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Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has pardoned 5,001 prisoners from different correctional facilities across the East African country.
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— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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EARLIER this year Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (my neighbour) visited us in Lupane, the provincial capital of Matabeleland North province.
Ncube devoted his time to the issues of a government subsidy on maize meal as well as the price hikes that the government had effected.
The minister explained that the price increase had been necessitated by corruption in the distribution of the commodity.
Is it responsible for the honourable minister to tell starving communities that they cannot access their daily staple diet because prices have been hiked in order to combat corruption?
Given the fact that the minister was flanked by local MPs, a Cabinet minister, government officials, Zanu-PF officials and some members of the taskforce responsible for the allocation and distribution of the commodity including the local business sector leaders, one then wonders who among them could be corrupt to the extent of necessitating a price hike.
As Latin America and the Caribbean continue to peer tentatively into the coronavirus dark tunnel of uncertainty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has hit the region with more gloomy news regarding its projected economic performance in the period ahead.
The article ECLAC COVID-19 report brings gloomy tidings for Caribbean appeared first on Stabroek News.
The French carmaker has gone the extra mile to create a limited edition of 500 units for youngsters - with more pace than you might expect.
TIMES-REPUBLICAN Marshall County reported no new COVID-19 related deaths this week for the first time in nearly two months. Fifty-three people have died in
A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace Saturday, killing eight people, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Collaborative, multiplayer games, casually referred to as “couch-cooperative,” such as “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” “Mario Party” and “Mario Kart” that can be played virtually with others, are making a huge comeback in the gaming world and driving Nintendo’s profits through the roof.
“With families isolating together, Nintendo is one of the few video game systems in which it’s actually quite easy to have several people playing in the same room,” he said.
Nintendo Switch sales skyrocketed 24% in the past year, and Nintendo video game sales soared 42% since March 2019, according to the Japanese video game company’s annual report.
Breakout game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” sold 11.77 million copies in less than two weeks after its initial release in March, and sold 13.44 million in the first six weeks of its release.
The enthusiastic response to Ocasio-Cortez’s presence in Animal Crossing is just one example of how deeply that game, and other Nintendo games, have infiltrated American culture during the pandemic.
BY PRESTIGE MUNTANGA NKAYI South MP Stars Mathe (Zanu PF) is under fire from Matabeleland activists for bootlicking President Emmerson Mnangagwa, notwithstanding
The post Nkayi MP under fire for bootlicking ED appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
Some of the leaders that are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony include Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera and Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The post All roads lead to Zambia for Hichilema’s inauguration appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
ABC NewsBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News (NEW YORK) - With Thanksgiving just days away providing a stark reminder, the need for food has grown worse among Americans…
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO MBIRA Centre and Mbira Festival founder Albert Chimedza (pictured) is set to host the virtual Pan African Mbira fest from September 15 to 30 as part of the mbira month commemorations. Mbira is a thumb piano used in many African traditional celebrations. Chimedza said the festival was a celebration, through music, of Africa’s diverse cultural expressions. “Our music has evolved, transformed and given birth to many new music forms, cultures and traditions across the continents. Globally, many forms of music are direct products of, or are heavily influenced by African’s musical roots,” he said. “Our music is the umbilical cord that connects us across borders and continents. The digital age has made this possible. It is borderless, ignores geographic separation and, makes it possible for us to become significant authors of our own presence on the internet.” Chimedza said the festival that has so far received entries from 19 countries was also a platform on which Africans can in their own voices and digital spaces showcase their work, discover each other and collaborate. “Internationally, African musical instruments such as Balafon, Djembe, Kora, Mbira Nyatiti and Udu are making a noticeable global imprint on the music diets of many cultures. Sadly much of this growth is occurring and mostly being leveraged outside the continent,” he said. “Pan African Mbira Festival celebrates the richness and diversity of African musical instruments, increases African-generated digital music content on the internet and provides a digital platform for intra-African music collaboration.” Chimedza said due to the overwhelming response, they extended the submission deadline of participants who are required to send entries of projects such as music performances, dance, audio visual exhibitions, photo exhibitions and podcasts they feel deserve to be brought to the attention of people from their countries. Other artistes expected to perform at the festival are Tunde Dawodu and Gerald Eze (Nigeria), Rapasa Nyatrapasa (Kenya), Larry Mhlanga (Swaziland), Savanna Madamombe and Jomo Faulks (United States of America), Parfait Pabapsi (Cameroon), Albert Chimedza, Tendayi Gahamadze and Tafadzwa Gwiri (Zimbabwe), Moaku Matia Maiwan and Alex Biocel (Canada).
The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organised crime, corruption or environmental issues, the watchdog said.
Director of the National Laboratory Services Dr Michelle Hamilton says a large shipment of testing kits is expected in Jamaica next week to facilitate the clearing of the backlog of coronavirus (COVID-19) samples.\tHamilton noted that the laboratory...
City Councilmember Lisa Wheeler-Bowman taught her grandchildren, Mikiyah Stone, 9, and Mikah Stone, 10, the importance of voting at the Roll to the Polls event Saturday, Oct. 10. Deirdre O’Leary, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - Talk Black and the Tampa Bay Rays have partnered with the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in 'Voting is […]
Western Bureau: Amid credible reports that the established coronavirus-prevention protocols were flaunted with impunity on Tuesday’s nomination day, the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it will be intensifying its COVID-19 public...
[New Times] Sub-Saharan Africa government's debt burden is rising at a fast pace and to levels higher than other emerging markets, heightening the risk of downgrades and defaults, the latest Fitch Ratings report has warned.
The new partnership between the European Union and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers of the member countries. The partnership focuses on political, development and trade and will impact the lives of over 1.5 billion people.
by Brittany Holst - I graduated as valedictorian of Middle College High School, Class of 2010. It was one of the biggest milestones in my life. Loved ones gathered at the Orpheum Theatre to watch my fellow classmates and I walk across the stage to receive our diplomas. Fast forward to 2020. Graduations are much []
Tunisia's tourism sector has collapsed, officials have warned, with earnings plunging 60% and swathes of hotels at risk of closing permanently.
A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the... View Article
The post Virus fight stalls in early hot spots New York, New Jersey appeared first on TheGrio.
The Government has crafted a lean Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, focusing on an ambitious vaccination programme and jobs as linchpins to spark economic recovery. Both the recurrent and capital budgets are flat year on year, but the Government...
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March 25th.
As I was driving to the hospital, Congresswoman Jackson Lee told me that she had already spoken to the Chief Medical Officer for United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), Dr. Joseph Varon, and that he was prepared to receive me and administer the test.
One of the first things Dr. Varon ordered his medical staff to do with me upon my arrival to the ER was to do a CT Scan.
Not only did I have a severe case of pneumonia when I entered ICU, my liver and kidneys also needed to be protected from the virus; my heart rate was through the roof; my heart condition worsened and I was headed to the point of potential heart failure; my blood pressure was high; I had a sharp pain in my right side; I continued to have heavy diarrhea episodes; and I still had a loss of appetite.
From the very beginning, I had to rely on my faith in God, as I continued to deal with the mental anguish of being in this Coronavirus-specific ICU area, particularly knowing that there were people around with breathing issues and hearing machines go off all day and night, and as I regularly looked at the news and read reports showing the number of people dying on a daily basis as a result of
[East African] People living within the Lake Victoria catchment area have to wait a little longer before enjoying a better environment in the face of increasing rainfall variability and rising temperatures.
Rainstorms and floods battered southern China killing some 78 people since the start of June, according to the Chinese emergency management ministry.
Another 12 million have been affected by property damage, road closures and other disruptions, including 720,000 people rescued or relocated from flood waters.
The flood season has caused $3.6 billion in economic losses, the ministry said, a further blow to a domestic economy already suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Seasonal flooding hits much of China each year, and authorities have sought to mitigate the damage through the use of dams, particularly the massive Three Gorges structure on the Yangtze.
China’s worst floods in recent years were in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed.
