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[New Times] Last month Hendrik Hinkel and his colleague received a call from a resident of Kicukiro District who had seen the giant rock python in the neighborhood.
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COLOGNE, Germany- - A tiny monkey whose owners fed it a diet of cornflakes and beer is now recovering in an animal shelter. Germany's chapter of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced [...]
The architect David Adjaye discusses his plans for an institution to house the looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria.
THE late socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s body was taken to Doves Funerals parlour yesterday despite Nyaradzo Life Assurance being the first to manage it, an episode which set tongues wagging amid claims that there was politics at play between the two funeral service providers. BY WINSTONE ANTONIO/KENNEDY NYAVAYA Ginimbi (36) died in a horror car accident along Borrowdale road in Harare on Sunday when his Rolls Royce Wraith collided head-on with a Honda Fit while driving back to his Domboshava mansion in the company of Malawian Limumba Karim, fitness trainer and video vixen Mitchel “Mimi Moana” Amuli and Mozambican model and socialite Alichia Adams. Karim, Amuli and Adams were trapped inside the car and burnt beyond recognition after the collision, while Ginimbi was pulled out just before the vehicle exploded into flames. Speculative reports emerged that Ginimbi’s close associates, who are linked to the ruling Zanu PF party, had arm-twisted the deceased’s family to dump Nyaradzo for Doves. “A lot of politics has been at play with regards to Ginimbi’s funeral. There seems to be some influence by his close associates. His family had initially engaged Nyaradzo, but his close associates, who are heavily involved in politics, were not happy about the family’s initial decision to engage Nyaradzo,” a source said. “These are the same guys who had proposed the all-white party farewell, which was shot down by the family. They, however, managed to convince the family to move the body from Nyaradzo to Doves hoping that they would be able to get some favours they wanted from the authorities, who are said to behind this funeral service company.” Without getting much into detail, Nyaradzo marketing officer Grace Chimedza yesterday said they just respected Ginimbi’s family decision to have his body moved to Doves. A family source told NewsDay Weekender that Ginimbi’s family had approached Nyaradzo first, but they later discovered that he had a policy with Doves South Africa, and that was when they then collected the body from Nyaradzo and handed it over to Doves to handle everything. Ginimbi will be buried today at his million-dollar mansion in a customised Versace coffin with a medusa print. The coffin was imported from South Africa, courtesy of his associates under the banner Friends of Ginimbi. Friends of Ginimbi’s spokesperson Ronald Muzambe confirmed to NewsDay Weekender that the coffin had come from South Africa, though he could not disclose all the costs involved. “There was no coffin that was bought prior to Ginimbi’s death, there was no such thing. There are multiple stories doing the rounds with regards the issue of the coffin. Many people wanted to buy the coffin for Ginimbi. We then decided that no individual should buy the coffin and the coffin was brought through contributions,” he said. “After putting the contributions together, some money was used to buy the coffin and some to cover funeral expenses. So it was a joint effort, not an individual job. I will clarify that the coffin was imported fro
ACCRA — When it comes to food security, the challenge is not always about producing more – it’s also about quality: producing food that is wholesome and preserved safely. About 690 million people go hungry each year. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add between 83-132 million people to this number based on socio-economic factors. Even before the pandemic, about half of Africa’s citizens were food insecure. And much of Africa’s food is of low quality or lost before it even reaches the consumer. Africa has made some great strides in food production over the last decade even though it continues to be a huge net food importer to the tune of US$47 billion in 2018. But this pandemic has halted successes chalked in fighting poverty and disease and progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). COVID-19 is not the only challenge. In the past year, Africa has grappled with locust swarms, droughts, flooding and conflicts which have slashed livelihoods and brought hunger to many in the region. Restrictions on movement during lockdown also impact on commodities like seeds, fertilizers and farming implements which has, in turn, led to decreased food production. Many crops were not readily accessible and farmers struggled to get their produce to markets. And then, adding to the crisis, the continent’s poor storage facilities were not up to scratch. COVID-19 showed the fault lines in our food production systems and this has compromised the livelihoods of millions of farmers. Food systems on the continent — including production, storage and processing, distribution and transportation, retailing and promotion — are dominated by traditional methods which are vulnerable to unexpected crises. The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme, one of African Union’s continental frameworks under Agenda 2063, urges African governments to increase investment for agriculture by allocating at least 10% of national budgets to achieve agricultural growth rates of at least 6% per annum. Also in the declaration on Food security and Nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic, African ministers of agriculture committed to putting in place measures that will reduce food post-harvest losses and make more food available in the markets. Now, as countries struggle to recover from the impact of the pandemic, there is the need for an action plan to consolidate efforts at these policies. Past interventions for Africa have focused on food production through improvement on crop varieties and yield. But we are not living in normal times. We must do more than simply look at production. Resilient systems need efficient storage and production processes. Post-COVID-19 Africa must invest in appropriate storage technology which is lacking in most developing nations and this causes unnecessary waste and considerable loss to their economies. For example, it is estimated that 60%–70% of food grains produced in developing nations are stored in traditional structures either in threshed or unthreshed at the home. However, most traditional
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The Hawks have confirmed that self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary broke their bail conditions by failing to appear at their nearest police station.
Welcome toFace2Face Africaquiz series that tests your knowledge of Africa and anything African. We ask ten questions based on themes ranging from politics, history, geography, culture, entertainment and many more. Today, we are all about testing your knowledge of the African continent. Brace yourself, no cheating, get your thinking cap on and test your knowledge...
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HAVANA, (Reuters) - As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.
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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Long queues in the rain, daily four-hour trips in a public taxi, the constant threat of road accidents, and nearly having to use a pen as a knife to fight off an aggressive male passenger.
The historic fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995 was chaired by Ms. Gertrude Mongellaof Tanzania who to this day is called 'Mama Beijing' in her home country for being instrumental during deliberations at the conference. Mongella was born in September 1945, a month before the United Nations was incorporated...
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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Women bear the brunt of digital abuse - threatened with rape and exploited for porn - as the coronavirus pandemic drives ever more people online, media experts said on Wednesday.
FORMER Warriors goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini has questioned the national team selection criteria saying player agents have undue influence in the picking of players that represent the senior national team. BY TERRY MADYAUTA This follows the Warriors’ defeat to Algeria in a Group H Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Algiers on Thursday. Posting on his Facebook page, Kapini said: “I can say am happy that when I was playing for the national team, I was picked based on performance not by social media,” he wrote. “These days you can play college or Sunday league football and the agents can post you on social media and you will be called to national duty.” Warriors’ Croatian coach Zdravko Logarušić did not have the luxury of assessing his key players during last FIFA international break due to poor planning by the local football governing body ahead of the friendly match in Malawi. And he has faced some tough questions over his selection of players for this first competitive matches since his appointment early this year. In particular, fans were livid over the inclusion of Ovidy Karuru who is currently not attached to any club and Tendai Darikwa who has been inactive for over a year. Scotland-based David Moyo was given his debut call ahead of Knox Mutizwa. Follow Terry on Twitter @TMadyauta
Press Release - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the Egyptian justice system's agreement in principle to release five journalists but points out that this is far from enough and that only two of the five have so far been freed.
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The trial of Dumisani Mkhwanzi officially started with his niece Tshidi as the first state witness to take the stand.
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ZIMBABWE is going through a difficult time. The country’s social fabric is tearing at its seams. Economically, the country is in doldrums and politically the democratic space is shrinking. Stir The Pot :Stir The Pot However, there is a missing voice from the country’s intellectuals, they are shying away from leading discussions on what has to be done now. This is a topic that has its pitfalls for a writer like me, but after carefully considering events in Zimbabwe compared to our neighbour South Africa, it has become an important subject to discuss. The Collins Dictionary defines a public intellectual as “an intellectual, often a noted specialist in a particular field, who has become well-known to the general public for a willingness to comment on current affairs”. Commenting on current affairs is not an easy thing especially in Zimbabwe where the democratic space is shrinking. Many intellectuals have taken the easy route of keeping their opinions to themselves or only share with a limited number of friends. In many instances, some intellectuals only speak off the record — they do not want to be associated with their opinions publicly. At a political level, Zimbabwe is sort of a pariah State — the black sheep in a community of nations for one reason or another. The government, over the last two years after coming into power via a coup, has been trying to re-engage the West. However, discussions on the issue have been dominated by government officials and none of the intellectuals around has chosen to speak on the question. The same has been happening in economics. Zimbabwe has been reeling from sanctions, corruption and bad management. Yet, our intellectuals have chosen the silence is golden route. Could it be that they are worried about their safety in a politically polarised country or they are bidding their time to hobnob with politicians at an appropriate time? Each year, our local universities have been churning out doctorate degrees and a great number of academics carry with pride the prefix doctor to their names. Surprisingly, the quality and diversity of public discussion has not changed in the past decade. We have the same panels on public discussions, the same people quoted in our media and the same faces writing opinions and editorials for the mainstream media or on their blogs. As a contrast, let me point to South Africa. The mainstream media like This Day, Sunday Times, Mail & Guardian and Daily Maverick have opinion and editorial pages filled with local public intellectuals. Some have even gone to the extent of commissioning some as columnists. This has enriched discussions and debates in South Africa. Yes, it has its problems like race relations, an economy for the few and not the many, corruption and abuse of cadre deployment by the ruling African National Congress, however their public intellectuals do not shy away from discussing these issues. Alan Lightman of Michigan Institute of Technology in a paper titled The Role of the Public Intellectual said: “Such a person must be careful, he must be aware
Vallejo Artisan Coffee Roaster is celebrating the historical moment of our first Madam Vice President-elect Kamala Harris by creating her own coffee blend.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- African LGBT+ refugees seeking new life in the United States celebrate Biden-Harris win
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[New Times] The University of Rwanda, (UR), on Tuesday, November 11 announced that it will effective November 30 reopen for both first and second-year students after more than eight months of digital learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Good things do happen in 2020. Former \"Love & Hip Hop\" star Rah Ali welcomed her rainbow baby on Wednesday, November 11. All babies are a blessing, but the birth of this child is particularly special because almost two years ago, she suffered an unimaginable loss after giving birth prematurely at five months.
