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Lovejoy Sebastian MutongwizaChild Headed Families Cry For Help As Lockdown Slows Down Food Aid Movement
, Zimbabwe • Politics, Natural Disasters, Social, Climate Change • 29 Sep 2020
The COVID-19 lockdown has had a devastating effect on child-headed families who normally rely on the government's monthly food assistance but for months, have been starved due to limited movements. About 50 Kilometres outside of Harare, there are four families which have had to rely on... Read more
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Andy RoesgenCoronavirus U.S. updates / Summer gatherings
Chicago, United States of America • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
I'm available for outdoor live shots (I shoot them myself through Skype) at public places, like beaches, where health officials are worried the coronavirus will spread, and I can update the rapidly-changing re-opening plans in the states, hospitalizations and case numbers. I also shoot my own video,... Read more
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Chicago's spiraling gun violence
Chicago, United States of America • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
Chicago's gun violence is roaring back to life after the coronavirus shut-down. Over the Independence Day weekend, at least 17 were killed and over 60 injured, despite an extra 1,200 officers on the streets. For three weekends in a row, young children have been killed. Why? The reasons, the... Read more
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Osama RaiMaintaining culture in Covid age!
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
Abdel-Razzaq Boukaba, Algerian writer, media and cultural activist who left Algiers the capital despite all its opportunities and returned to his hometown of Bordj Bou Arreridj (200 km east of Algiers) where he establishes the project of the "Cultural Cafe" which was cloned quickly in other... Read more
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Chima NwankwoISLAMIC COURT SENTENCES YOUNG SINGER TO DEATH
Abuja, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy • A Nigerian upper Sharia court has sentenced a 22 year old, singer, Yahaya Aminu to death for committing blasphemy. The court found him guilty of committing blasphemy through a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March, 2020. Mr Yahaya... Read more
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Scovian LillianEastern Africa facing triple threats as climate change conveys challenges and opportunities
Nairobi, Kenya • Climate Change • 30 Sep 2020
As Covid-19 cases keep rising in Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region is getting drier, hotter and experiencing rapid population increase. This is happening as rainy seasons are getting shorter in the central part of Ethiopia, Central part of Kenya and Somalia. The... Read more
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Nelly Moraa NyangororaTACKLING COVID 19 AMIDST RISING APATHY
Nairobi, Kenya • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
Kenya records an average of 600 infections daily of Covid 19 confirmed cases, according to the latest figures published on the Corona Tracker website. But amidst the grim figures, that also post about 13000 persons receiving treatment, there is rising apathy towards protection measures especially... Read more
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Harold EMERTRecovered from Covid19?Then you can enter touiist Paradise!
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Travel • 30 Sep 2020
A tourist can only enter a remote but beautiful part of Brazil if there is written proof that he or she has been infected and recovered from Covid-19.A first during the current pandemic? Read more
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Hebe Camargo was a feminist ahead of her time as a singer,popular TV hostess and actress
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
Brazilian TV hostess, actress and singer Hebe Camargo was a feminist ahead of her time and the subject of a current TV series Read more
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Hearst had his San Simeon estate and Brazil´s late press magnate Roberto Marinho´s home is a cultural museum
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
Located on the way to Christ on the Mountain the home of the late Brazilian press magnate Roberto Marinho is a thriving cultural center with a tropical landscape garden and paintings by some of Brazil´s most prominent artists Read more
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Van driver saved from death by a button
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Breaking News • 30 Sep 2020
A van driver was saved by a clothing button which protected his losing his life to a bullet fired by an irate passenger Read more
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Rio de Janeiro-- Tennis star Novak Djokovic has been awarded 500,000 GBP in damages by a Brazilian court
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Sports • 30 Sep 2020
Rio de Janeiro-- Tennis star Novak Djokovic has been awarded 500,000 GBP in damages by a Brazilian court for a 2012 contract which was unfulfilled. Read more
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Father kills son and posts video to hus mom
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
In one of the most brutal murders anywhere a father killed his son and sent to his estranged wife a video of the murder Read more
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Save the Amazon:Put Your Money where Your Mouth Is
Brasília, Brazil • Climate Change • 30 Sep 2020
In an effort to quiet foreign critics like Leo DiCaprio Brazil´s right-wing government has initiated a program called "Put Your Money where Your Mouth Is" soliciting donations to save the "earth´s lung." Read more
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Amie WilliamsREFUGEE WOMAN FINDS STRENGTH THROUGH YOGA AS HER CAMP BURNS DOWN
Lesbos, Greece • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
Fatemeh was in the middle of a yoga class on Lesbos Island in Greece when her refugee camp, the notorious Moria, dubbed "living hell," by many of its residents caught on fire. Together with her fellow refugee and NGO volunteer students, they formed a circle and meditated first, then sprang into... Read more
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Ola FALOLACOVID's impacts in Benin
Cotonou, Benin • Health & Fitness • 30 Sep 2020
Benin, a tiny West Africa country near Nigeria has recorded its first COVID patient on March 16, three months after the outbreak in China. Having gained enough time for preparedness predicted a sound response to address the disease in this country. However, the facts are quite different on the... Read more
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snake driven in baby carriage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
A local housewife has a strange habit of transporting her pet snake in a baby carriage Read more
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Rosie PIOTHSick and not crazy!
Pointe-Noire, Congo • Health & Fitness • 30 Sep 2020
Mental disability is associated with witchcraft in most African societies and seeking medical attention is not always the first option taken by families of sick people. Mentally ill people can be found here and there in the streets of Pointe-Noire, haggard, while others search the city's trash... Read more
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1. Discovering the gorillas of Lesio Louna
Brazzaville, Congo • Science & Environment • 30 Sep 2020
Located more than 100 km from the city of Brazzaville, the Lésio Louna gorilla nature reserve, an area of 440 km2, aims to protect emblematic species and protect orphans whose parents have been killed by poachers. The goal, to reintegrate them later in the wild life. to the discovery of this... Read more
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Water Shortages Crippling Zim's COVID-19 Response
Harare, Zimbabwe • Science & Environment, Natural Disasters, Climate Change • 30 Sep 2020
Water is critical during this COVID-19 period but in Zimbabwe, it has been a big challenge and poses a great threat in the fight against the pandemic. Many people are spending the day on ends queueing for the precious liquid but they are not abiding to the WHO social distancing, putting them at... Read more
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In a book called Memories a top Brazilian star and tV presentator recalls her love affairs with Pele and Ayrton Senna
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Breaking News • 30 Sep 2020
¨Now the full story can be told of how Pele betrayed her and refused to de-virginate her and how she and Ayrton Senna were the true lovers write me for full story ...as book comes out on Monday Read more
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Abdulkadir Zubeyr Haji Hassanan IDP blind mom who sews traditional baskets and cleaner
Mogadishu, Somalia • Natural Disasters • 30 Sep 2020
Somali IDPs including mothers and children are living out side Mogadishu camps, However, there is a blind lady who sews traditional baskets and sells them with cheep price that she manages her family life. Read more
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Why do the poor kiss and hug more than the rich
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Social • 30 Sep 2020
A prize-winning study claims poorer persons hug and kiss more than richer persons and re more romantic Read more
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Facundo FloritAn app to fight coronavirus
Montevideo, Uruguay • Breaking News • 30 Sep 2020
Coronavirus UY is an app that was developed in Uruguay to combat Covid 19. It was carried out in record time by private individuals with the support of the Government as soon as the first cases were registered. Today the tool has alarms of exposure to the virus and has the endorsement of Google and... Read more
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Raïssa GIRONDINTHIRD MANDATE IN AFRICA: SOURCE OF CONFLICTS/ 3ÈME MANDAT EN AFRIQUE : SOURCE DE TOUS LES CONFLITS
Remote, United States of America • Politics • 30 Sep 2020
What to think of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea? What role should ECOWAS play on this issue? What solutions can be found taking into account the aspirations of the people? Interview of Nadia Nata, political analyst and Alioune Tine, founder of the Afrikajom Center think tank. Que... Read more
