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CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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Kenya: Former Auditor-General Ouko Says Lack of Security Leaves Him Exposed
In an interview with Citizen TV on Tuesday night, Mr Ouko revealed that after his retirement from the sensitive office, his security was withdrawn and that he is yet to receive some allowances owed to him and which were due by the time he left
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Source: allAfrica.com
COVID-19 testing now available in northeast Wichita, no symptoms required
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A COVID-19 drive-thru testing site with less-strict requirements than other clinics brought in dozens of people on its first
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Source: KSN-TV, Kansas News & Weather | Wichita, KS | KSN.com
‘Cameron wasn’t CWI Pied Piper’
(Sportsmax) Tony Astaphan, Attorney-at-Law for former Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron, has taken exception to the appearance of what he termed a diminished sense of ‘collective responsibility’, considering some of the accusations levelled against his client in the recent audit
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No Evidence of Link Between U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Increase and COVID-19 Vaccines - Dallas Examiner
SciCheck Digest A recent federal report shows a 3% increase in the U.S. infant mortality rate between 2021 and 2022, which is the first statistically significant rise in 20 years. […] The post No Evidence of Link Between U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Increase and COVID-19 Vaccines
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Shift system suggested for schools
FORMER PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen, said a combination of shift system, distant learning and alliances with local organisations will need to be considered in preparation for the new school
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Uganda: Cover Story - Tough Budget
"Money consuming government agencies and departments/arms (like Parliament and others) have continued to receive lots of money than production facilitating MDAs - which are critical in creating jobs and related opportunities," says Ramathan Ggoobi, the senior economics lecturer at Makerere
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Source: allAfrica.com
Caribbean business leaders worried about second wave of COVID-19
NASSAU, Bahamas, Jun 20, CMC – A new survey conducted by the audit, tax and advisory firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has found that the greatest concern for Caribbean businesses is a new wave of the coronavirus
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
University of Houston debuts contact tracing course amid COVID-19 crisis
To help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the University of Houston College of Medicine has launched an online contact tracing certificate program for anyone around the world interested in becoming a “disease
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Carter Center’s: ‘Even if ….
‘Even if pre-election and election day processes go well, a flawed vote count or vote tabulation can fatally undermine the integrity and credibility of the electoral process and decrease public confidence and public acceptance of the results’ (Carter Center Disappointed Not to Be Able to Return to
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FIFA agree massive $1.5 billion COVID-19 relief plan
FIFA’s plan means world soccer’s governing body will dip into its reserves to provide national federations with a number of grants and interest-free loans to cope with budget
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Lawsuit: HCC Targeted Black Top-Level Officials for Demotion and Termination
Zelia Brown, a 55-year-old former manager of grants performance and compliance at HCC, was hired in February 2016 to manage the college’s state and federal
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Nigeria: Three Refineries Gulped N1.6trillion in Cumulative Losses in 5 Years, Says NNPC Audit Report
Three of Nigeria's four refineries gulped N1.64 trillion in cumulative losses recorded in their operations since 2014, details from the first-ever audited accounts and financial statements of the companies published by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday has
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Plaza to honor first Black Virginia Tech employee, family | Afro
Written by Andrew Adkins Look to the trees. On the campus of Virginia Tech, you’ll find mighty pine and sycamore. Thick magnolia and beech. Bountiful oak and walnut. Thousands of trees beautify the sprawling campus. Some are youthful, planted just weeks ago. Others have swayed in Virginia winds
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Black conservatism
Black conservatism is a political and social philosophy rooted in communities of African descent that aligns largely with the conservative ideology around the world. Since the Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968), the African American community has often identified politically with liberals. Black
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‘Bad mind!’ - St Ann’s Bay mayor blasts critics of COVID spend, Porsche charging station
ST ANN’S Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis has labelled as “bad-mind” detractors who have mounted a withering campaign against him since news broke of the reported $46m COVID-19 expenditure on sanitising the town of Ocho Rios and the $80,000 charging port installed at the municipal office to charge his
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Botswana Pushes for Truck Drivers Mandatory Testing
Ghanzi — The Vice President, Mr Slumber Tsogwane, says Botswana wishes that SADC member states could make it mandatory to test truck drivers at points of
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Source: allAfrica.com
Three Police Officers Fired After Violent Racist Assault Plan To ‘Slaughter’ Black People Caught on Video
Three police officers in Wilmington, N.C., have lost their jobs after the discovery of one of them saying in a video recording that it would take a civil war to eliminate Black
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Mozambique: Sasol Denies Cost Inflation Allegations
Maputo — The South African petrochemical giant Sasol has denied allegations that it has vastly inflated the recoverable costs in its oil and gas operations in
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: We'll Be Aggressive in Project Implementation - Environment Minister
[Vanguard] The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal has assured Nigerians of prompt and determined implementation of environmental projects.
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Nigeria: NDDC Crisis - Senator Threatens to Sue Buhari's Aide, NDDC Spokesperson
A Delta State senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was recently accused of contract fraud by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has threatened to sue an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding a retraction and apology over a social media post he considers
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Election results are validated through a series of processes on polling day
The processes, carried out in accordance with the Representation of the People Act Cap 1:03 , up to the point of the signing of the Statement of Poll, would have ensured the validity of each vote contained in the totals
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Congo-Kinshasa: Leaked Review Exposes Scale of Aid Corruption and Abuse in Congo
The 70-page draft review - circulated last month to aid officials working in Congo and obtained by The New Humanitarian - looks at everything from corruption within the Ebola response to how women and girls are subjected to sexual
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Difficulty In The Polls: Delays In The Voting Process
On Tuesday Chatham County voters headed to the polls for the long awaited primary
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Tunisia: Icao Renews Regional Centre's Aviation Security Accreditation
Tunis/Tunisia — The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, officially announced the renewal of the accreditation of the Regional Aviation Security Training Centre of Tunisia, one of its 35 Centres worldwide, after conducting an audit on
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Banks eye fresh digital plan for service delivery
Omnichannel banking entails making the same set of services available to customers across all the channels, both digital and
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Municipalities' finances managed in ways contrary to recognised accounting disciplines - AG
With the exception of municipalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape, Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu painted a grim picture for municipalities in other provinces as he presented the local government audit results for the 2018-19 financial
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DPP calls for radical shift in incarceration of the mentally ill
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has called for a radical shift in the way inmates with mental health issues are
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500,000 homes in dark despite power connection subsidy
Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC, the utility firm charged with hooking households to the electricity mains, has so far connected 494,374 under a five-year subsidised electricity project launched in September
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Kenya: All Set for Previously Rejected Candidate to Be Auditor-General
"His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated Ms Nancy Janet Kabui Gathungu for the position of
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