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DÉCRYPTAGE – Découvrez les notes attribuées aux acteurs du 101e Classique entre l'OM et le PSG (0-0), dimanche, au Vélodrome de Marseille. L'OM et le PSG se sont quittés sur un score de parité dimanche (0-0), au terme d'un Classique intense et disputé. Il n'aura manqué qu'un but pour faire basculer la rencontre dans une
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
With agro-processing, over the past two decades, having gradually worked its way towards becoming one of the fastest-growing generators of employment in Guyana, the recent announcement that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is partnering with a US/Guyana initiative to advance the technology base of the agro-processing industry here ought to attract significant interest among local agro-processors.
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[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, Joao Lourenço, Tuesday called for union to build the prosperous country that the Angolans want and pointed to domestic production as a way to overcome the difficulties that Angola is facing.
WSFA Staff TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WSFA) - One of the world’s richest women has donated $20 million to Tuskegee University, making it the largest single gift in the university’s nearly 140-year history. Tuskegee University President Dr. Lily D. McNair accepted the gift Tuesday from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Scott, who was previously married to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, […]
Marquetta Goodwine, also known as Queen Quet, shown here in one of St. Helena Island’s rice fields, has been chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation since 2000. (Courtesy of the Gullah Geechee Sea Island Coalition) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. —Among the more than 100 Sea Islands that stretch from Georgetown County, S.C., to Amelia Island, … Continued
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[UN News] On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades by environmental activists and rights' defenders, had finally borne fruit.
[Nation] Local leaders and bee farmers in Baringo County have opposed the proposed Livestock Bill 2021 that seeks to outlaw keeping bees for commercial purposes.
By Dr. E. Faye Williams Some of my “vintage” or “experienced” readers may remember or actually saw the movie “Birth of a Nation.” Not the 2016 Nate Parker version — I’m referring to the 1915 silent film, originally called “The Clansman,” by D. W. Griffith. In short, it glorified the KKK and denigrated civil and […]
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Press Release - With less than four weeks to go to parliamentary elections in Algeria, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the systematic and violent methods now being used by the authorities to prevent journalists from covering the regular \"Hirak\" anti-government protests, held above all on Fridays.
Près d’un Québécois sur deux (47 %) croit que le haut niveau d’endettement des gouvernements, grandissant avec la pandémie, aura des impacts négatifs sur sa situation financière à la retraite, selon ce que révèle un sondage SOM, publié vendredi et réalisé pour le compte d’ÉducÉpargne. «Essentiellement, chaque Québécois et Québécoise portera une dette de 35
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The High Court in Pretoria has ruled as \"unconstitutional and invalid\" alert levels four and five lockdown regulations imposed by the South African government in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
\"The regulations promulgated by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in terms of Section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 be declared unconstitutional and invalid,\" read the ruling.
\"Declaration of invalidity is suspended until such time as the minister, after consultation with the cabinet, reviews, amends and republishes the regulations mentioned above with due consideration to the limitation each regulation has on the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights as contained in the constitution.\"
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has 14 days to review, amend and republish the changes to the regulations while current lockdown measures remain in operation.
Justice Davies spoke for the rights of \"traders, fisheries, shore-foragers, construction workers, street vendors, waste pickers, hairdressers and the like who have lost their livelihood and the right to 'eke out a livelihood...'\"
The South African government has been dragged to court including by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association, British American Tobacco South Africa and opposition party the Democratic Alliance.
THE PARLIAMENTARIANS WERE CHOSEN AFTER A VERY COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.
THE pandemic has brought horror stories for many, but for Mark Smith, it brought love and money from a place that he never explored.
Since the start of the pandemic, job losses have been constant as businesses adjusted their operations, some shutting their doors.
For Smith, his job loss was a wake-up call he needed to pursue an innate passion.
Sunday Newsday spoke with the 35-year-old father of two who turned a negative situation into a positive picture for him and his family.
“I worked at Hyatt; I was a server there for 13 years. In my department, our salary was based on service charge and tips so with the pandemic, the basic salary was next to nothing and then they retrenched us. When I got my settlement I took that money and invested in hydroponics and agriculture and grew kale.”
Kale, a member of the mustard family, is good for treating blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and is rich in antioxidants, calcium, vitamins C and K and rich in iron. Smith said his investment was a way to earn a living.
The Chaguanas man said he Googled hydroponics and growing kale while still employed. Last July he invested $4,000 and had one tower which produced about 48 kale plants. Then in February he was retrenched and with his $46,000 settlement he dove head first into agriculture.
Smith said he once had a passion for fashion design but after doing his research and getting into agriculture, that passion shifted. He said the pandemic made him refocus and that was a blessing in disguise.
“The pandemic opened up a passion that I didn’t know I had. I wasn’t into agriculture. My passion was fashion design. I like to design different suits and stuff, but with the pandemic, it is not making any money right now. So it just opened up my eyes so that if this is to happen, how many years again God forbid, I am in an industry where it will always be making money no matter what goes on because you have to eat. Since the pandemic, I haven’t bought a piece of clothes. I haven’t bought a suit but everyday you’re buying food so that’s the industry. I actually developed a love for it after.”
Smith was fortunate enough to own an acre of land and used it to plant sweet potatoes. He wants to expand his business and his wife, who still works at the hotel, is weighing the option of leaving a steady paycheck for the world of entrepreneurship. He joked that his wife is now referring to him as a \"farmer.\" He is not considering rearing livestock at the moment but the thought of raising chickens has crossed his mind.
“I invested in the hydroponic system. One tower holding 48 kale plants so that’s what I invested in. I invested in a tank, a pump and different stuff. I also have a system for lettuce. I had four towers at the beginning, and it was just kale. Right now I have sixteen towers of kale and just three for lettuce, I try to get 120 lettuce heads.”
[caption id=\"attachment_892540\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"768\"] Mark Smigh is dwarfed by his bountiful kale harvest at this Chaguanas farm. - Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]
“When I sat down
THE COMMUNITY of Dam Head sits between Crooked River and Frankfield, with residents there yearning for attention to be paid to a long-standing problem that has been plaguing them over the years. While Calvin ‘Chipper’ Campbell has resigned himself...
Publié le : 22/09/2021 - 15:17 Si certains grands groupes sont pour le moment silencieux, d’autres entreprises prennent position. Dans un texte commun, plus de cinquante sociétés américaines expriment, publiquement, leur opposition à cette nouvelle loi du Texas sur l’avortement. Parmi les signataires de ce texte, on retrouve notamment les vêtements Patagonia, le transporteur Lyft,
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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On December 21, 2017, George Weah, a presidential hopeful of the opposition going for runoff election at the time, was seen with the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, breaking ground for the 81-kilometer from Gbarnga to Salayea. The ceremony, which occurred few days to the run-off election, to many was a confirmation that Madam Sirleaf had picked Mr. Weah as the man to continue her legacy.
Le célèbre chanteur américain, Robert Sylvester Kelly, risque une peine de réclusion à vie après avoir été reconnu coupable, ce lundi, par un tribunal fédéral de New York, de crime sexuel.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James - Floodwater that pooled on the grounds of Hotel Riu Reggae on Monday afternoon has provoked feelings of d�j� vu among stakeholders of the St James property, who experienced their third flooding at the location since 2018.
The N-word is at the center of a budding scandal after the head football coach at Texas Christian University - a white man - used the racist epithet (hard R and all) while confronting a Black player during a recent practice session.
Publié le : 14/06/2021 - 22:09 Le feuilleton du dernier match qualificatif pour la Coupe d'Afrique des nations entre la Sierra Leone et le Bénin a connu, lundi, un rebondissement de dernière minute de plus, avec une nouvelle contestation de tests Covid-19 jetant le doute sur la tenue du match. La rencontre est reportée à
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Sophia Frazer Binns, the Opposition Spokesperson on Land, is calling for the Government to rethink plans to use existing sugar lands in Trelawny for housing.\tFrazer Binns is arguing that food security must be central to any decision made about the...
A Bill to have Ugandan savers access 20 per cent of their contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to see them through the economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, has ignited heated parliamentary and public debate, and ended in court after opposition from the fund.
Mr Byarugaba's letter stirred up an uproar with proponents of the midterm access, saying that in citing dire negative economic consequences, NSSF was technically avoiding its natural responsibility, the purpose and cause on which it was formed and forgetting the justification of its existence which is to provide a social security safety net for its members whenever their social security is under threat.
Mr Rwakakamba and his organisation now want a court order directing NSSF \"to pay out at least 20 per cent to each of its members whose lives have been affected by the current Covid-19 pandemic; and declare various provisions of Section 19 of the NSSF Act unconstitutional especially those that impose restrictions on mid-term access by contributors contrary to the obligations as regards to the rights guaranteed under the international human rights instruments ratified by Uganda.\"
They contend that allowing members to access 20 per cent of their contributions will justify the purpose and relevance of the fund since it is a social security fund whose sole purpose is to help its members in such times when many have lost income, employment and source of livelihood due to the pandemic.
Parliament, the public and activists have in recent weeks piled pressure on NSSF to give its members midterm access to 20 per cent of their current savings to cushion them from the effects of the corona virus lockdown and pandemic
The Congo, in west-central Africa, is bordered by the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one-quarter the size of the U.S. The principal rivers are the Ubangi and Bomu in the north and the Congo in the west, which flows into the Atlantic. The entire length of Lake Tanganyika lies along the eastern border with Tanzania and Burundi.
Transitional government.
Formerly the Belgian Congo, this territory was inhabited by ancient Negrito peoples (Pygmies), who were pushed into the mountains by Bantu and Nilotic invaders. The American correspondent Henry M. Stanley navigated the Congo River in 1877 and opened the interior to exploration. Commissioned by King Leopold II of the Belgians, Stanley made treaties with native chiefs that enabled the king to obtain personal title to the territory at the Berlin Conference of 1885.
Leopold accumulated a vast personal fortune from ivory and rubber through Congolese slave labor; 10 million people are estimated to have died from forced labor, starvation, and outright extermination during Leopolds colonial rule. His brutal exploitation of the Congo eventually became an international cause célèbre, prompting Belgium to take over administration of the Congo, which remained a colony until agitation for independence forced Brussels to grant freedom on June 30, 1960. In elections that month, two prominent nationalists won: Patrice Lumumba of the leftist Mouvement National Congolais became prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu of the ABAKO Party became head of state.
But within weeks of independence, the Katanga Province, led by Moise Tshombe, seceded from the new republic, and another mining province, South Kasai, followed. Belgium sent paratroopers to quell the civil war, and the United Nations flew in a peacekeeping force.
Kasavubu staged an army coup in 1960 and handed Lumumba over to the Katangan forces. A UN investigating commission found that Lumumba had been killed by a Belgian
