channel 11 and Minister of  Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud said that an emergency number will be set up for the reporting of the
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Africa: Anglogold Ashanti Marks Africa Day ... Pledges to Sustain Fight Against COVID-19
Takoradi — AngloGold Ashanti marked this year's Africa Day with a commitment to help sustain efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic on the
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Africa Factbook, a Response to Over 600 Years of Silence - Ramaphosa
[New Zimbabwe] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed The Africa Factbook as an earnest response to over 600 years of silence by Africans who have had to endure their stories being told by former oppressors.
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No portfolio as yet for new PM - Stabroek News

No portfolio was assigned for Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday when President Irfaan Ali named 19 ministers of his government but he

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Kenya: President Kenyatta Unveils Measures to Boost Economy
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced plans to help businesses and Kenyans survive the economic storm caused by the coronavirus
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Kenya: Senate to Elect Deputy Speaker on June 2 as Kindiki's Dethronement Gazetted
Nairobi — The Senate is set to elect a new Deputy Speaker on Tuesday, June 2, following the removal of Kithure Kindiki last
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USAid unveils US$130m Zim food aid package
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) yesterday announced two new food security programmes for Zimbabwe, Takunda and Amalima Loko, that will benefit about half a million people in the country’s dry regions. BY SHARON SIBINDI The programmes will be funded to the tune of
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US official congratulates Ali - Stabroek News

Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak yesterday congratulated President

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Brace for long battle with locusts: FAO
Even as governments in the region scramble resources to minimise the damage expected from a new wave of desert locust invasion, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) warns the surge may not be controlled by
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Rwanda: CHOGM Investments Not Lost, Govt Reassures
Investment by the government and the private sector in readiness for the Commonwealth Heads of States and Government Meeting which was scheduled for July this year have not been lost or wasted, the foreign ministry has
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Kenya: Senators Claim Politics Behind Maize Policy
Senators have criticised the move by the government to stop buying maize from local farmers, saying the decision is aimed at punishing farmers for political
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Africa: As We Mark UN At 75, We Must Work Together to Realize the Opportunities in African Unity
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Inside plan to push Ruto into opposition
Deputy President William Ruto could be surviving on borrowed time in government — and his survival within Jubilee Party in now in doubt — if fresh details of a plot to cut him to size by 2022 are anything to go
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PSOJ wants urgent action on crime, COVID-19
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Rwanda: Govt Unveils U.S.$11 Billion Climate Action Plan
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Meru leaders rally behind Kindiki
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Africa: Covid-19 Private Sector Global Facility Announced At SDG Business Forum
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Re-Opens Schools for Examination Classes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced the re-opening of schools and colleges for public examination classes and final year students respectively in his Covid-19 national address at State
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Renegotiate Kenya's loans – Mudavadi
Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi wants Kenya to renegotiate bilateral and multilateral debts with its external lenders, including those in the Eurobond market, due to the Covid-19
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President Bio renews his call on parents and communities to help end rape in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: It is now almost eighteen months since President Dr Julius Maada Bio declared a national state of emergency on the growing rape crisis in Sierra Leone. Yesterday, he once again called on parents and local communities to support his government’s efforts in
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Sh2.4b EU aid to fight locusts, assist farmers
Kenya is set to get Sh2.4 billion from the European Union (EU) to assist in the fight against locusts, and support affected farmers amid the coronavirus
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Sudi: Voters will punish errant MPs
With Deputy President William Ruto studiously silent on controversial changes to the Jubilee leadership in the Senate which saw two of his top lieutenants stripped of lucrative posts, vocal Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has sought to fill the gap, taking aim at the party’s senators from the Rift Valley
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Gov’t has shown its commitment to health workers in tangible ways - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government has shown its commitment to health workers in tangible ways in the COVID 19- fight. The article Gov’t has shown its commitment to health workers in tangible ways appeared first on Stabroek News.
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