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Infants B students at schools across the island will be screened for early hearing loss and be given any needed treatment through the Rotary Club of Barbados West’s Ellen Steinbok Hearing Screening Project. The project, which is running in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Scotiabank, and the Barbados Community College, has been embraced by […]
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Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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Pope Francis has elevated 13 new cardinals to the Catholic hierarchy on Saturday and one of them is the first... View Article
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[Vanguard] The Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN), has identified literacy and skill acquisition as veritable instruments in liberating the poor and the less-privileged from poverty, urging Muslim organisations to take these as their responsibilities.
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
VICE-CHANCELLOR of Women’s University in Africa, Hope Sadza, yesterday capped the country’s first four deaf social workers who graduated with diplomas. The four social workers are Shalom Muzavazi, Tendai Dondofema, Theodora Gasva and Palmer Zengezi. BY PRIMROSE HAISA 'It was a huge mile stone for them to reach their destiny because they needed an interpreter and a note taker for them to understand since face to face lectures were suspended because of COVID-19 pandemic which forced the university to transition to digital platforms as well as working from home,” Tinotenda Chikunya, a Deaf Zimbabwe Trust officer, said at the ceremony. “It is difficult to provide quality education to the deaf in Zimbabwe because most of the schools do not provide sign language hence most of them drop out.” Sadza capped 1 464 graduands, 1 274 females and 190 men. The university has continued to experience growth in student numbers during the past years.
By The Associated Press undefined PHOENIX — University of Arizona researchers say the current surge in the coronavirus outbreak will present the state with a hospital crisis that could become a disaster unless the state takes steps such as ordering a three-week stay-home shutdown and implementing a statewide mask mandate. Members of the university's COVID Modeling Team said failing to take such steps would be like facing a major forest fire without evacuation orders. It also recommends providing economic aid to affected small businesses and families and preventing evictions and foreclosures. The team has tracked the outbreak since last spring […]
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QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand, MC – West Indies failed to make an early breakthrough against New Zealand “A”, after opener Kraigg Brathwaite hit a career-best double-hundred in their first-class tour match yesterday.
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Archbishop of Washington Wilton Gregory broke new ground by becoming the first US cardinal of African descent in a Vatican ceremony. Pope Francis also gave the title to 12 others and warned the group against corruption.
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The little-known story of the ‘”Golden 13,” the U.S. Navy’s first black commissioned officers, is chronicled in two oral histories, one compiled by historian and retired naval officer Paul Stillwell; the other by Politico journalist Dan C. Goldberg. Each reveals a similar set of facts: 16 sailors of African descent were thrust into a situation not … Continued
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President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that images showing Paris police beating up a Black music producer were shameful for France, and that government would have to find a way to restore public confidence in the force.
[Nation] Somalia's security forces may still be too weak to stand on their own, an independent auditor of the US Defence said on Wednesday, warning of a possible resurgence of militant group al-Shabaab.
Mauritania marks 60th independence anniversary on Saturday. President Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani presided over the event after announcing sharp increases in pensions and salaries in the health and education sectors on Friday night.
\"I pay here, a deserved tribute and express deep appreciation to the heroes of our valiant resistance for the valiant acts of bravery and sacrifice, at the price of their blood, to defend the homeland in the name of its freedom and dignity\", he told the gathering in the capital, Nouakchott.
Health sector workers will benefit from a 30% increase in their salaries and a generalization of their risk premium, the president announced Friday night in a televised speech.
The Mauritanian head of state stressed the efforts made by health workers during the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 169 lives for some 8,000 cases in in the country.
On education, the president said premiums of teachers have been increased to encourage them to work in remote areas of the country, describing them as a ‘’priority’’.
Pensioners will see their pensions doubled and now paid every month, instead of every three months currently, President Ghazouani added.
The ceremony saw parades by security officers, while locals were present to express their pride for the celebration.
\"It is a proud day for us because it marks the recovery of our freedom. It is a beautiful day that we are happy to celebrate every year\", a resident Fatima Ahmed said.
The Islamic Republic in Northwestern Africa gained its independence from France on November 28, 1960.
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The PPP assumed office with many promises. On the legislative front they promised a ‘fast track’ approach with a ‘heavy agenda’.
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[Daily Trust] It remains important for the country to note a seeming wave of discordance which is manifesting between the northern elders who are the major determining factor in who gets what - politically speaking in the country, and the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. In spite of the fact that the advent of the Buhari administration is a direct making of the northern establishment, the former may be progressively unhinging itself from the oversight of the latter. Already there is a disturbing tendency whereby ag
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DORI, Burkina Faso (AP) — Balkissa Barro's been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes might once again stop. Children returning to school in Burkina Faso's volatile Sahel region have to practice safety drills to prepare for potential jihadist attacks that have ravaged the West African nation, killing more than 2,000 people this year. For Barro, the simulation of dropping to the ground and hiding under desks brings up memories of when gunmen stormed her village last year and killed seven relatives, forcing her family […]
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[Nation] The proposed construction of Lanet Airstrip phase one project will commence after the government closed the bids and gave a go ahead of the commencement of the multi-billion project.
