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Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tunisia Targets Vaccination of 50 Percent of Population By End of October (Who)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- With more than 35% of the population having received at least one dose and nearly 20% of people fully vaccinated, Tunisia is targeting the inoculation of 50% of its population by the end of October, the World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Tunisia said
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South Africa's Military Is Not Suited for the Fight Against COVID-19. Here's Why
My argument that the South African military is not up to the task of fighting COVID-19 draws from research on its internal deployment and my own continuing research on the democratic nature of South Africa's civil-military
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Mozambique: Matavel Murder - Heavy Sentences for Death Squad Members
Maputo — The Gaza provincial court, sitting in the southern Mozambican city of Xai-Xai, on Thursday sentenced two police officers, who were members of the death squad that murdered civil society and election observation activist Anastacio Matavel on 7 October last year, to lengthy prison
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Nigeria Added to the US Religious Freedom Blacklist | Africanews
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Rwanda: Mukasine Named New Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission
A cabinet meeting held Tuesday, June 16, chaired by President Paul Kagame named Marie-Claire Mukasine as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights
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The ultimate betrayal
In a tell-all interview, the first he has given since he was removed from the Office of the Majority Leader, Mr Kipchumba Murkomen has termed President Kenyatta’s treatment of his deputy as extreme provocation, a betrayal of the highest order, and one that was “totally
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Almost 1 000 people in strict quarantine as Covid-19 'peaks' in the Western Cape
Almost 1 000 Western Cape residents are in quarantine, Premier Alan Winde announced on
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Africa: Pan-African Festival Invites France to Take a Fresh Look At Africa
[RFI] France is to host a flagship pan-African event in December designed to break down negative stereotypes of Africa and its people. Announced in a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017, the Africa2020 Season will bring together change makers from the continent to "tell their own
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Kenya: State to Inject Sh5 Billion in GBV Fight - Kenyatta
[Nation] The government plans to invest Sh2.3 billion towards prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country.
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U.S. has imposed visa restrictions over Nigeria election. Here's what you need to know - Face2Face Africa
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians believed to be promotors of electoral violence ahead of elections in Edo and Ondo States. The visa restrictions were imposed on the individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States and
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Africa: World Leaders Set for Pivotal Environmental Assembly
[UNEP] In February 2021, representatives of the 193 Member States of the UN, businesses leaders, civil society and environmentalists from around the world will come together virtually for the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world's highest environmental
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Sierra Leone’s Cyber Security and Crime Bill: An organized opposition makes democracy work well
Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2021: Yesterday, Wednesday 23 June 2021, we as Parliamentarians passed the Cyber Security and Crime Bill which is now fundamentally different from the original draft bill presented to Parliament three months ago. We should commend the
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Kenya: Bbi - High Court Ruling Rekindles Judicial Activism Debate
[Nation] As the political consequences of last week's judgment of the High Court on the push to amend the 2010 Constitution continues to reverberate across the country, it has once again rekindled debate about judicial activism.
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Tunisia: Assault On Abir Moussi - LTDH Calls On the Ministry of Women and Public Prosecutor to Take Necessary Measures
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH) called on the Public Prosecutor and the Minister of Women, Family and Seniors to take the necessary legal measures following the physical assault on MP Abir Moussi (bloc of the Free Destourian Party) by MP Sahbi
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Ivory Coast election: High stakes for the youth | Africanews
Violence linked to the election is once again threatening Ivory Coast, and civil society won't stay
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Tunisia: Center of Excellence for Arab Youth Inaugurated in Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The center of excellence for youth in the Arab region was inaugurated at a ceremony held Thursday, in the presence of a host of officials including acting Minister of Youth, Sport and Vocational Integration Sihem Ayadi, representatives of the United Nations
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I favour inclusive governance rather than a shared PPP/C and PNCR Cabinet
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ANC and EFF will have to work together if they want to merge national and local elections
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ACB gives NOCMA go-ahead to award fuel procurement contract
The Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Martha Chizuma has lifted a Restriction Notice served on National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) and granted it permission “to proceed to deal with the procurement processes towards the award of the contract under procurement number
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Bank official sacked in Sierra Leone after harmless banter with wife of the president
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2021: The Sierra Leone Telegraph has joined very loud calls in and outside of Sierra Leone for the reinstatement of a Union Trust Bank (UTB) employee – Mr. Garvyn Cole (Photo above), who was instantly dismissed last Thursday, after posting a message on the
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Zimbabwe: Food Self-Sufficiency Remains Elusive for Millions - Report
[New Zimbabwe] A study has shown that despite government's efforts to put in place several food and nutrition policies, setting up institutional frameworks to facilitate food and nutrition security, food self-sufficiency remains elusive for millions in Zimbabwe.
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Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped
In May, the Cape Town-based clinical research organisation, TASK, began a clinical trial to see if a common TB shot — the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine normally given to newborns — could help protect hospital workers from developing serious
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Africa: Agroecology As the Centrepiece of Sustainable Food Systems
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Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization
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Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has written to Alistair Routledge, President ExxonMobil Guyana seeking an urgent meeting on problems being experienced on the Liza Destiny platform which has seen gas flaring and a subsequent sharp drop in
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