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Competition, training crucial for Nigerian Army – GOC

Uzo Kingsley - July 10, 2023

Nigeria The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, has said training and...

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Kolariah Ksathra - November 24, 2021

Afghanistan Rada. She was the first person who came to mind. My colleagues and I wanted...

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Lubaina Himid’s groundbreaking exhibition opens in London

Kate Howard - November 24, 2021

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Burundi organizes first Africa’s international women’s cycling tour

Mumbere Peter - November 24, 2021

BURUNDI Burundi on Wednesday hosted the first-ever women's cycling competition in Africa. Five African countries took part and they include...

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Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded

Kolariah Ksathra - May 14, 2021

GAZA Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases....

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Israeli tanks pound Gaza ahead of possible ground incursion

Kolariah Ksathra - May 14, 2021

ISRAEL Israeli artillery pounded northern Gaza early Friday in an attempt to destroy a vast network of militant tunnels...

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Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO

Middleton Prince - May 14, 2021

WHO British, European and American diplomats and donors have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization handled...

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South Sudan, nearing 10 years old, struggles for stability

Skynewsafrica - May 14, 2021

SOUTH SUDAN As South Sudan approaches 10 years of being an independent country, many challenges remain for the world’s...

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Dozens killed in Mideast conflict that recalls 2014 Gaza war

Kolariah Ksathra - May 12, 2021

GAZA Israel killed a string of senior Hamas military figures Wednesday and pounded three multistory towers as it hammered...

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sky news africa “Wages are now useless because of inflation,” he said. “Everyone is crying.” Selling from cars is also prevalent in other parts of Africa. Joseph Chege used to be an electronics dealer on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, but anti-COVID-19 restrictions forced him to close his business. Faced with payments for loans he had taken to expand his now-shut business, Chege says he had to come up with a quick alternative to meet his financial obligations. He realized that demand for food had remained the same but there was a shortfall in supply in Nairobi because of movement restrictions. He also realized that the farmers in his community were not able to sell their produce because the local market had been closed by a ban on crowded places. Chege went around farms and bought the best produce at the cheapest price and then drove to the populated neighborhoods in Nairobi, parked his car, and opened the trunk to display the fresh produce. “It did not take long and before lunch-time I was out of stock, so I drove back and got more produce,” he said. Chege says that the profit from selling vegetables and fruits is significantly less than what he used to make but he is grateful to be able to meet some of his financial obligations when many people are losing their livelihoods. Although Kenya has now lifted travel restrictions, Chege says the economic downturn will prevent him from returning to his electronics business for a while yet. In Zimbabwe, selling items from the back of car trunks to beat economic hardships is not completely new, but it was mainly limited to those selling second-hand clothes. Now, newly unemployed people clog roadsides and street corners in both rich and poor suburbs in Harare to sell from their cars. Many said the items for sale are smuggled from neighboring South Africa, which has closed its border posts with Zimbabwe as part of lockdown measures. Zimbabwe’s economy had already shifted from full-time, salaried jobs to self-employed trading due to a steady trend of de-industrialization over the past two decades, and the coronavirus has just worsened the situation, said some economists. “We have seen the closure of companies, the closure of industries. We have seen more and more people actually eking out a living in the informal sector,” said Prosper Chitambara, a Harare-based economist. For Marshall Chinyani, who abandoned work as a schoolteacher three years ago to focus on a small import business that closed due to the coronavirus, selling from his car is the new normal. “I am here because of the coronavirus pandemic that forced some of us to leave our jobs (and go) into the streets to sell these,” he said, standing next to his car packed with vegetables on the side of a busy road in Belgravia, a Harare suburb with many embassies, U.N agencies and international aid organizations. “We were never used to this,” he said. “But we were forced to leave our offices and our shops.”

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Competition, training crucial for Nigerian Army – GOC

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