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Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 887
The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen to 887 after 57 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the highest tally since the first case was reported in the country in
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Lesotho: Embassies Call for Speedy Installation of New Govt
Foreign missions in Maseru yesterday urged the country's political parties to expedite the installation of a new government to enable it to get down to the task of addressing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and other pressing developmental
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Akwa Ibom Rejects 10 Vehicles From Exxonmobil
The Akwa Ibom State Government said it has rejected 10 vehicles donated to it by
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Quincy Jones' $9.4 Million Verdict Against Michael Jackson Estate Overturned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jones-produced Jackson hits in the concert film “This Is It” and two Cirque du Soleil
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Nigeria: Govt - Universities Enrolled Dead ASUU Members Into IPPIS
The federal government yesterday accused universities of deliberately accommodating dead members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the payroll forwarded to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation
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Tunisia: Interior Minister Visits Tunis National Security District
Tunis/Tunisia — Interior Minister Hichem Méchichi visited, Monday evening, the national security district of Tunis where he shared the Iftar meal with officers and senior security
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Fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested
Felicien Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, was living under a false identity in the Paris suburbs, the public prosecutor's office and police said in a joint
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Lagos doctors strike over 'harassment' during virus curfew
Doctors in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos have gone on strike to protest alleged police harassment of health workers during a dusk-to-dawn curfew aimed at curbing the spread of
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Former ‘X Factor’ Contestant Simone Battle Passes Apparently by Suicide
X Factor alumni Simone Battle was found deceased in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home this past Friday
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World's largest satellite operator files for bankruptcy protection
Intelsat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and said it had obtained US$1-billion in new financing that will allow it to keep the satellite service in business while it awaits billions of dollars in proceeds from a government spectrum
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Somalia: Madug Governor, 3 Bodyguards Killed in Alshabab Attack
The governor of the Mudug region of Puntland Ahmed Muse Nur was killed along with his three guards by a suicide car bombing blast which occurred on Sunday in the city of
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Zimbabwe: Activists' Abductions - EU, UK, US Light Fires Under Mnangagwa, Demand Unbiased Probe
The international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and brutal attacks on three MDC Alliance youth
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Palestinian state proposed
In early Jan. 2013, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal to Cairo. First, Morsi met with each one individually. The objective was to work toward a reconciliation of the two factions, Fatah and Hamas, but according to
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Luxury Protection: Louis Vuitton Has Donated 2,500 Masks To NYC MTA Employees
Back in March the French fashion house announced that they would be donating 40 million surgical masks throughout several cities throughout the world who were severely impacted by
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Malawi: MCP-Utm Alliance Distances Itself From Its Purported Diaspora Wing
Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the UTM Party and other partners in Tonse Alliance for the fresh presidential election, has distanced itself from a newly-formed diaspora entity in the United Kingdom that is conducting its political business under the name Tonse Alliance Diaspora
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Rwanda
In Sept. 2015, a seven-member constitution commission was appointed to review possible changes that would allow Paul Kagame a third term as president. The move followed a vote by both houses of parliament that supported a constitutional change and a petition signed by 3.7 million, 60% of voters, in
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Singing from the same hymn book – To what end?
From Joe Harmon’s extensive statement early in the week, to interviews by Lennox Craig and David Patterson at midweek, then by Amna Ally, Cathy Hughes and Aubrey Norton, all singing from the same hymn book – the elections were rigged by the
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Covid-19: Kenya's cases rise to 887
Kenya records 57 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 887, the Ministry of Health has
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Disney to release 'Hamilton' performance in July on its streaming service
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U.S. House Passes New Stimulus Bill for $3 Trillion Called the HEROES Act
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a second multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bill, which seeks to provide a new round of economic assistance to Americans displaced by the
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters Endorses Royce West for U.S. Senate (press release)
LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) has released the following statement in support of Texas State Senator Royce West for the United States
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Police Deny Racism in Handling of 3,000-Person Block Party In Florida
Accusations of racism and police brutality at a Central Florida block party attended by 3,000 people has led a police department to deny that several arrests made were due to the race of the partygoers, according to
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Jazz sensation George Duke dies at 67
Jazz icon George Duke passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at
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Google says it won't build AI tools for oil and gas drillers
Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and
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Covid-19: Riek Machar tests positive
South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have tested positive for
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NFL Receiver Cody Latimer Arrested On Assault & Gun Charges
As spotted on TMZ, Cody Latimer was arrested last weekend after he was accused of putting hands and feet on
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Helios Towers to acquire 65 high sites in South Africa
Independent tower operator Helios Towers said on Friday that one of its South African subsidiaries, HTSA Towers — a joint venture with Vulatel — has agreed to buy 65 wireless telecommunications sites from Eagle Towers
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Mauritius: Government to Strike Balance Between Citizens' Health and the Economy, Says Dpm Collendavelloo
This statement was made by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, M Ivan Leslie Collendavelloo this afternoon, during his intervention on the Covid-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and the Quarantine Bill, in the National Assembly, in Port
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South Sudan rebel leader and VP tests positive for COVID-19: office
South Sudan’s first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said
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