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Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity
May 10: 239 cases, Abiy appreciates US support
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That extradition of 'Dudus' Coke 10 years ago
THE international media swooped on Kingston shortly after May 17, 2010 when Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced in Parliament that he would instruct Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne to authorise extradition of west Kingston Don, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, to the United
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Ethiopia records highest daily virus cases
Ethiopia's confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday reached 582 after 88 more infections were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Nigeria coronavirus: 6,677 cases; northern governors express concerns
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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola With Three New Infections
Luanda — Angola has detected three more cases of local transmission of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number to
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Source: allAfrica.com
New chair for Diaspora Education Task Force
DR DWAYNE Dyce, a Washington-based educator, is the new chair of the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF), formerly headed by Leo
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Broken main leaves some downtown communities without water
The incident has affected communities served by the Montgomery Corner tank. The affected communities include: Trench Town, Jones Town, Rose Town and surrounding areas.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Amidst Lockdown Ease, Nigeria's Weekly COVID-19 Cases Reduce, Recoveries Double
As Nigerians continue to experience the nationwide ease in lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, the country recorded a 16 per cent drop in coronavirus cases last week compared to the previous week, an analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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Uganda’s Covid-19 cases rise to 203
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Uganda has risen to 203 after 43 truck drivers tested positive
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Shaw pushes irrigation as rainfall lags
Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw has pledged to aggressively expand the footprint of drip irrigation as Jamaican farmers wilt under searing temperatures amid below-average
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Rights doctors express dismay over lockdown extension
HUMAN rights doctors have lashed out at government for extending the national lockdown in the absence of evidence for such
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Covid-19: South Sudan cases soar to 655
South Sudan has recorded 92 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number to 655, officials announced
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Covid-19 battle now turns to small-scale vendors
Vegetable and fruit vendors will be tested for Covid-19 as the Health ministry strives to arrest spiralling infections, which crossed the 1,000-mark
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Madagascar sends troops, doctors to virus-hit eastern town
Madagascar's government has announced it will dispatch troops and doctors to an eastern town after several bodies were found in the streets and where two people died from the novel
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Quarantined flight returnees ‘pushed to back of the line’
THE 200 Jamaicans who arrived via air from New York and Fort Lauderdale on May 13 are accusing the Government of giving preferential treatment to the 1,044 Adventure of the Seas cruise ship workers who have already been processed a mere week after docking in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Ghana coronavirus: 7,117 cases as Accra hits 5,000; MPs infection controversy
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South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators; cases pass 11,000
Key statistics as at May 12, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD
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Angola: COVID-19 - Cassenda Residents Sigh With Relief
Luanda — Luanda's Cassenda neighbourhood residents have breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday, after the authorities decided to lift the sanitary lockdown they were in for lingering 16
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Cocaine seized at Kingston airport
For the second time in just over two weeks, the work of the Canine Division has led to the seizure of illegal drugs, this time at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria's Death Toll From Coronavirus Reaches 200
The agency in a tweet late on Wednesday evening said the 284 new cases were reported in 13
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California Eases Rules For Reopening Dine-In Restaurants, Stores
Gov. Gavin Newsom has eased the rules for when counties can reopen restaurants and stores, clearing the way for 53 of 58 California counties to qualify under the new coronavirus
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M & M Jamaica aids in COVID-19 relief efforts
Construction giant M & M Jamaica Ltd has donated much-needed masks to front-line healthcare workers at the Black River Hospital as well as care packages to approximately 500 households in Kingston and St Elizabeth to aid in COVID-19 relief
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Justice ministry slams Observer
The Ministry of Justice has slammed the Jamaica Observer for aspects of a story published on Wednesday, May 20, headlined 'Sexual savagery', and reporting on the number of children falling victim to sex crimes since March when restrictions were put in place to stem the spread of
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Sierra Leone coronavirus: Record 100 new cases, tally now at 721
April 21: President Bio enters in quarantine
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Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup
May 12: Cases hit 4641, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar donation
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Coronation Market gets Labour Day cleaning
The Coronation Market in downtown Kingston was washed clean by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and Digicel on Labour
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Kenya coronavirus: record 80 new cases, Wajir rolls out virus campaign
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Cameroon: Management of COVID-19 - Screening, Treatment Remain Free
This was underscored during the daily press briefing on Covid-19 in the country on Sunday May 17, as 51 new cases have been
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US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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