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The late minister Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu's memorial service was postpone to Monday, 25 January 2021 as per his family's wishes.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Thousands of Americans celebrated former Vice President Joe Biden ’s victory over President Donald Trump over the weekend. Many were hopeful about the future of the country given that Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris , would be the first-ever Black woman to hold the title of vice president. Among those celebrating online was rapper Lil' Kim , who posted a congratulatory tweet on Saturday.
Western Bureau: Come September 3, Westmoreland Central will be one of the so-called battleground seats that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) will be targeting. However, it will not be a...
By Burster Iyere - Nigeria is tethering on the verge of a total break-down of law and order occasioned by a cocktail of combustible mix of a brutal insurgency, banditry in the Northeast and Northwest, communal killings in Southern part of Kaduna State, kidnappings on industrial scale, incessant armed robbery, bloody Fulani herdsmen and farmers clashes […]
The post TEARS, SORROW, BLOOD AND DEATHS IN NIGERIA: THE NEW NORMAL appeared first on African Voice Newspaper.
President Donald Trump announced 20 additional nominees to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Women scientists have a vital part to play in scientific leadership and in contributing to Africa's development and transformation.
Gender disparities persist in the scientific workforce, largely leaving women scientists in junior positions with little responsibility and power to make decisions, as well as limited leadership opportunities.
To track and monitor women's representation, the African Development Bank's gender equality index captures progress on the appointment of women to posts of responsibility.
The African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence Programme honours two outstanding African women scientists from each of Africa's five geographical regions.
This programme promotes scientific development, encourages perseverance in research or academic careers, nurtures ambition, and raises the profile of science and technology innovation so that it contributes to Africa's development.
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE In the stunning one-hour phone call Saturday, the president lambasted his fellow Republican for “refusing to falsely say that he won the election in…
A frosty Monday will start off the week across the country as a cold snap continues in the Western Cape, but it will warm along the northern belt of the country.
A video of a speech circulating on messaging apps and social media accusing diplomats of 'staying in leisure hotels and dressing in three-piece suits' rather ...
Front row, left: Author James Baldwin, Front row, 2nd from left, Selma March strategist, Bayard Rustin,Front row, 3rd from left (with hat), A. Philip Randolph (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images)
In the last few weeks, we’ve witnessed and for some of us, participated in the fight against police brutality with the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tanisha Anderson, Sandra Bland and countless others.
The Black Lives Matter movement has been re-energized and has taken collective action through protest and demands for policy changes related to police reform and accountability.
While we don’t want to overshadow the issues this country is facing regarding systematic racism and white supremacy, police brutality, and a slow erosion of our democracy itself by the nation’s leader, we should be reminded that the fight against police brutality and toward Black liberation must include Black LGBTQ persons of color.
READ MORE: Remembering my mentor, Black gay activist and community pillar Dr. Ron Simmons
Ron Simmons (Photo: Todd Franson / Courtesy Metro Weekly)
Dr. Simmons passed away this year, but how many of us are aware of the quiet, important work that he’s done in Washington and the country toward the goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the Black community?
The amount of talent and lives we’ve lost from the Black LGBTQ community does not escape me in our efforts to end police brutality and reform policing.
LUCEA, Hanover - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Jamaica is closely monitoring developments in the United Kingdom, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been identified.The minister said this will guide Jamaica's decision-making process.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow says he wants to return to the England test squad for next month’s home series against West Indies as the designated wicketkeeper, not a specialist batsman.
Bairstow was dropped for the tour of New Zealand in November and played only one test in South Africa as a specialist batsman.
“I was disappointed to lose the gloves at the time,” Bairstow told British media.
The 30-year-old, who was named in England’s 55-man training group for the three-test series against West Indies, said he had used the time during the coronavirus shutdown to work on his batting technique.
“I’m pleased with the way my batting has been going,” Bairstow said.
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last year saw record representation of LGBTQ characters in the 118 films released by major studios, according to a new study by GLAAD. But for the third straight year, the racial diversity of LGBTQ characters has waned and transgender characters again went unseen. GLAAD called the decrease in non-white LGBTQ characters 'concerning.' In 2019, 34% of LGBTQ characters were people of color. That's down from 42% in 2018 and 57% in 2017. 'GLAAD is calling on the studios to ensure that within two years at least half of their LGBTQ […]
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[Monitor] The Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate, Mr Norbert Mao, said his government will set up a tribunal to deal with, among others, compensation of the victims of the Joseph Kony insurgencies and Karimojong cattle raids in Teso Sub-region.
Imogene McDaniel Harris, November 20, 1931 – July 22, 2020 Washington, DC, August 1, 2020: The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) expresses sincere condolences to the family of Mrs. Imogene … Continued
The post IN MEMORIAM: NNPA salutes the memory and legacy of Publisher Imogene McDaniel Harris appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
As states, municipalities and agencies continue grappling with the economic impacts of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the West Valley Water District Board of Directors has taken what most consider a prudent and responsible approach to the agency’s 2020-2021 budget by approving $416,000 in cost savings and no water rate increases.
Board President Channing Hawkins who stewarded the budget’s approval, gave credit to the agency’s management team for working together and making the hard choices required while also prioritizing investments in the agency’s infrastructure.
“In the face of a pandemic and economic crisis,” Hawkins continued, “this budget delivers on our promise to increase fiscal responsibility and accountability.”
Speaking to the agency’s proactive approach to budget management WVWD Board Vice President Kyle Crowther shared, “I am pleased that we were able to identify funding for critical projects to enhance services across our Water District.
I am proud of the work our management team has done to ensure that we have a budget that keeps water flowing.”
Dr. Archie Blanson has been chosen as the next President of Lone Star College-North Harris. He was the overwhelming choice of the Search Advisory Committee and was rated the highest in the forums by employees.
SACRAMENTO - Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, was introduced to the nation this week with her inspiring delivery of the poem “The Hill We Climb” during the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Ms. Gorman, however, is not new to Sacramentans as she is the granddaughter of longtime Sacramento resident […]
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.
By DEB RIECHMANN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has had his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events — a document former first lady Michelle Obama has called 'The Death, Destruction, and Horrible Things Book.' Biden has already had eyes on different iterations of the so-called PDB, which is tailored to the way each president likes to absorb information. More than a decade ago, Biden read President George W. Bush's PDB during Biden's transition into the vice presidency. After that, he read […]
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The Ministry of Education is moving to establish a National Learning Management System that will better allow schools to create, deliver and manage lessons and other training materials.\tThis was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Karl Samuda, during...
After releasing a song for her "light skin baddies," DaniLeigh had Twitter users confused about why she was referring to herself as "yellow bone." Some even think the song was an attempt at throwing shade toward her boyfriend DaBaby's ex, MeMe, who is a Black woman of a darker complexion.
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Steve Harvey apparently is looking a little different, more specifically older, according to some fans of him and his wife, Marjorie.
In a photo Marjorie Harvey posted to Instagram on Tuesday, June 9, users accidentally mistook Steve for his wife’s father.
Instagram users applauded the pair for voting early, but a few people confused Steve for Marjorie’s father, adding that he looked “old.”
When a different person assured the man in the picture was “Steve Harvey,” the fan replied, “I Thgt that was her father but now👀.”
Someone else swore up and down that Steve was “Marjorie’s dad,” but a fan corrected the person and responded, “No that’s uncle Steve.”
'Violence can both ignite and snuff out a voice,' Georgia Anne Muldrow shared with Pitchfork when she described 'This Walk,' one of the first singles from Mama, You Can Bet, […]
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