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Mourners waving white handkerchiefs, Kenneth Kaunda's trademark symbol, gathered at a Lusaka stadium on Friday for a state memorial service for Zambia's first president, who died last month aged 97.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
Statistics from the Ministry of Health NCDs risk factors survey show that 94 percent of Kenyans consume less than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
Major African stats: June 11 at 7:00 GMT:
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\t\tConfirmed cases = 209,380
\t\tNumber of deaths = 5,689
\t\tRecoveries = 95,084
\t\tActive cases = 108,5607
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June 11: WHO warns of virus acceleration in Africa
\tThe World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and that while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases it took just 18 days to get to 200,000.
May 31: China to support Africa with virus logistics
\tChina will give Africa 30 million test kits per month, as well as 10 000 ventilators and 80 million masks, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa disclosed on Sunday during a virtual meeting with top editors in the country.
The South African president is also current chairperson of the African Union, AU; he is leading Africa’s most impacted country and the continent’s effort to get international support to fight the pandemic.
Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear
\tAs Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment.
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April 23: Africa’s 43% jump in virus cases in 1 week worries experts
\tAfrica registered a 43% jump in reported COVID-19 cases in the last week, highlighting a warning from the World Health Organization that the continent of 1.3 billion could become the next epicenter of the global outbreak.
[The Conversation Africa] Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age of 97, was the last of the giants of 20th century African nationalism. He was also one of the few to depart with his reputation still intact. But perhaps more than any of his contemporaries, the standing of the man who ruled over Zambia for 27 years is clouded with ambiguity.
As the African Union Chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a virtual meeting of African heads of state and declared: \"The challenge of this pandemic has shown how Africa is able to work together to solve its own problems.
The Canadian Small Business, Exports and Trade Minister, Minister Mary Ng, discussed the role of the diaspora in deepening Canada-Africa trade and investment during this time whilst highlighting Africa's essential place in Canada's trade diversification.
During the conference call, McKinsey also presented their report entitled Tackling COVID-19 in Africa: An unfolding health and economic crisis that demands bold action.
McKinsey's report encourages us as Africans governments, private sector and development institutions to double down on our already proven resolve and significantly expand existing efforts to safeguard economies and livelihoods across Africa.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was one of our recent pioneers that opened the eyes of the world to the Africa continent and and put us on a global stage.
[East African] Foreign affairs ministers from Rwanda and South Africa have been tasked with ending a decade-long political stalemate, fuelled by South Africa hosting exiled Rwandan dissents.
The African Union obtains 270 Million coronavirus vaccines in efforts to surmount the second wave of the pandemic.
Djokovic must ‘feel responsibility’ at coronavirus at Adria Tour, says Evans —as Dimitrov, Coria test positive
(BBC) British men’s number one Dan Evans says Novak Djokovic should “feel some responsibility” after Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric tested positive for Covid-19 at his Adria Tour event.
Bulgaria’s Dimitrov played Croatia’s Coric on Saturday in the second leg of the world number one’s event in Zadar.
With Croatia easing lockdown measures before the event, players were not obliged to observe social distancing rules and were seen embracing at the net at the end of their matches.
A statement read: “At all times we have strictly followed the epidemiological measures in place with the countries where the Adria Tour was organised.”
It added: “In planning for the resumption of the ATP Tour season from 14 August, ATP and other stakeholders have made exhaustive plans to mitigate risks through a variety of precautions and protocols to be implemented at ATP events.”
[Nation] Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday signed a deal to start working on a gas pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa, in what their leaders said was part of a long-term project to share energy resources.
These qualities, she told The Sunday Gleaner, are key ingredients behind her successful enterprise even as many of her male colleagues plying the Waterford to Portmore Mall route in St Catherine are haemorrhaging from a drastic decline in passengers since the COVID-19 pandemic gripped Jamaica.
“Me make more money when the place did under lockdown the other day than any other time,” Legister said as she spoke to The Sunday Gleaner on a trip from Portmore Mall to Waterford last Thursday.
Legister was among several taxi operators and commuters inside the Portmore Mall who last week were shocked by a breakdown of the Portmore communities with confirmed coronavirus cases.
Government restrictions on the number of passengers who can travel in taxis, in order to limit the spread of the deadly virus, have driven some cabbies who would normally ply the Gregory Park and Greater Portmore route to switch to providing chartered services outside the municipality.
“If you don’t travel with your sanitiser as a taxi driver right now, it’s like is a death sentence you calling down on yourself,” proclaimed Richie Richards, who operates on the Greater Portmore route, adding that the current climate has been the toughest ever for him and his colleagues on that route.
[Nation] The Malawian diplomats who were declared persona non grata in South Africa will be disciplined in accordance with the provisions of their home country's civil service laws, the government said on Monday.
opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Symon Vuwa Kaunda has retained the Nkhatabay Central Parliamentary seat after winning the 29 June by-election. The development has transpired in the early hours of today following the unofficial results for the by-election. Results show Kaunda has won back his seat in the national assembly with 5439 votes to […]
The post Vuwa retains seat in Nkhatabay Central appeared first on Malawi 24.
Ace Magashule, who is accused of misappropriating public funds while serving as a provincial governor was forced to quit the post last week
In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took place in Lusaka, resulting in a number of killings. Mounting domestic pressure forced Kaunda to move Zambia toward multiparty democracy. National elections on Oct. 31, 1991, brought a stunning defeat to Kaunda. The new president, Frederick Chiluba, called for sweeping economic reforms, including privatization and the establishment of a stock market. He was reelected in Nov. 1996. Chiluba declared martial law in 1997 and arrested Kaunda following a failed coup attempt. The 1999 slump in world copper prices again depressed the economy because copper provides 80% of Zambias export earnings.
In 2001, Chiluba contemplated changing the constitution to allow him to run for another presidential term. After protests he relented and selected Levy Mwanawasa, a former vice president with whom he had fallen out, as his successor. Mwanawasa became president in Jan. 2002; opposition parties protested over alleged fraud. In June 2002, Mwanawasa, once seen as a pawn of Chiluba, accused the former president of stealing millions from the government while in office. Chiluba was arrested and charged in Feb. 2003.
Although the country faced the threat of famine in 2002, the president refused to accept any international donations of food that had been genetically modified, which Mwanawasa considered “poison.” In Aug. 2003, impeachment proceedings against the president for corruption were rejected by parliament. In April 2005, the World Bank approved a $3.8 billion debt relief package for the country.
In Sept. 2006 presidential elections, incumbent Levy Mwanawasa was reelected. President Mwanawasa suffered a stroke in June 2008 and died in Paris in September. Vice President Rupiah Banda took over as acting president and was elected president
AHEAD OF Mandela Day on July 18, Liverpool charity, Mandela8 have announced Dawn Butler, MP for...
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Turkey's dramatic military intervention into Libya's civil-cum-proxy war on the side of the Tripoli government has changed the narrative from 'Haftar tightening the noose around Tripoli' to his 'entire Western operation being in disarray,' as one analyst puts it.
Megerisi characterises the Libyan conflict as a 'proxy' war, as does Stephanie Turco Williams, Acting Special Representative of the secretary-general and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.
Turkey's intervention, backed by Syrian mercenaries, tilted the balance of power against Haftar
Haftar was initially stopped outside Tripoli mainly by militias loyal to al-Sarraj and a long stalemate persisted throughout 2019.
Megerisi says Haftar's next move may be to secure control of Libya's oilfields to justify his military adventurism to his domestic and external backers.
He also thinks it's unlikely the AU will succeed in getting a joint AU-UN special Libyan envoy appointed to replace the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Libya, Ghassane Salamé, who resigned in March in despair.
Vipers SC were on Wednesday declared the 2019/20 StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) champions after Uganda's football governing body, Fufa, invoked the 75 per cent clause of the Competitions Committee Rules to decide the season.
\"The Fufa Executive has decided to apply the 75 per cent rule and declared Vipers the Uganda Premier League champions,\" announced Fufa president, Moses Magogo, on Wednesday at Mengo.
\"Maroons, Proline and Tooro United are (also) sportingly eligible to apply for club licensing for 2020/21 Fufa Big League Club License.\"
Article 18 (ii) of Fufa's competition rules on failure to complete the league due to force majeure states that \"where all the clubs in the league have completed the first round fixtures but less than 75 per cent league games have been played, the table standings at the end of the first round shall be considered as the final table standing of the league.\"
Currently, 83 per cent of games have been played; meaning that with the league unable to continue because of social distancing rules, Vipers are now champions for the fourth time, and bottom sides Proline, Tooro United and Maroons have been relegated.
‘Hola Guyana,’ the sole Spanish/Latin radio programme on the local airwaves, on Wednesday marked a year since it first aired in Guyana.
The article ‘Hola Guyana’ celebrates first anniversary appeared first on Stabroek News.
The total number of coronavirus infections has risen to 287 796 confirmed cases nationwide, an increase of 11 554 infections.
Los Angeles, CA — Los Angeles filmmaker, Tamieka Briscoe, uses virtual directing to bring her new romantic comedy series, QT, to the web.
The show, about two characters who find love during the quarantine, was completely written and filmed during the lockdown without breaking any social distancing rules.
According to Briscoe, “It was really important for us to adhere to the rules of the stay-at-home order issued by the governor of California in March.
This extremely talented cast and crew were able to tell a captivating and romantic story without ever being in the same place physically.”
The episodes are filmed remotely from the cast members’ homes all over the country, including in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama.
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas. It is surrounded by Angola, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. The country is mostly a plateau that rises to 8,000 ft (2,434 m) in the east.
Although the country faced the threat of famine in 2002, the president refused to accept any international donations of food that had been genetically modified, which Mwanawasa considered “poison.” In Aug. 2003, impeachment proceedings against the president for corruption were rejected by parliament. In April 2005, the World Bank approved a $3.8 billion debt relief
Vipers SC have been declared the 2019/20 StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) champions after local soccer body, Fufa, invoked the 75 per cent rule of the Competitions Committee Rules to decide the season.
\"The Fufa Executive has decided to apply the 75 per cent rule and declared Vipers the Uganda Premier League champions,\" announced Moses Magogo, the Fufa president, on Wednesday at Mengo.
Article 18 (ii) of Fufa's competition rules on failure to complete the league due to force majeure states that \"where all the clubs in the league have completed the first round fixtures but less than 75% league games have been played, the table standings at the end of the first round shall be considered as the final table standing of the league.\"
A shocking expose revealing filthy hospitals and fatigued staff who are totally overwhelmed by the rising caseload has been released
