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Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Randall Woodfin (D) announced Tuesday he will pardon 15,000 people who have minor marijuana convictions on their record.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
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Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
More than a month after the U.S. presidential election, YouTube says it will start removing newly uploaded material that claims... View Article
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[Egypt Online] Egyptian banks' assets, reserves abroad jump 90% in 7 months
Black America has historically been skeptical of the medical profession. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to... View Article
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions. The picks on Tuesday highlighted Biden’s delicate balancing act as […]
In 2013, the New Yorker officially launched his menswear collection, Pyer Moss and three years later, the media was singing his praises for his Spring 2016 presentation at New York Fashion Week.
TENS OF thousands of adults will be able to benefit from almost 400 free courses...
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Carolyn Wright named Interim Director of Solid Waste Management Division and Kenneth Allen named Interim…
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Guest Column - A day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali announced that federal government forces had taken full control of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray Regional State, following three weeks of fierce fighting against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), he made an extraordinary speech to Parliament on the build-up to the war.
Dr. Anthony Fauci sat with Dr. Wayne Frederick, president of Howard University, and Ambrose Lane Jr. on behalf of the... View Article
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France’s Muslims Could Learn “An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West – rather than influenced by leaders from abroad – is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.” BY TALIB SHAREEF, YAYA J. FANUSIE, MUHAMMAD FRASER-RAHIM (THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN “FOREIGN POLICY,” PUBLISHED BY ANDREW SOLLINGER, NOV. 9, 2020, REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION.) The despicablebeheadingof […]
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, DAVID CRARY and JESSIE WARDARSKI Associated Press NOEL, Mo. (AP) — Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the world. Still, every Tuesday the pastors meet midway between their houses of worship, seeking each other's counsel, sharing their joys — and, more often, their burdens. Because in these pandemic-wracked days, they are sometimes overwhelmed by the crucible of ministering. 'Whether it be the death of a member, whether it be somebody upset, whether it […]
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[Nairobi News] ODM party leader Raila Odinga has been receiving backlash from a section of Kenyans following his remark to doctors who have threatened to down their tools over what they termed as poor working conditions.
[Nairobi News] Condolences messages by Deputy President William Ruto and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua to the family of late Dr Stephen Mogusu, who died from Covid-19, was not well received by a section of Kenyans.
Planning a car journey over Christmas? Well, if a road trip is on your radar, it's worth knowing what the busiest travel dates will be for December 2020.
THE Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has announced yesterday's S&P Global Ratings which affirmed the Government's Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at B+.S&P viewed the Jamaican economy as relatively well-diversified, and expects a strong rebound in growth in 2021, driven largely by the reopening of the tourism sector.
In the ruling, penned by Acting Judge Glenn Goosen, the court says it was 'an unconscionable dereliction of duty'.
Ghana's incumbent president Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has been declared winner of the country's presidential election.
In an announcement on Wednesday, the country's election commission said Akufo Ado had polled 51.59 per cent as against main opposition candidate John Mahama's 47.36 per cent of votes.
\"At the end of the polls, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, obtained 6,730,413 votes, being 51.595% of the total valid votes cast.\" Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the electoral commission announced before an audience made up of observersm political party officials and journalists.
Last week both leading candidates had signed a solemn undertaking to resolve any electoral disputes through legal channels and called on their supporters to refrain from violence.
Earlier on Wednesday the police said five people had been killed from electoral violence since Monday. The Ghanaian Police Service said it recorded over 60 incidents.
\"Twenty-one of the incidents are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five,\" it said.
On Tuesday, opposition leader John Mahama warned President Nana Akufo-Addo against any attempt to steal this week's election, as both sides claimed they were winning ahead of official results of the vote.
The elections have largely been deemed free and fair by observers but the strong statement by John Mahama raised tensions after Monday's presidential and parliamentary polls in a country known for stability.
[Nation] Dr Stephen Mogusu continued to serve patients under the most horrible conditions - working long hours and without a salary for several months - dreaming, like thousands of fellow frontline workers across the country, of a better day.
New York Attorney General Letitia James told 'The View' on Tuesday that President Donald Trump won't be able to 'avoid justice' after he leaves office, […]
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Kebili local hospital saw one more death from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing fatality numbers in the region to 88 since the outbreak of the virus.
Lee is backing Parker's latest film \"American Skin\" in what seems like an effort to help Parker surge forward in spite of former rape accusations.
Zozibini Tunzi recently wowed SA with her singing voice after posting a cover of 'Runnin' (Lose It All)’ by Naughty Boy, featuring Beyoncé.
A white biker charged in the killing of a 27-year-old Black woman in Oklahoma told authorities \"I'm glad I killed that f--king b---h,\" after confessing to
If confirmed by the Senate, General Lloyd J. Austin will be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James - Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President Clifton Reader is inviting Jamaicans in the Diaspora to book hotel stays on the resilient corridors of their native land for Christmas vacation.
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