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Caricom must work to strengthen food and nutrition security – LaRocque
This statement was part of the remarks made yesterday by the Secretary-General of CARICOM, Irwin LaRocque at a virtual meeting of CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture, Financial Institutions, Donor Organizations and Donor Countries Support for CARICOM Agri-Food and Food Security Response to the
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MASK ON during COVID-19
HOUSTON – As COVID-19 continues to affect our country every second, minute, hour, day, week and month, one might be wondering if you should be wearing
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Kenya: Woman Held After Tenant She Evicted Left Human Body in Her House
Nancy Wanja Njuguna is held at Buruburu police station alongside two men - a casual labourer she hired to remove the body of the woman cut into several pieces and wrapped with wedding decor materials, and a garbage collector who dumped the
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How Many African Countries Are Landlocked?
Out of Africa’s 47 countries, 15 of them are landlocked. This means that about a third of the continent is made up of countries that have no access to the ocean or
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Kenya: Longer Dry Spells for Nairobians as Sasumua Dam is Damaged Again
On Tuesday, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) said that some parts of Nairobi city will continue experiencing water shortage after 600 metres of the main pipeline that supplies water from Sasumua dam to Nairobi was damaged again on Monday
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Liberia: HEAL, Orphans Concern Liberia Partner to Provide Relief to Orphanages
Help Educate and Assist Lives (HEAL) Inc., a US-based organization, and its sister organization HEAL Inc., Liberia, are partnering with Orphans Concern-Liberia, the lead orphans advocacy organization to provide relief to orphanages in
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S. Africa relocates some poor people in Gauteng
In three years, Isaac Mbatha got used to the lack of space, running water and electricity in a tent he shared with his wife and three children in Wilgespruit, a township on the outskirts of
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Masakenari Toshao appeals for help after rain destroys most of village’s crops
Although residents of Masakenari, in Region Nine, are grateful to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MoIPA) for its recent donation of food supplies, Toshao Paul Chekema has said it will not be enough since it is only the beginning of the rainy season and most of the villagers’ crops have
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Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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Eastern Cape pledges R69bn to upgrade informal settlements and build new houses
To address the housing needs, the Eastern Cape government is now throwing billions at upgrading informal settlements and building new
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Gear Up for Free Fishing Day in Texas June 6
The first Saturday in June each year is designated as Free Fishing Day in the state of
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Nigeria: NOSDRA Traces Cause of Dead Fishes On Atlantic Coastline to Toxic Wastes
The Director-General of NOSDRA, Mr. Idris Musa, said in a statement that the high toxicity of the dead fishes and water samples was caused by pollution from heavy metals from industrial and domestic wastes discharged from domestic and industrial sources on
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River trip ends in tragedy - 15-y-o loses life in water body mom warned him against
If anyone had told Natalee Carty that Tuesday, June 2, would have been the last day she saw her 15-year-old son, Raheem Campbell, alive, she would not have believed
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How Staying Hydrated Can Help Support Your Immune System
Drinking water and staying hydrated, not only allows your body to receive electrolytes and helps your bodily functions to run at optimal levels,  but also helps your body naturally eliminate toxins and other bacteria that may cause illness — especially during cold and flu
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Temperance Society
In the early 1830s Jane Putnam and Susan Paul formed a temperance society. In 1833 the group was responsible for 114 African-Americans taking the 'cold water pledge' denouncing liquor. Two years later in 1835 the New England Temperance Society of People of Color was formed.
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Africa: South Africa Prepares to Protect Groundwater From Coronavirus Mass Graves
Authorities are trying to ensure a surge in deaths doesn't lead to unplanned mass burials that could contaminate water supplies
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Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate
LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this
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Thousands of Malian refugees flee Niger camp after deadly jihadist attack - UN
Niamey – Thousands of people have fled a camp hosting 20 000 Malian refugees in western Niger after a deadly jihadist attack devastated the site, the United Nations said on
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Statistical models and ranger insights help identify patterns in elephant poaching
Globally and daily, hundreds of thousands of wildlife rangers patrol wide areas, encountering all manner of plants, animals and signs of poaching like bushmeat snares or elephant
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East Africa: Death and Destruction as Floods Rain Havoc Across East Africa
Already, Lake Victoria, which is shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, has hit the highest water levels in over 50 years, at 13.45 metres, causing widespread flooding in many
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Sudan: Irrigation Minister - Start of Arrangements for Resumption of ERD Negotiations
Khartoum — The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Professor Yassir Abbas held today two separate spheres' meetings with his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts, in the presence of two of members of the negotiating delegation from each
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'You Sound Exactly Like Her': Fans Cry From Laughter After Tamar Braxton Gives Babyface a Few Pointers on How to Sing Like Toni Braxton
Babyface, who wrote and produced all original songs on the “Waiting to Exhale” soundtrack, revealed in an Instagram video that his performance was back on and is set for 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, May 24 on Instagram
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It’s True. When America Catches a Cold, Black America Gets Pneumonia
The global pandemic has caused a devastating public health crisis, initiated a global economic disaster, and in the United States, pulled back the curtain on the deep-rooted racial inequities that
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Kenya: Mama Lucy, South B Hospitals Are Now Isolation Centres for COVID-19 Patients
Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) has designated Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital and South B Level 3 Hospital as Covid-19 isolation centres with numbers of positive cases soaring in
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Lifespan Spring Water Brand Ambassador Denyque (left) hands over cases of water to Debbie Dun-Ferguson, administrator of the Maxfield Park Children's Home, during a recent session to help the State agency fight
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Kenya: Former MP Peter Kiilu Mourned as a Trusted Civil Servant During His Burial
Makueni — Former Makueni Member of Parliament Peter Kiilu was buried in his Ngoto village, Mbitini in Makueni
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Documentary Stamps Prince George’s Basketball Skills | Afro
However, in the new documentary “Basketball County: In the Water,” area natives and basketball stars such as Kevin Durant, Victor Oladipo and Quinn Cook (all of whom served as executive producers) tell a story that emphasizes the immense athletic talent that emerges from Prince
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