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Somalia: COVID-19 Cases Rise to 2,860
[East African] Mogadishu -Somalia has registered eight more Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 837, Minister of Health and Public Wellbeing Dr Fawzia Abikar Nur said on Wednesday.
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Kenya: DJ Evolve's Dad Defends Babu Owino
[Nairobi News] DJ Evolve's father has come out to defend embattled Embakasi East MP Babu Owino following an expose by NTV on the state of the entertainer who was allegedly shot by the politician early this year.
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Egypt: Gweru Miner Denied Bail
[The Herald] The 50-year-old Gweru miner who on Sunday allegedly shot and injured two of his employees following a pay dispute was yesterday denied bail by a Gweru magistrate.
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Kenya: COVID-19 - Cases Rise to 2,862
[Nation] Kenya has recorded 95 positive coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally of confirmed cases to 2,862 as Marsabit becomes the latest county to record an infection.
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Government winning court cases but losing public buy-in, say analysts | News24
Government may be winning court cases seeking to challenge their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but they are losing public buy-in.
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Tunisia: Parliament Speaker Receives Wind-Up Report of IVD
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (HPR) Rached Ghannouchi met Tuesday afternoon Sihem Ben Sedrine, former President of the Truth and Dignity Commission (French: IVD) who is tasked with its winding up.
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Justices keep hold on secret Russia investigation material
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is denying Congress access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation through the November election. The justices agreed on Thursday to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court order for the material
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Mozambique: Eight Killed in Terrorist Ambush
[AIM] Maputo -- Five terrorists killed eight people on 27 June in an ambush against a vehicle of the company Fenix Construction Services in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
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Angola: Transport Ministry Assures Maritime Sector Development
[ANGOP] Luanda -Ministry of Transport ensures the sustainable development of the maritime sector throughout the increase of its capacity to support trade and facilitating the economic diversification, the incumbent minister, Ricardo de Abreu, has said.
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Angola: Female Parliamentarians, Luanda Government's Effort to Combat Drug
[ANGOP] Luanda -Women Parliamentarians leader Maria do Carmo Assis do Nascimento said Thursday that Angola was one of the crossing points of drugs to the other countries, calling on the government to take urgent measures to reverse the situation.
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LSK joins bid to block phone calls snooping by State
The battle to block the government from snooping on mobile phone conversations is headed to the Supreme Court.
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Uganda: Floods Displace Hundreds in Nakasongola
[Monitor] Nakasongola -- Flash floods have submerged a section of the Lwampanga Health Centre IV in Nakasongola District , paralysing normal operations at the maternity unit .
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Tunisia: New Party Sees Light of Day
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -A new party called "People's Will" (Iradat Echaab) led by Tarek Abbassi, has been born.
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East Africa: More Than 40,000 People Forcefully Evicted in East Africa During Coronavirus Crisis
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -Poor communities in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia have been left homeless and exposed in the midst of the pandemic, charity says
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Nigeria: Why We Can't Reopen Schools Now - Govt
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government says it cannot reopen schools now as it is not yet safe to do so.
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Hlophe to appeal Mogoeng ruling, says it fails 'to uphold elementary standards of justice' | News24
Western Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe's lawyer has written to the Judicial Conduct Committee to inform it of his intent to appeal a recommendation that a tribunal be established to investigate gross misconduct claims against him.
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Somalia: Civilian Killed in Attack on Turkey Military Training Center
[VOA] One person was killed, and two others were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Turkey-Somalia military training academy in Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses and officials say.
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Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes consumer protection - The Bay State Banner
A June 29 U.S. Supreme Court split decision represents a major setback to both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the consumers who have come to rely upon the agency. Since 2010, more than 25 million consumers were helped by the agency’s efforts that returned over $11
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Landmark ruling in divorce case
The High Court has ruled that men who do not take care of their children while on separation stand to lose all their property to the estranged wife. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA High Court judge Justice Alphas Chitakunye made the landmark ruling in a matter pitting Timothy Simba, who was married for 17 years
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Somalia: Somaliland Releases Detained Musicians
[Dalsan Radio] Authorities in Somaliland have on Wednesday released two singers after being in prison for more than 2 months in Hargeisa.
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Kenya: Reopening Schools Remains in Limbo Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
[Nation] The Ministry of Education has once again cast uncertainty over the resumption of classes in the country.
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DA thwarted in bid to declare lockdown unconstitutional
In its bid to have the Disaster Management Act deemed unconstitutional, the DA will have to go through the High Court first.
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Tunisia: Interest-Free Loan Offered to Tunisians Abroad to Facilitate Their Return Home
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -An agreement to grant Tunisians residing in France and Europe an interest-free credit of up to ?6 thousand to enable them to purchase tickets from Tunisair or CTN (Tunisian Shipping Company) has been agreed with the Tunisian Foreign Bank (TFBank), said Finance
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Zimbabwe: Thousands Fail to Travel to Access COVID-19 Allowances in Mat North
[New Zimbabwe] Thousands of vulnerable people in Matabeleland North are reportedly failing to access their Covid-19 monthly allocation in the form of cash transfers from the government because of lockdown travel restrictions.
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South African Man Dragged Naked From Shack Sparks Legal Action Against Evictions
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Johannesburg -A viral video of a man being dragged from his home in Cape Town has led to an outcry over lack of affordable housing
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PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation - NewsDay Zimbabwe
A COMBATIVE teachers’ union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. By Brenna Matendere The “O” and “A” Level Zimbabwe Schools
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Zimbabwe: PRAZ No Longer Involved in Awarding of Public Tenders - CEO
[New Zimbabwe] The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) is no longer involved in the awarding of public tenders and the process will now be done by permanent secretaries and other accounting officers in government ministries and parastatals.
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Algeria: Deep Reforms for Transparency, Strict Control of Public Money Management
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -Minister of Finance Aymen Benaderahmane stressed Tuesday, in Algiers, that his department is working for the implementation of "deep reforms" likely to enshrine transparency and strict control in the management of public funds.
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NCB loses again to its Staff Association
The National Commercial Ba nk (NCB) Staff Association on Friday won another major victory after the bank lost its appeal against the 2017 judgements of then presiding judge, Justice Bryan Sykes.The now chief justice had ruled in favour of the association after the bank failed to pay staff a share
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Thelma McWilliams Glass: Helped Organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Thelma McWilliams Glass was a professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. She and a group of women organized the boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. The boycott crippled the bus service and helped
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