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Africa: Why the Next WTO Director-General Should Come From Africa
WITH RESPECT to the credentials of the successor, there appears to be agreement among WTO members that the next Director-General should have a political background as opposed to a technical or diplomatic
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Govt Okays Inter-Provincial Travel, Taxi-Moto Operations
An extraordinary cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, June 2, approved the resumption of inter-provincial travel and passenger taxi-moto services except in Rusizi and Rubavu
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Source: allAfrica.com
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom , Strijdom also spelled Strydom (born July 14, 1893, Willowmore, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died Aug. 24, 1958, Cape Town), prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1954–58) noted for his uncompromising Afrikaner sympathies. As head of the government, he
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14
1893
Rwanda: We'll Get You All - UN Prosecutor Tells Genocide Suspects Still At Large
Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), has told The New Times that his team of investigators has good leads and continues to tirelessly hunt for seven other Rwandan Genocide fugitives indicted by the UN court years ago
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Abdou Diouf
Diouf, the son of a postman, was a member of the Serer people and a devout Muslim. He attended the well-known Lycée Faidherbe in Saint-Louis, then capital of Senegal, and the University of Dakar. In 1958 he went to Paris and studied law at the Sorbonne. Shortly after his return home in 1960, Diouf
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Feb
28
1970
Thank you Madam Chair - Stabroek News

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Phillips accuses PM of fabricated comment
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has described as “palpably false”, a comment made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness about the extension of tenure of the director of public prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn. Section 96 of the Constitution...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kenya: You Will Be Jailed, Sports PS Warns Hooligans As Nyayo Takes Shape
Nairobi — Rowdy fans have been warned that they will be jailed for vandalizing stadium property, with the Nyayo National Stadium nearing completion and opening set for May
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Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Verwoerd , in full Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (born September 8, 1901, Amsterdam, Netherlands—died September 6, 1966, Cape Town, South Africa), South African professor, editor, and statesman who, as prime minister (1958–66), rigorously developed and applied the policy of apartheid, or
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Shirley C. Franklin
Shirley C. Franklin is Executive Chair of the Board for Purpose Built Communities, Inc., an organization established to transform struggling neighborhoods into sustainable communities since 2011. Also, Franklin has served as the Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the University of
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Parliament dissolved in St. Kitts, PM to name election date | New York Carib News
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris says the Parliament in the twin-island Federation has been dissolved but he has kept nationals in the dark as to when he would announce the date for the next general election that must be held by August
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Cote divoire
Another peace accord between the government and the rebels was signed in March 2007. The two sides agreed to set up a power-sharing government and establish a joint army. Observers were cautiously optimistic that this deal would finally end the civil war. In April, rebel leader Guillaume
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Opposition demands protocol for reopening economy
The Opposition has blasted the government for what it calls the ongoing failure to establish and make public the protocol to guide the re-opening of the economy, warning that this could lead to
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Niger
In February 2010, the military of Niger staged a coup and overthrew the government of President Mamadou Tandja, replacing him with a leader of their own choosing, Salou Djibo. A new government, deemed the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, was also formed. Djibo promised the people
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Cameroon: "We Must Remain a United, Supportive and Disciplined People"
As you are aware, following the outbreak of the pandemic in our country, a Special National Solidarity Fund to Fight the Coronavirus has been set up, in addition to the protective measures I have already
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Calls for compulsory face coverings in offices, not just shops - Voice Online
THE GOVERNMENT has announced that wearing a face covering will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets in England... The post Calls for compulsory face coverings in offices, not just shops appeared first on Voice Online.
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Lesotho: Thabane Resigns as Lesotho's Prime Minister
Cape Town — Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has formally resigned more than a week after his coalition government fell apart, in a move that could help end a long-running political crisis in the southern African
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Somalia's regional presidents meet: national polls top agenda | Africanews
Presidents from Somalia’s Federal Member States, FMS, are meeting today in the central town of Dhusamareb in the Galmudug
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Cameroon: November 1990 Decree On Drinking Spots - Instituting Order in the Bar Sector
In order to inculcate the habit of responsible and controlled drinking, the President of the Republic signed a decree on November 9, 1990 which lays down conditions and procedures for the operation of drinking spots
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Cameroon: COVID-19 - Unions Oppose Plan to Reopen Schools
Yaoundé — A group of trade unions in Cameroon's education sector has opposed the government's plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination
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Rhumba finally switched off
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Holness urges JLP supporters to listen to the public
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is urging his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters to pay more attention to what the public is saying about current issues.
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Lesotho's new PM sworn in after ex-leader accused of murder
Lesotho's former finance minister, Moeketsi Majoro, was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday, a day after the resignation of Thomas Thabane, who quit after being accused of conspiring to murder of his
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Edgar Thomas now head of Presidential Guard Service - Stabroek News

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Edgar Thomas is now the head of the Presidential Guard

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John Vorster
John Vorster , original name Balthazar Johannes Vorster; also known as B.J. Vorster (born Dec. 13, 1915, Jamestown, Union of South Africa—died Sept. 10, 1983, Cape Town), far right Nationalist politician who served as prime minister (1966–78) and president (1978–79) of South Africa. He was forced
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Jun
4
1979
PM mum as watchdog demands Belnavis quit
Weeks after St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis became embroiled in controversy over his stewardship of municipal funds, climaxing last Thursday with a demolition related to building breaches, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reserved comment...
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Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival
AS of July 1, some visitors from the United States who plan to enter the island on and after July 10 will have to be pretested for COVID-19 for their applications for landing to be considered.
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PM backs online transactions as way forward
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the Jamaican economy must now rapidly transition to online transactions, as the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the inefficiencies and riskiness of cash
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Soldiers on operation during which Bogle was killed, reassigned; weapons confiscated
Civil/military cooperation and media officer for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, says the JDF members who were present during the joint police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew when Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, was shot and killed last week, have been reassigned
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