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As cases of new Covid-19 infections soar to 457, the administrators of regional hospitals designated to manage the disease are saying they are overwhelmed by the numbers due to limited
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Govt Urges Vigilance as Rusizi Is Put Under Special Supervision
The Ministry of Health has placed Rusizi under extra supervision after the Western Province District, which borders DR Congo and Burundi recorded five new Covid-19 cases in just a single
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Cameroon: Journalists Blast Government Silence on Case of Missing Colleague
Journalists in Cameroon have marched to government offices to demand an account of their missing colleague, Samuel Wazizi, after local media this week reported he was died in military
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For Zim, it’s déjà vu as the economy sinks deeper
ON Tuesday, Zimbabweans woke up to the news that a family of six people now needed $9 000 to make ends meet as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to plummet on the parallel market, reaching levels of US$1 to 78, depending on the mode of
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California Lawmakers Block Facial Recognition Bill Amid Protests Against Racist Policing
California lawmakers blocked a bill on Wednesday that could have expanded the use of facial recognition technology by companies and government, including law enforcement, as protesters nationwide continued to call out racism and unjust
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Rwanda Tightens COVID-19 Controls in Mines
The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) has announced guidelines to contain the possible spread of Covid-19 amongst employees in the mining sector and any other person they may
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IMF approves disbursement of $143 million loan for Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response
The government of Sierra Leone has today received approval from the IMF, for almost half the government’s $300 million it had requested from the international community a few weeks ago, in support of its COVID-19 response
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I favour inclusive governance rather than a shared PPP/C and PNCR Cabinet
I am aware that as I write, the biggest hurdle still stands before us – getting to and getting past the eventual Declaration that the PPP/C won our March 02, 2020 elections; that for the next five years the PPP/C will be sitting in the seat of our Government, still-young Irfaan Ali our President
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Uganda: Over 137,000 Television Sets Needed for Museveni Distance Learning
Government will have to purchase over 137,000 television sets if they are to facilitate distance learning as proposed by President
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Tanzania summons US official over coronavirus warning
Tanzania said on Tuesday it had summoned the top official at the US embassy to object to an advisory that warned of "exponential growth" of Covid-19 cases in the east African
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UAB Doctor Raises Money to Create Face Shields in Zambia
Realizing that what was happening in the United States would eventually spread to Africa, he began thinking of ways to help frontline health care workers from his home in
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Somalia Says Elections Set for Early 2021 Despite Coronavirus Risk
Somalia will push ahead with plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in early 2021, removing doubt that it will delay the vote because of the spread of
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Nigerian Govt Sets Strict Conditions for Churches, Mosques to Reopen
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said under the new guidelines it recently released to ease the lockdown, worship centres will only be permitted to operate for a maximum of one hour each time they
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South Africa: 'Irrational! Irrational!' Constitutional Crisis As Judge Rules Lockdown Regulations Invalid
The inference Judge Norman Davis draws after the declaration of a national state of disaster was that little or no regard was given to the extent of the impact of individual regulations on the Constitutional rights of people and whether the extent of the limitation of their rights was justifiable
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NBA Coaches Association Condemns Racial Injustice, Forms Committee
The NBA Coaches Association – of which Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle is the president – recently released a statement condemning the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, and also announced the formation of a committee on racial injustice and
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SANDF stays mum on possible assistance to Mozambique
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will only discuss behind closed doors the possibility of the deployment of its special forces to Mozambique to help quell terrorist
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Rwanda: COVID-19 Will Leave Us With Lessons - Kagame
President Paul Kagame has called on Rwandans, especially those in positions of leadership, to use the challenges and methods used in dealing with Covid-19 as an opportunity to learn lessons that will help in
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No contract for CMU $701m building, says project manager
PROJECT MANAGER at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Elaine Hayden, told a parliamentary oversight committee on Tuesday that her reputation would “take a beating” after admitting that she had no evidence to substantiate that there was a contract between the institution and Business Supply
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Rwanda: World No Tobacco Day - Rwanda Focuses On Youth Protection
The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and its negative health
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Universities, high schools reopen in Tanzania
Universities and high schools reopened in Tanzania Monday, despite very little information on the exact figures of the spread of the coronavirus in the
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Rwanda: Trade Unions Urge Govt to Invest More in Job Creation
Both Biraboneye and Bicamumpaka agree on the fact that the government in partnership with the private sector will need to invest heavily in creating more jobs and reviving halted businesses after the Covid-19
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Samuda explains sudden CXC exam date shift
EDUCATION MINISTER Karl Samuda has explained the decision by his ministry to accede to the request by the Caribbean Examinations Council to bring forward the date for external exams even as the Opposition continues to level
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Mozambique: Government Expands Cotton and Cashew Institutes
This was a "strategic orientation" so that, in the next two years, Mozambique can "produce vegetable oil in a structured manner through the national production of these
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Sierra Leone: Opposition Member Dr Sylvia Blyden Detained Again
Dr Sylvia Blyden, a leading member of the main opposition  All People's Congress (APC) is back in jail in Freetown after her bail was
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B. Faso: dozens killed in attack over weekend
10 people died in Northern Burkina Faso Sunday after an attack on a humanitarian convoy by armed terrorist groups, the government
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CMU VP says he took instructions for payments from Pinnock
PROFESSOR Fritz Pinnock's stewardship of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) yesterday again came under sharp scrutiny at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) at Gordon House, as officers of the institution say they were following direct instructions from the president's office for
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Rwanda Clarifies Recall of Two Belgian Diplomats
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Tuesday, June 2, confirmed that two Belgian diplomats were recalled by their
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