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by Kevin Seraaj, OrlandoAdvocate.com AstraZeneca’s partnership with Oxford University looked promising in the war on the pandemic- especially after the pharmaceutical company announced a “safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine” in just nine months of teaming up. With Pfizer, Johnson and Moderna producing vaccines as fast as they can, AstraZeneca’s additional production capability was seen […]
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In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto has said he is not interested in the contest for the review of the Constitution through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
[Monitor] By Job Bwire
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted that a pardon Flynn received from the president last month does not mean that he is innocent. The order from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan was expected in light of the pardon from President Donald Trump that wiped away Flynn's conviction for lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation. Sullivan acknowledged in his 43-page order that the president's broad pardon powers required dismissal and that the decision to pardon him […]
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Temple says he thinks he might have been exposed to the virus after spending time with family in Louisiana.
Issa Rae is about to serve up another comedy series on HBO. The Insecure star is teaming with Succession EP,... View Article
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Producer Pharrell Williams is launching an incubator for Black and Latinx entrepreuners in tech and healthcare.
[Monitor] The Ministry of Health has revealed that they are spending between Shs 7 million and Shs 20 million to treat a Covid-19 patient in Intensive Care Unit at Mulago national referral hospital.
[Monitor] Budaka District in Bukedi Sub-region has registered about 5,016 gender-based violence (GBV) cases in a less than nine months.
African American spirituals, usually with a Christian religious theme, were originally monophonic and a cappella and were antecedents of the blues. The terms Negro spiritual, Black spiritual, and African-American spiritual, jubilee, and African-American folk songs are all synonymous. Spirituals sometimes provided comfort and eased the boredom of daily tasks. They were an expression of spiritual […]
[Nation] As the festive season approaches, a decision on whether there will be a Christmas lockdown will be taken during today's meeting of the National Response Committee on Covid-19.
