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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.
Bars and inside restaurant dining are banned throughout California, while indoor religious services, gyms and hair and nail salons are again off-limits in most of the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday in issuing a sweeping set of closures to head off surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The order is part of the state’s new strategy to control the spread []
(Jamaica Star) Hoodlums posing as taxi drivers and passengers have been preying on unsuspecting commuters in the Corporate Area, abducting and relieving them of their money, phone and other valuables.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa called her a “household name”
[Nairobi News] Police in Kiambu are on the trail of a dangerous gang that specializes in car theft and vandalism.
The founding father and first president of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, has passed away at the age of 97, according to BBC. The news of his death comes after his office released a statement Monday to announce he was “unwell” and had been admitted at the Maina Soko Medical Centre in Zambia's capital city of Lusaka....
The African Development Bank’s board agreed to an independent probe of its president, Akinwumi Adesina, after the U.S. rejected an internal investigation that cleared him of allegations of favoritism.
Africa’s largest multilateral lender decided on the inquiry after several governments backed U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s criticism of a bank-led examination into the allegations, the people said, asking not to be identified because details aren’t public.
The scope and detail of the allegations are serious enough for a further inquiry to ensure the AfDB’s shareholders have confidence in the bank’s leadership, Mnuchin said in the May 22 letter addressed to Niale Kaba, the chairwoman of the bank’s board of governors.
“If there are questions from major shareholders on the appropriateness of an internal process, clearly it’s not harmful if that is put into a different light and looked at from the outside world with fresh eyes,” SP analyst Alexander Ekbom said before the decision of the probe was taken.
U.S. criticism of the bank’s internal processes follows comments by World Bank President David Malpass in February that multilateral lenders including the AfDB tend to provide loans too quickly, and, in the process, add to African nations’ debt problems.
Emphasising that the $2 fare increase is temporary for the San Fernando /La Romaine route, taxi drivers have called on passengers to work with them \"during this very difficult time\".
Reynold Dass, president of the La Romaine-Gulf City Taxi Drivers Association, said, 'Not all drivers are charging the extra $2. We are not making it a problem. Who wants to pay could pay. Drivers have families to care for and vehicles to maintain,' said
'We are asking the passengers to work with us. If a passenger sees two people in a car, he /she should go in another car.
\"The taxi drivers are sacrificing their lives coming out here to work.'
Over the weekend, the association made the changes owing to Government's latest covid19 restrictions allowing taxis to operate at only 50 per cent capacity.
'We are not making the money we are supposed to. People are travelling in the morning, and during the day, there are no movements.
\"I am charging them $8 as normal. I left La Romaine empty to come here,' Dass said at the stand at Mucurapo Street in San Fernando.
'As soon as the Government announces further changes, we would change to suit.
\"Sometimes it takes an hour to get two passengers.'
Four-seater taxis are only allowed to carry two passengers. Seven-seaters are allowed three.
From San Fernando to Cipero Street, Gulf City, and La Romaine now costs $10. All side streets now cost $12.
Pre-covid19, at full capacity, the routes cost $6. At 75 per cent capacity, the fares increased to $8. For the past year, passengers had paid $8, until last weekend.
Several taxi drivers said nearby drivers at stands like Princes Town and Fyzabad are also adhering to the restrictions.
A driver who lives in Siparia said drivers are being responsible and, in so doing, are making less money.
He said, 'I don't want more than two passengers in the car at a time. We have to be careful with this virus.
As a result, he said, \"We are losing out. I agree with the increase.'
A third driver called for police presence, saying private-for-hire (PH) cars occupy the stand at times .
'When we tell them about it, they want to fight. Some of them (PH drivers) take three and four passengers. We observe the protocols because people's lives are at stake.'
Taxi driver Marlon Cummings shared similar views, saying while capacity has been reduced, all other costs remain the same.
'The price of gas did not change. We are being very lenient.
\"This moring, I picked up a man, and he said he only had $5. Although he was short, I picked him up. Everyone has to live,\" Cummings said.
Another driver said his earnings for the day on Sunday were $120.
He said his mortgage is over $3,000 and from what he was making, he would have to dip into his personal savings to pay that instalment at the end of the month.
While Newsday waited at the stand, there were many taxis but few people.
As a female passenger sat in a car, she said was unaware of the changes. But she said she supported the drivers' decision.
Although the association
