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Kenya receives second batch of 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the United States government and the Covax facility.
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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke
Wycliffe Oparanya initiative to reward poor mothers on birth control
Wycliffe Oparanya plans to introduce birth restrictions in the county due to the high cost of bringing up healthy children.
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EDITORIAL: Move to impose VAT on cooking gas wrong
EDITORIAL: Move to impose VAT on cooking gas wrong
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Docs’ laundry list for COVID-free Crop Over - Barbados Today
In the midst of a raging national debate about the future of entertainment events, the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) has suggested a list of conditions under which the country’s most popular festival ought to occur. In a statement on Friday, BAMP’s president Dr. Lynda
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Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and the Vicinity Tap Into Momentum After Vaccination Campaign   | The Michigan Chronicle
“The best way to handle fear is through faith.”   Reverend Dr. Steve Bland of Liberty Temple Baptist Church said those words during a recent interview with the Michigan Chronicle about the hesitant who aren’t ready to take the COVID-19 vaccine.    Bland, president of the Council of Baptist Pastors
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Celebrity Chef to open first Black-owned full-service vegan restaurant in Memphis - TSDMemphis.com
by Najee El-Amin - Memphis’ first Black-owned full-service vegan restaurant, Guru’s City Vegan, is set to be the newest addition to the Highland strip in late November.  If that’s too long to wait, however, the restaurant will be hosting a number of pop-up shops during the fall. The next pop-up
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Close to 10 000 Mozambicans fleeing violence forcibly removed from Tanzania - UN | News24
Almost 10 000 Mozambicans have been forcibly removed from Tanzania so far this year after fleeing a deadly Islamist insurgency in their homeland, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
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Africa: China Joins AU, African Leaders in Anti-Sanctions Call for Zimbabwe
[East African] China has joined African countries in pushing the United States and other Western governments to end their two decades-long economic blockade against Zimbabwe, arguing that it has brought the economy of the country to its knees.
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Tufton urges J'cans to continue observing safety protocols as country lifts another restriction
With Jamaica set to lift another restriction on movement designed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is reminding the population that everyone has a role to play in mitigating the risks associated with that
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
South Africans cast their votes in local elections | Africanews
Polls suggest a majority of voters might turn against the ANC in South Africa's local elections
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Burundi artists struggle amid the virus and closed borders | Africanews
Artists in Burundi see incomes plummet as a result of the virus and closed borders
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Kenya: Presidential Escort Officers Prohibited From Chewing Miraa and Muguka
[Nairobi News] Officers attached to the Presidential escort team have been prohibited from chewing miraa and muguka.
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Rwanda: RIB Arrests Two People Over Producing Illicit Alcohol
[New Times] The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Beatrice Gahongayire, the owner of African Buffalo, and Bonaventure Niyitegeka, the head of operations at the company, for allegedly producing and selling illicit alcohol.
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As Pence-Harris Debate Looms, So Does Uncertainty
With Trump's recent coronavirus scare, the debate schedule ahead of November's vote has the potential to change drastically.
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Kenya: Mwendwa, Government Showdown Ahead of Audit
[Nation] Perhaps buoyed by the backing of three Fifa officials in Nairobi, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa appears to be bracing for a showdown with the government amid a looming audit set to be conducted on the sports body's books on instructions of Sports Cabinet Secretary
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We only receive students’ fees from government, private varsities say
Private universities want the law changed to correct what they termed an impression that the government funds them.
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In the groove: ‘Devera Ngwena’ resurfaces at GZU graduation ceremony - The Standard
It is at this graduation ceremony that the spirit of Devera Ngwena came alive as Moyo and his band, donned in GZU T-shirts belted the graduation theme song straight after the chairman of council, Professor Mandivamba Rukuni’s opening
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WATIMA: Why our tax regime is not sustainable
So, in 2004 EABL launched Senator Keg, an affordable alternative to illicit alcohol targeting low income consumers and was supported by government through an excise tax
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Nigeria: Ogun LG Polls - Gov Abiodun's Push for Internal Democracy
[This Day] Funmi Branco commends the steps taken by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to ensure the emergence of popular All Progressives Congress candidates for local government election in the state.
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Qunu residents are hopeful their votes will give them water at last | Citypress
Disgruntled residents of Qunu near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, who have been longing for water since 1994, hope that, by voting in Monday’s local elections, they will have access to this basic human right.
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Blue crab hunt in Manzanilla - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The majestic full moon illuminated the shoreline and the swath of coconut trees along the Manzanilla/Mayaro stretch on October 20 – a sure tell-tale sign for blue crab hunters. Between intermittent showers might have been why only a handful of crab hunters, carrying plastic buckets, crocus bag
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Tanzania: Acacia Officials Pay 1.5bn/ - Fine for Tax Ducking
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday ordered three senior officials with subsidiary companies of the defunct Acacia Mining to pay 1.5bn/- compensation to the government for tax
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COVID-19 global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years | Africanews
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
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Nigeria consumers worried over hike in price of cooking gas | Africanews
Some consumers in Nigeria have expressed concern over the current high prices of cooking gas, urging the government to intensify measures to address the situation.
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Decision to criminalise the non-wearing of masks not an easy one - Lamola | News24
Ronald Lamola says the government had been reluctant to criminalise the non-compliance of wearing masks, but has been left with no choice due to irresponsible behaviour.
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Kamala Harris Has the First Meeting w/ Black Commerce Chamber of Her Historic Vice Presidency
Author: Victor Trammell Photo credits: KoreAm Journal via Character Media | OAACC On February 5, 2021, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris (pictured far left) met with leaders of the Black Chamber of Commerce (BCC) who represented chapters from major U.S. cities across America. Vice-President Harris
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Missing Woman: Kiara Perez-Rivera - Milwaukee Community Journal
According to Fox6, Milwaukee Police Department are asking for the public's help in locating a critical missing woman. 22-year-old Kiara Perez-Rivera at approximately 5:17 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31 near 25th and Highland. She is described as approximately 5'01' tall, 150 pounds, with black straight
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Haiti's Prime Minister Condemns Increase in Gang Violence, Says the Country Is Not Running Out of Fuel • EBONY
Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of Haiti, has condemned the increase in gang violence and kidnappings in the country, the Washington Post reports. In a pre-recorded message delivered on Friday, Henry also reassured the Caribbean nation that they were not running out of fuel despite accounts of public
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Africa: Dune - a Prophetic Tale About the Environmental Destruction Wrought By the Colonisation of Africa
[The Conversation Africa] Director Denis Villeneuve's most recent sci-fi epic is the latest attempt to tell the story of Frank Herbert's acclaimed 1965 novel, Dune. The film is set millennia in the future when the galaxy is ruled by a class of family Houses. Each house battles for control over the
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13 years later, no charges in police-involved father, son killing
FORMER deputy spokesman on justice for the Jamaica Labour Party Harold Malcolm says 13 years after his brother, Winston Malcolm, and nephew were killed in an incident involving the police, his family continues to suffer as charges are yet to be laid despite the Coroner's Court giving the go-ahead
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