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A government multi-agency team led by minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security Matthew Samuda, and supported by the relevant State agencies — the Port Authority of Jamaica, Jamaica Defence Force, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica Customs
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Ghana: Flood Disaster in the Midst of COVID 19 Response.
Each year, Governments and national institutions and relief agencies are called in to respond to the disasters as a result of the heavy rains.While inspecting the extent of the disaster andproviding relief items to the victims of the flood disasters, we often hear promises of how the following year
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Silver lining for businesses in dark cloud of pandemic
John Gitonga, a second-hand clothes retailer at Nairobi’s Gikomba open-air market, says the virus has bitten off a chunk of his
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If We Don’t Solve Racial Injustice, We’ll Never Solve The Climate Crisis
During Hurricane Katrina, Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, was watching the news, seeing Black people on roofs waving anything they could find to beg the helicopters above to save their
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Congo-Kinshasa: Exclusive - Congo Aid Scam Triggers Sector-Wide Alarm
TNH has interviewed 13 current and former Mercy Corps staff members - including alleged ringleaders - several other senior UN and aid officials, six complicit business owners, journalists, civil society leaders, and displaced people in reporting trips to Minova and
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D'SOUZA: Are fund managers in the country walking on thin ice?
According to the data released, 52.8 percent of total Sh76.1 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) by licensed fund managers in Kenya is invested in Kenya Government
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NPHC Council of Presidents Elects New Chairman and Vice Chairwoman
It was announced today that Chris Rey, JD the International President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has been elected President of the NPHC Council of Presidents and Dr. Stacie NC Grant the International President and CEO of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has been elected its Vice
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India, Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 95
India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail of destruction in its
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Cameroon: COVID-19 - Journalists Trained On Risk Reporting
Over 20 media practitioners from both the private and public media in the Littoral region have been trained on "Risk Communication" with focus on the Covid-19
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Rwanda: Insurance Companies Rake in Rwf46 Billion in 2019
Rwanda's insurance sector retained earnings worth Rwf46.6 billion last year from premiums and other interest generating activities, thanks particularly to the increased assets of insurance
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42% of residents less likely to evacuate for major hurricane –
FORT LAUDERDALE – As forecast models predict an above-average hurricane season, the coronavirus pandemic has made four in 10 Floridians less likely to evacuate for a major storm this
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Dealing with the deadly concoction of disease and disaster
So, as the Commonwealth rallies around the governments and people of India and Bangladesh, we are once again forced to face the persisting reality of climate change and natural
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Caribbean countries renew disaster risk insurance policies
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane
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Black Officer Disciplined For Wearing Bantu Knots On Duty, Lawsuit Says - Atlanta Tribune
Photo: Getty Images A Black police officer in Maplewood, New Jersey is suing her boss and the township after she was disciplined for wearing Bantu knots, NBC News reports. Officer Chian Weekes-Rivera said she received an internal affairs complaint informing her that she violated the police
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Kenya: The Urban Planner's Pedestrian Dream
Sherlyne Omangi, 26, is an urban environmental planner working at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Africa Centre (SEI-Africa) on Sustainable Urbanisation
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Black Woman CEO to Teach Webinar on How to Cash Out in the Medical Cannabis Industry
The event, hosted by Cannabis financial planner Cimone Casson, will focus on Black and Brown communities in the growing cannabis sector, and overcoming hurdles in investing, finance, branding, licensing and
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Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot
This wouldn’t be a California election without at least a few wildy contentious ballot measures about housing and property
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Africa: COVID-19 Recovery Is a Chance to Improve the African Food System
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the African food system was
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Going flat out to keep visitors, Jamaicans safe from COVID-19
Jamaica's tourism ministry, working in tandem with industry stakeholders, has crafted a deep and comprehensive plan covering 119 pages to keep visitors and Jamaicans alike safe from
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Cyber attacks under-reported - Barbados Today
As cyber attacks surge and fraud schemes become more rampant in Barbados, officials are warning of the need for greater vigilance and oversight. Additionally, Information Risk Management Specialist Dwight Robinson has recommended that laws be introduced in Barbados to mandate companies to report
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What Happened to the Black Teen Who Died at a Group Home Facility? A Legendary Civil Rights Lawyer is on the Case. - The New York Beacon
Screenshot: Twitter The family of Alegend Jones, a teen who died following alleged abuse at a group home facility, has retained civil rights giant Benjamin Crump as legal counsel. The Bartlett, Tenn. Police Department and Department of Child Services have launched a probe into Youth
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Uganda: Floods Blamed On Uganda's Policy On Releasing L.victoria Water
The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers suggests Uganda may have breached the agreements on how much water to release from Nalubaale dam -- the main outlet of the world's largest freshwater
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Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown
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'He's a Whole Doctor': Rachel Lindsay's Estranged Husband Bryan Abasolo Demands $16K In Spousal Support, Denies She Was Shocked to Learn of Divorce Via Text
The first Black 'Bachelorette,' Rachel Lindsay, and her estranged husband, Bryan Abasolo, tied the knot in 2019 after meeting and falling in love on the
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Africa: Digital Briefing on USAID's Ongoing Development Priorities and COVID-19 Assistance Response in Africa
Today we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Kenneth Staley, U.S. Agency for International Development, Global Malaria Coordinator and leader of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force, and Mr. Christopher Runyan, USAID Senior Coordinator for the Bureau for
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