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- Chronicle
- March 8, 2020
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Zim draws down US$290m from US$1,4bn facility
Oliver Kazunga recently in Hwange ZIMBABWE has so far drawn down US$290 million from the US$1,4 billion facility extended by the Chinese government through China Export Import Bank to finance…
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- March 8, 2020
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HIV infections for young women drop, but they are still vulnerable — report
New HIV infections have declined sharply among adolescent girls and young women because of prevention programmes put in place between 1995 and 2018, according to a report by UNAIDS released.…
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- March 8, 2020
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Bride in her 20s married to 100yr-old groom
An Indonesian man believed to be at least 100 years old and a bride in her 20s have married. The wedding took place in the regency of Wajo in the…
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- March 8, 2020
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Saudi crackdown of royals widens
A roundup of royals and aides has widened in Saudi Arabia, according to several reports, in what is believed to be the latest crackdown by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
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- March 8, 2020
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Man’s pants burnt as power bank explodes in his pocket
Twenty-nine-year-old Lwando Mashiamahle was waiting for his girlfriend who was queueing to buy a plane ticket at OR Tambo International Airport when the power bank in his pocket overheated and…
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- March 8, 2020
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Carrying the load: The weight of women’s work in the DRC
With her arms raised above her head, she grips the rope and leans forward to keep the basket full of heavy stones tethered behind her back. Beside her, the other…
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- March 8, 2020
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Congolese president says army spy chief died by hanging
KINSHASA — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said the death of the country’s top army spy last month was apparently due to hanging, but he did not spell out whether the…
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- March 8, 2020
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China quarantine hotel collapse kills 10
Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped under the rubble of a collapsed hotel building that was used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese…
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- March 8, 2020
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Italy quarantines almost 16m over coronavirus fears
Rome (Italy) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has ordered the lockdown of the country’s northern region of Lombardy and 14 provinces in an attempt to halt the spread of…
adminAnother suspected Zim case of Coronavirus quarantined in Harare
Government has isolated another suspected case of Coronavirus who presented herself first at a general practitioner before being referred to Wilkins Infectious Disease Hospital.