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Flower tourism wilts under COVID-19
Since the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown of The Netherlands until at least June 1, however, the country’s flower bulb farming sector has been severely
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Government sidestepped farmers, says young grower
AS the COVID-19 pandemic hits all aspects of daily life, young Manchester farmer Andra Wynter is rueing what he says is the Jamaica Government's sidestepping of farmers in its offer to assist significant sectors of the
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African Americans and Cuba's First Experiment in Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960
In the article below University of California, Riverside historian Ralph Crowder describes this fascinating but little known attempt by Joe Louis and Fidel Castro to encourage middle class African American tourism to Cuba  in the first year of the new
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Kenya: 31 New COVID-19 Cases in Kenya Raise Total Infections to 1,192
Nairobi — Kenya's COVID-19 infections rose to 1,192 Saturday after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced 31 new
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Madagascar
National name: Repoblikani Madagasikara
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How Many African Countries Are Landlocked?
Out of Africa’s 47 countries, 15 of them are landlocked. This means that about a third of the continent is made up of countries that have no access to the ocean or
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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release
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New Orleans Has Gone Three Days Without a Coronavirus Death
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Kenya coronavirus: Tally hits 1,471 after record 123 new cases
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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq
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IMF demands better use of ‘new’ funds from Kenya
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for transparency in the spending of Covid-19 response funds in Kenya amid rising concerns of misappropriations of millions of
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Uhuru's Sh54bn jobs plan
The government will hire 200,000 youths to clean towns, 10,000 teachers and 5,000 health workers as part of a stimulus package unveiled
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Flower Tourism Wilts Under COVID-19 – Free Press of Jacksonville
Since the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown of The Netherlands until at least June 1, however, the country’s flower bulb farming sector has been severely
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Magufuli: Our economy comes first
President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday said that Tanzania’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is in such a way that the country’s economy comes first and above everything
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19 | New York Carib News
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
In February 2008, the Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 emerged on the national political scene with their high profile endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The union itself has a much older history that goes back to the late 1940s and is tied to the aspirations of
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Jacob Zuma
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Uganda: Kampala Captains of Industry Awaken, Show the Way Forward for the Cranes
This time, the business leaders rose and falling just short of proclaiming a new economic order, spelt out how things should be done
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NAJEE’S NOTES: Renaming a street in honor of Malcolm X
To ensure his legacy will live on in South Los Angeles, a coalition of friends of his children and other family members and community leaders have announced a petition campaign to have a portion of Vernon Avenue renamed Malcolm
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Victoria, Seychelles (1772- )
Victoria is the capital city of the Republic of Seychelles, a country made up of 115 small islands in the Indian Ocean of which 46 are uninhabited.  It has been the nation’s capital since the country gained its independence in 1976. Victoria is the country’s largest city and the least populous
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Tourists land in Tanzania as hotels, firms and schools resume
Plane loads of tourists aboard Ethiopian, KLM and Turkish airlines are expected to land in Tanzania in the next one week, marking a critical milestone in the on-going re-opening of the country’s economy following nearly two months of
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Mbabane, Swaziland (1887- )
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Jamaica
The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican
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Angola: Government Rehabilitates Moxico Irrigated Perimeter
Luena — The irrigated perimeter of Moxico will soon be rehabilitated, for the promotion of agricultural production, informed this Saturday the local governor, Gonçalves
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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol
THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health
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FULL TEXT | Ramaphosa unveils Covid-19 hotspots, dos and don'ts under Level 3 lockdown
South Africa will be moving to Alert Level 3 of the lockdown on June 1, but the coronavirus will get much worse, before it gets better, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Sunday
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Hotels teeter on brink of collapse as Covid-19 bites
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