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Kenya: Emirates Skycargo Resumes Scheduled Cargo Flights to Eldoret International Airport
Eldoret — Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates has announced the resumption of its scheduled cargo services to
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya must keep an eye on data rules in US trade talks
In light of the proliferation of North-South Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), that is, agreements between the developed countries and the less developed, it is important that trade policy negotiators look at data provisions in these agreements with
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Africa: Public Space a 'Lifeline' for Post-Lockdown Cities
As urban areas start to reopen, some are looking at their sidewalks, squares, parking lots and even streets as a hidden asset in
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The Ministry of Defence continued to support the country during the global pandemic - Voice Online
THE UK Government has been working around the clock to provide support to people ... The post The Ministry of Defence continued to support the country during the global pandemic appeared first on Voice Online.
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Uganda: Government Suspends Collection of Park User Fees
Kampala — Government has suspended the collection of park user fees for public service vehicles (PSV) countrywide until January 1 next year as an incentive to taxi and bus operators affected by the Coronavirus
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ethiopia: Upper House Speaker Resigns Over Postponement of Elections
Ethiopia's upper house speaker has resigned in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus, a sign of growing tension between her party and the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda’s rising virus cases dampens plan for a full reopening
The cases are spread over five districts in Kirehe, Rusizi, Kigali, Nyamasheke and Rubavu, largely attributed to truck drivers from the region and their
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Source: The East African
'Not Feeling the Hair': Fans Spill Mixed Opinions About Tamar Braxton's New Style
Tamar, the host of the VH1 reality show “To Catch a Beautician,” sat down with her co-host celebrity hairstylist Johnny White and retired hairstylist Mecca to discuss ways beauticians can help their clients’ hair
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'Weak safeguards against job cuts will hurt COVID-19 response'
TRADE unionist Danny Roberts says countries like Jamaica with weak safeguards against employment termination, high rates of informality, and a heavy dependency on the service sector are likely to lag behind in the economic recovery process in the post-COVID-19 period.
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These 20 Black Designers Are Providing Effective Face Masks
Photo: an alarming rate, COVID-19 has affected at least 2 million people, making medical supplies including mask and gowns, hard to come
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Opportunity Wisconsin Statement on May Jobs Report - Milwaukee Community Journal
Opportunity Wisconsin also releases new graphic outlining the tough choices Wisconsin workers continue to face as corporations get billions MADISON, Wis. — Today, as President Trump took a Rose Garden victory lap on everything from COVID-19, to racial inequality and the economy even going so far
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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African Women and Girls Shaping the Policy Discourse of the COVID-19 pandemic response
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Graça Machel Trust (GMT) has launched the Ilizwi (the voice): African Women and Children shaping policy discourse of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Source: allAfrica.com
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East Africa: African Dev't Bank Gives $1.2 M for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway Study
The two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess the proposed project's technical, economic, environmental and social viability
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
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Earth Today | Local Green-Blue Enterprise Radar toolkit now available to communities
THE RELEASE of ‘The Local Green-Blue Enterprise (LGE) Radar: A Tool for Community Enterprises’ by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) is expected to support COVID-19 economic recovery that is fair, environmentally sustainable, low-carbon and
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Rwanda: Genocidal Govt 'Earmarked Over Rwf150 Million for Tutsi Massacre'
The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), on Tuesday, June 9 revealed how the genocidal government approved "strong measures" to accelerate the so-called "auto-defense civile" programme 26 years
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Experts re-imagine Africa’s economic future post COVID-19 - Voice Online
EXPERTS FROM the worlds of business, finance and government have concluded that despite COVID-19 having... The post Experts re-imagine Africa’s economic future post COVID-19 appeared first on Voice Online.
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ANC suggests pension funds buy some Eskom assets - TechCentral
The economic transformation committee of the ANC has suggested that pension funds take over some of the assets of indebted state-owned power company Eskom.
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Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Protest Reinstatement of Tainted Rwandan Bishop By UK Anglican Church
Ibuka, the umbrella organisation of Genocide survivors associations, has protested the decision by the Church of England to reinstate Jonathan Ruhumuliza, a Rwandan bishop accused of complicity in the 1994 Genocide against the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: Government Increases Import Duty On Agricultural Products to 60 Percent
Finance minister, Matia Kasaija has said the government has introduced some taxes to raise revenue and announced that the import duty on agricultural products have been increased to 60 per cent and other products to 35 per
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Source: allAfrica.com
A balance between COVID-19 and economic concern is priority
IT is now over seven months since the coronavirus (COVID-19) was discovered in China with most countries introducing suppression measures in the first quarter of the year. Zimbabwe, like most countries in Africa, introduced a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus in
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Development spend hit Sh463bn in March on mega projects rise
Development spending in nine months to March increased 17 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.
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Rwanda Rolls Out Rwf100 Billion COVID-19 Recovery Fund
Local businesses have been invited to apply for funding under the Economic Recovery Fund (ERF), a two-year facility established by the Government to accelerate the recovery of Covid-19 hit
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Africa: Security Vs Efficiency - Smart Ports in a Post-COVID-19 Era
Improving the efficiency and capacity of African ports is a major policy goal for the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities, as well as organisations such as the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern
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Task force pushes Gov’t to reopen borders
THE DR Nigel Clarke-chaired COVID-19 Economic Recovery Taskforce has recommended that the Government relax recently implemented border closure measures to kick-start the process of improving the
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Uganda’s $12b budget offers tax waivers, credit access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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Nigeria: Taxes On Online Banking Transactions
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would soon start collecting taxes on all online transactions in line with the Company's Income Tax Significant Economic Presence (SEP) order that requires Over-the-Top (OTT) services providers to declare the revenue they generate from Nigerian consumers and
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Mozambique: A Further 20 COVID-19 Cases Diagnosed
Maputo — Mozambique's National Director of Public Health, Rosa Marlene, announced on Tuesday that a further 20 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease have been diagnosed, bringing the total number of known Covid-19 cases in the country to
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Source: allAfrica.com
MN DEED doing its part to help Communities of Color impacted by...
Since March 16, 17.8% of all White people in Minnesota’s labor force have applied for unemployment insurance benefits, while 31.4% of Indigenous people and People of Color in Minnesota’s labor force have applied for
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Archdiocese of Baltimore Archbishop urges more coronavirus testing for hard-hit Latino, African American areas
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore pastor who was recently named an auxiliary bishop for the Baltimore Archdiocese has appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to increase free COVID-19 testing in the city to expand beyond his parish, Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazon de
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