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Malawians head to the polls Tuesday for a rerun of the May 2019 presidential election, annulled by the courts over massive
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Nigeria: Decline in Non-COVID-19 Ailment Consultation in Hospitals Worries Govt
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Trinidad: Four people shot dead by multiple gunmen
Police have identified the victims as Aaron George, 35, Venezuelan national Guimar Jose Rausseo Marcano, aka Maria, and Darnel Mitchell, 35, of Sado Road, South Manzanilla
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Tolbert was ousted in a military coup on April 12, 1980, by Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, backed by the U.S. government. Does rule was characterized by corruption and brutality. A rebellion led by Charles Taylor, a former Doe aide, and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), started in
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A future of redesigned public, working spaces
Architectural Association of Kenya(AAK) president Mugure Njendu said post-Covid, major changes must be made within private and public buildings to create spaces that enable people to observe social distancing to deter new Covid-19
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High data prices? Don't blame Vodacom and MTN
Why, with so many burdensome regulations and compliance requirements that drive up costs in the mobile data sector, does the narrative remain that some “duopoly” between Vodacom and MTN is the source of South Africa’s relatively high data
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Uganda: Parliament Tasks Govt to Waive Water, Power Bills for 6 Months
Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution tasking government to waive water and electricity bills for a period of six months to help relieve the many Ugandans in the post-lockdown recovery
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Kenya Power Expecting Reduced Profits Owing to Coronavirus Impact
Nairobi — Kenya Power and Lightning company has issued a profit warning for its financial earnings closing on June 30, 2020, saying its earnings will be much lower than those of the previous
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21 Ways Texans Can Reduce Those Monthly Bills
The good news is that when it comes to monthly bill, there are ways in which you can cut
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It has been announced that a $6 billion construction contract has been awarded to build Akon City in
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Eritrea coronavirus: case load at 96; over 50 new cases in two days
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Nigeria: New Electricity Tariff, VAT Rate to Sustain Upward Pressure On Prices
Nigeria's annual inflation rate rose for the ninth consecutive months to 12.4 percent in May from 12.34 percent in April, the highest in 25 months, with analysts projecting that the upward trend will persist, driven by commencement of the new electricity tariff and Value Added Tax (VAT) as well as
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Locust swarm devours crops in Kenya as millions face hunger
A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of
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Mozambique: Sharp Increase in Inequality as the Better Off Consume Much More
Wider Says Secret Debt Intensified Poverty; Inequality Is Increasing As Better Off 'Eat' More
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Masiyiwa rolls out Mat South solar power project
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Early History of African American Inventors
Thomas Jennings, born in 1791, is believed to have been the first African-American inventor to receive a patent for an invention. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry-cleaning process. Jennings was a free tradesman and operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City. His
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Mozambique: Price Cuts Will Cost EDM 15 Million Dollars
Maputo — Mozambique's publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, expects to lose about 15 million US dollars this year from the price cuts ordered by the government, as part of its response to the coronavirus
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Africa's Media Hit Hard By COVID-19 Crisis
In normal times, reporters at the Nigerian independent radio network Dandal Kura International earn the equivalent of around $100
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Mozambique: Stolen Rails Found in Chinese Foundry
Maputo — The Mozambican police on Tuesday found a large amount of stolen rails and other railway material in a Chinese-owned foundry in the Ceramica neighbourhood of the central city of Beira, according to a report in the independent daily
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The South Has Some Of The Nation’s Dirtiest Electricity. Now It’s Seeing A Coronavirus Uptick.
Yet the region remains far behind the rest of the country on even the most basic policies to lower climate-changing emissions, according to research published Tuesday by the Southern Economic Advancement Project, a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for Georgia
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500,000 homes in dark despite power connection subsidy
Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC, the utility firm charged with hooking households to the electricity mains, has so far connected 494,374 under a five-year subsidised electricity project launched in September
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Locust swarm devours crops in Kenya as millions face hunger – Voice and Viewpoint
The desert locusts—in the worst invasion in Kenya in 70 years, according to the United Nations—have destroyed huge swaths of crops and pasture in the region, said farmer Joyce Mutinda, but the extent of the damage cannot yet be determined since new swarms are spreading.A swarm of desert locusts
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Locust swarm destroys crops in Kenya as millions face hunger – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Africa: First U.S. Representative to African Development Bank Supports AfDB President Adesina
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Minneapolis police arrest cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck
MINNEAPOLIS — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of
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OTIENO: What’s in 2020 Budget to spur SMEs growth and
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LETTERS: Online learning has exposed inequalities
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