Kenya: Mudavadi Says Implementation of Kenya Kwanza Agenda Will Reduce Cost of Living

KRA hits snag in bid to collect Sh619m from Co-op Bank

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) suffered a blow in its pursuit of Sh619.16 million in excise tax from Cooperative Bank of Kenya after a tribunal barred the taxman from collecting the money.

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Source: Business Daily

Uganda: Govt Seeks Additional Shs600b to Fight Covid

[Monitor] Government through the Ministry of Finance is seeking emergency funding of Shs600 billion to mitigate the devastating effects of the second wave of Covid-19.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Changing the World

George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

[UPDATED] Ex-AG Jeremie to head state-of-emergency tribunal - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

FORMER attorney general John Jeremie, SC, has been appointed chairman of the covid19 state of emergency (SoE) tribunal. Chief Justice Ivor Archie appointed him in compliance with the Emergency Powers (Tribunal) Regulations that President Paula-Mae Weekes issued on Wednesday. The other member

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Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Tunisia Strongly Condemns Repeated Attacks Against Saudi Arabia - FM

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia strongly condemned the repeated attacks against Saudi Arabia, following the attack by ballistic missiles and drones that had targeted the Kingdom's southern and eastern regions, wounding civilians and damaging residential buildings.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Madonsela and co: Govt should have considered social impact of Covid-19 regulations

Professor Thuli Madonsela, as part of the Social Justice and Covid-19 Policy and Relief Monitoring Alliance (SCOPRA), has highlighted shortfalls in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) during the Covid-19

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Dawn M. Jones Installed As 58th President Of State Bar of Georgia | The Savannah Tribune

Attorney Dawn M. Jones, managing member of The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC in Atlanta, was installed as the 58th president of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June 13. The Honorable Patsy Y. Porter of the State Court of Fulton County administered the oath of office. Jones has previously

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Zimbabwe: Every Zimbabwean Is a Potential Prisoner, Says Freed MDC Activist

[New Zimbabwe] Recently freed MDC activist Last Maengahama has said every Zimbabwean is a potential prisoner considering the country's security services and judiciary were captured state institutions.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mayor Bottoms among honorees for racial justice, civil rights

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Hosts 20th Annual Gala to Spotlight Movement for Racial Justice and the New Civil Rights Movement Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Philanthropist … Continued

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Cameroon: Pangolin scales traffickers to appear to court

[Camer.be] Pangolin scales traffickers shall appear in the Court of First Instance of Ebolowa and the Bertoua Appeal Court on October 6, 2020.

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Source: allAfrica.com

BCRI gets part of $6M donation from New York law firm, thanks to Jeffco

The Birmingham Times A New York-based law firm will donate a total of $6 million to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery and other civil rights groups from attorneys’ fees received from Jefferson County. Jefferson County awarded the fees to New

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Uganda: Respect the Law, Release Kakwenza

[Observer] One indicator of democratic decay is the lack of respect for rule of law. That is what the decay of democracy looks and smells like.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Agencies Shut Door On Leaders Impeached Over Integrity Issues

[Nation] The electoral commission has joined the anti-graft agency in warning impeached governors that they won't secure clearance to contest elections even as politicians fought the sanctions, rekindling how Parliament watered down integrity laws.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Morocco: Employment - Tunisia, Morocco Sign MOU

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed, Monday, between the Social Affairs Ministry and the Ministry of Labor and Professional Integration of the Kingdom of Morocco in the field of employment and social protection.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions | The Atlanta Voice

Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state’s recently enacted law restricting voting access. The film is the largest and most high profile Hollywood production to depart the state since

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

'I’ve touched the untouchables'- Mkhwebane hits back amid process into her fitness for office | News24

Embattled Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has denied that she tried to delay a parliamentary process that is looking into her fitness to hold office.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Tennessee Challenged To Address Issues In Voting Rights Restoration Process

The Tennessee Conference of the NAACP and five residents are fighting to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated folks across the state. A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Tennessee’s process has

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Legal challenge to amendment Acts - NewsDay Zimbabwe

By Arthur G O Mutambara As we have explained before, both Constitutional Amendments (No 1 and 2) Acts are unconstitutional and illegal. The post Legal challenge to amendment Acts appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

DPP Urged To Issue Statement On 'Vieux Fort Five' - St. Lucia Times News

Human Rights advocate, Mary Francis, wants the DPP to issue a statement on the 'Vieux Fort Five. She says it's been ten years since the men were shot dead by the police. Jn Baptiste Mc Farlane, Mitchel Cadette, Allan Louisy, Myron Dupal and, Kevin Ferdinand all died following a police operation on

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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News

Liberia: Bong County Tanker Explosion - Phebe Hospital Overwhelmed As Death Toll Rises to 15

[FrontPageAfrica] Tototo -- Bong County is still reeling from shock and grief following Tuesday's accident, where 15 people have now been confirmed killed and 36 others wounded after a fuel tanker exploded in Totota, lower Bong County.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cape Town's legal practitioners power through Covid-19 to help the poor for free | News24

The Covid-19 pandemic did not stop the wheels of social justice from turning for the vulnerable in Cape Town.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Sudan: Hamduok - Endorsement and Amendments to Laws Important Step

[SNA] Khartoum -- Transitional Prime Minister, Dr. Abdulla Hamdouk has described the endorsement and amendment to some laws on the way of reform of judicial system in the country.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tunisia: PM Receives CSM Members

Tunis/Tunisia — The independence of the judiciary and the necessary complementarity between the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) and the Ministry of Justice were the focus of a meeting held Monday at the government palace in Kasbah, between Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh and CSM President Youssef

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kristen Clarke becomes first Black woman to lead Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division - North Dallas Gazette

By Charlene Crowell On the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a 51-48 vote in the U.S. Senate seals Kristen Clarke’s place in history: the first woman, the first woman of color, and the first Black woman to receive Senate confirmation to head the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Civil

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Source: North Dallas Gazette

Cameroon: No Renege On the Law!

Last weekend's demonstrations are, to say the least, baffling on two counts - the manner of approach and what passes for the reasons behind the public disorder that characterised

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Source: allAfrica.com

Former Louisville Officer Pleads Guilty for Hitting Kneeling Man - BNC

By Briasia Russ Former Louisville officer Cory Evans pleads guilty for hitting a kneeling man. According to a statement, Evans “struck the victim in the back of the head with a riot stick.” Evans was one of the officers on duty during protests after the recent killings of Breonna Taylor and George

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Source: Black News Channel - Truth Illuminated

Kenya: Nyoro Slams Jubilee Party Leaders Calling for Unfair Impeachment of President Ruto

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro has slammed the Jubilee party leaders who are proposing an impeachment on President Wiliam Ruto.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ethiopia: House Approves Federal Intervention, Form Transitional Govt in Tigray Region

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The House of Federation has anonymously approved a proposed resolution presented to it by the federal government to interfere and establish transitional administration in Tigrai Regional state.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Yobe Records Improvement in Students Performance in WAEC

[Vanguard] Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe says the state recorded an improvement in students' performance in the 2020 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tunisia: Tunis Court of Appeal Adjourns Ruling On Request to Release MPs Makhlouf and Saoudi

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Indictment Chamber at the Tunis Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, adjourned ruling on the appeal against the decision of the first investigating judge at the military court to reject the release of MPs Nidhal Saoudi and Seifeddine Makhlouf in the airport

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Source: allAfrica.com

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