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Tourists land in Tanzania as hotels, firms and schools resume
Plane loads of tourists aboard Ethiopian, KLM and Turkish airlines are expected to land in Tanzania in the next one week, marking a critical milestone in the on-going re-opening of the country’s economy following nearly two months of
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Uganda: Our Manifesto Plan Now At 77 Percent - NRM
Government has said it has so far implemented 77.9 per cent of its manifesto in the last four years and that the remaining threshold will be completed before the next General
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Tanzania coronavirus: June 1 school reopening guidelines issued
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Better days coming
For almost 50 years Riley Maragh has operated his craft shop across from the Kingston Craft Market on Harbour Street in the capital city's downtown business district and he has seen good and bad
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Mauritius
Mauritius is a mountainous island in the Indian Ocean east of
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Mbabane, Swaziland (1887- )
Mbabane is the capital of Swaziland and is located on the Mbabane River and its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdimba Mountains. It is the second largest city in the country. The city’s name comes from an African Chief, Mbabane Kunene, who lived in the region when British settlers arrived in
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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol
THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health
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Africa: After COVID-19, Africa Can Come Back Better
These are challenging times for Africa, and, like the rest of the world, the continent is fighting to recover from the
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Virus punctures Tunisia tourism rebound
As the novel coronavirus pandemic wipes out a recovery from jihadist attacks in 2015, Tunisia's vital tourism sector is trying to find ways to avoid going
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Shaw pushes irrigation as rainfall lags
Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw has pledged to aggressively expand the footprint of drip irrigation as Jamaican farmers wilt under searing temperatures amid below-average
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Rwanda: Study - 57% of SMEs Were Affected By COVID-19 Lockdown
At least 57.5 per cent of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) operating across different industries closed operations between March and April due to Covid-19 impact, a new study by Business Professionals Network (BPN) and the University of Rwanda
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Life after COVID-19
Worse things have befallen mankind, such as world wars, natural catastrophes, man-made atrocities, plagues – and still the human spirit
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Ahmeenah Young
Ahmeenah Young, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, has been an influential voice in the tourism and hospitality industry for almost three decades. She leads the Center in developing its organizational policies to support providing the best customer-focused experience
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Morocco
National name: al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia
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Uganda: Workers Feel the Pinch of COVID-19
Some governments have stared this bleak figure in the eye with all round economic stimulus packages which have included cuts to Pay As You Earn and corporation taxes like the Kenyan
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House committee bats for workers who missed deadline for COVID grants
Chairman of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) Dr Wykeham McNeill indicated Wednesday that the committee intends to push for an appeals process for workers who have missed out on the supporting employees with transfer (SET) cash grant offered by the Government under its
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Pay cuts force workers to restructure Sh102bn loans
Pay cuts force workers to restructure Sh102bn loans
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HELP OR HURT? - Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger
Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
UWI professor urges regional leaders to proceed cautiously
So if you take the countries, United States, Spain, the UK, France, China — these are the countries that are the largest tourism destinations in the world, and these are also the countries that have had the highest rates of
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Flower tourism wilts under COVID-19
Since the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown of The Netherlands until at least June 1, however, the country’s flower bulb farming sector has been severely
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Ghana: COVID-19 Businesses Support Fund Should Spur MSMEs On to Thrive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched a GH¢1 billion COVID-19 Alleviation Business Support Programme to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the coronavirus
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Kenya
National name: Jamhuri ya Kenya
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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq
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Ghana: Tourism Sector Bags U.S.$3.312 Billion From "Year of Return Initiative - Tourism Ministry
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, has stated that the tourism sector as a result of the 'Year of Return' initiative has recorded US$3.312 billion in
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Jamaica
The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican
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Uhuru's Sh54bn jobs plan
The government will hire 200,000 youths to clean towns, 10,000 teachers and 5,000 health workers as part of a stimulus package unveiled
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Kenya receives €188m AfDB loan to boost COVID-19 response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social
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Rwanda Earmarks Rwf3.5Billionn for Tourism Marketing Post-COVID-19
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has allocated Rwf3.5 billion for tourism marketing activities as it seeks to recover the tourism and hospitality industry from Covid-19 impact in the next fiscal
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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?
In the following article, American University political scientist James A. Thurber, a leading authority on presidential and congressional politics, describes the effort of President Barack Obama to change one part of the culture of Washington, the influence of lobbyists.  Candidate Obama made that
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