Uganda: Blogger's 'Life in Peril' After Arrest in Turkey
[DW] Reports of the arrest of a Ugandan Blogger, Fred Lumbuye, in Turkey has set alarm bells ringing for freedom of expression in Africa, experts say. DW examines how Africa's media-censored future might look.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Egypt: Address By His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi At the Celebration of Launching the National Strategy for Human Rights
Press Release - Address by his Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Celebration of Launching the National Strategy for Human Rights
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Unions split on vaccine mandates, complicating Biden push | The Atlanta Voice
The National Nurses Union applauded President Joe Biden’s proposal to require that companies with more than 100 employees vaccinate their work force. The American Federation of Teachers once said vaccine mandates weren’t necessary, but now embraces them. In Oregon, police and firefighter unions are
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Zimbabwe: Goat Farming Boon for Binga Women
[The Herald] Hazel Marimbiza -- Bulawayo Bureau
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South Africa announces COVID 'vaccine passport' plans | Africanews
In a televised address to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa assured that the immunization of the adult population was a necessary prerequisite to fully reopen the economy
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South Africa: Politics Versus Nationwide Thirst - Water Supply Problems Could Sink South Africa
[Daily Maverick] The water crisis is getting worse - and this is a trajectory that will remain for years. While water supply systems are complex, the crisis turns out to be a failure of politics, not a failure of technical ability.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nurses Sit On The Sidelines, Refuse To Care For Patients In Standoff Over Vax Policy
SUNNY ISLE — Nurses at the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center refuse to help patients during the delta surge of COVID-19 because they refuse to be vaccinated. Nurses who have failed to comply with the St. Croix hospital's health policies have been replaced in the interests of patients
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WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE: How Did We Get Here? - Garland Journal
By Dr. E. Faye Williams So much negative goes on each day. We don’t recover from one thing before we are faced with another. A few days ago in Washington, […] The post WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE: How Did We Get Here? appeared first on Garland Journal.
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Hugo-Ravaged Grapetree Restaurant Re-opens with Crucian Executive Chef
The Grapetree Bay Hotel and Villas was one of the iconic resorts on St. Croix 40 years ago. Now, 32 years after being destroyed in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo, the restaurant reopened this weekend, Aug. 7 and 8, Sunday and the hotel is projected to open later this year.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Convicted cop Amber Guyger won't get away with murder | New Pittsburgh Courier
Although former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger showed great remorse for killing Botham Jean 'by mistake' and although Jean's younger brother was elegantly humane when he comforted Guyger after the murder conviction, the convicted cop's hopes of getting a new trial or going home early from her
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Summer Reading: Nathan Harris’ ‘The Sweetness of Water’ Quenches Our Literary Thirst—and Gets Seal of Approval From Oprah & Obama • EBONY
Summer is at its apex and so, too, is the heat index. What better time to take refuge on a shaded veranda with an ice-cold drink and a white-hot book? Though author Nathan Harris, 29, might opt to turn to works by some of his favorites—such as James McBride or Toni Morrison—to while away the…
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Abdulah: Focus Oct 4 budget on suffering people, SMEs - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE October 4 budget must be people-focused, says political leader of the Movement for Social Justice David Abdulah. Abdulah said Minister of Finance Colm Imbert must speak to opportunities to stimulate the economy and take into consideration the small and medium business sector, which has bee
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Africa Announces the Rollout of 400m Vaccine Doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean
[Africa CDC] His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, is pleased to announce the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU / African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to the AU Member States today.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Division of Personnel to Distribute PPE Kit to St. Croix Retirees on Aug. 13
Retirees living on St. Croix who are covered by Cigna under the Government’s Health Insurance Program are eligible to participate in the V.I. Division of Personnel’s Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) […]
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Last group of SA medical students finally on way home from Cuba | News24
The health department promised the students they would receive their stipends in two weeks' time - once they are back on home soil.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Kebili Logs 5 Deaths and 92 Infections in 48 Hours
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Kebili governorate saw 5 more deaths of COVID-19 during the last 48 hours, while another 92 people have caught the virus.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Covid-19 Caused a Global Setback in Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights, Especially for Women
[The Conversation Africa] The exceptional measures governments and health authorities used during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdowns, quarantine or reorganizing health services, directly affected the full realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights. This was particularly the case
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Source: allAfrica.com
Take vaccination to workplaces, says trade unionist
A prominent trade union leader has expressed concern that the country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is at serious risk of being derailed by conspiracy theorists who are drowning out the voices of reason. Jamaica is currently struggling to...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Vanity Fair Portrait of Breonna Taylor Now Hangs in the African American National Museum
By Ryan Steal Because of the beautiful portrait by renowned artist Amy Sherald, Breonna Taylor's visage and image have been kept alive and spreading extensively on t-shirts and murals. Taylor's renowned photograph, which adorned the cover of the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair, will now hang in
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Source: Your Black World
'Kansas voters deserve a fair, transparent redistricting process': Democrats critical of town hall schedule
Kansas legislative research staff released a schedule for redistricting listening session town halls, but Democrats are critical of the crammed days.
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Source: The Topeka Capital-Journal: Local News, Politics & Sports in Topeka, KS
A father will always listen to his children - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, We all know that the entire world is facing a pandemic and our lives has been disrupted. The article A father will always listen to his children appeared first on Stabroek News.
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The Missionaries of Ebenezer, Charlotte Hall Deliver Food Boxes to the Community
By Barbara Holton and Geraldine June, 2nd Episcopal District FirstQuarterly ,MissionaryReport. During this first quarter, The Missionaries of Ebenezer Charlotte Hall are well pleased with [...]
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Source: The Christian Recorder
Kenya: Hellen Obiri Calls Time On Track Career After Tokyo Olympics
[Nation] Hellen Obiri, the double world 5,000 metres champion and Olympic silver medallist over the distance, has announced she is signing off from the track to launch a career in road running.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Malawi: President Chakwera Admits Eastern Region Hunger Woes
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has admitted the hunger situation the eastern region is facing and has assured people in the region that his government will not relent in assisting all hunger-stricken households in the region and Malawi at large.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end
TOKYO (AP) — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with '2020' but held in mid-2021 after...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Zambia: In a Fair Election, Lungu Can't Win. in an Unfair One, He Can't Lose
[African Arguments] The incumbent is deeply unpopular, but he has a range of strategies up his sleeve that he is hoping will allow him to hang on to power.
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Latest: China punishes 30 officials for pandemic failing - L.A. Focus News
By The Associated Press BEIJING - More than 30 Chinese officials have been fired or received other punishments over accusations they failed to respond properly to the latest surge of the coronavirus in the country. Among those fired were a vice mayor, heads of city districts and health
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Covid-19 wipes out 737,000 jobs as economy slows to -0.3 per cent - The Kenya News
A woman sleeps while selling second-hand clothes at Kisii Bus Station on 25/8/2021. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen many Kenyans are hard hit economically with most traders recording low sales. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]   Kenya’s economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in 2020 on the back of the Covid-19
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Source: The Kenya News
Trinidad and Tobago Chamber says vaccination critical to reopen economy - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Trinidad and Tobago Chamber says vaccination is critical to restarting the economy as it expressed relief that the Government agreed to reopen the retail sector. In a release on Sunday, the Chamber said it was hoped that the latest ease on pandemic restrictions, from August 16, was “anothe
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Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
A Juneteenth Moment: COVID & the Real Meaning of Freedom
A Juneteenth Moment: COVID & the Real Meaning of Freedom  Perhaps we have reached a plateau inconceivable a year ago: the lifting of COVID restrictions across the country. Life finally app…
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