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Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination,
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
[DW] Washington plans to lift sanctions on Sudan in return for compensation for terror victims, making the African country a pawn in the US election campaign. Experts say this approach to sanctions in Africa needs to change.
At the courts and polls, President Trump and his allies move to limit voting. The GOP cites fraud, but voting rights advocates see an old foe: voter suppression.
By Olayiwola Balogun -The #EndSARS protest of the past weeks in Nigeria is threatening the unity of Africa’s most populous nation, as agitation by many of the ethnic nationalities seeking self rule is taking a global dimension. Nigerians in the Diaspora are out protesting across major cities of the United Kingdom, Europe and America demanding […]
The post Nigerians in Diaspora react to President Buhari’s speech on #EndSARS protest appeared first on African Voice Newspaper.
President Donald Trump continued playing videos of former Vice President Joe Biden's worst moments on the campaign trail.
Pat Riley is casting some doubt on the LeBron James & Anthony Davis anchored Lakers that secured the NBA's first bubble chip. Speaking with Fox Sports, Riley said there will always be an asterisk next to the Laker's 2020 championship, and it has nothing to do with COVID-19 impacting the season.
[Nairobi News] As the number of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital rises, the Ministry of Health has raised concerns over possible stretched facilities and an overwhelmed workforce.
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While much of Washington is twisted in knots over the upcoming election, there's another contingent already busy trying to figure out how to stage an inauguration for the to-be-determined next president during a pandemic. Visitors to the U.S. Capitol and the White House can already see preparations underway for the Jan. 20 ceremony, a date set by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, for whoever emerges as the winner. And low-flying helicopters are swooping around town as part of beefed-up security precautions. Construction work is taking place with the mindset that it […]
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Have you ever heard the phrase, \"40 acres and a mule?\" If you have, depending on your age and wisdom, you may or may not know what that means. The saying is tied to \"reparations,\" which is what many African Americans feel is owed to them by the government for slavery, and rightfully so.
South African specific climate change risks and social concerns are as important as governance concerns, some believe.
With the exception of the period between 2011 and 2015, the political space in this country has always been occupied by the PNC and PPP alone, no matter what letters have been tacked on to their party abbreviations at one time or another.
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Clutching white crosses, a group marched to Parliament chanting \"die boere kom!\" (the farmers are coming!) while others arrived on motorcycles and in their cars.
[Monitor] President Museveni has ordered the police management to punish two police commanders who led an operation in which chiefs of a Buganda clan, were teargassed in Mityana District.
[New Times] Rwandans living in Australia on October 19 condemned claims by a subversive element cum genocide denier based in there, Noel Zihabamwe, who alleges he was threatened by the Rwandan government because he refused to be its agent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory is set to become the first Black U.S. prelate to assume the... View Article
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Some shocking allegations of misconduct have been levelled at teachers across the Caribbean as the debacle over this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) exams takes an...
Singer Aubrey O'Day has apparently had enough of the Trump family's lying while out on the campaign trail. The former... View Article
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Her father survived Jim Crow and saw the evolution of the vote in America, so Lex Scott speaks from a unique perspective when she champions African Americans’ historical significance casting their ballots. “When my father voted, his life was at risk,” remarked Scott, the president […]
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[Nation] Only 18,443 isolation beds are available for use by coronavirus patients against the national target of 30,500 units.
[This Day] Ado Ekiti -- The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev Felix Ajakaye, has blamed the Nigerian Army for deploying men of Operation Crocodile Smile Vl to coincide with a nationwide protest tagged 'EndSARS', saying this was largely responsible for the killings of peaceful protesters in Lekki area of Lagos.
Security forces patrolled the mostly deserted streets of the Guinean capital Conakry on Saturday.
Debris and smouldering garbage marked the aftermath of afternoon clashes between supporters of Cellou Diallo and the Police.
President Alpha Conde was declared winner of last Sunday's vote with nearly 60%.
Speaking from his house where he's barricaded since Monday by security forces, opposition leader Cellou Diallo denounced 'savage repression' of his supporters.
\"We are going to protest against this electoral hold-up through the street. We are in the process of building a case, which is very difficult since our office is occupied, we don't have access to our documents, but we are nevertheless going to refer the matter to the constitutional court,\" Diallo said.
\"In the fight against the third term, we now have more than 130 victims,\" he said, referring to people who have been killed in anti-Conde rallies since last October.
Three people were killed in Saturday night's violence.
\"My call to the opposition activists: lay down weapons, be calm and look forward to the future. Nothing is worth destroying Guinea,\" remarked Sékou Condé, permanent Secretary of the ruling RPG party.
Dressed in yellow T-shirts, Conde's supporters held processions to celebrate the 82-year-old's win in the capital.
\"Alpha Condé is everyone's president. Not the Peul, not the Malinké, not the Guerze (ethnic groups). It is Guinea that is winning. For us, Guinea is one and indivisible,\" said Ismaël Bangoura, who is pro-Conde.
A delegation comprising of officials from the United Nations, the African Union and regional bloc ECOWAS was expected in Conakry in the coming days, as efforts to de-escalate the stalemate in the west African country gather pace.
“It just really personally saddens me that somebody who is so clearly racist is a nominee of a major party,\" the U.S. senator from New Jersey said.
Former president of Cricket West Indies, Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron believes that it is not profitable to host Tests in the Caribbean unless it’s one of the Big Three nations of England, Australia or India.
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