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“Police still want to interrogate them over violating the lockdown rules, and if they have a complaint on allegations of abductions, then government can look into that,” Ziyambi
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Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, Floyd’s face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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UAB Doctor Raises Money to Create Face Shields in Zambia
Realizing that what was happening in the United States would eventually spread to Africa, he began thinking of ways to help frontline health care workers from his home in
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Cameroon: North West - Senator V.p, Nkeze Crusades Against COVID-19
The Vice President of the Senate, Emilia Nkeze offers Covid-19 prevention kits for population to stay safe and embrace the reconstruction of the North West
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Chamber supports plan to open economy next week
Chamber supports plan to open economy next week
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Rwanda: All Kigali Taxi Motos to Use Cashless Payments
All taxi motos operating in Kigali will from June 1, use only cashless payment platforms when charging their clients, according to Rwanda UtilitiesRegulatory Authority
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Cameroon: North West - Traditional Leaders Receive Anti COVID-19 Presidential Assistance Kits
North West governor, stresses covid-19 free resumption of schools on June
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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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The Preacher’s Daughter honors father with action
“Growing up my father always emphasized that it was more important how you lived out the Gospel of Christ than it was for you to just say you are a Christian,” said Shandria Carter, founder of The
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Will Indiana deliver on controlling new COVID-19 infections? | The Crusader Newspaper Group
As state reopens, governor and health officials say increased testing and contact tracing are the solutions
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Africa: COVID-19 - a Threat to Peace Efforts in Africa
South Sudan's unity government of President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, which has been in power since March 12, reacted early and restricted the movement of its people to prevent the virus from spreading across the
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Los Angeles men refusing to wear masks at Target allegedly break employee's arm
(Credit: screenshot) Earlier this month two men in Los Angeles were arrested for assaulting a Target security guard after they were asked to leave the store for refusing to wear face masks. (credit: sceenshot) READ MORE: White woman slap
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Hotels will bear heavy responsibility for well-being of employees
Following is the third in a series of excerpts from the document titled 'Resilience: COVID-19 Ministry of Tourism health and safety protocols for the tourism industry 2020' dealing with the responsibility of hotels for the well-being of their
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Bronx ‘city within a city’ shaken by sickness, fear
Morton’s story is a common one in the Bronx, which has been hit harder by the virus than any other place in the New York City metropolitan
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Nigeria: Decline in Non-COVID-19 Ailment Consultation in Hospitals Worries Govt
The federal government also said wearing face masks in public places is compulsory, going by the COVID-19 regulations signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, pursuant to Quarantine
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Grace Community Center staff ‘the essentials’ in the war against Covid-19 ⋆
Grace Community Center, 406 W. Delaware, under the leadership of Elaine Page, executive director, and in partnership with Toledo Public Schools, and Connecting Kids to Meals, began to mount up an offensive plan to not only help those seniors, but children, and anyone in
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US Covid-19 deaths pass 100,000
With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, the US figure was a sobering reminder of the devastation being wreaked around the globe by a virus that only emerged late last
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Cameroon president delivers first coronavirus address
Cameroon’s 87-year-old President Paul Biya has made a televised address to his people ending more than two months of silence as the central African nation dealt with a burgeoning coronavirus
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Mass Testing for Rwandan Peacekeepers in South Sudan
The testing spearheaded by the Ministry of Health started on Tuesday in Malakal where Rwanda Formed Police Unit-One (FPU-1) hybrid contingent of 239 officers, is
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Now is the time for community-wide education and training programs that promote practices each of us must adopt to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and related
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Zimbabwe: First Lady Takes Campaign to Binga
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Uganda: COVID-19 Cases Spike to 203 After 43 Truckers Test Positive
Uganda has announced its biggest coronavirus cases spike in a day after 43 truck drivers tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, May
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