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[MAP] Rabat -- The security and stability challenges facing Africa, and which manifest themselves in the multiplication of conflicts and crises, require a synergy of efforts and a concerted and united response from all, underlined, Sunday in Rabat, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Mohcine Jazouli.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has announced.
The two Jamaicans had earlier told the Jamaica Observer that they were unable to return home because regional carrier Caribbean Airlines had been unable to fly to some territories because of border restrictions.
After learning yesterday that The Bahamas is one of the countries from which Caribbean Airlines flights will be repatriating Jamaicans, she contacted the airline but was told that the flights are only for students.
“Antigua border opened for international flights and Jamaica is now the same [for nationals], but Trinidad and Tobago hasn't opened their borders and Barbados hasn't opened their borders yet.
She was scheduled to do a third last month, but the closure of Jamaica's borders up until last week Monday and the difficulty faced to now get a return flight have dashed her hopes of completing the medical procedure any time soon.
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[Nation] Tertiary institutions of learning will resume face-to-face class sessions in January 2021.
After months of being away from the physical classroom, teaching resumed today for students sitting Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations, scheduled to get under way on July 13.
Here are some reactions from students:
\"I am concerned about the whole process of going back to school, however, I am content that our ministries of health and education have been putting the necessary measures in place as well as the school administration.
“There are some students who just want to get it over with, but on the other hand, there are students who believe the whole examinations process and reopening of schools is too risky and that they should not be leaving the safety and comfort of their homes, especially when the health ministry has been warning that there might be a spike.
The students are more concerned about mixing and mingling, but the school did reassure us that certain protocols will be put in place like masks and hand sanitisers, however, we were told we should bring them ourselves.
They are still afraid,”
When asked about the education ministry and school administration listening to the voice of the students, Wilson added: \"No, because the recent changes in exam dates is something that students are really concerned about.
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top generalQassem Suleimaniand has asked Interpol for help, a Tehran prosecutor, Ali Alqasimehr, has said. The US killed Suleimani with a drone strike in Iraq on 3 January after []
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[MAP] United Nations -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita reiterated, Monday before the UN General Assembly, Morocco's commitment to a renewed and more equitable multilateral system capable of strengthening the international solidarity which must guide the post-Covid-19 world.
Luanda — The minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, addressed, during last week, the reinforcement of bilateral cooperation with his China, India and Indonesia counterparts.
The minister highlighted China's solidarity with African countries, including Angola, in aid of various kinds, with emphasis on the provision of assistance in matters of bio-safety, making known the efforts of the Angolan Government in tackling the pandemic of covid-19.
On his turn, the Chinese Foreign minister, Wang Yi, said that he is following the action of the Angolan authorities against covid-19, stressing that the good relations between both countries is a factor that puts China in better position to understand Angola's difficulties.
Still within the framework of his diplomatic agenda, minister Téte António also had a telephone conversation with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, with whom he discussed the current state of bilateral cooperation, as well as the prospect of strengthening it.
The head of Angolan diplomacy expressed the need for the Indonesian minister to encourage businesspeople in her country to invest in Angola's productive sector.
South Sudan Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, James Morgan, spoke with Fred Oluoch about the country’s recent suspension by African Union over $9m arrears.
The Department of Finance in the AU didn't give South Sudan a reminder, as you know the country is preoccupied with myriad priorities of implementing the revitalised peace deal, security arrangements involving the integration of former rebel fighters into the national army.
Does lack of payment affect AU full participation in the South Sudan peace process?
The AU does not sanction its participation in the South Sudan Peace process.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says the continued implementation of the country’s foreign policy is vital, particularly so in the midst of the many social and economic challenges that have attended the global...
Benjamin L. Hooks is most notably known for serving as leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1977 to 1992. Born on January 31, 1925 in Memphis, Tenn…
Dr Euloge Yiagnigni Mfopou on June 12, 2020 in Yaounde received the award from the International Committee of Excellence.
Dr Euloge Yiagnigni Mfopou, a Cameroonian cardiologist and Director General of the Good Health Promoters' Clinic located in the CRADAT neighbourhood of Yaounde was on Friday, June 12, 2020, awarded the Sub-regional Prize For Best Medical Practices in Central Africa.
In his citation, Alain Y. Fofie, the Chair of the Jury who presented the award, said Mfopou was rewarded \"as encouragement and recognition of his spirit of excellence and innovation in the care of patients.\"
The Jury Chair lauded Dr Mfopou for his clinic's warm welcome, compassion and care of patients, technical platform, dynamism and personal talent.
Testifying of the professional qualities of Dr Mfopou, Minister Mbarga Mboa said he had a health challenge in the past and the cardiologist prepared his medical file which he took to Europe.
Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, is half the size of Illinois. Guinea, in the north and east, and Liberia, in the south, are its neighbors. Mangrove swamps lie along the coast, with wooded hills and a plateau in the interior. The eastern region is mountainous.
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The Bulom people were thought to have been the earliest inhabitants of Sierra Leone, followed by the Mende and Temne peoples in the 15th century and thereafter the Fulani. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore the land and gave Sierra Leone its name, which means “lion mountains.” Freetown, on the coast, was ceded to English settlers in 1787 as a home for blacks discharged from the British armed forces and also for runaway slaves who had found asylum in London. In 1808 the coastal area became a British colony, and in 1896 a British protectorate was proclaimed over the hinterland.
Sierra Leone became an independent nation on April 27, 1961. A military coup overthrew the civilian government in 1967, which was in turn replaced by civilian rule a year later. The country declared itself a republic on April 19, 1971.
A coup attempt early in 1971 led to then prime minister Siaka Stevens calling in troops from neighboring Guineas army, which remained for two years. Stevens turned the government into a one-party state under the aegis of the All Peoples Congress Party in April 1978. In 1992 rebel soldiers overthrew Stevenss successor, Joseph Momoh, calling for a return to a multiparty system. In 1996, another military coup ousted the countrys military leader and president. Nevertheless, a multiparty presidential election proceeded in 1996, and Peoples Party candidate Ahmad Tejan Kabbah won with 59.4% of the vote, becoming Sierra Leones first democratically elected president.
But a violent military coup ousted President Kabbahs civilian government in May 1997. The leader of the coup, Lieut. Col. Johnny Paul Koroma, assumed the title Head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). Koroma began a
1.5m Kenyans beat corona lockdowns to file tax returns
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KRA commissioner for domestic taxes Elizabeth Meyo at a past event.
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About 40 percent of taxpayers have filed tax returns ahead of the June 30 deadline as digital platforms allow Kenyans to beat the corona-induced lockdowns.
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner for domestic taxes Elizabeth Meyo told the Business Daily Thursday that more than 1.53 million Kenyans had filed their tax returns by May 14 against a target of 3.8 million taxpayers.
Companies face a penalty of Sh20,000 or five percent of the tax payable in the year the return is meant to capture, or whichever is higher.
Filling tax returns has emerged as one of the taxman’s preferred way to netting tax cheats and growing the income tax segments amid struggles to meet collection targets.
China said new US export restrictions targeting companies including Huawei Technologies may threaten the global supply chain.
Beijing opposes the new US rules and will take all necessary measures to defend the rights and interests of Chinese companies, the ministry of commerce said in a statement on Sunday.
The US on Friday moved to prevent sales to Shenzhen-based Huawei by chip makers using American technology.
The commerce department said it would require licences before allowing US equipment to be used by the Chinese company or its 114 subsidiaries, including its chip design unit HiSilicon.
The new rules require any foreign chip maker that uses American gear to get a licence before they can sell to companies on a US blacklist, a roster that includes Huawei and other prominent Chinese tech giants such as SenseTime Group and Megvii Technology.
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In 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), an international court established by the United Nations Security Council to judge people responsible for the genocide, indicted Kabuga on seven criminal charges including genocide.
Bubacar Jallow spoke to Al Jazeera about the significance of Kabuga's arrest.
Bubacar Jallow: We had clear evidence that he left Rwanda after the genocide and had gone to Kenya.
Al Jazeera: Had Kabuga travelled to Kenya under his own name?
Bubacar Jallow: In addition to the process of justice, you need other elements such as healing in the community to bring closure.
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- There is nothing in international law that obliges Ethiopia to sign a deal before it starts the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam said Zelalem Moges(Ph.D), an international law expert.
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The youthful minister has hit the ground running literally as he has had several interactions with sport organizations and administrators over the past several days.
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Just in recent weeks, fighters allied to Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord have made significant gains against their rivals in the Libyan National Army, led by self-proclaimed Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
As various would-be mediators attempted to fill the leadership void - from French president Emmanuel Macron to Italy's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte - Haftar's Libyan National Army slowly consolidated its grip on large parts of the country.
When it appeared that Salamé would try to circumvent Haftar and start a national dialogue process, the Libyan National Army launched its assault on Tripoli last April with backing from Egypt, the UAE and Russia.
There was hope that Germany could parlay its neutrality to bring Libya's internationally recognised prime minister, Fayez al-Serraj, and Haftar together along with their main backers, respectively Turkey and Russia.
Given Haftar's recent declaration of military rule over the areas he controls, darker days could be ahead, especially when external powers insist on playing out their great game for the Middle East in Libya.
The Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry was responding to comments by his Ethiopian counterpart in an interview with the Associated Press Friday.
At this juncture we are depositing the issue with the security council with the desire that it undertakes its responsibilities.
“At this juncture we are depositing the issue with the security council with the desire that it undertakes its responsibilities.
If the security council does not undertake its responsibilities, this is even a greater threat to international peace and security”, the Ethiopian foreign affairs minister said.
Egypt, which relies on the Nile for more than 90% of its water supplies, sees the issue as a potentially existential threat.
Benin and Ivory Coast become the third and fourth countries to withdraw their declaration under Article 34 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR).
Benin announced an end to individual and NGO direct access to the court on March 16, while Ivory Coast did the same on April 21.
The decision by Benin and Ivory Coast was officially announced early this month by the Court’s Registrar, Robert Eno.
Benin and Ivory Coast’s withdrawal will likely mean that only six AU countries will allow individuals and NGOs to have direct access to the Court a year from now.
Ivory Coast ’s withdrawal came directly after an April 22 judgment on provisional measures in which the Court ordered a national court to suspend the arrest warrant of Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader running for president.
