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South Africa's health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
BY PHYLLIS MBANJE ZIMBABWE has turned down its allocation of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, citing storage constraints and scepticism
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The heinous act was allegedly committed by a Boda Boda rider, who is also a family friend.
BY KIMBERLY KARIATI SCULPTOR Given Sitandi says his art is driven by the desire to uphold the Zimbabwean heritage, exploring its history
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Aneesha Smith, creator of Reflections By Zana, is launching a line of workplace accessories for underrepresented front line health care professionals.
… campaign targeted 3.5 million African Americans to deter them from voting …
The diplomats who met Nyong'o were Chol Ajongo (S Sudan), Ashish Sinha (Unep and UN-Habitat) and Gerald Ockotch (South Africa).
Brackenfell protests may well be reloading for 2021: The EFF have emerged successful from the Western Cape High Court, following a major legal dispute.
Several members of Daunte Wright's family spoke out on Tuesday alongside other families who gained national prominence after losing a loved one to state sanctioned violence.
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Thousands of Burundians clad in white gathered on Friday in the capital Gitega to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this month.
The ceremonies began early in the morning with a \"homage by his wife, Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza, his children and those close to him\" in an intimate gathering at the hospital where he passed away, a government source told AFP.
\"Nowhere in Africa, or the world, has a leader been as close to God as president Nkurunziza was,\" Ndayishimiye said in a tear-filled speech, adding he was also \"the closest to the people\".
Nkurunziza, a devout evangelical who believed he was chosen by God to lead Burundi, leaves behind a deeply isolated country in political and economic turmoil.
Burundi has taken few measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, with Nkurunziza claiming God had spared the country from its ravages.
[New Dawn] The 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched on Monday November 16 by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, highlights a decline in African governance performance for the first time since 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is stalling hiring and slowing an economic rebound. With confirmed viral cases still elevated in much of the nation and businesses under continued pressure, many employers appear reluctant […]
Miles college announced Thursday a “limited” number of layoffs beginning June 22 and temporary furloughs to reduce costs and cut expenses as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are doing everything we can to minimize the impact to the hard-working faculty and staff members of miles college, but we must make some painful but necessary decisions,” the school said in a statement.
The school didn’t say how many employees would be laid off or furloughed.
“We are hopeful that those furloughs will not exceed six weeks,” the school says.
“While these decisions are difficult, we remain focused on our mission to educate, motivate and prepare students for the future,” the school says.
Capital punishment will be replaced with life imprisonment or a minimum 30-year jail term for crimes such as murder or mutiny
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is making his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee, while his campaign is acknowledging concerns about his appeal with Latinos, a voting bloc likely to prove pivotal against President Donald Trump in one of the nation's fiercest battleground states. On Tuesday, the former vice president will hold a roundtable with veterans in Tampa before marking Hispanic Heritage Month with an event in Kissimmee near Orlando. The visit comes as some Democrats worry that Biden's standing among Hispanics is slipping in a state where they make up […]
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Congolese officials said President Denis Sassou Nguesso and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Monday to restructure the colossal Congolese debt to Beijing.
[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as unfortunate and retrogressive the recent immigration control introduced by some European countries to prevent entry persons who had taken Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
[Monitor] The national men's team Hockey Cranes returned yesterday from Nairobi with enhanced reputations after their triumph over Kenya in the bi-nation Federation of International Hockey (FIH) Series.
Remembering the Sacrifices
Thousands of Nigerians gathered on Sunday for a vigil to remember those who lost their lives at the hands of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) — a police unit accused of brutality and human rights crimes.
Created in 1984 to combat growing robberies in Nigeria, the unit is now disbanded following one of the largest youth-led protests the country has seen in a decade launched earlier in October by way of the social media movement #EndSARSNow.
Around 100 people have been injured and at least ten have died in the demonstrations due to what Amnesty International believes was the use of excessive force by the police. Nigerian youth are now calling for national police reform.
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said now is the time for workers in the retail sector to step forward, roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated.
Deyalsingh made this statement on Tuesday after touring the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) in San Fernando, where food and beverage workers were being vaccinated.
Having reopened the manufacturing, construction and food sectors already, Deyalsingh said, \"We would like to open the retail sector.\"
He said various business organisations are compiling lists of retail workers in their various jurisdictions and sending them to the ministry, so they can get appointments to be vaccinated at one of the 11 mass vaccination sites or one of the two drive-through sites.
He explained, \"Members of the public should not be coming to the mass vaccination sites. These sites are being used to vaccinate major groups like food and beverage, construction and so on.\" People who are not members of any of these groups should make appointments at any of the 109 health centres in the country.
He said small, medium and large health centres can vaccinate 50, 75 and 100 people daily. \"Across the health sector they can comfortably do 7,000 a day, which is three mass vaccination sites.\"
Deyalsingh said about 1,500 people a day could be vaccinated at a mass vaccination site like SAPA.
He hoped similar numbers would be done at drive-through sites at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva and in Wallerfield, which will both be fully operational on Wednesday. At the former, which is being run by Proman, Deyalsingh said a pilot run on Monday saw 500 people vaccinated in four hours.
He also said the objective of the accelerated mass covid19 vaccination was to vaccinate 600,000 people by the end of September and inch ever closer to achieve herd immunity in Trinidad and Tobago, with 980,000 people fully vaccinated against covid19.
\"What we are doing now is ramping up significantly our vaccination programme. We now have in the country enough vaccines to vaccinate 400,000 people. That is 40 per cent of the adult population.\"
Deyalsingh was optimistic that about 200,000 people will be vaccinated by next weekend.
With herd immunity being roughly 70 per cent of the population, Deyalsingh reminded reporters that TT's 1.4 million population includes children.
\"Right now, we don't have vaccines registered in TT for the under-18s, so that knocks off 400,000 people.\"
Excluding this number, Deyalsingh said, \"So it means to achieve herd immunity, 980,000 people, which is close to 100 per cent of your adult population.\"
He said this is why \"we are making vaccines available to every adult and there will be more coming.\"
Any Pfizer vaccines that Government obtains from the United States will be dedicated only to children between 12 and 18, that is, secondary school students.
Against this background, Deyalsingh said adults should take the covid19 vaccines available to them now and not wait for the Pfizer vaccine.
\"My urge is not to do so. You may put yourself in danger.\"
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On Monday, July 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of inland area resident Cynthia Glover Woods of Eastvale to the State Board of Education (BOE). Highly respected and recognized for her educational acumen, Glover Woods has served as Chief Academic Officer with the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) since 2016 and []
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[New Times] Rwanda through the ministry of defence on Friday received a consignment of 200,000 AstraZeneca doses from the Greek military.
Party insiders said the resolution was allegedly targeted at, among others, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late Zapu founding leader Joshua Nkomo.
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[New Times] June 4 Rwanda vs CAR
Glam Shop founder and television personality Sierra Gates is getting real about her successful career as a serial entrepreneur and starring on popular VH1 show “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta.”
She addressed her friendship with fellow cast member Karlie Redd, spoke on “LHHATL” virtual reunion rumors that have circulated and discussed how she’s been helping women start their own businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
I literally started with nothing, got my first shop on Peters Street — that’s a very popular strip in Atlanta — and I was already a girl boss, so basically the show and just the platform help add onto everything I was doing.”
On the show, we saw Gates form close bonds with Tokyo Vanity and Redd, but her friendship with Redd ended after the two got in a physical altercation that was on display in the March 23 episode.
When asked about the status of her and Redd’s friendship, Gates said, “We really don’t speak anymore, so that’s basically it.”
BY VANESSA GONYE THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs has said the government lacks commitment in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) and relies on third parties for knowledge on the matter. This was revealed in a report by the committee on the 2021 national budget, which was presented recently in the National Assembly by Bacillia Majaya (MDC Alliance). Majaya said although Treasury supported most of the bids for GBV programmes, the unallocated bit amounting to $15 million could have gone a long way in supporting such programmes. “In its response to GBV, the government has had to rely on statistics from partners about GBV due to lack of own support services in the form of one-stop centres,” Majaya said. “The need for institutional support services for GBV can never be overstated. Treasury needs to consider a budget towards the construction of one-stop centres starting with Chipinge and Matabeleland North. An allocation of $15 million will close the existing resource gap for one-stop centres.” Majaya said in areas hit by national disasters such as Cyclone Idai, there were no plans to cater for GBV survivors. She said more women failed to access GBV services while others needed direct support from the government. As at November 21 2020, Musasa Project recorded 37 152 cases of GBV, but many cases go unreported. lFollow Vanessa on Twitter @vanessa_gonye
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, on Thursday concluded a visit of more than 24 hours in Brazzaville where he held talks with his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou-Nguesso.
It was his third visit to Brazzaville since his inauguration in January 2019.
Addressing media, Tshisekedi spoke at length about the political friction between his platform CASH and the FCC of his predecessor Joseph Kabila.
“At the moment there are delegates from both camps who are meeting and discussing to try to clear the way and see again the conditions to be able to look in the same direction. That shouldn’t bother you.”
“It’s quite inherent in a young democracy, in a first political experience. This is the first time we have experienced this in this country. It could not have gone perfectly. Even in old democracies coalitions have always been a problem. It should not be shocking,” he added.
DRC-Zambia border dispute
Another important topic discussed was the border dispute between the DRC and Zambia. Tshisekedi has decided to rely on his Congolese counterpart, Sassou-Nguesso to pacify the situation.
“We have never understood the attitude of Zambia and we have offered several explanations. Currently, the problem is at the SADC level. But the current president of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is keeping an eye on things,” he said.
“Until then, we will say that the situation is calm while we wait for SADC to help us trace the borders that date back to the colonial era and settle this problem once and for all,” he concluded.
The two Heads of State discussed the coronavirus pandemic, including the upcoming reopening of the borders between the two countries, which have been closed for about three months under a health state of emergency.
