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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed received, Tuesday, at the Palace of Carthage, former prime ministers, with whom he discussed ways to get the country out of the political, economic and social crisis it is facing.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
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Luanda — After 59 days closed, due to the State of Emergency decreed by the President of the Republic on March 27, Angolan government is to reopen museums, libraries, media libraries, cinemas, theatres, monuments and similar establishments on July 13.
Recreational, cultural and leisure activities on public roads or in public spaces will operate in three phases, with museums, libraries, media libraries, theatres, monuments and similar establishments starting on July 13.
According to the Minister of State and Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic, Adão de Almeida, the access to beaches and other bathing areas is conditioned to the beginning of the bathing season.
Other cultural and artistic activities are subject to their own regulations.
Religious institutions may celebrate activities 4 days a week, with the remaining days being reserved for the hygiene of the places of worship.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) - The Brazilian Air Force yesterday unveiled the first of 36 Gripen fighter jets bought from Sweden’s Saab AB in a $4 billion deal that includes the assembly of planes in Brazil.
The article Bolsonaro rolls out Saab fighter jet, says it gives Brazil air superiority appeared first on Stabroek News.
With the growing desire for news relevant to black culture, attorney and television personality, Eboni K. Williams announced her latest gig as the host and executive producer of “Revolt Black News.”
Williams unveiled the news that she will be the permanent host of the Revolt TV news show twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST.
“With everything going on in the news cycle right now, we need a space where black culture and critical analysis combine to advance the conversation,” said Williams in a press statement.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs, the founder of the Revolt TV network, announced the new show back in April, revealing that it would focus on reporting and issues impacting black people in addition to providing solutions.
Prior to joining Revolt, Williams worked as a political contributor on FOX News Channel (FNC) and HLN.
By Associated Press Undefined STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over the region. The heavy shelling forced residents of Stepanakert, the regional capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, into shelters, as emergency teams rushed to extinguish fires. Local officials said the city was struck with Azerbaijan's Smerch long-range multiple rocket systems, a devastating Soviet-designed weapon intended to ravage wide areas with explosives and cluster munitions. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said other towns in the region were also […]
The post Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation appeared first on Black News Channel.
The vote is part of political reforms promised by Tebboune following mass \"Hirak\" protests that forced his predecessor Abelaziz Bouteflika to resign.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, demanded Tuesday in Luanda, \"radical changes\" in the registry of personnel of all the National Defence and Security bodies.
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday called an early presidential election for January after the nation's previous president was driven from power by protests triggered by a disputed vote. The Oct. 4 parliamentary election was swept by pro-government parties and triggered protests by the opposition, who rejected the official results as rigged. Demonstrators freed several opposition leaders, including Sadyr Zhaparov, who was quickly named the new prime minister. On Oct. 15, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov was forced to step down under pressure from demonstrators and Zhaparov became the acting head of state in Kyrgyzstan, […]
The post Amid turmoil, Kyrgyzstan sets presidential vote for Jan. 10 appeared first on Black News Channel.
The 2020 ESPYs aired last night (June 21) and the virtual show, which celebrates achievements in sports, was hosted by Russell Wilson, soccer player Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, who plays for the WNBA's Seattle Storm.
They kicked off the show with a powerful Black Lives Matter speech.
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He continued, “So where do we go from here?
Rapinoe followed up with, \"\"It's important that we keep this dialogue going and this energy alive because for centuries there have been fights for justice and equality in this country led by Black people.
Taking it back to sports, Bird said, \"Trust us, we know that sports are important.
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The government has launched a Sh1.8 billion rural youth employment programme in Western Kenya through Agriculture ministry in partnership with the German Development Agency.
More than 10,000 youth in Bungoma, Kakamega, Siaya and Vihiga are expected to benefit from the initiative that seeks to boost youth participation in agriculture.
The two programmes include the rural youth employment in Western Kenya Initiative dubbed KilimoNiBiz and Youth Employment In Agri-food sector.
“The programmes will increase their employability through competency-based training, promotion of job placement services and strengthening the self-organisation of the rural youth,” said the Ministry’s Chief Administrative Secretary Anne Nyaga.
The demographic analysis shows more than two-thirds of Kenya’s population comprises the youth.
Recreational, cultural and leisure activities on public roads or in public spaces will operate in three phases, with museums, theatres, monuments and similar establishments starting on June 13.
To this end, all these institutions must ensure hand hygiene at the entrance, use of a face mask, physical distance of at least 2 metres between the participants, and a distance of 2 meters between the stands in the case of fairs.
Regarding the churches, Adão de Almeida said that they will be reopened to the faithful as from June 24, with a limit of up to 50 percent of the capacity of places of worship, not exceeding 150 people.
The worshipers should clean the surfaces, hands at the entrance to the places of worship, mandatory use of a face mask, a minimum distance of 2 metres between the faithful, constant ventilation of the places of worship and mandatory hygiene after each celebration.
As for activities and meetings, the government determines that they should start on June 13, with a 50% capacity limitation when carried out in closed spaces.
Reconciliation and dialogue were top of Evariste Ndayishimiye’s mind as he took oath of office on June 18, 2020 to be Burundi’s president.
In his maiden speech to the country in the political capital Gitega, President Ndayishimiye vowed to unite Burundians and called on citizens to shun “the colonial ethnicity imposed on Burundians”.
Burundi plunged into a political crisis in 2015 after then president Pierre Nkurunziza vied for another term which the opposition believed was unconstitutional.
As the region and the world watches President Ndayishimiye navigate internal, regional and global politics, Onesphore Sematumba, the International Crisis Group analyst for the Great lakes region says that Ndayishimiye is only one man and the Nkurunziza political-military system, of which Ndayishimiye himself is also a part, is still firmly in place.
- Additional reporting by Fred Oluoch
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As the region and the world watches President Ndayishimiye navigate internal, regional and global politics, analysts for the Great lakes region say Ndayishimiye is only one man and the Nkurunziza political-military system, of which Ndayishimiye himself is also a part, is still firmly in place.
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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed, on a visit to Paris to participate in the summit on the financing of African economies to be held on May 18, met on Monday with President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and of the African Union (AU), Félix Tshisekedi.
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Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku is not going down without a fight. He's on a mission to have the SIU findings deemed invalid.
[Ghanaian Times] The World Bank Group (WBG) will continue to support African governments' efforts to ensure fast recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Country Director for the World Bank, Pierre Laporte, has said.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, laments the death of Ambassador Alberto do Carmo Bento Ribeiro, which occurred in Lisbon, Portugal, victim of illness.
Correction: The purported cabinet note dismissing Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has been disputed.
Given the latest development, it means the Health Minister remains at post as he answers charges of COVID-19 supplies related corruption in a Harare court.
Zimbabwe’s latest virus stats are as follows:
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\t\tConfirmed cases = 486 (7 new cases, all imported – six from South Africa, one from Portugal)
\t\tActive cases = 416
\t\tRecoveries = 64
\t\tNumber of deaths = 6
Ministry of Health and Child Care stats valid as of June 20, 2020
\tOur original story published Sunday morning is below:
\tObadiah Moyo, Zimbabwe’s embattled health minister has been fired by president Emmerson Mnangagwa, hours after he appeared before a court for charges relating to COVID-19 supplies related corruption.
A statement signed by chief secretary to the president and cabinet read in part: President of the Republic has “removed Obadiah Moyo from Office of Cabinet Minister and Minister of Government with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a Minister of Government.”
The scandal which been tagged COVIDgate has for weeks now roiled the country and played out on social media, where journalists and activists exposed how Moyo allegedly chose the company to sell medical supplies to the government at inflated prices that included face masks for $28 each.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, held on Friday a working conversation, by videoconference, with the patron of the Institute Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
The United States calls for the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to urgently convene a meeting with all Federal Member State (FMS) Presidents.
The interim Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia is grounded in the principle of dialogue and cooperation between the Federal Government and Federal Member States; Article 51(3) requires that the Presidents meet at least once per year.
*We welcome recent statements by Speaker of the Upper House Abdi Hashi, President of Hirshabelle Mohamed Abdi Ware, President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni, and President of Jubaland Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe, and other stakeholders who have requested an FGS-FMS meeting, engagement, and dialogue in keeping with the Somali Constitution.
The U.S. Government is committed to supporting the Somali people and determined to advance our shared goals and objectives for the future of Somalia.
Through a renewed commitment to peaceful dialogue, we are confident that FGS-FMS cooperation will secure peace, prosperity, and development for all Somali citizens.
(Jamaica Gleaner) On the heels of last weekend’s titanic clash between dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer that captured the attention of international fans, media outlets, and industry players, there is a push for the two to be reissued with United States visas to promote Jamaican music and culture.
“This was a boost to our spirits, our tourism, our economy, our music, and, most importantly, Brand Jamaica,” international reggae artiste Shaggy, whose given name is Orville Burrell, said.
“It’s about time we rally the powers that be to free up these artistes …, allow them travelling visas and work permits so they can travel freely to promote our culture and represent our brand.
At the time, an email advisory was sent to airlines not to board the artiste, as well as three other deejays, as their visas were being revoked.
Several other dancehall acts are without a US visa, among them Popcaan and Tommy Lee Sparta.
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President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defense, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Tuesday in Algiers that he \"will face the lobbies targeting the People's National Army (ANP) with desperate campaigns.\"
\"Yesterday, you proved it by standing on the side of the blessed Hirak (popular movement) for the building of a new Republic whose foundations are being laid under the banner of the Declaration of 1 November 1954,\" President Tebboune told the Army staff.
\"Today, you prove it, again, by your vigilance to watch over the borders and the security of the country as well as by your constant availability to work with the health sector to contain the Covid-19 pandemic,\" said President Tebboune.
Referring to the steps taken to modernize the Armed Forces, the President of the Republic said he had followed with \"pride and respect\" the military exercises executed by various units.
In conclusion, the President of the Republic paid a heartfelt tribute to the \"brave protectors, units of the ANP stationed both at the borders to confront terrorist organizations and in the mountains to counter all those who would be tempted to harm the stability of the country.\"
[Cameroon Tribune] Minister Felix Mbayu presided the tribute ceremony on July 14, 2020 on behalf of the Minister of External Relations.
