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Debt-to-GDP ratio to exceed 100%
THE Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (Zeparu) says the country’s debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio will balloon to 101,6% by year end due to legacy debt, farmers’ compensation and
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Are credit cards recovering in time for a Christmas splurge?
Photograph by freestocks on Unsplash Bank card debt continued to fall in September, in accordance with the most recent knowledge, however spending and purchases are up barely forward of the…
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Flag raising goes virtual
With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, official Independence Day celebrations, including the flag raising ceremony, are going to be observed
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Bond Denied for Father, Son Charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder | Breaking News | The Michigan Chronicle
A Georgia judge Friday denied bond for the father and son charged with murder in the February slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, citing that he’s “concerned” the white men took the law into their own hands and endangered neighbors when they pursued and shot the Black man in a residential street, according
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Repatriated Lindener tests positive for COVID-19 - Stabroek News
A woman who recently returned to Guyana has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting Region Ten officials to call for stricter quarantine protocols to curb the spread of the disease in the region. The article Repatriated Lindener tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Archbishop Wilton Gregory Becomes First Black American Cardinal in the Catholic Church | Atlanta Daily World
Archbishop Wilton Gregory becomes the first Black American Cardinal in the Catholic church's history. Archbishop Gregory was born and raised in Chicago and ordained a priest in 1973. A product of the Englewood neighborhood, he grew up in a family that was not Catholic. They converted to Catholicism
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Cotton farmers agonise over delayed payments
EDSON Kalungwe, a Gokwe farmer and husband to five wives, looked miserable as he waited for his turn to pour out his heart but one thing was clear, he no longer had hope of getting paid for his cotton crop. BY MOSES MATENGA He confessed his passion for cotton farming, which had transformed his life
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Funeral parlour strike: Legal experts dismiss calls for RAF to pay for burials
Striking funeral practitioners are holding a picket outside RAF offices demanding that the fund subsidise payments to embattled undertakers.
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Denel teetering on the brink of disaster, warns CEO
State armaments firm needs promised government funding and wants to use some of it to get operations moving, rather than pay off debt.
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Female CEO Steers Black Rodeo Movement  | The Crusader Newspaper Group
African American cowgirls do exist. Each year hundreds of Black women travel across the United States to compete in ladies steer wrestling, breakaway roping, bull riding, barrel racing, and other rodeo competitions — many while holding down full-time jobs. The rise of Black women in the rodeo
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Money in circulation increases by Sh3.2 billion in March
There has also been an increase in foreign currency deposits, which rose to Sh642 billion in March from Sh626 in February.
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Guyana approximately 20 years behind rest of the world in technology adaptation - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I am neither an APNU nor PPP voter. I just want the best for our Nation regardless of the Government in power.  The article Guyana approximately 20 years behind rest of the world in technology adaptation appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Breonna Taylor Case: Ben Crump Slams Failure To Appoint Special Prosecutor
Attorney Ben Crump calls it a miscarriage of justice.
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President-Elect Biden names all-women senior communications staff - North Dallas Gazette
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent It isn’t often a politician running for office keeps his campaign promise. Since defeating Donald Trump, Joe Biden has so far lived up to his promise of a diverse senior staff and cabinet. The Democrat, who openly has recognized the critical role
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Trump hails vaccine ‘miracle,’ with millions of doses soon | L.A. Focus News
By ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated the expected approval of the first U.S. vaccine for the coronavirus Tuesday as the White House worked to instill confidence in the massive distribution effort that will largely be executed by President-elect Joe
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The Best Black-Owned Gifts Under $50 For Those on Your Christmas List  | Arts and Culture | The Michigan Chronicle
A tight budget doesn’t have to make you a Grinch this Christmas season. In fact, a list of these 10 Black-owned items [$50 and under] can put you in the right holiday spirit this year. And God knows we need as much cheer this year that we can get. So take a look during this … Continued
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Black Real Estate Mogul Raising Funds For Healthcare Worker | Afro
Fort Myers, FL (BlackNews.com) — Tamairo Moutry, a successful real estate broker and the first Black woman to own four real estate companies in four different states, has launched two fundraisers (one on Facebook and one on GoFundMe) to help raise funds for those who are taking the lead in fighting
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Mobile money deals growth at 2-year low
The average growth in mobile money volumes in the first six months of the year has averaged 28 percent since 2010.
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Facebook's libra wallet is now called Novi
Facebook has changed the name of the digital wallet to be used with its new cryptocurrency, the latest in a number of changes to the digital currency and its
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Black folks are not feeling the Coronavirus vaccines | Afro
By Black Health Matters Once enough people receive effective vaccines against the novel coronavirus, experts say, the end of the pandemic may be in sight. But a new poll suggests an uphill climb for one of the highest priority groups for vaccination—older adults.  In all, 58 percent of adults aged
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Walter E. Williams, Black Voice of Libertarian Economics, dead at 84 | Chicago Defender
Walter E. Williams, a prominent African American economist, scholar, professor and syndicated columnist, died Dec. 2 after teaching a class at George Mason University, where he was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics. Considered by his admirers to be a voice of economic
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Tanzania: JPM, Uhuru Solve Border Puzzle
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How to Keep Your Faith and Strive For Financial Freedom During Challenging Times
Reverend Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (FBCLG) in Somerset, New Jersey, and the former New Jersey Secretary of State, launched the Billion Dollar Challenge to create black wealth and to motivate the black communities to strive for
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People Of Color Make Up Nearly Half Of Biden Transition Team | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.cnn.com By Arlette Saenz As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, nearly half of the transition team laying the groundwork for his administration is made up of people of color, and women are in the majority. Forty-six percent of the transition staff are people of
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Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense | Afro
By ROBERT BURNS, MICHAEL BALSAMO, JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the
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Uganda: Health Centre Receives Piped Water, Equipment
[Monitor] Residents of Northern City Division, Mbale City, at the weekend could not hide their excitement following the commissioning of a water system at Nakaloke Health Centre III.
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Ghana coronavirus: Cases pass 10,000 mark; FDA to vet rapid test kits
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