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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 medical supplies to a shadowy company that sold the government $28 face masks and other materials at
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The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen to 887 after 57 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the highest tally since the first case was reported in the country in
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25 cars join ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through Eutaw to protest police brutality and call for criminal justice reform
On Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2020, twenty-five cars joined the ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through the City of Eutaw, to protest the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others. The ride called for criminal justice reform and passage of the Justice in Policing
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Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton last night reserved comment after his name got entangled in a series of social-media posts that have gone viral. “I am taking advice on the matter and will speak in due course,” Tufton told The Gleaner. The...
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New COVID pre-testing requirement for some US visitors
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new COVID pre-testing requirements for visitors to Jamaica from high-risk US
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USA: Father, son nabbed for killing African American man
Georgia authorities in the United States have arrested a white father and son for the killing of a black man in
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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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WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African women
The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in Africa “to a higher risk of abuse and gender-based
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Africa: WHO Regional Director for Africa Pays Tribute to African Leaders On COVID-19 Fight
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their fight against COVID-19
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Burundi Expels WHO Officials
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Congo extends virus lockdown on village near Pointe-Noire
Even as the population in vasts parts of the Republic of Congo warm up to the “new normal” with government lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, for residents of a village in the country’s south, a lockdown remains in
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South Africa: Mbalula Urges Taxi Industry to Reconsider Decision to Break Lockdown Laws
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Elon Musk mocks Tesla short-sellers by selling short shorts
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Ethiopia updating virus stats via WHO tallies as net outage remains
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its
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COVID-19: WHO warns of virus acceleration in Africa
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Corrected | Embattled Zimbabwe minister still at post
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Caribbean destinations at odds over region’s tourism reopening
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Ghana coronavirus: 15,473 cases; arrests over failure to wear masks
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Atlanta Police Call Out Sick Over Charges in Fatal Shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to
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