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Uganda: Several Roads in Jinja City to Be Closed During the Nyege Nyege Festival

[Nile Post] The Traffic Police Directorate has announced strict traffic guidelines for the 9th Edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival at Jinja Club.




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The Best Time to Travel to Thailand

Discover which time of the year is best to head to tropical thailand.




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5 Differences Between IP Video Intercom and Analog

Which video intercom to choose? Before choosing an intercom, let’s understand where and why we will put it. In a private house or apartment? Let’s say an apartment. In modern multi-tenant buildings, in most cases, apartment intercom systems are already installed. It can be an access intercom, a video surveillance system, automatic gates, security, and [...]

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Zimbabwe: Triathlon Junior Schools Series Begins

[The Herald] Triathlon Zimbabwe national coach Pamela Fulton believes the Junior Schools Series which got underway on Sunday at Mount Pleasant pool could be a game changer in the country's efforts to increase the sport's participation.




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Liberia: French Embassy Sponsors Liberia Marathon

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Embassy of France in Liberia is proud to sponsor the Liberia Marathon, reaffirming its commitment to promoting sports and community development in the country.




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Kenya: Chebet, Korir Claim Podium for Kenya At New York Marathon

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Evans Chebet and Albert Korir claimed two of the three podium places at the New York Marathon in a thrilling men's race on Sunday.




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Kenya: Chepng'etich in Final List of World Athletics Awards Nominees As Kipyegon, Chebet, Wanyonyi Miss Out

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World record holder for the women's marathon, Ruth Chepng'etich, is the only Kenyan in the final list of nominees for the World Athletics athletes of the year awards.




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Zimbabwe: Waison, Dube Win First Mutual Marathon

[The Herald] Blessing Waison and Phillipa Dube were yesterday crowned champions for this year's First Mutual Marathon at Old Georgians Sports Club.




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Liberia: Trump's 2nd Term - a Game Changer for Liberia... for Better or Worse?

[Liberian Observer] With Donald Trump set to return to the White House, Liberia is bracing for a potentially dramatic shift in its relationship with the United States. Early indications suggest Trump may take a more pragmatic, interest-first approach to foreign policy, departing sharply from the development-focused strategies of past administrations, both Republican and Democrat. For Liberia, this shift brings both risks and opportunities. Figures like Peter J. Pham, a former Trump advisor and now a key player in Liberia's




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Africa: When the Truth Becomes a Lie - What Trump's Election Means for the World As We Know It

[IPS] New York -- On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people of the United States for their active participation in the democratic process. He wisely omitted to mention that the election of Donald J. Trump - who attempted to overturn the people's mandate by inciting an insurrection in 2020 - is a major setback for the UN's worldwide quest to advance human rights and the rule of law.




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Liberia: U.S. Africom Commander Highlights Partnership With Liberia

[Liberian Observer] The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Michael Langley, has underscored the deepening military and diplomatic partnership between the U.S. and Liberia.




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Liberia: Opposition Warns Boakai's Ties With Russia Threaten Stability, U.S. Relations

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has warned that President Joseph Boakai's administration's efforts to establish diplomatic ties with Russia, despite Liberia's longstanding relationship with the United States, pose a serious threat to the country's peace and stability.




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Nigeria: Nigeria, Seven Others Begin African-Led HIV Vaccine Development

[Premium Times] The World Health Organisation (WHO) had on Tuesday named HIV, malaria, Tuberculosis, and 14 other pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development




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Nigeria: Bandits Raping Our Women, Benue Community Cries Out

[Daily Trust] People of Ukwonyo community in the Ufia Kingdom of Ado Local Government Area in Benue State have raised concerns over going attacks and harassment faced by women at the hands of armed invaders in their farmlands.




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Namibia: Zambezi Shocked After Woman Exhumes Baby's Remains

[Namibian] The family members of a woman (27) who exhumed her baby's body in the Zambezi region on Saturday say they are still stunned by the incident.




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Nigeria: Strengthening Primary Health Care Service Delivery for Better Maternal and Child Health in Kano State

[Nigeria Health Watch] Maternal mortality continues to critically impact women of reproductive age across Africa. In Nigeria, research shows that maternal and infant mortality rates are highest in the northeast and northwest zones and lowest in the southeast and southwest. Kano State has the highest maternal mortality rate, with 377.8 per 100,000 live births, which exceeds the national target of 288 per 100,000 national target.





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Liberia: Struggling Watanga Coach Vows to Win LFA First Division

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Watanga Coach Cooper Sannah has vowed to win the 2024-2025 Liberian First Division, despite his team's slow start to the season.




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Liberia: Ivorian Club FBA Wins Fiba Zone-3 Women's Basketball Championship

[Liberian Investigator] The FIBA Africa Zone 3 Women's Basketball League has concluded in Liberia, with Friends of Basketball Association (FBA) crowned as champions.




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Morocco: 'Fierce Competition to Be in National Team,' Says Morocco's Head Coach

[MAP] Salé -- Morocco's football head coach, Walid Regragui said on Tuesday that competition for spots on the national soccer team is fierce.




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South Africa: Banyana Coach Dr Ellis to Be Inducted Into the South African Hall of Fame

[SAFA] The revered Women's Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach - who led the Sasol-sponsored South African senior women's national team to the continental title in 2022 in Morocco - will be inducted with several figures from South African football on Wednesday, 20 November 2024.




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Nigeria: Benin Camp Bubbles With 18 Players Ahead Clash With Nigeria

[This Day] Benin Republic's Cheetahs are putting everything into their preparations to face Nigeria's Super Eagles to possibly seal their qualification for the AFCON 2025.




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Liberia: LMHRA Drafts Eight New Regulations and Reviews 2010 Act

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has successfully drafted eight new regulations and is currently reviewing the Authority's Act of 2010 for potential amendments. The week-long drafting and revision process took place in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.




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Nigeria: 6 Million Nigerians Face Existential Threat As Cost of Diabetes Care Skyrockets

[Vanguard] The Diabetes Association of Nigeria, DAN, has warned that six million Nigerians with diabetes are facing existential threat, following the skyrocketing cost of healthcare.




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Liberia: LMHRA Drafts Several New Regulations

[Liberian Observer] The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has drafted eight new regulations and is undergoing a thorough review of the Authority's Act of 2010 for potential amendments.




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Liberia: Health Workers Want Salaries Classified

[Liberian Observer] A group of Physician Assistants, Nurses, Pharmacists, and OR-Technicians, representing the Professional Health Workers Association of Liberia, has formally petitioned the Liberian Senate to include provisions in the 2025 National Budget for the implementation of the Reclassification Policy for Health Workers and the hiring of volunteer healthcare workers.




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Bentonite fining in wine

Whoever thought of adding a slurry of a rare clay to white wine to stop it forming haze in bottle?




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Liberia: 14,000 Customers, Less Than 5,000 Pay Water Bills, Says LWSC Boss Mo Ali

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has raised alarm over the low number of water consumers paying their bills, compared to the many who reportedly access public water without payment.




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Liberia: Government Lapse Leading Miners to Community Forests

[Liberian Observer] In early June, villagers seized a team of miners and their equipment for operating in the Salayea Community Forest without their consent and sued them.




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Sudan: Cyber Attacks, the Latest Weapon in Sudan's War On Media

[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began clashing on April 15, 2023, independent media--particularly those operating abroad--have become critical sources of information. However, the warring parties have escalated efforts to silence these channels, seeking to enforce a total media blackout.




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Namibia: Namibia's Media Freedom Under Threat - Beukes Speaks Out

[Namibian] Dear media colleagues,




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Cameroon: Cameroonian Journalist Nsoyuka Guy-Bruno Maimo Detained, Beaten for Covering Protest

[CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to investigate and hold accountable those responsible for detaining and violently abusing Nsoyuka Guy-Bruno Maimo, a reporter with the privately owned Volcanic Times newspaper, while he covered a demonstration on October 24.




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That Call from Your Credit Card Company May Actually be a Crook! – An ACCESS Fraud Alert

January 6, 2006 – A new credit card scam has appeared in New York and appears to be moving west. Victims of the scam receive a call that they think is from their credit card company. Unfortunately, a lot of people are falling for this new telephone pitch, and having their credit ruined in the process.




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The Best and the Worst of Credit Freeze Laws

January 31, 2006 – In the new year, a variety of state legislatures continue to debate credit freeze law. Among these are states, on opposite sides of the country are working on unique credit freeze solutions. One of them is probably the best credit freeze law proposed in any state. The other is dumbest credit freeze proposal that we have ever seen.




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Illinois Becomes First State to Launch Identity Theft Hotline

February 9, 2006 – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced that her office has launched an identity theft hotline. The hotline will be staffed with consumer advocates, with the specific task of assisting victims with repairing their credit. It is the first service of its kind offered by any state in the country.




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H&R Block Mistakenly Embeds SSN’s in Some Mailing Labels

January 4, 2006 - Last month, H&R Block sent a promotional mailing to both existing customers and prospects. A portion of the recipients were surprised to find out that their Social Security Numbers were embedded in a string of numbers on the mailing label.




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Illinois Poised to Become First State to Ban Sale of Phone Records

January 9, 2006 - On Friday, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced that he wants to ban the unauthorized sale of phone records within his state. The practice, know in the industry as “pretexting”, occurs when someone pretending to be the phone company’s customer calls the phone company and gains access to all of the call information available for the actual customer. Surprisingly, no state currently outlaws this practice. And disturbingly, this lack of regulation has seen the birth of a new cottage industry that allows nearly anyone the purchase the phone records of any person they desire.




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February 14, 2006 – ACCESS has been concerned for months that the State Department’s plan to include RFID chips in passports has not been well thought out. The original plan would have placed an RFID chip in every passport which would have contained unenc

February 14, 2006 – ACCESS has been concerned for months that the State Department’s plan to include RFID chips in passports has not been well thought out. The original plan would have placed an RFID chip in every passport which would have contained unencrypted data about the passport holder. After a storm of protest, the State Department revised the standard to include some encryption. Now, a Dutch television news program has along and broken that encryption in less than two hours. The ramifications of this to passport holders are anything but positive.




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Credit Card Interest Rates Going Up? It Could Be Because Of Your Electric Bill.

August 10, 2005 – There are a lot of people carrying large credit card balances which they will be lucky to pay off in their lifetime. Some consumers are being hit with interest rates in excess of 30% even though they have never been late on their credit card payments. The reason for this is that many credit card companies now use a system called "universal default", which allows them to raise your interest rate for reasons other than being late in the payment of your credit card bill.




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Wondering Where Your Old Tax Refund Is? It May be Frozen by the IRS!

January 11, 2006 – If you are missing an old tax refund and wondering when it will show up, the answer may be “never”. That is because the IRS now uses software to identify possible cases of “refund fraud”. Unfortunately, the software appears to be error prone and tax payers are getting caught in the middle.




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Podcasting Vibe

What about this special Podcasting Vibe? Everybody involved is buzzing with energy and ideas. Deep irritation about futile mishaps has given way to endless goodwill (ALL crucial systems halt while ipodder starts downloading!!) and most are suddenly blessed with a thick skin and flexible ego (nobody gets mad at Dave Slusher, no matter how hard he tries). Isn't Adam Curry's Daily Source Code above




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13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base

You have an RSS feed and you have worked hard to get the word out. According to your logs you have subscribers! Now the hard part: how to retain the subscribers to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps to insure that your subscriber base will grow.

1. Original Content
A consistent stream of original content will do well to earn subscribers loyalty. The best RSS feeds provide content that is compelling and unique. Do not rehash existing content, look for a unique angle or spin if you wish to cover something that is hot in the blogosphere.

13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base




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Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education

Schools all over the country have flocked to podcasting as a new medium to assist the teaching profession. Professors are using podcasts to instruct students and get their messages out. Podcasting is not restricted to one educational sector, professors at prestigious colleges from Bentley to Purdue have flocked to this medium.

Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education




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What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds?

With all the vast amounts of information available on the web, it is becoming more and more difficult to sort through and find what you are looking for. RSS significantly lowers the signal-to-noise ratio. RSS has the unique ability to compile information and filter it, so you only see unique and relevant content. The information superhighway has become packed with content, and those familiar with technology are using RSS to filter the content, allowing them to drill down and access only the content they want, without having to wade through all the noise.

What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds?




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13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base

You have an RSS feed and you have worked hard to get the word out. According to your logs you have subscribers! Now the hard part: how to retain the subscribers to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps to insure that your subscriber base will grow.


13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base




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13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base

You have an RSS feed and you have worked hard to get the word out. According to your logs you have subscribers! Now the hard part: how to retain the subscribers to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps to insure that your subscriber base will grow.

1. Original Content
A consistent stream of original content will do well to earn subscribers loyalty. The best RSS feeds provide content that is compelling and unique. Do not rehash existing content, look for a unique angle or spin if you wish to cover something that is hot in the blogosphere.

13 Tips to Maintaining an RSS Feed Subscriber Base




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Why Do People Unsubscribe?

Whether you do email marketing, publish an RSS feed, or both, you will inevitably have customers that choose to unsubscribe from your communications. However, you may be able to limit the number of customers who do so. According to a recent report by ExactTarget, there are a variety of reasons why a person may unsubscribe. By understanding why customers unsubscribe from various communications, marketers can learn which marketing mistakes to avoid and keep their subscribers.

Why Do People Unsubscribe?




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What is the Difference Between RSS and XML?

XML is a standard that defines how to structure a text document using tags, to store information in a organized way in that document.

RSS follows that XML standard, but goes further....

What is the Difference Between RSS and XML?




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Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education

Schools all over the country have flocked to podcasting as a new medium to assist the teaching profession. Professors are using podcasts to instruct students and get their messages out. Podcasting is not restricted to one educational sector, professors at prestigious colleges from Bentley to Purdue have flocked to this medium.

A growing number of professors are recording their lectures, the term coursecasting has been adopted in academia. Podcast lectures are used as study tools, and are available for students who might have missed class. Some podcasts are password restricted to students who are enrolled in that specific class. While other institution's publicly post their podcasts and offer non-enrolled students insight into the class material.

Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education




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Why Do People Unsubscribe?

Whether you do email marketing, publish an RSS feed, or both, you will inevitably have customers that choose to unsubscribe from your communications. However, you may be able to limit the number of customers who do so. According to a recent report by ExactTarget, there are a variety of reasons why a person may unsubscribe. By understanding why customers unsubscribe from various communications, marketers can learn which marketing mistakes to avoid and keep their subscribers.

Why Do People Unsubscribe?