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[The Herald] Zesa Holdings board will be conducting a thorough investigation into its executive chairman, Dr Sydney Gata, after allegations surfaced that he may have allocated for his personal use five company vehicles, scuttled the disciplinary hearing of a top executive, spent $10 million on
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A 2019 study by Ipsos on behalf of the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KARA) revealed the challenges of doing business in the counties.
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Trader Joe’s to eliminate packaging criticized as racist – Florida Courier
BY HOWARD BLUME LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS Trader Joe’s has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous. The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming’s for foods and condiments
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Probe launched as Portmore woman found dead, burnt
The St Catherine South police have launched an investigation into the death of a Portmore woman. The deceased has been identified as Karen Nugent, a 36-year-old employee of Sagicor Insurance Company. Nugent, who resided on Charles Drive in...
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Africa: Aids Conference - Covid-19, Big Breakthroughs and Missed Targets
[The Conversation Africa] This year saw the first ever AIDS conference to be held entirely online. The 23rd International AIDS Conference, the largest convergence of HIV researchers, implementers, advocates and policy people, should have taken place in Oakland/San Francisco in July 2020. But amid
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Malaria deaths surge in Africa amid fight against Covid-19 | News24
The World Health Organisation has warned that malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could more than double this year because of disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Black U.K. rapper, Wiley, is facing backlash for anti-Semitic comments made about Jewish people in Israel. On Friday, Wiley sent... View Article The post Rapper accused of anti-Semitism, faces possible police charges appeared first on TheGrio.
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Tanzania: Mkapa Died of Cardiac Arrest - Family
[Daily News] THE former President Benjamin William Mkapa died of cardiac arrest, his family revealed yesterday. A family spokesperson, Mr William Erio told thousands of mourners at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam yesterday that Mzee Mkapa, who led the country from 1995 to 2005 died peacefully at
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Kenya: Elachi Says Sonko Behind Latest Push to Impeach Her As Speaker
[Nation] Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has accused Governor Mike Sonko of being behind the latest push by MCAs to remove her from office.
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Kenya: Journalist Detained 2 Days in Probe Into False Post About Matiang'i
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Black leadership’s shameful silence on violence – Florida Courier
The blaring July 13 headline in the New York Post said it all, “ENOUGH.” It was referring to the murder of one-year-old Davell Gardner when shooters opened fire on a group of people attending a barbecue in Brooklyn, New York. Referencing the “Black Lives Matter” movement, the boy’s grandmother told
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