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Africa: Internet Access Uneven Across Sub-Saharan Africa As Campaign Dubbed #UnmuteTheWorld Launched to Address Gap

Nairobi — A campaign dubbed #UnmuteTheWorld, has been launched to make internet access a fundamental right and ensure 3.7 billion people are connected virtually. The campaign launched last week called for action on the digital divide especially since COVID-19 has exacerbated the challenge as connections and opportunities increasingly happen online. Nearly half of the world’s

AFRICA/FRANCE : France-Africa summit head honcho Elisabeth Barbier quits

Secrétaire générale du Sommet Afrique-France, qui se tiendra du 8 au 10 juillet prochain, à Montpellier, la diplomate française Elisabeth Barbier a quitté ses fonctions mi-avril, pour “convenance personnelle”. Source link

Zimbabwe: Address Previous Injustices Before Re-Introducing the National Youth Service

Government must address the previous injustices carried out by the infamous National Youth Service and undertake a consultative process before the reintroduction of the Youth Service. The undersigned organizations note with concern the reintroduction of the National Youth Service commonly referred to as “Green Bombers” by the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation. The

Republican whining; Trump campaign collusion; Jim Jordan won’t shut up

Did you get my Venmo? Today in the news: After promoting false conspiracy theories in an attempt to overturn an American election, Republicans continue to whine that Joe Biden is being mean to them by proposing policies the American public strongly supports. Chicago officials release the video of police killing an unarmed 13-year-old child. And the

African Kick-Boxing Cup – Cameroon On Honours Roll

Some 35 athletes from five countries took part in the competition that took place in Yaounde last weekend with Cameroon and Egypt finishing on top. The gymnasium of the Higher Public Works School in Elig Effa, Yaounde was the venue of the 2021 edition of the African Kick-boxing cup that took place last weekend. Organised

Africa: Covid-19 in Africa – Strategies for Vaccinating the Continent

Join us on Monday, April 19th at 10am EST for a forum titled, “ COVID-19 in Africa: Strategies for Vaccinating the Continent. ” This event is in collaboration with The Constituency for Africa (CFA) (Washington DC), AfroGlobal Television and All Africa.  We have invited the participation of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business . Find out

Biden Makes Putin Pay For Election Interference And Hacking With New Sanctions

President Biden expelled Russian diplomats and sanctioned Russian companies and individuals that were involved in hacking US infrastructure and election interference. President Biden wrote in a letter Congress provided to PoliticusUSA: I have determined that specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation — in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of

Africa: Continent Nears 4.4 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19

As of April 15, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,383,084 while over 9,167,668 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached   116,746   and 3,934,465 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases –   1,561,559   – and   53,498 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco

AFRICA : From the Bench – Court rejects Monaco Resources CEO claim against Africa Intelligence

A few weeks after Africa Intelligence published an investigation into the holding company Monaco Resources and its leaders, the firm’s Source link

As hundreds of corporate heavy hitters go to bat for voting rights, another GOP alliance falters

While that is surely true, Republicans have received all corporate opposition to their racist legislative initiatives to curtail voting—particularly among voters of color—as a political attack. In turn, GOP lawmakers appear to be escalating the tensions to a kind of political armageddon. The most prominent GOP criticism came from corporate money grubber Mitch McConnell himself, who warned

Zimbabwe: Human Leg Found Floating in Gweru River

A human lower limb with a foot wearing a sneaker has been found floating in the waters along the Gweru River, police have said. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the human remains were found this morning by a passer-by. “Police who attended the scene found that it was a male right lower

Africa: The Best Hope for Fairly Distributing Covid-19 Vaccines Globally Is At Risk of Failing. Here’s How to Save It

Melbourne, Australia — COVAX, the global initiative to coordinate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in an equitable way, is crucial for bringing the pandemic under control. But COVAX’s aim of delivering 2 billion doses to participating countries by the end of 2021 — including 92 low-income countries that can’t afford to buy vaccines directly from

Joe Biden Is Driving Republicans Crazy By Being So Positive And Nice

Republicans are complaining that they can’t drive President Biden’s poll numbers down because he is too positive and nice. The Independent reported:The GOP campaign consultant — a veteran of both presidential and congressional politics — said Biden’s relative reticence, combined with his age and race, has made it harder to launch culture war-based attacks on

NORTH AFRICA/WEST AFRICA/RUSSIA : Moscow struggles to meet Sputnik V delivery deadlines in Africa

Russia is struggling to meet delivery deadlines for its Sputnik V vaccines, with several African capitals still waiting for their first doses. Source link

Africa: Call for African Medical Supplies Manufacturing Facility

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the continent needs to build a vibrant and innovative African medical supplies manufacturing capability that meets the health needs of the continent’s people. Addressing the High-Level Virtual Conference on Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing for Health Security on Monday, the President said throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa has demonstrated that it has extensive

Apple Studios takes on the Peach State, exits Georgia production citing voter suppression law

From Deadline: Apple’s runaway slave thriller Emancipation today will change its plan to shoot in Georgia, because of the state’s controversial restrictive election law signed by Republican state governor Brian Kemp. I’ve heard that the film — Antoine Fuqua is directing Will Smith from a William N. Collage script — will likely instead shoot in Louisiana, where the actual

Africa Elections 2021 – All the Upcoming Votes

A regularly updated list of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2021 – Last updated: 6 April 2021 Here are the upcoming elections in list form. The exact dates are liable to change. April 2021 9: Djibouti – President (run off 23 April) 11: Chad – President 11: Benin – President 18: Cabo Verde –

NIGERIA : South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecommunications market

Karl Olutukun Toriola, who became head of MTN Nigeria, South African telecommunication giant MTN’s biggest subsidiary, on 1 March, has every reason to be happy. The annual results published by Source link

Gaetz bleats; voting rights wins; Biden speaks out against hate

In today’s news: Matt Gaetz, still. Americans who have served prison time are getting their voting rights back. Biden demonstrates it’s possible to criticize the Chinese government without being a festering boil of bigotries, an approach that still baffles Captain Golf Dude and Republican candidates alike. Source link

Zimbabwe: Govt Fights Back As Banks Shut Doors On Its 99-Year Farm Leases

THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state-issued 99-year farm leases. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said his government had over the past 10 years held discussions with senior bank executives as they dangled a carrot

Africa: Keys to African Recovery – Vaccines, Debt, and Commodities

As recovery from the economic fallout of the pandemic occurs, richer countries appear to be progressing faster than poorer ones–many of them in Africa, where 60 percent of the world’s poor live. Asia, notably China, is leading the global recovery, followed by the United States and other advanced economies. Behind the brighter outlook for these

Korean companies reach agreement to let battery factory operate in Georgia

SK is expected to eventually create at least 2,600 full-time jobs for the plant, located about 45 minutes northeast of Atlanta along Interstate 85. It has agreements to supply lithium-ion batteries to Ford and Volkswagen for new electric vehicles those companies plan to manufacture.State officials and lawmakers who had long pushed for a resolution praised

DRC : Dig Oil takes advantage of Kinshasa's silence in US court

Dig Oil has asked a US court for a ruling in default to confirm the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) 2018 order for the DR Congo to pay the firm more than $600m for withdrawing an oil block from it and delaying production contracts on others. Source link

Zimbabwe: Independence Without Land Is Meaningless

A Zimbabwe without land doesn’t exist. Land defines who we are as Zimbabweans. Throughout Zimbabwe’s history, land has been at the heart of the conflict between settlers and indigenous populations. When Zimbabwe was annexed by British colonialists in the 1880s, the development of the colony became tied to settler colonialism, mineral exploitation, ranching and the

Political fights complicate calculus for companies in business-friendly Georgia.

“You don’t feed a dog that bites your hand,” said Ralston, R-Blue Ridge.With the eyes of the nation focused squarely on Georgia as a political swing state, the quarrel may be a sign of what’s to come. Republicans are trying to energize their base after Georgia narrowly backed Democrats for president and the U.S. Senate.

Africa: Lying in State – Why Presidents Lie and Why Trump in Worse

Trump is hardly the first serial liar in the White House. But his deceptions are different “Do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done to the American people?” When a HuffPost reporter posed that query to former President Trump last year, Trump briefly asked for clarification, then, without answering — or showing much

UNITED STATES/ETHIOPIA : Pro-Abiy diaspora mobilises in Washington

L’American-Ethiopia Public Affairs Committee est venu s’ajouter à la liste déjà longue des associations et groupements d’intérêts éthiopiens basés aux Etats-Unis. Source link

Biden Restores POW/MIA Flag To The White House That Trump Took Down

Donald Trump moved the POW/MIA flag from on top of the White House, but Joe Biden has restored it to its publicly visible spot to honor vets. Video: President Biden restores the POW/MIA flag to its former place flying above the White House after Trump moved it out of public view last year. pic.twitter.com/ctzp4XkWSF —

Namibia: Opposition, PM Differ On Corruption

Opposition lawmakers vented their anger at Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Wednesday after she delivered a ministerial statement outlining the government’s efforts in fighting corruption and the measures the authorities had taken to address the problem. In her statement, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said government’s commitment to fighting corruption was evident in robust laws, systems and institutions established

Africa: Meeting With the Subcommittee On Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Management and Integrated Action of the Committee On Foreign Affairs of the German Bundestag

Honourable Mr von Holtz, Honourable Dr De Ridder, honourable members of the subcommittee, Guten abend, und willkommen bei der WHO. Thank you for the opportunity of meeting with you today. They say that in a crisis you really find out who your friends are, and in the past 15 difficult months, Germany has been a