Rwanda: Govt Steps Up Battle On Single-Use Plastics

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Rwanda: Govt Steps Up Battle On Single-Use Plastics

[New Times] The government has insisted it will not extend the deadline to end the manufacturing, selling and using of single-use plastic items despite pleas from manufacturers.

Source: allAfrica.com

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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Residents Withdraw High Court Application Against Council Over Typhoid Deaths

[New Zimbabwe] The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has withdrawn its High Court suit against the Bulawayo City Council for allegedly causing the deaths of 12 people and illness to more than 1 500 Luveve residents in the city due to outbreak typhoid.

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Rwanda: Who Are the Four Corona Action Rwanda Winners?

[New Times] Four local projects have won grants worth more than Rwf100 million in Corona Action Rwanda, an initiative designed to prop up solutions for cushioning Covid-19 impact on the Rwandan population.

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Rwanda: WED - What Has Rwanda Gained From Banning Use of Plastic Bags?

Some people could have been skeptical when the law against the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags was put in place in Rwanda, in 2008, as a way to save the

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Rwanda Decentralises COVID-19 Testing Exercise

[New Times] A new Covid-19 testing lab has been established in Rusizi District, which Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) says will help contain the Covid-19 pandemic in Western Province specifically.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Why Rwanda Is a Great Green Growth Investment

Mbabane — In its effort to accelerate Rwanda's green growth development initiative, its local businesses encouraged their Italian counterparts to invest in the East Africa

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Kenya: Reopening Schools Remains in Limbo Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

[Nation] The Ministry of Education has once again cast uncertainty over the resumption of classes in the country.

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Zimbabwe: Call for Independent Probe On Extractive Sector Relations

[New Zimbabwe] The government should set up an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate relations between extractive industries, their employees and host communities, an environmental rights watchdog said.

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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor to Member States - Intensify Efforts to Locate, Arrest Genocide Fugitives

[New Times] The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz, has called for greater efforts to locate and arrest fugitives wanted for their role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

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Somalia: Father Cries for Justice As Daughter Raped By 8 Men in Hargeisa

[Dalsan Radio] A family in Hargeisa is crying for justice following a horrifying incident in which a 13-year-old Awwo Harir Rage was repeatedly gang-raped and impregnated in an orphanage centre by eight men in Hargeisa.

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Malawi: MEC Clarifies On Absence of International Observers

[Malawi News Agency] Blantyre -Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Chifundo Kachale has attributed the absence of international observers in the Fresh Presidential Election to travel ban restrictions across the world due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Africa: Lille's Victor Osimhen Named Best African Footballer in France

[RFI] Lille's Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has been named the top African player in France's coronavirus-curtailed Ligue 1 season. At 21, the Lagos-born forward is the youngest-ever recipient of the Prix Marc Vivien-Foé, named in honour of the late Cameroon player who died aged 28 in 2003.

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Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week | The Atlanta Voice

A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario that is fueling worries about whether President Donald Trump will use the delay to sow doubts about the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Kenya: Rare White Giraffe Sighted at Garissa's Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy

[Capital FM] Nairobi -A rare white giraffe was spotted outside the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Ijara within Garissa County on Tuesday, sparking excitement months after a similar giraffe was poached alongside its calf.

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Kenya: DJ Evolve's Dad Defends Babu Owino

[Nairobi News] DJ Evolve's father has come out to defend embattled Embakasi East MP Babu Owino following an expose by NTV on the state of the entertainer who was allegedly shot by the politician early this year.

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Tunisia: Interest-Free Loan Offered to Tunisians Abroad to Facilitate Their Return Home

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -An agreement to grant Tunisians residing in France and Europe an interest-free credit of up to ?6 thousand to enable them to purchase tickets from Tunisair or CTN (Tunisian Shipping Company) has been agreed with the Tunisian Foreign Bank (TFBank), said Finance

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Zimbabwe: ZNA Dismisses Social Media Assault Claims

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed social media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting civilians.

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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor - Intensify Efforts to Locate Genocide Fugitives

[New Times] The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz has called for an intensification of efforts in locating and arresting fugitives wanted for their participation in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: PRAZ No Longer Involved in Awarding of Public Tenders - CEO

[New Zimbabwe] The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) is no longer involved in the awarding of public tenders and the process will now be done by permanent secretaries and other accounting officers in government ministries and parastatals.

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Rwanda: Basketball - IPRC-Kigali Keen About Playoffs Spot

[New Times] IPRC-Kigali basketball club have said that they will be targeting a spot into the playoff games when the 2019-20 BK Basketball National League resumes in September.

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Mozambique: 'We Depend On Each Other to Keep Safe' - Nyusi

[AIM] Maputo -The Covid-19 pandemic "has taught us how we depend on each other to keep safe and together we are seeking a cure through research, testing and validating treatment", said Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday.

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Kenya: Coffee Earnings Fall Sh2.5 Billion in Eight Months to May

[Nation] Coffee earnings dropped by Sh2.5 billion in eight months to May on account of low volumes as the quantities offered at the trading floor were impacted by the closure of auction floor by the Health ministry as a mitigation measure to curb Covid-19.

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Rwanda records first virus death, govt 'rethinks' easing restrictions

“Further Covid-19 measures will be announced by Cabinet on Tuesday 2 June,” a tweet from the Rwandan Prime Minister’s office

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Zimbabwe: Chivayo Fraud Acquittal Reversed

[The Herald] The trial of Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo on a criminal fraud charge of US$5,6 million fraud involving Zimbabwe Power Company's Gwanda solar project, will now proceed after the Supreme Court yesterday reversed his acquittal by the High Court..

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Kenya’s single use plastic ban takes effect

Kenya’s decision to ban single use plastic products in all protected areas — beaches, national parks, conservation areas and forests — took effect June

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Source: The East African

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks in Somalia Kill 7

[VOA] At least seven people were killed in two separate attacks by the al-Shabab militant group in Somalia in the last 24 hours.

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Nigeria: Why We Can't Reopen Schools Now - Govt

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government says it cannot reopen schools now as it is not yet safe to do so.

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Uganda: Floods Displace Hundreds in Nakasongola

[Monitor] Nakasongola -- Flash floods have submerged a section of the Lwampanga Health Centre IV in Nakasongola District , paralysing normal operations at the maternity unit .

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Africa: 120 New Cases As World Records 10m COVID-19 Infections

[Nation] The world has lost more than half a million people to Covid-19 from when the coronavirus was first reported six months ago.

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Zimbabwe: Police Shoot, Seriously Injure Chitungwiza Vendor

[New Zimbabwe] Police Sunday shot and seriously injured a street vendor selling wares at a busy market in Unit L, Chitungwiza.

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Tunisia: MP Salem Labiadh Calls On HPR to Condemn Israel's Annexation Plan of Occupied West Bank

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Democratic Bloc MP Salem Labiadh called during a plenary session held on Tuesday, for the publication of a statement condemning Israel's plan to annex part of the occupied West Bank.

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