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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctor's union and aid worker said, as sporadic violence continued Sunday. The ruling sovereign council met Sunday and said security forces would be deployed to the area. The deadly clashes grew out of a fistfight Friday between two people in a camp for displaced people in Genena, the provincial capital. An Arab man was stabbed to death and his family, from the Arab Rizeigat tribe, attacked the […]
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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Four countries were elected to two-year terms on the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday in the first major vote held at the world body amid the coronavirus pandemic.
India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway will join the council on January 1 for the rotating term.
But a decision on who will occupy a seat representing Africa will go to a second round of voting Thursday, as neither of the contenders, Kenya and Djibouti, captured the necessary two-thirds majority.
With a two-thirds majority of 128 votes needed, Ireland and Norway both squeaked by with 128 and 130 votes respectively.
Kenya received 113 votes, Djibouti 78 – neither sufficient to achieve the two-thirds majority of 128.
By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The paths of two New York City churches diverged this week — one reopened and one stayed closed. But they have shared a tragic fate, together losing at least 134 members of their mostly Hispanic congregations to the coronavirus. Saint Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church in Queens, where at least 74 parishioners have died from COVID-19, on Monday hosted its first large-scale in-person services since mid-March: an English-language midday Mass and a Spanish one in the evening. At Saint Peters Lutheran Church in Manhattan, with a death toll []
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By Kirk Semple and Oscar Lopez MEXICO CITY — More than 50 people have died in mudslides around Guatemala, the country’s president said Thursday afternoon, adding to the death toll in Central America from a vast storm system dumping heavy rainfall across the region. At least 23 other […]
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An 18-year-old Mississippi teen faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars after killing his neighbor. But an attorney for DeShawm […]
Bridge Academies backs pupil death investigation
Thursday, June 25, 2020 0:01
By BRIAN NGUGI
A Bridge International Academies centre in Nairobi in 2016.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
Bridge Academies says it is cooperating with the police on investigations regarding an alleged death by electrocution of a pupil at one its schools in Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi.
The police opened an investigation into the case and visited the site of the accident the same day,” said the school in a statement to the Business Daily.
“Bridge and the wider community are supporting police investigation and while nothing will bring back this child, we hope that those responsible for the illegal electricity connection will be held accountable.”
On Wednesday, Business Daily reported that World Bank’s investigative body, Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman (CAO), will investigate the alleged death by electrocution.
Having large numbers of children in many African societies tend to be a struggle. Nevertheless, the arrival of twins is often received with so much joy by families who regard it as a blessing. Twins, the birth of two offspring from the same pregnancy, is a relatively uncommon phenomenon, and, as such, twins are often...
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The death toll stands at 81 after suspected members of the extremist group Boko Haram carried out an attack in Borno state.
Suspected members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram carried out the attack in Foduma Kolomaiya village in the Gubio area of Borno state.
Boko Haram members often force villagers to pay illegal taxes by threatening to steal their livestock, but some resist.
Bunu said the massacre was likely in retaliation for the death of two Boko Haram members \"whom the villagers managed to kill when the insurgents attempted to attack them about two months ago.\"
Boko Haram and a breakaway faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province, are both active in the area.
Tunis/Tunisia — Coronavirus (COVID-19) tests carried out on 119 people living in the El Kayna neighbourhood, Metlaoui in the last 24 hours have been negative.
This is the first batch of the results of tests carried out on 185 cases suspected of having contracted the virus in this neighborhood, local health director in Gafsa Salem Nasri said on Sunday.
The tests are part of a coronavirus screening campaign launched two days ago in the El Kayna neighbourhood, after the local authorities decided on Saturday to cordon off part of the district to prevent the spread of the disease.
\"Despite the positive indicators recorded on Saturday and Sunday, the partial lockdown of this district will continue for 14 days,\" Nasri told TAP.
The objective is to screen the entourage of people affected by COVID-19 since six infected cases have been detected in the last two weeks, said the same source.
[The New Humanitarian] Nairobi -- ''When we lose our fear, they lose their power!'
ORAN, Algeria — A mysterious virus rips through the city of Oran, Algeria, in Albert Camus’ novel “The Plague.”
Comparing the fictional story with today’s pandemic, “the new coronavirus is an uncontrollable threat unlike [Camus’] ‘Plague,’ which may have been stopped after a series of pest control and vaccination campaigns,” said Salah.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad and Minister of Health Abderrahmane Benbouzid came to Oran recently to assess the evolution of case transmission and hospital conditions.
Thousands die in Camus’ story—far more than the coronavirus likely will kill in Oran and its surrounding province of the same name, where the death toll is 21 so far.
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[New Times] Three of the six villages in Kigali City that have been under total lockdown were on Thursday, July 30, allowed to go back to normal as the other three were added on the lockdown list.
May 27: Health Minister infected, cases pass 1,000 mark
\tLocal media portals have reported that Zambia’s health minister has tested positive for COVID-19.
Zambia virus stats as of May 24, 2020 at 13:00 GMT
Confirmed cases = 920
Deaths = 7
Recoveries = 336
Active cases = 577
May 20: Nakonde records more new cases
\tNakonde, the border town with Tanzania continues to record more cases of the virus.
The one-stop border post in Nakonde was closed last week by President Lungu amid a spike in cases.
May 14 = 654 cases (208 new cases), 7 deaths, 124 recoveries
\t\tMay 13 = 446 cases (5 new cases), 7 deaths, 117 recoveries
\t\tMay 12 = 441 cases (174 new cases), 7 deaths, 117 recoveries
\t\tMay 11 = 267 cases (0 new cases), 7 deaths, 117 recoveries
\t\tMay 10 = 267 cases, 7 deaths, 117 recoveries
\t
\tThe town of Nakonde was declared a hot spot by the Ministry of Health on May 10 leading to the closure of the frontier with Tanzania.
On Saturday (May 9) 76 new cases were reported in Nakonde, the border town in question.
Khartoum — The Federal Ministry of Health announced the registration of (137) new cases of infection with Corona virus, in addition to (6) deaths.
The fatalities registered, (3) deaths in Khartoum State and (two deaths) in Al Gazira State, (one death) in the River Nile State from the previously reported cases, which brings the total number of the infection cases of corona virus since the beginning of the pandemic in Sudan to (2728) cases, including (111) deaths.
the cumulative total number of cases of infection with corona virus since the beginning of the pandemic in Sudan, according to the affected states, Khartoum (2208) cases, the Al Gazira (143) cases, North Kordofan (88), Gedaref (84) cases, Sennar (66) cases, South Darfur (25), Kassala (30) ), West Darfur (14), North Darfur (12), River Nile (10), Northern state (13) cases, White Nile (8) West Kordufan (6), East Darfur (6), Blue Nile (4), Al Red Sea (6), South Kordufan (3).
The federal ministry of health registered the recovery of (39) cases, including (24) in Sennar state (13) in Khartoum state, in addition to (one case) in both Al-Gazira the Northern state, bringing the total number of cases of recovery to (286).
The Ministry indicated the daily laboratory examination carried out for (234) samples in the National Laboratory for Public Health (STAC) , of which (125) cases were positive for the first time with a positive rate of 54.8%, (42) samples were also examined in the Blue Nile Institute laboratory, of which (9) Of them positive for the first time, with a positive rate of 21%, and (5) samples were examined in the central laboratory of the state of the Red Sea, of which (3) cases were positive for the first time with a positive rate of 75%.
Like many others, I was startled to learn that President Donald Trump was resuming his campaign barnstorming in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tulsa may not be the single worst place in the US to have a mask-free and liability-free rally, though the just identified Whirlpool plant outbreak there may place it in the running.
Indeed, cases are going up sharply in Tulsa County (from 7-day rolling average of 13.6 cases to 53.37 cases for most recent two weeks) signaling substantial community transmission.
Furthermore, Tulsa is near the border of several states; Trump’s rally is likely to draw from these areas as well.
Over in Arkansas, four counties at the Oklahoma border — Benton, Washington (home of Fayetteville), Crawford, and Sebastian (home of Fort Smith) — have experienced sharply increasing case rates in the last two weeks.
BELEDWEYN, SOMALIA / WASHINGTON - The bodies of seven health workers and a civilian were found Thursday in a village north of Mogadishu, shocking residents, local authorities and elders said Friday.
\"We found the dead bodies of the seven young health workers and a shop owner outside Golaley village near Balad district, 30 kilometers north of Mogadishu, a day after they were abducted by men in Somali military fatigues,\" Ahmed Mohamed Muse, a local elder, told VOA Somali.
It was not clear who was responsible for the killing, but local elders, including Muse, accused Somali government soldiers of being behind the attack.
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges accusing a Libyan bomb expert in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight... View Article
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As urban areas start to reopen, some are looking at their sidewalks, squares, parking lots and even streets as a hidden asset in
Public and outdoor space has been at a premium during the coronavirus pandemic: bike sales have leapt, park use is way up, and even pavement chalk drawing appears to be having a moment.
The city of Braga in northern Portugal has opened public squares, sidewalks, parks and more throughout the city to restaurants and local businesses seeking to reopen to customers while maintaining social distancing.
Even when he was allowed to reopen in early May, he could only do so at 25% capacity, including his staff - hardly a solution, Gigante said, until the Tampa mayor announced emergency policies allowing the new use of public space.
About 400 businesses have done so thus far, Simasius said, and as competitions arose, the city even had to come up with metrics for deciding which establishment would have access to which piece of public space.
For instance, Simasius said that while aspects of how the city permits outdoor use will go back to normal next year, the general aim of allowing more outdoor space and street closures will remain.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday announced that there had been 8 124 confirmed Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of cases to 159 333.
The 8 124 is the highest number of infections South Africa has recorded during a 24-hour period.
Mkhize also said there had been 92 new deaths recorded during the same time frame, pushing the death toll to 2 749.
Mkhize said 1 666 939 tests have been completed in total, of which 36 931 new tests were reported.
The mortality rate is 1.7%, The number of recoveries is 76 025, which translates to a recovery rate of 47.7%,\" said Mkhize.
Nairobi, Mombasa and Busia counties in Kenya have continued to recorded surges in the rate of transmission of the coronavirus Covid-19, the Ministry of Health has said.
“We are still having many truckers at the borders, especially at Busia,” Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi said on Monday during the daily briefing.
There have been long queues of truckers at border town waiting to be tested for Covid-19 before they can proceed to other countries.
This comes as Kenya recorded 59 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,797.
The Health ministry urged Kenyans to adhere to guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus.
Demolition of Accra’s iconic James Town fishing community began late last month, to construct a China-funded multi-million-dollar fishing harbor.
Rubble is all that’s left of a brightly colored playground in Accra’s James Town fishing community that children once enjoyed before it was demolished in May.
The demolition by a Chinese government-funded project fulfills years of promises by authorities to upgrade the harbor.
“These are children, for some of them, their parents, it’s hard for them because in this community we don't have any work or a job for these women.
“When the fishing harbor is constructed it is going to boost the economic life of this community and that is what will change the lives of a lot of people in the community.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 4,170 additional coronavirus infections were reported on January 14 until 11 a.m. out of a total of 15,132 tests carried out.
1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in 1993.
2002: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says that shortly before September 11, 2001, Egyptian intelligence officials warned the United States that al-Qaeda was planning an attack on an American target.
2003: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, set up to try war crimes suspects from the country's civil conflict, make public a 17-count indictment against Charles Taylor, the president of neighbouring Liberia.
2008: The US military orders navy ships loaded with relief aid off Myanmar's coast to leave the area after the country's xenophobic junta refused to let them help survivors of a devastating cyclone the previous month.
England's King George III (1738-1820); Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish marshal and statesman (1867-1951); Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1915-1977); Robert Merrill, US opera singer (1919-2004); Dennis Weaver, US actor (1924-2006); Bruce Dern, US actor (1936- ); Angelina Jolie, US actress (1975-); Noah Wyle, US actor (1971- ); Russell Brand, British actor/comedian (1975- ).
As Gauteng prepares to dig more than one million graves, Dlamini-Zuma has been accused of lying to South Africans about the scale of COVID-19 deaths.
June 10: Cases pass 10,000 mark as rapid test kit makers advance
\tGhana reached 10,000 mark in terms of confirmed cases on Tuesday (June 9); the case load reached 10,201 with deaths still at 48, 3,755 recoveries and 6,398 active cases.
“The app will basically work well with the rapid test kit because once classified as high risk you need to test the person,” he said, stressing the need for mass testing given that Ghana had entered community transmission stage of virus spread.
Total confirmed cases = 9,910
Total recoveries = 3,645
Total deaths = 48
Active cases = 6,217
June 8: 9,638 cases, govt evacuation plans
\tGovernment has confirmed that it was preparing to evacuate some Ghanaians stranded overseas due to the COVID-19 disruption.
Total confirmed cases = 9,638
Total recoveries = 3,636
Total deaths = 44
Active cases = 5,958
\tFigures valid as of close of day June 7, 2020
June 7: 9,462 cases, deaths hit 44
\tThe Managing Director of a major private health care facility in the capital Accra reported testing positive for the virus.
Total confirmed cases = 9,462
Total recoveries = 3,547
Active cases = 5,871
\tFigures valid as of close of day June 6, 2020
June 3: 8,297 cases; govt defends ban on football
\tSports Minister, Isaac Asiamah has defended government’s decision to maintain a ban on football despite the recent lifting of a raft of restrictions.
Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would likely have been included among the hundreds of thousands of people calling for a thorough investigation into recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and another in New York.
Now more than 150 years later, Los Angeles County called in California state Attorney General Xavier Becerra to keep an eye on the investigation of a Palmdale man found hanging from a tree last week.
Although local authorities have listed suicide as the likely cause of death in both instances, people in California and across the county are demanding more transparency in the investigations of the separate hanging deaths of the African American men.
Activists are also calling on the New York Police Department to conduct a deeper investigation into the death of an unidentified Black man who authorities say died from another apparent suicide.
On Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced that State Attorney General Xavier Becerra will “monitor” the Fuller investigation.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced earlier this week that South Africa will receive its first batch of vaccines from India this month.
June 15: 13,203 cases; law enacted to penalize mask flouters
\tCase load hit a total of 13,203 cases with 4,548 recoveries and 70 deaths, according to stats released Friday evening by the Ghana Health Service.
Section 4 (1) of the E.I. 164 states that the police have the authority to make random checks to “ensure enforcement compliance”
June 17: 12,193 cases; health insurance boss infected
\tHead of Ghana’s Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, Dr Dsane-Selby announced on Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Confirmed cases = 11,964
\t\tNumber of deaths = 54
\t\tRecoveries = 4,258
\t\tActive cases = 7,652
\tJohn Hopkins Uni stats valid as of June 14, 2020
June 13: 11,118 cases, NDC advocates mass testing
\tGhana’s case load as of this morning stood at 11,118 cases with the disclosure of 262 new cases.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced Saturday that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000, in what has been the Mideast region’s worst outbreak.\tHealth Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced that...
Kenya on Thursday reported 147 new Covid-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 1,618 and the death toll to 58.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a briefing that 13 coronavirus patients left hospitals in the past 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries in the country to 421.
The number of Covid-19 cases recorded Thursday is the highest since the first case was reported in Kenya on March 13.
During the same briefing, Kiambu Governor James Nyoro said that Tigoni Level Four Hospital, which was converted into a Covid-19 isolation centre, has the capacity to accommodate 45 patients.
He asked the Health minister to facilitate the hospital with testing kits to speed up mass testing.
