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PrinceOfLagos:
Tinubu is playing the old style of politics , maybe it's because he is old and can't think well.

Nigerians are wiser now

This audio promises are olding days style of politics, it won't work .

President Joe Biden has warned Russian Leader Putin to beware of Ukraine or face severe sanctions.
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https://dafriomasblog..com/2021/12/president-joe-biden-warns-russian.html

TMKsouth:
South Africa’s new cases of COVID-19 nearly doubled in a day, authorities reported Wednesday, signaling a dramatic surge in the country where scientists detected the omicron variant last week.

New confirmed cases rose to 8,561 Wednesday from 4,373 a day earlier, according to official statistics.

Scientists in South Africa said they are bracing for a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases following the discovery of the new omicron variant.

"There is a possibility that really we’re going to be seeing a serious doubling or tripling of the cases as we move along or as the week unfolds,” Dr. Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi, regional virologist for the World Health Organization, told The Associated Press. “There is a possibility that we are going to see a vast increase in number of cases being identified in South Africa.”

South Africa had seen a period of low transmission in early November with a 7-day average of about 200 new cases per day, but in the middle of November new cases began to rapidly increase. The new cases reported Wednesday represent a 16.5% positivity rate of cases tested, up from a 1% rate early in November.

The country's previous surge, driven by the delta variant in June and July, saw daily new cases reach a peak of more than 20,000. With a population of 60 million people, South Africa has recorded more than 2.9 million COVID-19 cases, including nearly 90,000 deaths.

It’s too early to be certain that the omicron variant is responsible for the rise in cases, but it is very possible, say experts. Standard PCR tests can suggest that a positive case is caused by omicron, but only a full genetic sequencing can confirm it.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are also rising in South Africa, but not at the dramatic rate of the new cases.

The omicron variant has been detected in five of South Africa’s nine provinces and accounted for 74% of the virus genomes sequenced in November, the country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced Wednesday.

The earliest detection of the variant in South Africa may have been on Nov. 8 in Gauteng province (encompassing Johannesburg and Pretoria), according to the NCID. It said until the end of October, the delta variant accounted for most genomes sequenced in the country, but in November the omicron variant overtook it.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-health-africa-d916ab2d889e33d3ad2826e24ce4caa6

Their President has come to share some Omicron with Bubu

Dummies bathed with red colour to represent women who are suffering because of Poland's strict abortion law and a further proposal for further restrictions were found during a demonstration in front of parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.

Women’s rights activists in Warsaw used red paint to represent blood in protest against government's intention to register every pregnancy in a national database and a proposal to further restrict abortion. The activists fear the database will allow authorities to track whether pregnancies end in a birth. In Poland, abortions are only allowed on account of rape, incest or if the woman’s life or health is in danger.

Though activists say many doctors would rather wait for a foetus with no chance of survival to die in the womb than to perform an abortion because they fear being sent to jail.

Poland's health minister denied this claim and concluded that there was no pregnancy register that it was just a case of transitioning hard copy files to soft copy (digital).

But parliament is scheduled to debate a proposal for a complete ban on abortion, including in cases of rape and danger to a woman’s health. If this becomes law, activists who assist women in having abortions risk facing years of imprisonment for murder - where the penalty could range from five years to a life sentence.

Amnesty International has called on Polish lawmakers to reject the bill as it is discriminatory and an attack on women's human rights.
https://dafriomasblog..com/2021/12/poland-abortion-laws-activist-protest.html