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Six executive members resign in protest from The New Movement - Stabroek News
Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain. The article Six executive members resign in protest from The New Movement appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Rwanda: Rayon in Race to Re-Sign Sarpong
Michael Sarpong could return to Rayon Sports if negotiations go well with the club management as foreign teams also race to secure the Ghanaian
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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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Kenya Unveils First Video Conferencing System, Gumzo
Nairobi — Kenya's Gaming tech start-up, Usiku Games, has launched the first made-in-Africa video conferencing system that will enable users enjoy better quality calls with unlimited attendees, at more affordable
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Kenya: COVID-19 Battle Now Turns to Small-Scale Vendors
Vegetable and fruit vendors will be tested for Covid-19 as the Health ministry strives to arrest spiralling infections, which crossed the 1,000-mark
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Rwanda: We Are Winning the Battle Against COVID-19 - Expert
Rwandans should be happy that we managed to fight COVID-19 for the last months, recorded no death and now recording lower cases of
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Sierra Leone: Freetown Just Implemented a New Tax System That Could Quintuple Revenue
In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills as part of a revamped and more progressive
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Woman Charged With Assault After Confrontation With 11-Year-Old Black Girl
According to The Augusta Chronicle, Skhylur Davis was retrieving her grandmother’s mail on May 11, when Elizabeth Shirey confronted her for stealing mail from her
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Ghana: COVID-19 Businesses Support Fund Should Spur MSMEs On to Thrive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched a GH¢1 billion COVID-19 Alleviation Business Support Programme to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the coronavirus
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Kenya: DP Ruto's Ukambani Allies Push for New Party
[Nation] A group of politicians from Ukambani allied to Deputy President William Ruto are pushing for registration of a new party.
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Somalia: Parliament to Have 30 Percent Women After House Approval
[Dalsan Radio] The lower house has approved a bill providing for a 30% quota for women in the Somali parliament. Although the parliament has yet to ratify the bill, it is one more step towards the feminization of politics in Somalia.
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Rwanda: Civil Marriages Resume in Rwanda as Country Eases Lockdown
Rwanda has announced a resumption of civil marriages as the country moves slowly towards a full
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Kenya: Aga Khan Hospital to Offer Free COVID-19 Tests for Inpatients
Nairobi — The Aga Khan University Hospital has started conducting free COVID-19 tests for all in-patients, surgical and day surgery patients, in a precautionary measure aimed at combating the spread of the
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Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta's Aides Plot Life After 2022 Polls
[Nation] They have been by President Uhuru Kenyatta's side since 2013, some even as way back as 2002 when Daniel arap Moi named him Kanu presidential torch bearer to the chagrin of other State House wannabes.
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Ethiopia's Troubled History Provides Clues to Why an All-Out Civil War Is Possible
[The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia's government, under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, is carrying out a military offensive in Tigray, Ethiopia's most northern state. A six month state of emergency has been declared in the region. Dozens of casualties have been reported amid fears that nine million
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Ghana: G.O Sports Academy Absorbs Akro Heroes Football Club
Akro Heroes FC, a juvenile and division two football franchise from Somanya in the Eastern region has merged with G.O Sports Academy under an agreement signed between the two
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Pandemic Power: Black women mayors shine during COVID-19 Crisis
“As the mayor of Georgia’s largest city, I expressed opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent order allowing certain businesses—dine-in restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys—to reopen before health experts say doing so is
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NBM youth entrepreneurs' new product in the offing
'The rural youth needs to step forward and out of their comfort zone.' Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has said it will be coming up with a new product that will be specifically targeting young entrepreneurs so that the youths in the country are economically empowered. Speaking in Blantyre
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Uganda: Women Fear Food Shortages Will Make Coronavirus and HIV a Deadly Mix
HIV-positive women in Uganda fear for their health as food shortages leave them unable to take medication
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On May 19, COVID-19 stats: More than 1,523,780 Americans have been infected; and more than 91,000 Americans have died, out of a population of 330
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Ethiopia: City Struggles to Stay Vigilant As COVID-19 Cases Rise
Weeks after the law came into effect, the Addis Abeba Police Commission in an abrupt move last Wednesday started apprehending people in order to ensure strict observance of the regulation among
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US slams Tanzania for opposition members arrest | Africanews
The U.S. criticized Tanzania’s arrest of eight opposition leaders during their party meeting on Wednesday, saying the action stifles democratic
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Tanzania: How Long Can Its COVID-19 Strategy Hold?
Before the coronavirus reached Tanzania, things were arguably going according to plan for President John
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"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008
Barack Obamas campaign for the Presidency in 2008 has been described by many political analysts as brilliant and virtually flawless.  Despite his inexperience in national politics and limited experience in state politics (Obama was first elected to political office in 1994), he assembled
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Chad: As Chad's Problems Mount, What Role for Civil Society?
Despite Chad's economic woes and its citizens' frustration with elite impunity, its civil society organisations have struggled to mobilise into a coherent protest
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Kenya: Lusaka Calls for Luhya Unity to Boost Community's State House Bid
[Nation] Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka has urged Luhya leaders to unite so as to stand a chance of forming the next government.
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Somalia: ICJ Postpones a Hearing Into Maritime Dispute By 10 Months
The International Court of Justice has postponed a hearing into Somalia and Kenya's long-running maritime dispute by another 10 months following
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Rwanda's Fablab Shifts Focus to Production of Face Shields
A team of young tech innovators comprised of engineers, product developers, and designers in separate rooms is working to make sure that they hit the target of producing urgently needed face
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#JaVotes2020 | PNP rejects claims of confrontational campaigning
The People’s National Party (PNP) is rejecting as baseless the assertion by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the party is pushing a strategy of confrontation in the ongoing election campaign.  Holness issued the critique following his...
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