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Health ministry inspects 236 residential facilities
A total of 236 residential facilities have been inspected by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, to assess their adherence to measures aimed at mitigating the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19. The total amount includes 203 nursing homes, 13...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
How eating millet can cut diabetes risks - NewsDay Zimbabwe
A millet-based diet could lower the risk of diabetes, a rapidly growing problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study suggests. The finding offers the potential for nutritionists to design appropriate meals for people with diabetes as well as others without the disease as a preventive approach. The
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Big BPO boost
OUTGOING United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has initiated discussions with two American firms which could see hundreds of new jobs being created in the island's business processing outsourcing (BPO) sector.Tapia told the Jamaica Observer that the two entities are very interested in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Travellers placing emphasis on supporting locally owned businesses
WESTERN BUREAU: Travellers are beginning to place greater value on tourism sustainability, including options to support local communities, in making their travel decisions, according to head of travel research at Euromonitor International, Caroline...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Uganda: My Wife's Phone and Mine Are Blocked - Bobi Wine
[Monitor] As vote-counting for the 2021 General Elections is still ongoing at the National Tally Centre in Kyambogo, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate has claimed that the government blocked his phones and he could not communicate with
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Rail transport to Nyanza to resume in November
The Kenya Railways Corporation will start transporting cargo from the Port of Mombasa to Nairobi, Kisumu and Bungoma by November.
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Nigeria: 122 Million Nigerians Risk Contracting Neglected Tropical Diseases - Health Ministry
[Premium Times] "The diseases are called neglected because they tend to affect the world's poorest and receive less attention than other diseases."
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Covid-19 - WBG to Assist African Countries Recover Fast
[Ghanaian Times] The World Bank Group (WBG) will continue to support African governments' efforts to ensure fast recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Country Director for the World Bank, Pierre Laporte, has said.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Trinidad to revisit the energy fiscal regime - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that the government will revisit the energy sector tax regime to ensure the country remains competitive. The article Trinidad to revisit the energy fiscal regime appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Some 450,000 J'cans to get COVID-19 vaccine next year
APPROXIMATELY 450,000 Jamaicans are to be immunised against the novel coronavirus next year, when the first batch of vaccines are expected to be shipped to the island, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has reported.The disclosure was made in the Lower House yesterday, where members
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jets Fire Gase After Season Ending Loss - The New York Beacon
  Photo: Special to the NY Beacon   By Shara Talia Taylor   The New York Jets concluded the season with a loss to the New England Patriots on a snowy Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. It looked like the final game would be successful for
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Uganda: Court Orders Ura to Refund Billions to 13,946 Importers
[Monitor] The Court of Appeal has ordered Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund billions of shillings, which was illegally levied from 13,946 traders who imported goods for 11 years.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Africa: AfCFTA - Africa Opens for Free Trade
[Africa Renewal] African countries opened their markets to each other on 1st January under the continental free trade agreement and now duty-free trading of goods across borders is underway despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other teething problems that need sorting out for a smoother full rollout.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Sudan: Spa - New Sudan Parliamentary Structure 'Will Cause Complications'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has been invited to discuss the formation of a Legislative Council in Sudan, according to new percentages agreed in the Juba Peace Agreement, with the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC).
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Funding, climate and fear trouble Africa's COVID vaccine plans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) - The struggle to get a COVID vaccine to the world's population has often been likened to a race, in which case Africa finds itself hobbled by an array of financial, technical and cultural problems.Of these, funding is predictably hurdle number one for Africa, home to
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Poll finds strong support merging Independence, Emancipation day holidays
JUST over 60 per cent of Jamaicans surveyed support a proposal for Emancipation Day and Independence Day holidays to be merged and celebrated on the first Friday in August followed by the Monday, thereby creating a long holiday weekend, a poll commissioned by the Ministry of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Uganda: New Industrial Policy Puts Emphasis On Value Addition
[Monitor] Cabinet has approved the National Industrial Policy 2020, which will shape the country's industrial growth and development over the next 10 years.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Kenya: KCB Grosses U.S.$10 Billion in Assets, Eyes Buyouts in DR Congo, Ethiopia
[East African] KCB's acquisition of two banks in Rwanda and Tanzania has pushed its total asset base to over Ksh1 trillion ($10 billion), creating a regional banking giant with a re-energised ambition to join the ranks of leading pan-African banks, currently dominated by Southern and West African
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Source: allAfrica.com
Where are J'cans on Trump?
Dear Editor,I want to shout out to all supporters of US President Donald Trump with Jamaican ancestry. Even though they're few of us, history will judge us correctly that we were on the right side - nationalism over globalisation, the common man over the elite, conservatism over liberalism, and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Nigeria: 2021 - What We'll Do to Improve the Condition of Nigerian Youth - Buhari
[Premium Times] Nigeria has a burgeoning youthful population as about 80 per cent of its over 200 million people are below 40 years of age.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Central Bank Explains Franc Depreciation
[New Times] Recent months have seen the market value of the Rwandan Franc against the dollar depreciate fast with the rates in a majority of forex bureaus nearing Rwf1000 for Dollar.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Africa: Green Pandemic Recovery Essential to Close Climate Action Gap - UN Report
Press Release - Green pandemic recovery can bring 2030 emissions close to levels needed for 2°C goal, with more needed for 1.5°C goal
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Africa: Sahel Crisis - Answers From Dynamic Demography
[allAfrica] It is now a decade since the Sahel crisis unfolded. Yet, the region has picked up the hard lessons and remains of interest globally.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Dead heat in PNP presidential race
The race for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP) is going down to the wire, a new opinion poll has revealed. A week before a vote is cast in the party’s presidential election, St Ann South Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Lisa...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kenya: We Must Make Schools Safe for Children
[Nation] Kenyans breathed a sigh of relief this month as schools reopened on January 4, 2021.
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Rwanda: Powdered Milk Plant Suffers Setback Due to Shortage of Funds
[New Times] Dairy farmers in Gicumbi and neighbouring districts will have to wait longer to get the much anticipated factory that would be processing fresh milk into powdered milk after its construction has faced financing problems.
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Source: allAfrica.com
COVID scare
The island's public health officials will be breathing down the necks of privately run nursing homes after it emerged that more than 50 per cent of them are non-compliant with sanitisation protocols and other requirements to prevent a possible spread of COVID-19.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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ECLAC hedging its bets on region’s short-term growth - Stabroek News
The likely extent of the recovery in the Caribbean and Latin American economies next year will be insufficient for the region to reach the economic activity levels seen in 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says in its
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Nigeria, Third Highest Destination of Used Cars From U.S. - Report
[Premium Times] Nigeria ranks below the United Arab Emirates and Mexico.
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