Ex-JLP councillor to know fate Friday after pleading guilty to gun charge

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Ex-JLP councillor to know fate Friday after pleading guilty to gun charge

Former local government representative in the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Barrington Bailey, is to be sentenced on Friday for breaches of the Firearms Act. Bailey, the Jamaica Labour Party councillor in the Ensom City division from 2012 to...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Somalia: Car Bomb Heard At a Popular Hotel in Mogadishu

[Shabelle] A huge car bomb explosion was heard on Sunday afternoon at Elite hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, witnesses and police said.

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Heroes Day Message | Hats off to those who inspire true heroism

Celebrating the people who make Jamaica the great, iconic, and internationally known powerhouse, is the essence of our National Heroes Day celebrations. Indeed, our national heroes, our academics, athletes, artistes and musicians, political...

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Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone publishes report on killing of youths in Makeni

HRCSL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2020: The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) is the national institution mandated by Act No. 9 of 2004, to protect and promote human rights in Sierra Leone. Section 7 (2) (a) of its Act gives it the mandate to ‘investigate or inquire into on its

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West Africa: Intercommunal Violence, Terrorist Attacks Inflame Tensions in West Africa

[UN News] Intercommunal violence and persistent attacks by extremists, continue to undermine peace and security across West Africa, the UN's top official in the region warned the Security Council on Thursday, calling for sustained engagement with all partners to urgently advance a holistic approach

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Mother relives painful event after losing two sons

AFTER THE alleged brutal slaying of her two sons 10 years ago during the so-called Tivoli incursion, Marjorie Williams is struggling to erase from her thoughts nightmarish flashbacks that remind her of the horrific

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More pressure on COVID-hit J'cans with back-to-school, says councillor

MONTEGO BAY, St James Jamaica Labour Party councillor for the Montego Bay South Division Richard Vernon is expressing fear that Jamaicans already reeling from the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 will be further pressured by back-to-school expenses.

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Uganda: COVID-19 - Long Queues At Borders As Government Rolls Out Testing

Mr Peter Mugisha, the Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, said although testing truck drivers at Kyanika and Bunagana border posts with Rwanda and DR Congo respectively, is going on smoothly, the results are

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At least 580 civilians killed this year in central Mali - UN | News24

Unrest in central Mali, plagued by jihadist attacks and inter-community violence, has killed 580 civilians so far this year, the United Nations said Friday.

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KSAMC PNP minority wants foul-mouthed councillor punished

The People's National Party Minority Leader in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation Andrew Swaby has written to Mayor Delroy Williams threatening to move a resolution to investigate a councillor who, he says, has brought the local authority in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on people living with diabetes

Many of the people living with diabetes unfortunately also fall into this bracket, and the lockdown has had disastrous effects on their ability to move around and access healthcare and

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Nigerian Security Forces Opened Fire on Unarmed SARS Protesters | Africanews

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Somalia: Turkey Strongly Condemns Hotel Attack

[Shabelle] Turkey's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a "heinous" terrorist attack by al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's capital Sunday that left at least 16 people dead and more than 18 others wounded.

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Cameroon: Ahead of Peace Talks, a Who's Who of Cameroon's Separatist Movements

[The New Humanitarian] Washington D.C. -- After three years of conflict, tentative ceasefire talks are underway between the Cameroon government and secessionist fighters demanding independence for the country's two anglophone regions.

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Move afoot to have some ex-convicts’ criminal records expunged

Ex-convicts who have lived a crime-free life for more than 15 years and have demonstrated that they have turned over a new chapter in their lives could have the record of offences they committed expunged, if efforts to amend the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act are

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C.A.R enforces strict measures against Covid-19

The Authorities in Central African Republic have enforced the wearing of a mask and reducing crowds, two measures to limit the spread of

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Amid pain, Coke loyalty lingers

The ear-splitting sounds of mortars and the haunting memories of blood-soaked bodies are fresh in the mind of long-time Tivoli Gardens resident Jacqueline

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J'cans encouraged to keep in touch with the elderly

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie is encouraging Jamaicans to check on the elderly members of the society and to maintain daily contact with them, to ensure that they are feeling well and are in good health.

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Grammy-winning producer Detail accused of sexual assault : TheGrio

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AMHVoices: Mnangagwa’s govt has failed dismally

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Senegal builds military camp near Mali boundary to deal with 'cross-border threats' | News24

Senegal has begun building a military camp near its border with violence-torn Mali to address 'cross-border threats (and) trafficking', the defence ministry has said.

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Mozambique: Peace Is Under Threat Again, Warns Nyusi

[AIM] Maputo -Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared in Maputo on Thursday that peace is once again threatened, this time by acts of armed violence perpetrated by terrorists and the enemies of progress.

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Thousands of people in DR Congo capital defy protest ban | Africanews

Thousands of protesters gather in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, four days after five people were killed in banned demonstrations over the choice of a new election

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Zimbabwe fuel and food security issues sparking economic crisis

The scarcity of fuel and essential food goods is propelling Zimbabwe into its worst economic crisis in over a decade.

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Greater Portmore High teen wins contest for boys

SEVENTEEN-year-old Rajae Hinds of Greater Portmore High School took the top prize in the inaugural Boys Can Mentoring Programme last week with an original song titled Coping with COVID-19 .

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Nigeria: Calm returns to Lagos after days of unrest | Africanews

Sporadic gunshots were heard in Lagos on Friday as security forces patrolled Nigeria's biggest city after days of unrest following the shooting of protesters that sparked condemnation at home and

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Africa: Joint Forces Arrest 122 Infiltrators Heading to Libya to Work As Mercenaries

[SNA] Genina -The Sudanese security forces arrested, Sunday, tens of inviduals who were on their way to Libya to work as mercenaries.

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PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states

Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew

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Jamaica: Wanted men among six killed in Police operation - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two of Clarendon’s most wanted men 25-year-old Leon

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Zimbabwe’s ruling party appears to back expulsion of Old Mutual | Fin24

Zanu-PF says it will expel Old Mutual from its financial system, sowing confusion over the status of the insurance giant in the country.

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