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Nu Metro's Chantelle Burrows said the company saw week-on-week increases in attendance numbers in August and December albeit not at pre-pandemic levels.
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US lawmakers unveil anti-slavery constitutional amendment - DefenderNetwork.com
National lawmakers introduced a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution that enshrines a form of slavery in America’s foundational documents. The resolution, spearheaded and supported by Democratic members of the House and Senate, would amend the 13th
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Residents sue council over stands
BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA Over 240 Chiredzi residents have resorted to take their local authority to court over undelivered residential stands. The residents claimed they were made to pay US$2 300 each in 2014, but are yet to be allocated the stands after council collected a whooping US$552 000 from
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US to train Mozambique forces fighting jihadists | News24
American military personnel will spend two months training soldiers in Mozambique to help the country fight a jihadist insurgency in its northeast, US embassy officials said.
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Kenya: Revealed - Killer Police Squad Has Blessings of Top Bosses
[Nation] Years back, the Kwekwe or Eagle police squad evoked fear among members of the Mungiki sect and other suspects of crime. There was no doubt about it; if you were in the police squad's list, you would surely be eliminated.
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Ghana: Commonwealth Sends Team to Observe Elections
[Nation] The Commonwealth has deployed a team of election observers to Ghana to keep watch during the country's General Election slated for Monday next week.
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Brown, Corrine (1946- )
Corrine Brown, now in her eighth term in office, is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She represents Florida’s Third Congressional District which includes Jacksonville and the surrounding area.  Brown was born on November 11, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up
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Bassett, Ebenezer D. (1833-1908)
Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat.  For eight years, the educator, abolitionist, and black rights activist oversaw bilateral relations through bloody civil warfare and coups détat on the island of
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South Africa: In-Depth - Women Living With HIV, Still Waiting On Redress After 'Forced Sterilisations'
[spotlight] Nine months after the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE - a Chapter 9 institution) released a damning report with dozens of women living with HIV's testimonies about forced sterilisations allegedly performed on them in public health facilities, the Department of Health has now moved to
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United States helps Attorney General’s Office and ACC confront cybercrime
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2021: In a ceremony held at the United States Embassy in Freetown yesterday, Ambassador David Reimer presented awards to ten individuals from the Attorney General’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Commission for their successful completion of a training in Cyber
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Kenya: World Champion Cheruiyot Back From Injury, Eyes Olympics Slot
[Nation] World 1,500 metres champion Timothy Cheruiyot has recovered from a hamstring injury in time to take a shot at the Olympic title during the Tokyo Summer Games.
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Blinken urges Central America to help on migrants, flags democracy concerns - Stabroek News
SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Central American governments to do more to help contain illegal immigration and voiced concerns about the health of local democracy and human rights during a visit to the region
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Malawi named country of the year
Malawi has been named country of the year for 'reviving democracy in an authoritarian region' by the Economist newspaper. The newspaper cites the nullification of the 2019 presidential election results that were marred by irregularities. 'The vote-count was rigged with correction fluid on the tally
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Forty-seven cops before the courts on criminal charges - Stabroek News
Forty-seven Guyana Police Force (GPF) ranks are currently before the courts facing criminal charges, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie disclosed on Thursday. The article Forty-seven cops before the courts on criminal charges appeared first on Stabroek News.
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House passage of the MORE Act is an important step in undoing the harmful legacy of the war on drugs.
Early Friday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, a bipartisan legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal
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Africa4Palestine opposes Chief Justice Mogoeng's appeal against ruling on Israel comments | News24
Human rights organisation Africa4Palestine is opposing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's appeal against the Judicial Conduct Committee's ruling that he apologise for comments he made about Israel.
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Egypt: PM - Political Leadership Gives Directives to Facilitate Receiving Complaints From Citizens
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli asserted on Sunday 10/1/2021 that the unified governmental complaint mechanism has created a good link between the government and the citizen, reiterating that it should be working on highest standards to respond and solve problems of citizens upon
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Sierra Leone’s democracy: A focus on public trust in state institutions
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Kenya: Bishops Appeal to Government Not to Close Kakuma and Daadab Refugee Camps
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‘Zanu PF govt one of the worst in the world’ - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY RICHARD MUPONDE THE United States has adjudged President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government as one of the worst administrations in terms of human rights violations in the world. This came out in a report titled 45th Annual Country Reports of Human Rights Practices 2020 released by US State
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Stokely Carmichael
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Education sector under siege: Artuz
BY SILAS NKALA THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) says the education sector is under siege as government insists on frustrating teachers through poor salaries and unsafe working conditions. The remarks came at a time various teachers’ unions have complained over their
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J-FLAG backs IACHR ruling calling for Jamaica to abolish buggery laws
J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays) yesterday welcomed the recent ruling of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) calling on Jamaica to repeal its buggery law following petitions filed by two Jamaicans who claimed they were victimised because of their
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Rwanda: Beware of Cyber Fraud!
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UZ student refuses further remand - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA ALAN Moyo, a 23-year-old University of Zimbabwe student, who is being accused of inciting public violence after he allegedly The post UZ student refuses further remand appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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