LeVaughn Flynn is new CLA chairman

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LeVaughn Flynn is new CLA chairman

Well-known advocate for the local cannabis industry, LeVaughn Flynn, is the new chairman for the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA). Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Dr Norman Dunn, who has responsibility for...

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[UN News] With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an escalation of armed attacks, amid reports that armed groups have taken control of towns near the capital, Bangui.

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It’s here! Shipments of COVID-19 vaccine kits have arrived in the United States and now the big questions remain: how will the vaccine be distributed, where are the most effective sites for distribution, and who will receive access first? On December 9th, the Department of Defense announced its

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Food For The Poor Jamaica (FFP), as part of its Basket of Care Programme, has embarked on an effort to spread holiday cheer alongside captains from the 14 fishing villages on the FFP Fishing Programme. Throughout the fishing villages, FFP provided...

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[UN News] Attacks by armed groups and worsening insecurity in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been forced to move multiple times, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

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MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russian athletes will be barred from competing at major international events, including the Olympics, under the country's flag until 2022 after a Swiss court yesterday upheld doping sanctions but halved the original four-year

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East Africa: Ethiopia Is an Early Symptom of Africa's Impending Covid Crises

[African Arguments] In March 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made an unthinkable announcement: national elections planned for August were postponed until 2021. At least. The country's fledgling democratic infrastructure couldn't safely handle the ballot amid Covid-19 restrictions. The

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