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Analysis - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home region, Oromia, could be one of the hot spots during Ethiopia's upcoming regional and parliamentary election. Outbreaks of violence have created an atmosphere of instability.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Will UK Government Ensure Women's Voices Are Heard At Cop26 Climate Summit?
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: UK to Donate 100 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses
[Tunis Afrique Presse] London/United Kingdom -- The United Kingdom will donate 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses to the world within the next year, UK's Prime Minister announced Friday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Climate Change - How Bad Could the Future Be If We Do Nothing?
[The Conversation Africa] The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat - people are now living with the consequences of centuries of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is still everything to fight for. How the world chooses to respond in the coming years will have massive repercussions for
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Source: allAfrica.com
CARICOM Engages Telecoms Providers On Removing Roaming Charges - St. Lucia Times News
Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is spearheading a CARICOM initiative to eliminate roaming charges for Caribbean nationals traveling within the region. Dr. Mitchell, accompanied by his Barbadian counterpart, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, along with representatives
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
Swaziland: SALC Statement Condemning the Human Rights Violations in Eswatini in Light of Recent Protests
Press Release - SALC is concerned by the recent developments in Eswatini. The Kingdom of Eswatini has seen a wave of protests over the past month.
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Tanzania Issues Temporary Flight Restrictions to Control Covid-19
[Daily News] TANZANIA has banned flights to and from the countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as a means to contain the disease.
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Greater Bernard Lodge development plan moving ahead
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the Greater Bernard Lodge master plan will see a new development that will serve as a model for others islandwide. Holness, who had instructed in 2019 that the development master plan for the Greater Bernard Lodge...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Chomsky: US virus response fatally 'chaotic'
The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the advances of climate change, according to activist scholar Noam Chomsky, considered the founder of modern
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Source: The East African
Africa: US, Africa to Work Together On Climate Change
[VOA] Nairobi -- The U.S. government says it wants to partner with African countries to combat climate change.
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MSJ: Wealthy first, should bear property tax burden
ADJUSTING the burden so that the many and not the few benefit, will be the most important issue facing Minister of Finance Colm Imbert as he presents the budget on Monday for the next fiscal year. Political Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said at a Sunday news
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Source: Trinidad News
India Increasingly Vulnerable to Climate Change: Report Finds – The Wilmington Journal
NEW DELHI — A first-of-its kind report at the district level in India on extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods and drought finds that “more than 75 percent of India’s 728 districts, home to [...]
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#BTColumn – Energy movements: May round-up - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Stefan Newton The International Energy Agency recommends ending investments in fossil fuels On 18 May 2021, The International Energy Agency (IEA) in
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Randy Moore to be 1st Black American to head U.S. Forest Service - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… , 66, will be the first Black American to lead the Forest Service … the position — and the first Black American to lead the Forest Service … will serve as the first Black American to hold the role of …
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Holness: BPOs crucial to the digital economy
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), the umbrella organisation for the business process outsourcing sector, is expected to play a critical role in building out the country’s digital...
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UNC: PM has failed to address PSC implosion
THE Prime Minister has so far failed to adequately address the Police Service Commission (PSC) implosion after its mishandling of the appointment of an acting police commissioner. Speaking on Sunday at a press conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader in Port of Spain, Opposition Senator
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Cops start online petition to press gov’t for higher wage offer
Bristling at an initial Ministry of Finance proposal of a 2.5 per cent increase on salaries, a group of police has launched an online petition for a 30 per cent hike.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Buhari Off to Ethiopia for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Inauguration
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COVID-19: Mottley Urges Unvaccinated Citizens To Protect Themselves - St. Lucia Times News
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is pleading with unvaccinated Barbadians “to do what is necessary” to protect themselves and their loved ones. Ms. Mottley made the comments Tuesday at the Grantley Adams International Airport, after Barbados received 30,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine and 32,000
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Racial Gap In COVID-19 Vaccination Is Nearly Gone, Survey Shows | Atlanta Daily World
Photo: Getty Images A new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that the racial gap in COVID-19 vaccinations is nearly gone. The survey, published Tuesday (September 27), shows that more Black Americans are getting the jab than ever before. A reported 70% of surveyed Black adults ages 18 and
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Expanding the child tax credit was a Democratic dream come true — but it could be on the chopping block | The Atlanta Voice
When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier this year, it was seen by many in the party as a triumph, a move that could reduce child poverty by nearly half this year. Ever since Democrats won two seats in Georgia in January giving the party
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Tunisia: 1st Part of 6th Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change to Be Presented On September 10 in Tunis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A seminar on the first part of the 6th assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the consequences of global warming will be held on September 10 in Tunis, the organisers said in a press release.
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WHEN? – Jackson Advocate
By Anne T. Sulton, Ph.D., J.D.JA Senior International Correspondent Last week, I informed our readers about Milieudefensie’s “revolutionary lawsuit”. Milieudefensie is the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth. Milieudefensie sued Shell Oil, claiming that Shell violates human rights by extracting
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US$4-trillion fund holders tell Brazil to halt deforestation
PARIS, France (AFP) — Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil yesterday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their
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UNC: PM has failed to address PSC implosion - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Prime Minister has so far failed to adequately address the Police Service Commission (PSC) implosion after its mishandling of the appointment of an acting police commissioner. Speaking on Sunday at a press conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader in Port of Spain, Opposition Senat
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Africa's Drylands Are Getting More Support. How to Make the Most of This
[The Conversation Africa] The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. It is a response to evidence that our current abuse of nature has accelerated global warming and degraded natural resources
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Freak storm: Half-dozen homes lose roofs, others damaged while road-clearing continues - PM - Barbados Today
At least 13 houses have been damaged, six with full roof losses, the Prime Minister has disclosed in an initial update on the impact of an overnight freak storm. “This ranges from St Joseph to St Andrew to  St James to St Philip. So it literally has taken pockets across the island, she said. “We
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Pro-president demo held in Tunisia capital | News24
Around 2 500 demonstrators held a show of support Sunday in Tunisia's capital for President Kais Saied whose power grab has stirred controversy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
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The US Has A Climate Debt To Pay And My Native Land Of Brazil Shouldn't Carry The Burden Alone - Blavity
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LETTERS: Goodwill needed to tackle dirty coal plants
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