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Taxicab Commission to Hold Annual Medallion Auction for Only Veterans on Each Island
Applications must be taken to the Office of Veterans Affairs proving eligibility as a U.S. Virgin Islands veteran on the island for which the bid is scheduled.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Nigeria: UNICEF Pledges to Assist Nine Imo LGAs to Implement Action Plan to End FGM Practice
[This Day] Owerri -- The UNICEF Enugu Field Office has pledged to assist the nine local government areas in Imo State that had adopted the action plan for the implementation to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) to the letter.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Explosions Rock Maiduguri Metropolis, as Militants Attack Borno Capital
[Vanguard] Maiduguri -- At least four different explosions were recorded early morning into some communities of Gomari ward and 1,000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Saturday morning.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Keep Off Our Young Girls, President Tells Older Men
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday discouraged relationships involving elderly men and underage girls, saying most sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/Aids, contracted by the young girls are in most cases passed to them by older, married men.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Over 6,000 Third Shots Administered On Dec.2
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 26,326 COVID-19 vaccines (12,897 first doses, 6,987 boosters, 6,261 third doses and 181 travel shots) were administered on December 2, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: Cuba to Exchange Covid Vaccines for Ugandan Goods
[Nile Post] Cuba to exchange Covid vaccines for Ugandan goods
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Source: allAfrica.com
"Light Dem Up: Festival of Trees" Coming to St. Croix’s Limpricht Park Friday
Limpricht Park on King Street in Christiansted will be home to “Light Dem Up: Festival of Trees.” Friday, from 7 to 9 p.m., the park will be alive with holiday lights for the “Ah Glow in De Park” virtual tree lighting
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Nigeria: Nasarawa PDP Receives Knocks for Berating Governor Sule
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Tunisia: Covid-19 - Epidemiological Situation Reassuring Thanks to National Vaccination Campaign (Ali Mrabet)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The epidemic situation in the country is reassuring thanks to the efforts made in the National vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, Health Minister Ali Mrabet said Thursday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Eritrea: Resolve to Strengthen Participation in National Affairs
[Shabait] Asmara, 02 December 2021- At a seminar conducted on 28 November, Eritrean nationals in Juba and its environs expressed resolve to strengthen participation in the national affairs.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mid-Morning Havensight Robbery Being Investigated, No Deaths Reported
A daring mid-morning robbery attempt at Havensight Mall on St. Thomas has left two injured, both of whom were in stable condition as of 1 p.m., according to police.
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Kenya: FKF Caretaker Committee Approves Grants for Clubs
[Nation] The government has undertaken to provide Sh300,000 as logistical support to each of the 18 clubs competing in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Decision to Maintain Koffi Olomide Show Upsets Civil Society Groups
[New Times] Rwanda Men Engage Network (RWAMNET), says it is 'still' demanding organizers to cancel Koffi Olamide's concert, despite the latter's stance of maintaining the show.
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Market STX and STT Provides Donates to DHS to Celebrate ‘National Cookie Day'
The Market St. Croix and St. Thomas has donated over 700 chocolate chip cookies to be distributed to all employees of the Department of Human Services territory-wide in celebration of National Cookie Day.
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Mid-Morning Havensight Robbery Being Investigated, No Deaths Reported
A daring mid-morning robbery attempt at Havensight Mall on St. Thomas has left two injured, both of whom were in stable condition as of 1 p.m., according to police.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Nigeria: Two Gunned Down, 'Over 50' Abducted in Fresh Kaduna Attack
[Daily Trust] Kaduna -- Two persons have been killed while "more than 50" have been abducted in an attack in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tunisia: Ennahdha Warns Against Kaïs Saïed Speeches
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The executive bureau of the Ennahdha movement denounced the repeated speeches of "treason" by President Kaïs Saïed, warning against any exploitation of the military institution for political purposes.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tunisia: Aswat Nissa Regrets Absence of Specific Budget for Implementation of Law 58 On Combating Violence Against Women
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The organisation Aswat Nissa said Thursday the absence of a specific budget hinders the implementation of the Organic Law No. 58 on combating violence against women.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Kangondo Assault Case - Military Court Reduces Convicts' Sentences on Appeal
[New Times] The Military High Court has slashed the jail sentences of two soldiers convicted for committing several acts of aggression against residents of Kangondo 2 village, Nyarutarama cell in Remera Sector in Gasabo District, in March 2020.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mid-Morning Havensight Robbery Being Investigated, No Deaths Reported
A daring mid-morning robbery attempt at Havensight Mall on St. Thomas has left two injured, both of whom were in stable condition as of 1 p.m., according to police.
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Egypt: Precautionary Measures, Vaccination Mechanisms to Face Omicron
[Egypt Online] Precautionary measures against Covid-19, vaccination campaigns as well as monitoring and analyzing the situation technically and scientifically are the necessary mechanisms to face the new Omicron variant, a presidential adviser said Thursday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: MP Rukaari Fails to Defend Purchase of Railway Land
[Monitor] Mbarara North Division legislator, Mr Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari on Tuesday shocked fellow Members of Parliament when he said that he forgot the bank he used to pay for the purchase of the Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land in Nsambya, Kampala.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Oldest Kano Kingmaker Dies At 95
[Daily Trust] The Sarkin Ban Kano and first Commissioner of Education in Kano Kano state, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, is dead.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Site Selection Magazine Highlights Business Investment Opportunities in USVI
The economic development magazine highlights the targeted sectors and aspirational goals of Vision 2040, a 20-year transformational economic plan for the USVI.
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Uganda: Bou Asks Govt to Recapitalise Agriculture Credit Facility
[Monitor] Uganda has asked government to urgently recapitalise the Agricultural Facility Fund to address a funding gap resulting from an increase in approved projects.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zambia: Return of Zambia Airways to Break Monopoly
[Times of Zambia] AT long last, Zambia has changed the narrative about having no national airline for more than two decades.
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Nigeria: Atiku Has Accepted to Run for 2023 Presidency - NorthEast Group
[Daily Trust] A political group, North East Business Communities for Atiku 2023, said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accepted their call to join the 2023 presidential race.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tunisia: Coronavirus - Five More Infection Cases Recorded in Gabes
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Five more coronavirus infection cases have been detected in the governorate of Gabes, after the results of 61 tests were released.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Baby Giant Pterosaurs May Have Driven Smaller Species Extinct, Fossil Discovery Shows
[Daily Maverick] Pterosaurs, the flying cousins of the dinosaurs, reached immense sizes in the late Cretaceous period (100-66 million years ago), some species with wingspans of perhaps more than ten metres.
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Final salute for slain Cape Town policeman killed in factory robbery | News24
A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Table View, Cape Town, for Sergeant Nametso Molema, who was shot dead while responding to a robbery at a factory.
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