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Former Barbadian PM Owen Arthur passes - Stabroek News
Former Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur passed away this morning at age 70. The article Former Barbadian PM Owen Arthur passes appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Lebanese tycoon to wait longer for Sh3. 7bn pipeline pay
John Ngumi, the KPC board chairman told the Senate Committee on Energy that KPC is yet to pay the $35 million in completed and certified works.
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AP-NORC poll: More Americans think country off course; Trump sinks on virus
(AP): With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position, as his re-election bid...
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The President, Adding Fuel To The Fire Of Our Pandemics. - ThyBlackMan
Since the President refuses to develop a national plan to address the corona pandemic, even as the death toll increases, deaths increase, let him hawk beans.  He is far more adept at that task than he is at running the country.
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Covid-19: 60 pupils quarantined at Western Cape school hostel after 4 test positive | News24
Approximately 60 pupils from a high school in Ceres have been quarantined at its hostel after four pupils tested positive for Covid-19.
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How and why President's spokesperson Khusela Diko took a leave of absence | News24
President Cyril Ramaphosa accepted his spokesperson's offer to step aside when it became clear that she was linked to the Health MEC and his wife, it has emerged.
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UK PM rejects fresh call for new Scottish independence vote
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish...
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Shutting down private schools won't stop teaching - Isasa responds to Cosas' 'regrettable' threats | News24
Independent schools never completely closed but worked online when the national lockdown, aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, started in March, the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa has said.
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Georgians on Trump’s failed record on women | Atlanta Daily World
As Joe Biden rolled out his women’s agenda, the Democratic Party of Georgia released the following statement: “Trump has a history of saying he respects women, but his actions tell … Continued The post Georgians on Trump’s failed record on women appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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Govt approves dual pricing
BY FIDELITY MHLANGA GOVERNMENT has authorised the pricing of goods and services in both the local currency and the United States dollar, barely a year after ditching the multi-currency regime. “It is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has in terms of section 2 of the Exchange Control
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Zimbabwe: Corruption - Zesa Boss Under Probe
[The Herald] Zesa Holdings board will be conducting a thorough investigation into its executive chairman, Dr Sydney Gata, after allegations surfaced that he may have allocated for his personal use five company vehicles, scuttled the disciplinary hearing of a top executive, spent $10 million on
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PM Arthur held the torch of regional integration high - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I am happy to have served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Trade and Inter-national Cooperation during the three terms of Owen Arthur of Barbados. The article PM Arthur held the torch of regional integration high appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Israel-trained Kenyan youths to get agribusiness funds
The funding will see the trainees get up to Sh1 million as capital to start their agri-business projects.
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Zim poet to represent Africa at festival
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO ZIMBABWEAN self-exiled poet, Mbizvo Chirasha (pictured), has been invited to represent Africa at the 30th edition of the International Poetry Festival of Medellin scheduled for August 1 to October 10 in Medellin, Colombia. The festival, which will be streamed live on
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It's 1980 in reverse
… were white, 10 percent were African American, and just 2 percent were … white and minority voters – including African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans – rose …
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#Election2020 – 100 days out, Donald Trump is in dire straits | The Atlanta Voice
With just 100 days(!) until the 2020 election, the day itself will be here before you know it. Here's where things stand in the races for the White House, the Senate and the House with 100 days left in the campaign. *The House: While Republicans may have started 2019 with hopes that they might be
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BET, Black leaders declare Sept. 18 National Black Voter Day - DefenderNetwork.com
BET, National Urban League and Key Impact Partners, Including National Action Network, NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Color of Change, Higher Heights, When We All Vote, Black Voters Matter, The Collective Pac, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Election Protection, the Leadership
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Nigeria's Killing Fields, Service Chiefs and Buhari
[This Day] Kingsley Nwezeh looks at the security challenges facing the nation, the continued stay in office of the military service chiefs, the senate resolution calling for their resignation and the trillions of Naira sunk into the security sector since 2015 without any appreciable impact
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders - Voice and Viewpoint
Ability-to-Repay Stripped from Regulation By Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout the country, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently took an ill-advised and untimely action. On July 7, the agency
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Trump is moving forward with his plan to regulate social media - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The petition for rulemaking puts the ball in the FCC's court. The agency must now decide whether to agree to President Donald Trump's call for FCC oversight of internet platforms. Trump and other Republicans have long criticized companies, including Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR), for allegedly
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Kenya: Coronavirus in Kenya - President Kenyatta's Full Speech
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Zimbabwe ruling party warns US ambassador to stop meddling - African American News Today - EIN News
… trampling on the lives of black Americans which had given birth to … values and human rights observances.  African Americans arebeing treated like rats,” he …
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Top Prop Program Offers Hartzell Odyssey For Cirrus SR22 and SR22T Aircraft
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Nigeria: Why I Dumped PDP, Rejoined APC - Dogara
[Premium Times] The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained the reason why he left the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Kenya: Gideon Moi States Why Kanu Signed Post-Poll Deal With Jubilee
[Nation] Kanu Chairman Gideon Moi on Sunday broke his silence on why the independence party inked a post-election pact with Jubilee.
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Tunisian Interior Minister Named PM Amid Hopes of Ending Political Crisis
[RFI] Tunisian Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi has been appointed Prime Minister and asked to form government in an effort to resolve the country's political crisis.
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Zimbabwe: 'I Fear Hanging', ED Told Mugabe During Coup Call - Mzembi
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa told former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe he feared hanging by his predecessor if he heeded the latter's call to return home and be reinstanted as Vice President, days after his sacking as Vice President 2017.
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Rwanda: Govt Owed Rwf11bn in Corruption Cases
[New Times] The government is pursuing about Rwf11bn that it hopes to recoup from cases that it won in corruption and public funds mismanagement-related cases, the Minister of Justice, Johnston Busingye has said.
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Kenya: Revealed - Only Five Counties Ready to Handle Covid-19
[Nation] The push for counties to prepare for Covid-19 is slowly turning into a scandal after it emerged that some governors lied that they had attained 300-isolation-bed capacity.
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Cyber Security Bill: New monster in the room
editorial comment THE recently gazetted Cyber Security Bill has ruffled feathers in Zimbabwe and across the continent. It is its obscurity which makes it a dangerous piece of legislation, particularly in a situation where authorities take pleasure in abusing such nebulous pieces of law to suppress
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