South Sudan: Juba to Ratify Nile Basin CFA Soon

Fair trade: CAC monitors prices for COVID-19 tests at labs

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, has said the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has been closely monitoring the prices for coronavirus (COVID-19) tests at accredited labs to ensure fair trade. “...

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Central African Republic: Coup-Proofing - Russia's Military Blueprint to Securing Resources in Africa

Blog - In the Central African Republic (CAR), outside the capital Bangui, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra exerts little to no authority. Armed rebel groups control two-thirds of the country, including access to mining sites.

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Africa: Extent of Violence Against Women During Pandemic Exposed

[IPS] Johannesburg -- COVID-19 restrictions exposed women and girls to heightened abuse - revealing the conditions in which gender-based violence became the shadow pandemic on the continent, a recent webinar attended by parliamentarians from Africa and Asia heard.

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City of Freetown is 229 years old today

Ajoti Morgan: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2021: On this day 11 March 1792, 1,196 black Americans known in history as the Nova Scotian Settlers (Creoles), held a thanksgiving service under a large cotton tree growing at the centre of what became known as the city of Freetown. This first [Read

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Jamaicans encouraged to use accredited labs for testing

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, are encouraging Jamaicans to utilise accredited medical...

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UN agency demands access to mostly Ethiopian migrant survivors of fire | Africanews

The International Organization for Migration has demanded "urgent humanitarian access" to migrants in Yemen who have been wounded in a deadly fire at an overcrowded detention center in Sanaa.

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Africa: Total Number of Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Nears 4 Million

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of March 8, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,964,055.

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Congresswomen Renew Push To Repeal 'Racist' Anti-Abortion Helms Amendment

“Making abortion legal isn’t the beginning of women having abortions. It’s the end of women dying from abortions,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

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Covid-19 affects men and women differently. It’s important to track the data

New research which shows how Covid-19 affects men compared to women can help scientists better understand the disease.

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Island’s aerodromes being upgraded

Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague says the Government is moving aggressively to upgrade Jamaica’s aerodromes as part of plans to improve commuter travel. He said this should be welcome news for local and international travellers who, he...

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Civil servants reject 25% salary hike

By MOSES MATENGA THE crunch meeting between government and civil servants ended in a deadlock yesterday after the workers rejected a “paltry” 25% offer tabled by their employer. Government on Thursday called for a meeting of the National Joint Negotiating Council to deliberate on the cost of living

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Benin opposition candidate jailed and accused of terrorism | Africanews

The leader of Benin's largest opposition party and first female presidential candidate Reckya Madougou was also accused of financing operations intended to sabotage the April elections.

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EFF wins case against Nzimande's instruction to exclude 20 000 Unisa students

The EFF won a court challenge against Blade Nzimande's instruction to Unisa to reduce their new student intake by 20 000 this year.

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At no point in time have I been ever been attacked by McCoy - Stabroek News

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Africa: Why Many Africans Are Wary of the Covid Vaccine

[DW] A few African countries have begun vaccinating their people against the coronavirus. Despite campaigns and assurances that the vaccines are safe, some are still worried about the side effects.

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Toss Reid, Pinnock’s Privy Council bid, says lawyer

Attorney Richard Small asked the Court of Appeal on Monday to throw out Ruel Reid and Fritz Pinnock’s application for leave to go to the Privy Council and to put an end to their abuse of the court process. Reid, a former education minister...

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Africa: Humanitarian Needs Grow in Tigray Region

[ICRC] The ICRC's head of operations in Ethiopia, Jeremy England, spoke to UK parliamentarians today about the humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia. In this article he sets out his main concerns and calls on all parties to protect civilians.

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Africa: What Africa Expects of New WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

[IPS] Geneva -- When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would be the new Director-General, the mood among delegates was of relief.

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Comedian mimics Mugabe to mock Mnangagwa’s ‘failure’

BY SHARON SIBINDI PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has become the butt of jokes over his alleged neglect of the education sector after award-winning comedian Clive Chigubu chided him in his recent skit, The Pearly Gates with Mugabe which featured on The Gags Galore breakfast show. The Gags Galore is

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

'AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange' returns for season 13 on WORLD Channel | New York Carib News

The groundbreaking series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange returns this spring for season 13.

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Covid-19: Zimbabwe authorises Sputnik V, Sinovac vaccines for emergency use | News24

Zimbabwe has authorised the emergency use of four Covid-19 vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinovac, the minister of information said on Tuesday.

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Zimbabwe says China`s Tsingshan to build iron ore steel plant from May

Zimbabwe says China's Tsingshan to build iron ore mine, steel plant from May China's Tsingshan Holding Group is set to start developing an iron ore mine and a carbon steel plant in Zimbabwe from May, the African country's information minister said late on Tuesday, three years after the firm first

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L.A. Councilmembers Outline Community Benefits of City Budget Reinvestment - Los Angeles Sentinel

Change is coming to the L.A. city budget in the form of reallocating resources. While some people attribute the budgetary adjustment as a reaction to cries of “defund the police,” key drivers on the Los Angeles City Council insist that the modification is simply a matter of addressing the needs of

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Africa: 5 Ways Women Are Driving Africa’s Transformation And Contributing To A Global Reset

[Brookings] As COVID-19 swept through the world, everything changed. Countries, societies, and communities have been reshaped, political and social systems restructured, and new social norms created--all at breakneck speed. The pandemic became the great revealer and amplifier of existing

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Charles mandates Real Estate Board to build efficiency, resilience in construction industry

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change (MHURECC) Pearnel Charles Jr has charged the Real Estate Board (REB) to restructure its operation to improve efficiency and the ease of doing business.Part of the restructuring will include a complete realignment of the REB with the

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Tributes pour for former Studio 263 star Anne Nhira

BY WINSTONE ANTONIO THE film industry has been robbed of a promising actress and film producer Anne Nhira, famed for her starring role as Vimbai Jari in the yesteryear soap Studio 263, after she was stabbed during a robbery in South Africa on Monday. Nhira, who was based in Johannesburg, was mugged

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Sierra Leone: First Lady At Centre of Graft Allegations Rocking the Presidency

[RFI] Pressure is mounting on Sierra Leone's President, Julius Maada Bio, following a series of corruption allegations in the media against the First Lady and a top government minister, undermining the president's own vow to fight corruption in the West African country.

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Africa: Addis Ababa - President Paul Biya Rewarded

[Cameroon Tribune] The African Electronic Group (Ae Trade Group) and the African Business Council rewarded him for his valued contribution to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

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There is no sign of repentance for the wrong things that were transparently done - Stabroek News

Dear Editor, I blessed a house last Sunday and then I blessed a bus. The article There is no sign of repentance for the wrong things that were transparently done appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Nigeria: Minimum Wage Bill - Labour Threatens to Shut Down Nigeria

[Leadership] Organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday took their protest to the National Assembly to demand a halt to the plot by the lawmakers to decentralise the minimum wage structure by introducing a Bill seeking to remove it

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