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27 DECEMBER 2021 The Herald (Harare) Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority’s (ZimParks) quest for digital conservation received a major boost with a donation of modern technologies from a local company. It is expected that a modern first protocol on receiving and assessing live ground pangolin that was donated by the Tikki Hywood foundation will…
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27 DECEMBER 2021The Herald (Harare)By Bulawayo Bureau Police have announced that churches and other religious organisations’ traditional night vigils and crossover services have been banned. Zimbabwe is under Level Two lockdown and the Government has revised curfew hours, which are now between 9pm and 6am. Some churches have been advertising all-night prayer meetings, cross-over sermons…
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27 DECEMBER 2021Seychelles News Agency (Victoria) There are a dozen or so species of fish in the waters of Seychelles that are already overfished or eventually will be, the island nation said in its second report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The report summarises key status information on Seychelles’ fisheries sector to increase public…
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27 DECEMBER 2021 Premium Times (Abuja) By Samson Adenekan Mr Buhari, last week, declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 30 days after it was transmitted to him by the legislature on 19 November. The Presidency says it is unlikely that the National Assembly will override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act…
27 DECEMBER 2021 Ethiopian News Agency (Addis Ababa) 27 DECEMBER 2021 The Government of Ethiopia deeply regrets the decision of the US government to terminate the continued eligibility for trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), according to Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration. “We strongly encourage the U.S government to reconsider its…
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27 DECEMBER 2021 Radio France Internationale By Michael Fitzpatrick Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has announced the suspension of Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, a day after the two men sparred over long-delayed elections in the Horn of Africa nation. An announcement from the presidential press office on Monday stated that the decision to suspend…
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CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Here is a timeline of key dates in Desmond Tutu’s life: 1931 – Desmond Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, a town around 170 km (105 miles) to the west of Johannesburg. 1943 – Tutu’s Methodist family joins the Anglican Church. 1947 – Tutu falls ill with tuberculosis while studying at a…
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By Nqobile Dludla and James Macharia Chege JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation’s conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday aged 90. Tutu won the Nobel prize in 1984 Key dates in the life of…
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia’s president and prime minister each accused the other on Sunday of holding up ongoing parliamentary elections, in a spat analysts say may distract the government from its fight against the al Qaeda-linked insurgency al Shabaab. Parliamentary elections began on Nov. 1 and were supposed to be completed by Dec. 24, but one…
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya will offer COVID-19 booster shots to individuals six months after their initial shots, the health ministry said in a document published on Saturday, a day after the country logged its highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Kenya last month said it would demand proof of vaccination to access public spaces and…
