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East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus
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Zimbabwe security forces seal major towns
Zimbabwe's security forces sealed the country's major cities without notice amid claims of plots to topple President Emmerson
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Condemn Zim human rights violations, EU Parly told
AN informal network of European non-governmental organisations, the Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN) has called on the European Union Parliament to pass a resolution condemning ongoing human rights violations in the southern African
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David Granger is without shame in continuing to defy the will of the people
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Who Will Be The Next Supreme Court Nominee? Another Issue Black Voters Must Stay On Top Of
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High cost of locusts: East Africa braces for season III of outbreak
East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already facing damaging rains and the coronavirus
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'His hands are dripping with blood' - calls to cancel FW de Klerk talk in US on racism, rule of law
In the midst of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the American Bar Association has drawn fierce criticism over its announcement that former president FW de Klerk will speak about "rule of law, constitutional democracy, minority rights, social change, racism and global
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George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota still hasn’t gotten an anti-lynching law through Congress
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Gauteng Health Department 'deeply concerned' about Covid-19 cases spread through funerals
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Court of Appeal to rule Monday in challenge to GECOM declaration
The Guyana Court of Appeal is to rule on Monday at 1.30 pm in the case brought by Eslyn David against GECOM and the Chief Election Officer seeking to stop the declaration of the results of the March 2nd general
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Kenya: Transporters Want Mandatory Use of Railway Rule Quashed
Transporters want Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, the Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Railways restrained from forcing cargo owners to use the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) or the old
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Could An Everyday Childhood Vaccine Help Against Coronavirus?
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Algeria cracks down on activists in bid to break protest movement
Algiers - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an anti-government protest movement, targeting social media users in a bid to stop demonstrations resuming once coronavirus restrictions
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Cameroon: A Preliminary Report on Proceedings Against Detained Journalist Paul Chouta
To date, the court has failed to provide an adequate rationale for his ongoing detention or to hold a substantive hearing on the charges against him, in contravention of Mr. Chouta's right to freedom from arbitrary detention and right to trial without undue
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Trump's rally in Tulsa invokes the horror of the 'Red Summer' for Blacks
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Coca-Cola Foundation commit $17million across Africa in response to COVID-19
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Kenya: Health Ministry Must Rid Itself of Criminals
A few weeks ago, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe publicly declared that his ministry is infested with lords of corruption and made a commitment to rein in on
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Caribbean at UN: vote for Security Council | New York Carib News
With only a few days left before all United Nations member states elect two countries to non-permanent seats on the powerful Security Council, a leading Caribbean diplomat at the world body, Liz Thompson used those words to
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European investors threaten Brazil divestment over deforestation
BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Seven major European investment firms told Reuters they will divest from beef producers, grains traders and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon
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UNSC seat battle reveals fracture within AU states
Kenya’s bruising campaign to capture the United Nations Security Council seat has exposed fractures within the African Union, as Djibouti and its supporters fought to the very end in defiance of the continental body’s endorsement of Nairobi’s sole
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Address inflation: Consumer watchdog
THE National Consumer Rights Association (NACORA) has called on government to urgently convene an all-stakeholders summit to address causes of the plunging Zimbabwe dollar and crumbling
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