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Kayenda: confirmed By: Raphael Likaka A 17-year-old boy identified as Bob Robin (17), has died after a device exploded at a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) motor firing range camp at Chikala Hills in Machinga district. Assistant Public Relation Officer of Police for Eastern Region Sergeant Tionge Kayenda said that the incident happened on March 22, […]
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\t While no one claimed responsibility for the attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed the finger at Israel, calling the killing an act of ``\"state terror.''
\t ``Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice _ with serious indications of Israeli role _ shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,'' Zarif wrote on Twitter.
[Nation] He came home, found his friend in bed with his wife, picked up a panga and murdered them in cold blood before handing himself over to the police.
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said government would keep on supporting persons with albinism with basic amenities by addressing challenges they encounter.
By The Associated Press undefined PHOENIX — University of Arizona researchers say the current surge in the coronavirus outbreak will present the state with a hospital crisis that could become a disaster unless the state takes steps such as ordering a three-week stay-home shutdown and implementing a statewide mask mandate. Members of the university's COVID Modeling Team said failing to take such steps would be like facing a major forest fire without evacuation orders. It also recommends providing economic aid to affected small businesses and families and preventing evictions and foreclosures. The team has tracked the outbreak since last spring […]
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Press Release - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must maintain the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said today, after confirming shocking cases of extreme violence by government forces and an increase in attacks on civilians, including war crimes, across the country in 2020.
[Monitor] In the casualty ward at Mulago hospital lies young men. Four beds lie on either side of the three partitions in the ward. A sort of triage counter, where nurses watch patients from, is properly laid with food, drinks and clothing for patients and their caretakers.
[Dalsan Radio] Al-Shabaab militants stormed the house where a Somali government official was staying last and killed seven people, including a mother, father and their child.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin called the charges \"historic\" and vowed to apply the law evenly \"no matter what the color of your skin....or whether you wear a uniform to work.\"
The 2020-21 farming season started badly in Chiredzi after a 21-year-old Hippo Valley man was struck and killed by lighting on Sunday night this week. BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA According to a police report, the deceased, Herbert Mukwetura of Chishamiso village, was in the company of four workmates on their way to work at Tongaat Huletts Hippo Valley Mill. Mukwetura died on the spot, while his colleagues were immediately rushed to Hippo Valley Medical Centre for treatment, where they were said to be in a stable condition. The report further states that the five were struck by a bolt of lightning on a flyover on their way to the mill. These were the first rains in Chiredzi. Violent thunderstorms characterised by strong winds have so far destroyed infrastructure and a number of residents were left homeless in various provinces across the country including Gwanda since the onset of the rain season. In Chipinge, roofs of two classroom blocks at Chisavanye Primary School in ward 22 of Musikavanhu constituency were blown away two weeks ago. Climate experts predict higher than average rainfall in the 2020-21 cropping season. According to the latest Global Agricultural Geo-monitoring Initiative global outlook report, Southern Africa may receive more rainfall compared to the 2019-20 farming season pointing towards greater chances of a La Nina. The Meteorological Services Department has since issued a warning to the public about weather-related hazards including floods, hailstorms, and lightning among others as the rainy season starts. Having experienced Cyclone Idai in 2019, climate change and disaster preparedness now becomes important themes for discussion in Zimbabwe. Follow NewsDay on Twitter @NewsDayZimbabwe
[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has finally indicated that he will throw his weight behind the push to amend the Constitution spearheaded by his boss Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, a departure from his hardline stance on proposed changes to the Constitution.
Charles Bell | Illinois State University (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Bell, Illinois State University (THE CONVERSATION) School suspensions are intended to deter violence and punish students who demonstrate problematic behavior. Yet, when I interviewed 30 Black high school students in southeast Michigan […]
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THE opposition Zapu party has taken a dig into the devolution concept being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, describing it as pointless because it gives too much power to central government. BY SILAS NKALA This comes after Mnangagwa launched the devolution and decentralisation policy document which is anchored on government’s Vision 2030. Zapu policy and strategy secretary Sakhile Sibanda said the fact that the devolution implementation process was giving too much power to central government was a departure from the way the programme was being implemented by the late former President Robert Mugabe’s administration. “This is a departure from the Mugabe administration which wanted a devolved governance system where the country disintegrates from a unitary State. It remains to be seen whether this administration’s words will translate to meaningful devolution of power which enables people to be involved in decision-making at local level,” Sibanda said. “Zapu notes with concern that the enactment of the legal framework to establish the infrastructure for devolving political, administrative and fiscal autonomy to provincial and metropolitan councils has become peripheral to the government’s multi-faceted economic development policy. “The President has recently appointed provincial development co-ordinators to assist the presidentially appointed ministers of state for Provincial Affairs and Devolution. “Down the chain are district, ward, and village development co-ordinators. This is a strategy for entrenching accountability to the central government. The government has no appetite for the establishment of provincial and metropolitan councils,” she said. Sibanda said the National Development Strategy One (NDS1) which was also recently launched would intensify the control structures of central government and thus quash implementation of devolution. “Surprisingly, pronouncements by the Presidency, government ministers, and Zanu PF officials disseminate messages that devolution is already underway,” she said. Zapu said government’s failure to effectively implement devolution would further alienate under-developed communities that are marginalised and feel excluded from governance processes. “Therefore, it would be helpful for the government to have the structural design of the three tiers of government in place first rather than introduce a new system in a haphazard manner,” she said. The Zapu official said there was need to stop government from retaining too much power as everything would be characterised by patronage where those that are politically connected would continue to enrich themselves through the country’s resources.
Life has got worse for Goldmine senior Navlette Pryce since The Gleaner last interviewed her in September. The 73-year-old who resides in the central Jamaica district bordering Clarendon and St Catherine just can’t catch a break. At the time, Pryce...
Kolkata - As India's eastern state of West Bengal goes to the polls next year, a community of refugees, neglected for decades, is being wooed by opposing political parties. 'The Matuas have been facing discrimination [...]
On Monday, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced five homicide charges against a former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man during a 2017 incident. In a statement, District Attorney Chesa Boudin said this is believed to be the first time the city has ever charged a San Francisco Police Department officer...
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, and he warned the city's half-million residents to stay indoors and disarm. The military offensive 'has reached its final stage' after three weeks of fighting, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said. That means tanks and other weaponry can close in on Mekele, whose residents were warned of 'no mercy' if they didn't move away from Tigray leaders in time. That caused international alarm […]
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A Limpopo man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl from his neighbourhood.
[Nation] A phone call from State House and a meeting at ODM party leader Raila Odinga's Capitol Hill office sealed the fate of beleaguered Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, setting in motion a fresh plan to remove him from office.
[Daily News] Tarime -- RORYA District Commissioner (DC) Simon Odunga has instructed all civil servants attached to the district council and who are living far away to relocate to their work stations in 90 days.
During a recent sit down on the \"Tamron Hall Show,\" Jill Scott spoke about her move to Nashville, participating in Verzuz, and why she never calls herself a single mother.
Press Release - • Tropical Cyclone Gati is expected to dissipate in the coming hours, leaving a trail of destruction especially in Bari region.
Family members of police violence victims have a unique perspective on the redesign of public safety, while the country discusses criminal justice reform. The Defender spoke with Marian Tolan, mother of Robbie Tolan, who in 2008 was racially profiled, pulled over and shot multiple times by City of Bellaire police. Tolan survived. Philonise Floyd’s brother, […]
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Could the Western Cape soon face the reintroduction of stricter lockdown laws? As COVID-19 cases soar in Cape Town, some big decisions lie in wait.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) - A weekend attack on farm workers in north-east Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group left at least 110 dead, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said yesterday.
