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Des bouteilles en plastique de Coca-Cola, compressées dans un entrepôt du sud de la ville de Santiago (Chili), en août 2019. MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP Chaque année, l’ONG Break Free From Plastic envoie ses volontaires aux quatre coins du monde pour ramasser les déchets plastiques qui finissent partout (plages, rivières, parcs, forêts, rues…) sauf à
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
On Sunday, Americans from sea to shining sea mark Independence Day, commemorating the 4 July, 1776 declaration of independence from the British Empire. On the...
The Limpopo health department said not a single Covid-19 vaccinated healthcare worker died during the third wave.
When The Gleaner last week caught up with Dr Dwaine Spencer, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) standard-bearer in St Elizabeth South Eastern, he was in the midst of conducting a free back-to-school medical fair for scores of students, an...
Dans un contexte d’épreuves aménagées synonyme pour certains de « bac factice » au terme d’une année perturbée par le Covid, plus de 500.000candidats franchissent jeudi matin les portes des lycées pour passer l’écrit de philo, seule épreuve maintenue avec le grand oral. A 08H00, les 525.760 élèves de lycées généraux et technologiques plancheront sur quatre sujets
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L'impressionnant accident de Lando Norris (McLaren) au Raidillon de l'Eau rouge, lors des qualifications pluvieuses du Grand Prix de Belgique samedi, relance le débat sur ce virage dangereux. «C'est horrible à voir pour moi. Pour beaucoup de gens dans le paddock, cela nous rappelle les jours sombres d'il y a deux ans. Nous avons perdu
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Commits $400 Million to Support Black Owned Restaurants The campaign titled “Dig In” celebrates the…
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There can only be one winner at the end of the 2020/21 Super League season as Nyasa Big Bullets, Silver Strikers and Be Forward Wanderers are neck to neck in the final stages of the delayed season. With two games each left to play, the title race, just like the 2019 season, will likely go […]
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Close to 60 members of one family, including more than 20 children, in Lindo’s Gap in St Andrew East Rural are battling fears that further torrential rains and swirling winds triggered by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Zeta could sweep their...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — You have parents who are just good. And you can recognize that right away, you will have other parents who let their anxiety overtake them. You know, I saw a lot of seriously ill children. The concerns of a dying child are very different than their parents. They’re thinking, can I go back to school next week? Not am I going to be alive in a month? And you need to understand what people are concerned about and listen to it, and respond to that and the anxiety.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Kenyan tech startups still managed to raise Sh21.4 billion in funding in 2020, taking the top spot in the Continent.
[Daily News] THE ruling CCM presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli on Tuesday boldly stressed that his government, if re-elected next month, will continue with the implementation of various development projects to all parts of the country, regardless of differences in political ideologies.
La déclaration de l'ambassadeur d'Haïti à Saint-Domingue, Smith Agustín, soutenant la construction du mur à la frontière, montre que la refonte des méthodes de surveillance et de contrôle de légalité constitue un projet commun des secteurs dominants dans les deux pays. La tutelle impérialiste est visible. Le président dominicain, Luis Abinader, n'élèverait pas le mur
Massawa — The residents of administrative areas of Mahfid, Arebto and Kumhule, Foro sub-zone, are conducting water and soil conservation popular campaign.
The popular campaign that is being conducted in support with the Adi-Halo Project includes construction of terraces and water diversion schemes.
Indicating that the popular campaign began in 2019 by the residents, Mr. Osman Arafa, administrator of the sub-zone, said that so far 930 meters of water diversion scheme have been constructed with help of machinery from the Adi-Halo Project and is expected to cultivate 400 hectares of land.
Mr. Osman also said that in Roberia 120 meters of water diversion scheme and two micro-dams in Mela-Koso have been constructed by the Adi-Halo Project and are significantly contributing in the development of irrigation farming.
Mahfid, Arebto and Kumhule administrative areas are residents to 1784 families.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, Joao Lourenço, Tuesday called for union to build the prosperous country that the Angolans want and pointed to domestic production as a way to overcome the difficulties that Angola is facing.
Residents of Somerset district in St Andrew East Rural said, in mid-August, that the last time they saw their member of parliament, Juliet Holness, was during her campaign for the seat in the 2016 general election. From deplorable roads to no...
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered Alexei Navalny to be remanded in custody for 30 days, the Russian opposition leader's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter. The ruling concluded an hours-long court hearing set up at a police precinct where the politician was held since his arrest at a Moscow airport Sunday. Navalny flew to Russia from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. He was detained at passport control at Sheremetyevo airport after flying in Sunday evening from Berlin, where he […]
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The Congo, in west-central Africa, is bordered by the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one-quarter the size of the U.S. The principal rivers are the Ubangi and Bomu in the north and the Congo in the west, which flows into the Atlantic. The entire length of Lake Tanganyika lies along the eastern border with Tanzania and Burundi.
Transitional government.
Formerly the Belgian Congo, this territory was inhabited by ancient Negrito peoples (Pygmies), who were pushed into the mountains by Bantu and Nilotic invaders. The American correspondent Henry M. Stanley navigated the Congo River in 1877 and opened the interior to exploration. Commissioned by King Leopold II of the Belgians, Stanley made treaties with native chiefs that enabled the king to obtain personal title to the territory at the Berlin Conference of 1885.
Leopold accumulated a vast personal fortune from ivory and rubber through Congolese slave labor; 10 million people are estimated to have died from forced labor, starvation, and outright extermination during Leopolds colonial rule. His brutal exploitation of the Congo eventually became an international cause célèbre, prompting Belgium to take over administration of the Congo, which remained a colony until agitation for independence forced Brussels to grant freedom on June 30, 1960. In elections that month, two prominent nationalists won: Patrice Lumumba of the leftist Mouvement National Congolais became prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu of the ABAKO Party became head of state.
But within weeks of independence, the Katanga Province, led by Moise Tshombe, seceded from the new republic, and another mining province, South Kasai, followed. Belgium sent paratroopers to quell the civil war, and the United Nations flew in a peacekeeping force.
Kasavubu staged an army coup in 1960 and handed Lumumba over to the Katangan forces. A UN investigating commission found that Lumumba had been killed by a Belgian
KAMPALA, Uganda — Amid post-election tensions in Uganda and reports of the abduction and detention of hundreds of members of the opposition, several youths were arrested last week while demonstrating at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala [...]
Dr. Michael Drake is the University of California System's first Black president.
From street art to hypnotic music, Black creators have long shared their vital perspectives on systemic racism and racial injustice. ... View Article
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Les membres du caucus progressiste-conservateur à Queen’s Park ont jusqu’à jeudi pour se faire vacciner, sans quoi ils risquent l’expulsion, a confirmé au Droit le bureau de Doug Ford, mercredi. Barbancourt le rhum des connaisseurs Publié le 18 août 2021 à 15h01
BOUNA, Ivory Coast, July 1 - A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday sentenced 10 people found guilty of child trafficking to 10 years in jail, part of an effort to clamp down on organised networks that smuggle children to work in cocoa plantations.
A Bill to have Ugandan savers access 20 per cent of their contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to see them through the economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, has ignited heated parliamentary and public debate, and ended in court after opposition from the fund.
Mr Byarugaba's letter stirred up an uproar with proponents of the midterm access, saying that in citing dire negative economic consequences, NSSF was technically avoiding its natural responsibility, the purpose and cause on which it was formed and forgetting the justification of its existence which is to provide a social security safety net for its members whenever their social security is under threat.
Mr Rwakakamba and his organisation now want a court order directing NSSF \"to pay out at least 20 per cent to each of its members whose lives have been affected by the current Covid-19 pandemic; and declare various provisions of Section 19 of the NSSF Act unconstitutional especially those that impose restrictions on mid-term access by contributors contrary to the obligations as regards to the rights guaranteed under the international human rights instruments ratified by Uganda.\"
They contend that allowing members to access 20 per cent of their contributions will justify the purpose and relevance of the fund since it is a social security fund whose sole purpose is to help its members in such times when many have lost income, employment and source of livelihood due to the pandemic.
Parliament, the public and activists have in recent weeks piled pressure on NSSF to give its members midterm access to 20 per cent of their current savings to cushion them from the effects of the corona virus lockdown and pandemic
The NAACP San Diego would like to express its firm and resolute opposition to the nomination of current San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten, to the post of deputy secretary in the federal Department of Education. Waking up to this news as we celebrate the achievements, values, life and sacrifice of Dr. Martin […]
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This first full-year budget of the PPP/C since resuming office, is themed “A Path to Recovery, Economic Dynamism and Resilience”.
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By Katie Cadiao, County of San Diego Communications Office Beginning February 27th, San Diegans who work in emergency services, child care and education, food handling and agriculture can sign up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Those making appointments will be required to show a photo ID and proof of eligibility. Please keep in mind that vaccine supplies are still limited, so patience is […]
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The High Court in Pretoria has ruled as \"unconstitutional and invalid\" alert levels four and five lockdown regulations imposed by the South African government in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
\"The regulations promulgated by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in terms of Section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 be declared unconstitutional and invalid,\" read the ruling.
\"Declaration of invalidity is suspended until such time as the minister, after consultation with the cabinet, reviews, amends and republishes the regulations mentioned above with due consideration to the limitation each regulation has on the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights as contained in the constitution.\"
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has 14 days to review, amend and republish the changes to the regulations while current lockdown measures remain in operation.
Justice Davies spoke for the rights of \"traders, fisheries, shore-foragers, construction workers, street vendors, waste pickers, hairdressers and the like who have lost their livelihood and the right to 'eke out a livelihood...'\"
The South African government has been dragged to court including by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association, British American Tobacco South Africa and opposition party the Democratic Alliance.
Le Président de la République d’Haïti, Jovenel Moïse, a été assassiné par un commando armé dans la nuit du 6 au 7 juillet 2021. Information confirmée par la Primature.
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