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Publié le : 27/09/2021 - 00:04 Le Premier ministre australien Scott Morrison refuse de s'engager sur la sortie des énergies fossiles. Il parle d'intérêts économiques pour expliquer la position de son pays, l'un des plus réticents à lutter contre le changement climatique bien qu'il en subisse fortement les effets. Malgré les appels aussi bien dans
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Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
AP
As we know it, the day following Thanksgiving is Black Friday, and for years, earmarked as the official kickoff for Christmas shopping. While some Americans may be shopping for Christmas gifts, a new tradition has sparked called 'The Black Friday Scholarship Bootcamp,' a one-day program for college-bound students and their parents in Michigan and around … Continued
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[IPS] Khartoum -- Earlier this year, when heavy rains caused massive flooding in Sudan, a three-month state of emergency was declared in September. The floods which began in July, were the worst the country experienced in the last three decades and affected some 830,000 people, including 125,000 refugees and internally displaced people.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Rising global temperatures are predicted to fuel more hunger and inequality among small producers who grow a large share of the world's food - will they be able to adapt?
THE 2021 budget presented by the finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament shows that the minister was living in a ‘fantasy world,’ according to academic, Professor Austin Chakaodza. “Some of the major challenges facing our society are issues of poverty and unemployment. Ninety percent of the people of Zimbabwe were already unemployed before the eruption of COVID-19. The majority of the people continue to lack certain basic capabilities which are encapsulated in the socio - economic rights guaranteed in the constitution,” he said. “They continue to be deprived of basic capabilities - such as the capability to be free from hunger, to live in good health, to be literate and access to a social security safety net. This budget does not fulfil a number of human rights such as the right to food, health, education and training,” Chakaodza said. A big part of Mthuli 2021 budget is a range of new tax measures to fund the ambitious $421,6 billion budget. The highlight of this plan is how the taxman plans to go after the informal sector, which is the bulk of the economy but pays little tax. From new and higher taxes to a new tax unit targeting SMEs, it is a budget that gives away very little, but takes a lot. Here is how some of Mthuli’s measures will affect you. If you are a low-income earner There is not much tax relief for you. The tax-free threshold has only been raised slightly from $5 000 per month to $10 000 per month. Tax bands will begin at $10 001 and end at $250 000 per month. This does little for the poorest workers. For perspective; in October, a Zimbabwean family of five needed $18 750 just to stay above the poverty line. If you earn more than $250 000, you pay the highest marginal tax rate of 40%. If you are expecting a bonus, the bonus tax-free threshold has gone up from $5 000 to $25 000, with effect from 1 November 2020. If you were tired of the 2% tax, sorry The 2% tax on mobile money and other electronic transfers stays. The tax has been unpopular since it came in 2018, but Mthuli says it has “generated substantial resources that have enabled Government to support various infrastructure projects”, including the COVID-19 response. So, the Minister isn’t giving much of this cash-cow away. You will no longer pay the 2% for transactions of up to $500, which is just a small increase from the current $300. For forex transactions, this tax will apply above US$5. The maximum of this tax that your business can pay has been raised from $25 000 to $800 000 on transactions with values exceeding $40 million, with effect from 1 January 2021. If you were planning to import a car Government will now control the importation of cars that are 10 years or older. Owning a car has just slid further from the reach of the majority, who cannot afford new vehicles. According to Mthuli, Zimbabwe has spent around US$1,3 billion importing buses and used cars over the past five years. Cars older than 10 years are now off the Open General Import Licence. This means that, from 2021, you will need a special import licence for older cars.
[New Times] Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) contributed over $196 million - through different projects countrywide - to Rwanda's economy during the 2018-2019 financial year, a report launched Friday, November 27 shows.
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JOSTLING for top positions in the ruling Zanu PF party has gone into full swing ahead of the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections on December 5 and 6, with some bigwigs fearing being kicked out for flouting rules. BY RICHARD MUPONDE/KENNETH NYANGANI/TATENDA CHITAGU NewsDay understands that civil servants, including teachers and headmasters, have thrown their hats into the ring, while some bigwigs have scaled up name dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to gain traction. Zanu PF last week announced that the highly-contested internal polls will be held across the country’s eight rural provinces next week. But concerned members fear that the DCC elections could further divide the party and chaotic scenes that have characterised the campaign period could be prolonged unless leaders intervene. Divisions in the party were apparent when, at a charged meeting in Mashonaland East, Senate president Mabel Chinomona claimed that members of the vanquished G40 group were still sitting on the “top table” with Mnangagwa and Chiwenga, while fomenting chaos ahead of the polls. Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said all the issues pertaining to the DCC and PCC elections would be addressed this week. “We are not going to talk about that now,” Chinamasa told NewsDay. “Keep your questions because they will be attended to on Wednesday at our weekly Press conference. Be there with your questions and I will address them,” Chinamasa said. But NewsDay understands that divisions have reached boiling point, forcing the top leadership to read the riot act to those at the centre of factionalism. Those flouting the party’s regulations face the chop, insiders said. “The leadership is not happy with how things are going especially candidates that are using the names of President Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga to fan factionalism. There are fears that the party will emerge from the elections divided instead of fostering unity. Those who are found offside or flouting party rules risk being disqualified or fired from the party,” a source revealed. He said the party was also unhappy with civil servants who wanted to contest for positions before resigning from their jobs. Zanu PF is said to be afraid that this might tarnish its image because civil servants are supposed to be apolitical. “A decision is going to be taken on those civil servants who have flouted the rules by vying for party positions. The party is running away from the narrative that government officials are captured by the party,” he said. In Masvingo, a headmaster and a teacher based in Mwenezi district are campaigning in DCC elections. Master Makope, a headmaster at Dhiziri Secondary School and Marvelous Chifumuro, a teacher at Sangwari Secondary School were said to be gunning for the positions of political commissar and secretary for finance, respectively. Yesterday, Makope confirmed that he had decided to take on bigwigs in the polls. He said there was nothing wrong with him vying for political office. “Yes, it is tru
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The draft Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill for South Africa is flawed, restrictive and discriminatory as it focuses only on criminalisation. As the draft is currently open for public comment, marijuana industry experts are hoping that the government is listening to everyone commenting to bring it in line with what the Constitutional Court's ground-breaking judgment had in mind in 2018.
[This Day] Feed Industry Practitioners Association of Nigeria, (FIPAN), has warned that the continued exportation of maize and soya bean is endangering livestock farming in the country, stressing that if the trend is not checked many more poultry farms would close down.
[New Zimbabwe] AS Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presents the 2021 National Budget this Thursday, many locals say they were expecting government to dump its traditional bias towards security ministries in terms of budgetary allocation often at the expense of social services sectors.
[Nation] Dressed in light-blue overalls and black gumboots, Nimrod Mwenda carries four strawberry punnets and puts them in a container, ready for delivery to a customer.
[Nation] The proposed construction of Lanet Airstrip phase one project will commence after the government closed the bids and gave a go ahead of the commencement of the multi-billion project.
bhamcityschools.org Birmingham City Schools will return to remote learning beginning December 7 as the number of COVID-19 cases increase in Birmingham and health officials project additional increases in the coming weeks. Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan said the school district will reassess the impact of the pandemic and decide on the next steps after the winter […]
North Carolina Republicans got a win in a high-profile voter ID case Wednesday when a federal court ruled that a 2018 voter ID law was not racially motivated.
Maxville, in northeast Oregon east of the town of Wallowa, was home to African American loggers at a time when Oregon’s constitution included a provision excluding blacks from the state. Maxville had a population of about 400 residents, 40 to 60 of them African American. It was the largest town in Wallowa County between 1923 and […]
JAMAICAN scientists are now engaged in a drive to locate and protect two endemic plants that flower and bear fruits.The two - Annona praetermissa (Wild cherimoya) and Annona jamaicensis (Wild soursop) - are rare, which is most likely attributed to habitat loss from clearance of land for development and farming.
JAMAICA owes a great deal of respect and gratitude to retired agriculturalist Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Lounges whose 43 years of outstanding service to local agriculture will continue to positively impact the sector for generations to come.Lounges, who will be 93 on December 10, not only witnessed but played key roles in the sector that gave rise to a number of achievements.
Diego Maradona's surgeon responded to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he "everything he could".
[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga is confident that the ongoing push to change the constitution will garner the requisite one million signatures. He said an overwhelming number of Kenyans have come out in support of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report.
[Daily Trust] Abuja and Katsina -- Mr Kwajaffa Hamma, the director-general of the Nigerian Textile Employers Association of Nigeria, has said that none of the moribund textile industries has been revived since 2017.
