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Tighten screws on Zim US$7m COVID-19 grant: US
United States senator Jim Risch has called on the World Bank (WB) to impose stricter accountability measures for a US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe to support the COVID-19
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Africa COVID-19 stats: 418,211 cases; 10,406 deaths; 198,182 recoveries
There are now more than over 400,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Sierra Leone prez eases virus restrictions, places of worship remain closed
June 23: Lockdown restrictions eased
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Uganda: Police Officers, Guards Detained Over Man's Death
[Monitor] Five people, including two police officers, two private security guards and a Local Council defence secretary, have been arrested over the death of a man who was reportedly tortured at an apartment in Muyenga, Makindye Division, Kampala City.
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Namibia: SONA Stand-Off ... Opposition, Geingob Square Off
The president was forced to take a seat after opposition members objected against claims that the government saved about N$4 billion after the president stopped the N$7 billion Hosea Kutako International Airport upgrading
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Africa: Generating Generation Equality and the Africa We Want for Namibia
[UNFPA] Windhoek -- "Gender equity has to be promoted beyond the public sector to cover all segments of society, beyond representation in leadership positions, to permeate all aspects of human endeavour, if we are to realize its benefits," said Namibia's Prime Minister, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila.
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Coronavirus in Africa: 119,454 cases; 3,592 deaths; 48,607 recoveries
There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Lesotho: DPP Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane
The accusation against the DPP was made by Monaheng Rasekoai, the lawyer for former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's relatives, who are appealing a controversial decision to grant his wife, Mrs Thabane, bail after she appeared in court in February for
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Somalia: Four Footballers Killed in Blast
Four local footballers in Somalia were killed when a powerful explosion ripped through their bus on Friday in what the country's president branded a "barbaric terror attack".
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Botswana coronavirus: capital Gaborone declared high-risk area, 'quarantined'
A statement issued by Dr. Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 read: “Following the confirmed COVID-19 case of a truck driver who came into Gaborone through the Tiokweng border on Sunday 09 May
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Africa virus stats: 371,611 cases; 9,485 deaths; 178,524 recoveries
There are now more than over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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LETTERS: Youth need help to navigate the Covid crisis
As Covid-19 development statistics trickle in every day, one has to wonder where coronavirus will push the swelling youth unemployment.
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Coronavirus in Africa: 242,969 cases; 6,524 deaths; 110,735 recoveries
There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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EDITORIAL: Parliament’s concerns about spending valid
EDITORIAL: Parliament’s concerns about spending valid
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Uganda: As Lockdown Eases, Economy Faces Long Walk Back to Health
Although Uganda began to relax some of the lockdown rules last week, including allowing private vehicles to return to the roads, the country faces an uphill ride back to economic normalcy, a wide-ranging survey by this newspaper
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Coronavirus in Africa: 88,264 cases; 2,832 deaths; 33,898 recoveries
There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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SEBUNYA: Where is conservation in the East Africa budget
The allocations to conservation (tourism, wildlife and environment) averaged at 1.4 per cent (Kenya), 1.7 per cent (Uganda), 3.8 per cent (Rwanda) and one per cent (Tanzania) of Total Development
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Virus-free Eritrea starts random, extensive testing
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Namibia: Outright Calls for Scrapping of Sodomy Law
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Uganda: As Lockdown Eases, Economy Faces Long Walk Back to Health
Although Uganda began to relax some of the lockdown rules last week, including allowing private vehicles to return to the roads, the country faces an uphill ride back to economic normalcy, a wide-ranging survey by this newspaper
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Namibia Eases COVID-19 Restrictions
ALL 14 regions of the country will on Monday migrate to stage 3 of the lockdown exit strategy for the next 28 days - except for Walvis Bay, which will go back to stage 1 until
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Morocco: Major Polish Companies Wish to Invest in Morocco's Southern Provinces
[MAP] Warsaw -- Major Polish companies operating in various economic sectors have decided to invest in Morocco, particularly in the Southern Provinces.
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Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )
Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on March 6, 1947 to James Walter Jeter, Jr. and Emma Mattocks Jeter. Howard Jeter first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maple Ridge. The school had no
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Namibia: Venaani Calls for Construction of New Hospital
[New Era] Opposition leader McHenry Venaani has called on government to consider building a new state hospital alongside the 50-year-old Katutura Intermediate Hospital to help fight infectious diseases such as the prevailing Covid-19.
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Egypt: Planning Minister Confers With EU Ambassador On Enhancing Joint Relations
[Egypt Online] Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el Saeed conferred with EU Ambassador in Cairo Christian Berger and his accompanying delegation on means of enhancing joint relations and Egypt's plans to increase investments in the coming phase.
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Namibia: Fishrot Accused Contributed to Economic Woes - Prosecution
The State has accused those implicated in the multi-million-dollar fisheries bribery scandal of having contributed to the country's economic
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Africa: Namibia Misses Opportunity to Host All Africa Challenge Trophy
Namibia Golf Federation (NGF) secretary general Brenda Lens has expressed disappointment after Namibia was denied an opportunity to host this year's edition of the popular All Africa Challenge
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