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This is v.o.a.

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News I'm Gene Randall officials in
Afghanistan now say at least 29 people were

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killed today and dozens more wounded
when a gunman opened fire at

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a gathering in Kabul with high profile
politicians including Chief Executive

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Abdulla Abdul in attendance witnesses
said the shooting began when former vice

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president Karim Cali was speaking at an
event organized to commemorate the death of

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a prominent minority Shiite leader Abdul
Ali. Reports indicate 2 attackers were

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killed there are so far been no claims of
responsibility and the Taliban insurgency

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quickly denied any involvement. Turkey
says its forces have killed $21.00 Syrian

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soldiers after 2 churches troops were
killed Thursday the deaths come as Turkish

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vice president President recip Tayyip Erdogan
and Russian President Vladimir Putin

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have agreed to

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a cease fire in Syria's embattled it
liberation where Russian airstrikes recently

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killed nearly 3 dozen Turkish soldiers
Here's Reuters correspondent Matthew Levitt

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Sunda as part of the cease fire agreement
Russian and Turkish troops will conduct

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joint patrols together in adlib But this
isn't the 1st time they've done joint

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patrols there nor is it the 1st ceasefire
Syria has gone through several cease

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fires well have collapsed and while Putin
expressed his condolences for the deaths

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of Turkish troops both sides have blamed
each other in the past for failure to

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coordinate and avert such events show the
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan says his

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country reserves the right to respond to
any attack by forces loyal to Syria's

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President Bashar Assad in the meantime he
says Turkey and Russia will work together

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to supply humanitarian aid the civilian
toll has been profound the United Nations

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believes the fighting in it live has
sparked what may be the worst humanitarian

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disaster of the 9 year war that was Matthew
lobert Sunda of Reuters more news Effi

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mobile app from Washington this is v.o.a.

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News Japan says it's cancelled

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a memorial service for the 2011 earthquake
and tsunami disasters given the focus on

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containing the new coronavirus
the announcement came

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a day after Prime Minister
Shinzo Abhi unveiled

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a mandatory 14 day quarantine at government
facilities for all visitors from China

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and South Korea because of the covered
$1000.00 outbreak. Leader Rector general of

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the World Health Organization.
Says it's time for

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a full scale global to tack on the
coronavirus and he emphasizes this is not

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a drill the number of covered 1000 victims
is nearing 100000 worldwide here in the

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u.s. The Trump Administration says

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a 1000000 virus test kits will be
available in the next few days as

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a tries to counter
widespread criticism about

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a short supply by President Mike Pence
yesterday met with officials in Washington

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state where 11 of the country's 14 coronavirus
deaths occurred the diseases spread

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across 17 American states with well over
$200.00 people infected president trumpet

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short time ago signed

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a bill Congress has approved providing
$8300000000.00 in emergency funds to fight

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the virus it more than triples the amount
he requested the next major coronavirus

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drama could come on

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a cruise ship anchored off San Francisco
where passengers and crew members are

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awaiting results of virus tests
a piece current Shamas as

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a report the course says Mrs come off her
chocolate from the previous boy it's on

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the ground princess died of the disease
and these full of this became infected

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$3500.00 passengers and crew currently
aboard the ship had to say on board but only

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45 people were identified for testing
California Governor Gavin nice and said that

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this ship is not allowed to sue until
proper testing is established the Grand

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Princess is operated by the same line as
the Diamond Princess which was quarantined

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that the Japanese put within 700 people
on board were in fact I'm Karen Thomas

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a Human Rights Watch accuses
China of jello developing

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a massive surveillance system to monitor
and control its population as the social

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and reports from v.o.a.

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From Geneva it brings back dark memories
from the past the air to see groups report

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says the Chinese people are living through
the most intense period of repression

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since the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy
demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in

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1989 he says the leaders in the north
western region. Province are most

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victimized it says more than $1000000.00
people are interned in so-called

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reoccupation camps in an effort to erase
their Muslim heritage and culture

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a claim China denies that
was leased for v.o.a.

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From Geneva markets in Asia open lower
this morning following another day of

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stunning losses on Wall Street amid
worldwide coronavirus concerns Gene Randall

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v.o.a.

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News. This

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is Africa news tonight on The Voice of
America Good evening and welcome welcome

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to Africa news tonight from the English
to Africa Service of the Voice of America

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your source for Pan Africa News and World
the development I'm He's will he be in

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Washington coming up for an African
news tonight just 1100 here

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what we have to broil enjoyment. And

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also. All the way. That's Kenya's

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health minister under
countries preparation scored

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a quarter on the virus details coming
up also an explosion has taken place in

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Tunisia near the u.s.

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Embassy the main gate in the outskirts of
Tunis and an ongoing dispute in Guinea

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over the December presidential election
results is casting the military shadow over

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the West African country what have the
stories and more ahead on Africans tonight.

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Our Top Story 2 militants on a motorbike
blew themselves up outside the u.s.

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Embassy in Tunisia today killing

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a policeman and injuring several others
in the country's most serious attacks in

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months they explosion
took place near the u.s.

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Embassy's main gate where
Reuters generalists says he saw

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a scorched damaged motorbike and

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a damaged police vehicle lying amid
debris as police gathered around and

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a helicopter flew overhead at Tunisian
ministry statement said security units were

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placed on

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a state of maximum alert hundreds of
police swarmed around the scene and shop

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shooters were visible on the roofs
of nearby big. Dinks the u.s.

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Embassy located in

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a residential area on the outskirts of
Tunis was also attacked in 2012 and along

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with

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a nearby American school by hundreds of
people who were angered by an anti Muslim

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film produced in the United States security
forces killed 4 people during that

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attack last summer Islamic state was
behind the militant blasts that struck the

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capital over the course of

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a week including one near the
French embassy that killed

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a policeman. Valence

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that it put in place after the corona virus
was initially reported in China enabled

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it to confirm the 1st case of the cold with
the 19 on its territory today officials

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say it was discovered in

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a French citizen who arrived in Cameroon
on February 24th more kid when you can

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take

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a report from me I wouldn't be Cameroon
health minister now that my life she says

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the 58 year old French citizen was immediately
placed in solitary confinement in

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a special hospital in the I wouldn't be
after he was suspected of having the virus

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my life she says several lines put in place
by Cameroon since covered 1000 rpm in

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China made it impossible to detect the
keys he says he is calling on Cameron's

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population to become. The busier most. He

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says shortly after they suspected to be
French and citizens who are right in

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Cameroon on February 24th of being carried
out of the virus they immediately

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confined him to avoid contact with his
friends family members and entourage

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he says they started tracing all of the
people he contacted from the airport of

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departure through the plane to the airport
in Cameroon and taxis or cars he was

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using and they have this in fact it's places
he visited he says it was not the 1st

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case they were suspecting but that's after
thorough investigations the other cases

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were found to be negative my life she
called for citizens to become one vigilant

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saying that's made

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a cast off in the country has been advice
on how to handle coronavirus cases. But

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news of the 1st corona virus in Cameroon
has cat people somewhere rushing to

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hospitals and pharmacies to ask for
advice or by Medicare facemasks 43 year

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old Isaac to face hope but 3 masked
for his wife and 2 year old baby

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says he does not have confidence that the
governments of Cameroon will be able to

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control its spread should many more
people be found with its case and suffer

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a disease or been regarded in this country
for instance because like cholera

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outbreak of cholera in
many situations it claims

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a lot of lives but now we're talking about

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a very complicated disease like coronavirus
so I'm so scared that if I do quit

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health measures undertaken then the situation
might be very difficult in Cameroon

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funders happy man it won't help Organization
representative for coming room says it

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is fully up on the case he says communions
should not panic but must make sure they

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respect basic hygiene norms. With
communication not to crash to

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pharmacies to trying to get. Through do
you have the right to do the mission that

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the minister has been repeated need Wishing
you peace in the region wishing to

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serious times

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a day when someone is causing conflict
in both of us we. Also need to show that

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people don't get in quite that closely
with people who are suspected to be Sikh

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last Gen Re Cameroon health officials
announced they had improved checkpoints

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around the airports asked if Yet the virus
could be brought into the country by

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travelers from China and other countries
where cases of infected specimens have

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been recorded. Health Minister
My Lai she said as part of

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a p demure logic our surveillance measures
have been put in place to prevent any

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possible importation of the dead the virus
which she said was an epidemic that

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causes diseases in my mother's and beds
and that's in humans the virus causes

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respiratory infections which act typically
minute but in rec Ace's can be lethal

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symptoms include runny nose headache
cough sore throat fever and

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a feeling of being on whether there is no
vaccine for this virus and the only way

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to protect oneself against it is through
prevention House officials in Cameroon see

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Malky Edwin kins a car for v o

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n news yeah windy Meanwhile
Kenya has set up more than 100

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hospital beds in preparation for

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a possible court on the virus cases the
East African nation has assured its

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citizens that help workers were prepared
to stop the spread of the virus holdall

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Kenya has not reported and he confirmed
cases Mahmoudiya supra porch.

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Speaking to reporters after
visiting them by Garth

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a hospital in Settle Nairobi Kenya as Health
Minister. Said his country is prepared

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to combat corner virus we have trained
over 1100 workers we have people

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right now enjoy moving up in the
last year yes and also sensitizing

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and contending this
training on the way it is

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a levels we have rocky lots of Christians.
Equipment but God the hospital

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are set up 120 beds for potential cases in
the country if one is coming the head of

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the biggest hospital in the country cannot
a national hospital assured Kenyans

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a facility is well kept to treat patients
who test positive for corner virus the.

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Truth. Is

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a patient. I see is that. If

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. We cannot really. Interested in

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the more we. Know. Where it is very.

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Often. We start with Kenya has
no reported any coronavirus

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cases as yet South Africa's the latest
country in the continent to detect the virus

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6 other African countries have reported
confirmed cases the virus slow arrival to

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Africa has given governments more time to
set up testing and treatment centers with

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the help of the World Health Organization
and other groups according to the Johns

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Hopkins University Center for System Science
and Engineering the number of corner

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virus cases has reached 100000 worldwide
with 80 percent reported in China the

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death toll has surpassed 3200 the virus
is believed to have him. A native from an

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outdoor food market in the city of were one
China and spared passon to passen some

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Kenyans who are ill from other
diseases are worried about visiting

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a hospital set up to treat possible
coronavirus patients but acting general

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director of health Patrick are more assured
the public the corner virus facility

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will operate independently. 'd in.

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Kenya officials say they are preventing
the virus by screening those entering the

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country the World Health Organization has
called on countries around the world to

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start testing as citizens and report
the number of people infected with

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a disease Mohammad Yousuf Avia news.

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You're listening to African news tonight
on The Voice of America the World Health

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Organization urges continued vigilance to
prevent flare ups of the deadly airball

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a virus as the epidemic in eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo moves closer to

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being officially declared over he
says line reports from Geneva. The

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patient was discharged from

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a treatment center in the northeastern
town of Beni India are Congo on Tuesday if

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no more cases are confirmed during 2
incubation period or $42.00 days the World

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Health Organization will officially declare
the ball epidemic at an end on April

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12th but w.h.o.

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Assistant director general emergency response
Ibrahima so say Fall says this is not

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yet

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a time of celebration because the outbreak
is not over he says everyone must remain

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vigilant as the risk of other cases of
emerging during that period is very high he

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says Health Teams must remain
active and ready to respond to

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a number of complex threats including
those posed by insecurity in conflict or

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North Kivu and Dettori provinces he says
Health Teams must continue to work until

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the end of the outbreak and beyond to make
sure any new flare ups of the disease

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are detected early and controlled he notes
resources are needed to do this we know

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is that the focus now is Mark Colvin
one team but. Then it's got bus to

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go also. You know
additional occurred to me

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a little after the big shock to the team
on the ground because you don't want to

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resolve the team because you don't have
resources to have to step from scratch if

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you have

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a flare up so say Fall says it is very
important for the global community not to

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lose focus on this issue
because it all is also

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a matter of global health security since
the epidemic erupted on August 1st 2018

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there have been 3444
cases and 2264 deaths it

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is the 2nd deadliest Ebola epidemic after
the 2014 outbreak in West Africa which

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infected nearly 29000 people and killed
more than 11. House and so safe tells

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v.o.a.

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Many of the lessons learned in tackling
the Ebola epidemic are applicable for the

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containment of the corona virus 1st you
need reputation Millings the civil law

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system need to be strong I talked about
the mobile phone unless you have to you

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know investigate every day for a while and
so this is the same process you do for

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a virus I don't defy people who are
in contact with Casey's. Regular

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follow up The same is happening virus for
14 days you have been doing that for

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$21.00 days so it will as the $42.00
day countdown continues the w.h.o.

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Says the disease will not be declared
over until it is sure there are no new

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infections and that the last reported case
of Ebola has tested negative. For v.o.a.

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News. And ongoing dispute in Guinea

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Bissau over December's presidential
election results is casting

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a military shadow over the West African
country after rival parties both

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inaugurated their candidates as president
troops this week occupied the Supreme

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Court building and shut down state
broadcasters raising concerns of

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a possible coup Ricky Shryock reports
from the cell. Military is occupying the

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Supreme Court as the 2 main political parties
compete for power military this week

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oversaw the placement of ministers
appointed by opposition Madame g.

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15 party leader. Who won

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a surprise victory in December's presidential
election the electoral commission

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says in Bhalo won the December 29th polls
with around 54 percent of the vote but

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the long African party for the Independent
of getting clobbered. Has alleged fraud

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and Misty money Sunday is the director of
cabinet for the president of Parliament.

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Which is dominated by the page
just say. We are not Ok with the

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results that were given he says
because we think there were

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a lot of irregularities in the electoral
process when the ruling party sought to

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challenge the election results for the 3rd
time at the Supreme Court the military

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moved in. And follow held

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a hasty inauguration ceremony last week in
a privately owned hotel that used to be

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a Portuguese military base the military
then went to the homes of the existing

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government of air sea to schoolmates and
confiscated the keys to government cars

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Gomez spoke to journalists about the
incident on Sunday in his living room. I was

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clearly threatened he says adding it's

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a bad sign the ruling party led National
Assembly counted on Friday by inaugurating

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its member and president of Parliament
Cypriano Khosla as interim president but

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Casa must step down on Sunday citing

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a legit threat to himself and his family
by disagree. But out of the city said 0

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I have no security says Qassam and I
decided to take this decision to avoid the

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confrontation of the 2 sides he says and
to avoid war despite the military and

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political maneuvering analysts argue in
Bhalo is the legal president. Is the

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executive secretary of the Guinea Bissau
Observatory of democracy and government.

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But the Economic Community of West
African States echo last called in Bhalo

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swearing in of his government as outside
of the law defense minister for Gomez's

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the government there is Mello said he
fears the situation may get worse. I

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think there needs to be an urgent
intervention he says the un Security Council

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called on all parties in getting south
Thursday to respect legal and constitutional

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frameworks the un statement
expressed support for

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a mediation team for America last which is
expected to meet with the Supreme Court

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and the National Law tall
commission Riki Shryock for v.o.a.

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News. The tiny mountain nation of

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listened to made history in 2017 by being
the 1st African country to issue licenses

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for the production of medical cannabis it
made history again when it signed deals

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would for the invest or edge to develop
this look what of industry and to

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manufacture complete products in Africa
be always Anita Powell visited one of the

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country's cutting aid to medical marijuana
farms in the heels of the town of McAbee

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to learn more high in the
mountains of listen to

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a green revolution is growing marijuana
is not new to this tiny mountain kingdom

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it's been used for centuries for medicine
and recreation areas high elevation and

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low humidity make it

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a great place to grow at the plant but
in 2017 the Sudanese government began

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issuing licenses to medical cannabis
producers throwing open the door for

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a new industry that has since sprouted up
and brought in millions of dollars from

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foreign investors m g health one
of the top 5 producers built

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a $23000000.00 facility that employs
$380.00 people many from the local area.

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C.e.o. Andre Butler says
this is more than just

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a pipe dream he believes that if done
properly the fledgling cannabis industry can

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bring great value to
listen to this is a and

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a medicinal product that we trading in
and leave our company has various brands

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some of them are for sale in the Us South
Africa at the moment we moving into the

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u.k. And France very short in the in
the near future we have exported to

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a stranger already and we are in the process
of getting our extraction facility and

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our growing facility g m p 35 e.u. G.n.p.

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35 medical studies have only just begun to
look at the effectiveness of cannabis as

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popular non psychoactive compound
cannabidiol in 2017 report the World Health

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Organization described as potential for
abuse independence as low and said it found

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preliminary evidence that c.b.d.

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May be a useful treatment for a number
of medical conditions m g health makes

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a range of products
distilled from their c.b.d.

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Rich strain of the plant the claim to
treat elements such as epilepsy pain

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fibromyalgia and anxiety that says finance
minister Mackenzie majority is what

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makes his cannabis industry stand out it
opens the traditional African narrative of

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exporting raw materials to the west we're
going to want those export Wardle's or

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oil. We want to export pharmaceutical
products and so we want to see as much

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as possible for. Investment the processing
of these products up to the level of

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it being

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a Formosa to go product that he says will
bring the city the one thing it's so

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badly craves we have close to $200000.00
units that are looking for jobs in an

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economy that is not creating jobs that
fussed so we need to be creative in terms of

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the bridges that can be created we have

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a natural resource here that we need to
exploit So these have just come through as

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an unbelievable opportunity and she held
employees heartily echo that 20 year old

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Tuttle a Muslim who's from the market
area said she wasn't sure what you do in

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a country where one out of 4 people are
out of work she started here right after

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high school graduation this is my 1st job
I tell you yeah right after I come here

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my only 2 others came to their thumbs
already green before she began working here

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Mom Portillo grew illegal marijuana at
home she says she's much happier now and

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medical changed my life because I have
money to pay my children's school says I

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have 5 sets. And buy other things from
my house and change my house my house

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lies very little it's too soon to say
whether all this will work out well medical

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research confirm claims about the safety
and effectiveness of cannabis constraining

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country sustain such

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a challenging industry these bottom I says
are questions that also hang over him as

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he tries to navigate this new exciting
terrain but for now he says he's going to

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enjoy the ride and in

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a policy way news mark
of the city. And that

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wraps up this edition of African is the
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00:30:49
The defending National Basketball Association
champion Toronto Raptors have spoiled

00:30:55
the return of Golden State Warriors stars
Stephan curry after being sidelined more

00:31:02
than 4 months with

00:31:03
a broken hand Curry was back on the
core. Thursday night in San Francisco

00:31:08
California the 2 time n.b.a.

00:31:11
Most valuable player led the Warriors
out of the tunnel and received

00:31:16
a bag ovation from the fans but in
a rematch of last year's n.b.a.

00:31:21
Finals the Raptors beat the Warriors
the A.P.'s Ryan Leon reports from San

00:31:28
Francisco Stephan Curry made his return to
the Warriors after missing 58 games with

00:31:32
a broken left hand and lead Golden State
with 23 points but the Raptors pulled away

00:31:37
to win it 121113 curry with 6 of 16 from
the floor and made only 3 of 12 from

00:31:43
beyond the arc but 2 of those 3 were
from over 30 feet is definitely where

00:31:48
everything seemed to be going pretty fast
as you can simulate you know that game in

00:31:52
Sin City and St in each i do i came with
the workouts but just get out there is

00:31:57
going countless it was fun side to be back
out there and you know we had some good

00:32:01
moments sits around as if she
was shipped team that has

00:32:04
a lot of chemistry and they know how
to win so for us Susan good is 7

00:32:10
a right direction everybody does compete
in then we can build up for this the I

00:32:14
mean we also had 23 points and Andrew
Wiggins added 21 but the Raptors Norman

00:32:20
Powell had

00:32:20
a career high 37 points honestly I don't
look at this as she when I'm playing you

00:32:26
know I go out there to help the team win
you know and I only care about the 2

00:32:31
scores on the scoreboard So that's how I
approached the game and I was worried

00:32:36
about. What I had tonight as we're going
to get to Ryan Lee Aung San Francisco

00:32:42
thanks Ryan from San Francisco Let's go
to Houston Texas where the Los Angeles

00:32:48
Clippers posted their 6th
consecutive victory the

00:32:51
a piece that I'm spilling reports from
Houston behind Leonards 25 point one at the

00:32:56
Los Angeles Clippers increase their winning
streak to 6 games where they won 2105

00:33:01
win over the Houston Rockets the Clippers
lead by double digits for the game's

00:33:04
final 3 quarters and pushed their.
Lead to as many as 30 as they maintain

00:33:09
a one game lead for 2nd place in the West
Leonard says his team is playing the long

00:33:13
game just trying to do better and do
it. Here to try to support you if you

00:33:20
screw with. You know Hope you are pretty
good pretty sure the mantras hurdle

00:33:27
scored 1000 points for the Clippers Well
if it's exhibits added 17 points and 12

00:33:31
rebounds Houston shot to 7

00:33:33
a 42 from behind 3 point line Russell
Westbrook scored $29.00 points out of

00:33:37
spilling Houston thanks Chad with that win
in Houston the Los Angeles Clippers are

00:33:42
now 5 games behind their city rival the Los
Angeles Lakers in the N.B.A.'s Western

00:33:49
Conference Le Bron James
on the Lakers have

00:33:51
a marquee match up later Friday night
they'll host Yanis on to to cunt bow in the

00:33:57
walkie bucks who have the N.B.A.'s best
record 53 wins and 9 losses the Lakers

00:34:04
have the 2nd best record in the league 47
victories and 13 defeats Meanwhile the

00:34:11
n.b.a. Is

00:34:12
a primary sponsor of the new basketball
Africa League which earlier this week

00:34:19
postponed its

00:34:20
a nod euro season because of health
concerns about the coronavirus the 12 team

00:34:26
league was originally scheduled to tip
off on March 13th Indycar Senegal

00:34:32
organizers have not announced the new
date. The Port Harcourt based Rivers who

00:34:38
powers is the Nigerian representative in
the basketball Africa league Iron Mike

00:34:44
M.-Bone Yeah

00:34:45
a ask the head coach of rivers hoopers Oh
go do for his reaction to the postponement

00:34:52
by my demise of me I think. I get what
they organize us it was think about the

00:34:59
safety of all the. Stadium and. So
it's very disappointing box office we

00:35:06
also think. That also cost us

00:35:10
a team I think the blessing in disguise
because I won't get all the time to

00:35:14
actually group them off
and then. Let's have

00:35:17
a. Ball with the team with the postponement
not what I'd be up for the revives who

00:35:23
has basketball to actual dialogue and
ultimately it's all about love and yesterday

00:35:29
we got to talk

00:35:30
a break that you will talk today to more
often than not just words like else only

00:35:35
on days like Silence of The Talk To get all
but if you did these eventually giving

00:35:41
40 people off to basketball I
got to meet the you have a team

00:35:45
a complete team to take on the teams in.
Place of the competition was just some

00:35:52
asshole I didn't. Last like this all the
shortest possible time snow would say that

00:35:57
we have signed so called foreign players
who only just trenching the team goes for

00:36:01
Hartley I think it will not. Change
that much Also it should make us all

00:36:08
just much smiles so all that God sees it
listening to us for us will get more time

00:36:14
to blend together so that
was fine choice also

00:36:17
a blessing in disguise for us no clue and
that's all I really just want to see all

00:36:21
the teams play much is it played in the
last example we all know that win is just

00:36:26
box so it gives us more time to get I going
to catch up with the other teams have

00:36:31
you been involved in some friendly Mikey
side to bring you to the people for you

00:36:35
but I mean. I just know because frankly
much of. What I mean you are trying to call

00:36:41
me true because Tom I. Was
watching. Also without

00:36:48
watching. It just to want to. Try to
see the child actually cos I can't

00:36:55
tell you what I'll look up from
the games so the family gets

00:36:58
a call to help us look out for it I mean
it's just. That's not that's all go

00:37:05
to the head coach of rivers hoopers basketball
team and he spoke with Iron Mike and

00:37:11
bone you on the telephone from Port
Harcourt Nigeria particularly tense this is

00:37:17
head coach from basketball to listen to
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00:37:46
For. Joining us now with
more African Sports News

00:37:53
is Samsung no ma like and Samson says
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00:37:58
football sporty greeting Samsung sporty
Greetings to you Sunny day return next of

00:38:05
the 2 to calve Champions League 292020
quarterfinals will take place this week and

00:38:11
last weekend all the full 1st league
games witness who signed winning with

00:38:15
a 2 goal Morgan results that keeps open
when they reverse fix just played on Friday

00:38:21
and Saturday this weekend hold it as
bronze with the only side to manage and

00:38:26
a week old in their 31 defeat to Zamalek
and Carol while the other 3 games ended 2

00:38:31
nil victories for who's calling against
members of the Sundance of South Africa.

00:38:36
Rheticus a blanket against the of the
Congo white at Athletic Club against

00:38:41
a tool the Sahara respectively aggregate
winners this weekend will reach the

00:38:45
semifinals scheduled for nest me with the
holy grail of Afghan plop football at

00:38:51
stake Hello sports fans because Paul Tergat
might have done something from Kenya

00:38:56
You're listening to. Wonder force of
America the logo for the World Athletics

00:39:03
Championships in Nairobi
22 has been unveiled at

00:39:06
a ceremony in the King in capital Nairobi
on Thursday the design celebrate the

00:39:11
people of Kenya and the nation and represents
unite in the world through athletics

00:39:16
bringing everyone together in Nairobi known
as the green city in the sun and the

00:39:21
number one medic can use cabinet
secretary for sports Who ville the Logos

00:39:25
a Kenya is on course to host

00:39:27
a well organized championship the operational
and logistical plans. And work to.

00:39:35
Arrangements will be
placed. First successful.

00:39:42
Athlete is king or president Jackson 2 said
King it is ready to host more athletics

00:39:47
event noting that narrowly will kick up
the world as it is content total good

00:39:51
meeting series on the 2nd of May 2 and

00:39:54
a half months before the war at least 6
on the 20 championship Nairobi treaty

00:39:58
$24.00. 'd and we are

00:40:05
happy that we only countries in
Africa among countries. This

00:40:12
is going to be us. 20 in July I am sumps

00:40:19
in my leg in

00:40:20
a. If

00:40:45
certain. Constraints.

00:40:54
Force thanks. A wonderful ride

00:41:01
with the resistance. Of

00:41:04
a week. We are. Magical. Beings

00:41:11
much more alive and happy. In
March. The greatest is the

00:41:18
gates and they don't get to do you
need only butter since there was

00:41:24
a from the. Sun a young and
I'm ready to take you on

00:41:29
a magical ride right here on the sunny
side as sports on the Voice of America the

00:41:35
basketball Africa leagues President Obama
do Gallo Fall announced this week's

00:41:40
postponement of the 12 team league because
of health concerns about coronavirus

00:41:47
fall is hoping the league will grow not
just basketball across Africa but also

00:41:53
basketball business Nicholas Pineau
reports from Paris football is still the

00:41:59
predominant sporting African across most
of the world promoters have been trying to

00:42:03
grow basketball's presence on the
continent for the past 20 years and we've

00:42:07
a growing number of African players
now in the American n.b.a.

00:42:11
Those promoters hope Africa we don't brace
the region's talents and efforts when

00:42:16
the basketball Africa league begins play
the rules of the game will be up to the

00:42:20
stand out of American in the world the aim
is to be excellent and take on the best

00:42:25
of them I'm a google of the n.b.a.

00:42:27
Vice president and managing director of the
Africa he's also the head of the bot we

00:42:33
want to grow a business on the continent
and the bus. Africa League is

00:42:37
a professional basketball league it's
about building an industry and losing

00:42:42
basketball other than a kind of

00:42:44
a growth engine that is going
to contribute to g.d.p.

00:42:46
Of countries the sports and entertainment
industry and the creative industry in

00:42:52
general contributes 3 ns
of dollars in gross g.d.p.

00:42:56
So we want to make sure that Africa
starts to earn its part of this massive

00:43:03
industry moral cause as Sally basketball
club was crowned African champion in 2017

00:43:10
and he's among the 12 teams winning

00:43:12
a spot in the head as soon as site is
Secretary-General is very eager to start the

00:43:18
new season. There not her counting
also saying the. Ses representing the

00:43:25
African continent is a source of
pride and the team wants to present

00:43:29
a good image of the National Basketball
Association partnering with the

00:43:33
international basketball federation
feeble to launch the new league among the

00:43:38
challenges the promoters face improving
infrastructure such as building more

00:43:43
basketball courts and influencing the
region's governments to invest more and about

00:43:48
money I have is the head of feedback Africa
and board member of the block to solve

00:43:52
this problem of is

00:43:53
a stock that we need the commitment
of the government for now best

00:44:00
principle is to have. Public
private partnership we believe

00:44:07
that. He that.

00:44:16
For next year we believe that at least we
are going to be there is also agenda got

00:44:22
to address organizers are focusing on
helping more women and girls gain access to

00:44:27
the auto initiative sort of stuff you know
boys and girls competing and training

00:44:34
and learning from role models we have
committed to truly growing I was fortunate

00:44:41
close with has been around for since
1970 and the good news in Africa is

00:44:48
the women's game is very strong and
Nicolas being all full of you and use.

00:44:56
This is your memory I'm from Africa I'm
not you are killing thousands of children

00:45:03
every day don't let your child be warm up
there make sure to sleep on their Twitter

00:45:08
muscular Max hitting my
mouth is like winning

00:45:12
a basketball you need to get to the net.

00:45:20
This is the vice I am

00:45:23
a free. Why shouldn't and I'm Roseann

00:45:30
Teague.

00:45:49
The.

00:46:22
Ve always going to have been reporting this
week on issues surrounding the possible

00:46:28
cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo
lympics because of coronavirus this

00:46:34
evening when takes

00:46:35
a look at how Japan's capital city
might be affected economically Hi Gwen

00:46:43
Hey there Sunny on Thursday Japanese

00:46:45
a lympics minister Seiko has she moto
walked back her earlier comments that the

00:46:51
contract for the games allowed for

00:46:53
a postponement within the 2020 calendar
year now has the moto says the country is

00:47:00
committed to the schedule of the lympics
start date of July 24th some Tokyo

00:47:05
residents have voiced their opinion about
the games moving forward despite the

00:47:10
corona virus outbreak saying lives are
more important than the competitive event

00:47:15
but one financial expert
says the economic impact of

00:47:19
a cancellation would be catastrophic
cancellation is obviously the worst case

00:47:24
scenario the infrastructure has been burnt
everything is impious to have the games

00:47:30
go ahead so from that point of view
it's pretty catastrophic if it's

00:47:35
a postponement than the lot you heard is
that all the agreements everything will

00:47:40
stay in place but there will be an economic
impact of that for exam we've shifted

00:47:45
to I'll tell you but I've. Got that in major
markets like the us that will have an

00:47:50
impact on t.v.

00:47:51
Schedules because then you're competing
against things like the n.f.l.

00:47:53
And other previous sports the Premier League
will start back up and so on so there

00:47:58
will be an impact in terms
of advertising and t.v.

00:48:00
Schedules and things like that with

00:48:02
a postponement but at least. Event will
go ahead. And fall in large you will have

00:48:09
some economic benefit to that because how
does normal I think the thing to watch

00:48:15
out for is that the tourist impacts all
people going to travel to Japan that will

00:48:20
obviously have an impact on hotels flights
and just general spending in Tokyo in

00:48:26
a write in and around the news that was
Conrad why Czech head of analysis and

00:48:31
consulting export cow he says canceling the
Olympics would also affect advertising

00:48:37
sales for broadcasters who had built their
schedules around the upcoming games and

00:48:42
b c last week announced that they generated
door booked in. Over $1000000000.00

00:48:48
worth of advertising revenue against
the Olympic Games that is obviously

00:48:52
significant if the games moved or cancelled
then those advertisers will be looking

00:48:57
. At canceling their orders and
things like that so just on

00:49:02
a short term basis there is. A
significant impact there but obviously

00:49:10
for broadcasters around the world their
schedules around the Olympics as

00:49:14
a 4 year cycle leading up to an Olympics.
That will have an impact both on the

00:49:18
b.b.c. In the u.k.

00:49:20
And national broadcasters around the world
so it's not just limited to one market

00:49:23
and one of the times of the i.o.c.

00:49:25
President and the president of the Tokyo
Olympic organizing committee have both

00:49:30
said The Olympics are moving forward
as scheduled and Conrad wide text says

00:49:36
altering the start date is not worth the
financial risk I think at the moment we

00:49:41
have to take the i.o.c.

00:49:43
And Thomas back at face value and say
that there won't be a postponement or

00:49:46
a cancellation. The pure fact is that Japan
has spent billions in the structure to

00:49:52
get the games on. So unless they cancel
it the government says it's just too much

00:49:59
of

00:49:59
a risk then they will go ahead with the showing
piece of and. Post-prandial counseling

00:50:06
unless they have to I think

00:50:08
a worst case in Oregon is an empty
stadium situation where spectators are

00:50:13
prohibited from attending. The sign with
your eyes I can see your eyes going ahead

00:50:20
but the impacts in terms of potential
tourism. Funds not being able to

00:50:27
attend. The expose the other aspects
of eyes would fund so it's and so

00:50:34
people make the decision for themselves
not to travel which will obviously have

00:50:38
a direct impacts financially as well whether
or not fans will attend the Olympic

00:50:43
Games remains to be seen but
I'll see teams have urged

00:50:47
a limpid athletes to go full steam ahead
in their preparations for competition and

00:50:53
one athlete who is planning to be in Tokyo
is former table tennis world champion me

00:50:59
Shylock on and at age 50 stab in she
will be the oldest table tennis

00:51:05
a Libyan to ever compete in the Games me
is from Shanghai and began her career with

00:51:11
the Chinese national team before she
was scooped up by Luxembourg 1st as

00:51:17
a coach and then

00:51:18
a competitor I just came to Luxembourg and
then by the beginning was the coach and

00:51:25
coach of 1st and then 'd after one to
here so I sing then realised. I can

00:51:32
get the result Foster. When I play and
then if they want me to play I thought Ok

00:51:39
I'll just play but I've never seen

00:51:41
a couple that play so long but need kept
on playing her career has spanned over 30

00:51:47
years and she has represented
Luxembourg in for

00:51:50
a limpid games in 202-820-1220
extension 16 in the says she

00:51:57
hopes this year's Games move forward as
planned unfortunately the situation is.

00:52:05
Nobody know what can go on what can happen
I hope not I hope everything goes smooth

00:52:12
the worst so for me maybe postponement
spent I saying otherwise so many people at

00:52:18
this point so many
people lost I think it's

00:52:23
a shame if we can do all the schools for
everybody and all now wearing difficult

00:52:30
time I hope everybody and the
spent. Space possibility

00:52:37
make nice again I hope so and she is putting
in the work to make sure she's ready

00:52:43
she trains 3 hours

00:52:45
a day and focuses on physio therapy which
she says keeps her on par with younger

00:52:52
competitors you know follow the age getting
harder and harder. And the lucky to

00:52:58
have good fist helps me

00:53:01
a lot so I sing I'm very good
patient but I'm always here.

00:53:08
When. I pick the competition I'm very
often here because I really need

00:53:15
it and we cannot against the

00:53:17
h cannot against the nation and
to so we take care I think use

00:53:24
a very difficult continue for me me says
after the Tokyo games if she is still

00:53:29
healthy and injury free she hasn't ruled
out competing in the Paris Summer Olympics

00:53:35
in 2024 you're never too old Sammy and
that's all for me for the week it's back

00:53:42
over to you have a good
weekend Thanks Gwen you have

00:53:45
a good weekend too that's my Vo way colleague
Gwen finally the world champion u.s.

00:53:52
Women's National Soccer Team has defeated
England 2 nil in Orlando Florida in its

00:53:58
opening match in the she believes Cup
tournament Kristen Presson Carli Lloyd.

00:54:04
Scored 2nd half goals Thursday night for
the American women who extended their own

00:54:09
beaten streak to 29 matches Spain
beat Olympic host Japan 31 in the

00:54:15
opening match in Orlando and
let's give a sunny side

00:54:19
a sports salute to Carli Lloyd one of the
greatest players in women's football

00:54:23
history that goal in Orlando
was the 123rd career goal

00:54:30
for the 2 time fifo women's player of the
year Lloyd led the American women in

00:54:35
scoring last year with 16 goals
then that wraps up the March

00:54:42
6th edition of the sunny side of sports
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00:54:48
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of British Columbia was combing through

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mounds of D.-Day gathered by Nasa's
former planet I think Kepler mission she

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discovered 17 new exoplanets among the new
found planets includes an outsized role

00:58:04
that resides in the habitable zone over the
toast star the so-called habitable zone

00:58:10
as are areas surrounding stars where
liquid water could exist on the surface or

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rocky planets could potentially how the
ball planet is said to be just one and

00:58:20
a half times the size
of earth and is about

00:58:23
a 1000 light years away of the 16 other
new planets 3 searchers say that the

00:58:28
smallest of them is only 2 thirds of the
size of earth they say the remaining 15

00:58:33
planets were found to range in sizes up
to 8 times that of Earth I'm Viola ways

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officials in Afghanistan say at least 29

01:00:19
people were killed today and dozens more
wounded when a gunman opened fire at

01:00:22
a gathering in Kabul with high profile
politicians including chief executive in

01:00:27
attendance Witnesses say the deadly violence
began when former vice president Karim

01:00:32
Kelly was speaking at the event
organized to commemorate the death of

01:00:36
a prominent Shiite leader reports a to

01:00:39
a checkers were killed there are so far
been no claims. Responsibility and the

01:00:43
Taliban insurgency was quick to deny any
involvement the director general of the

01:00:48
World Health Organization
touches on. Says it is time for

01:00:52
a full scale global attack on the new
corona virus this as the number of covered

01:00:57
1000 victims nears 100000 worldwide
and its spread continues a.p.

01:01:01
Correspondent Karen Shamas has
that report you need heard

01:01:04
a virus has reached the Vatican as officials
have confirmed its 1st case of coded

01:01:09
1000 and close some offices as

01:01:11
a precaution while Pope Francis
continues recovering from

01:01:14
a cold after receiving the positive test
result the vets can announce that its

01:01:18
health clinic used by Vatican employees
and the family will be close the sun is

01:01:22
high saying one that's going
official was put into

01:01:25
a protective current after priests from
France is Catholic Church in Rome tested

01:01:29
positive for the virus the official isn't
showing since since the cave in 1000

01:01:33
disease but lives in the same churches the
infected priests Francis came down with

01:01:38
a cold over

01:01:39
a week ago and the Vatican the said that
he has no authority on current Chamas the

01:01:44
trumpet ministration is promising

01:01:46
a 1000000 coronavirus test kits will
be available in the next few days amid

01:01:49
criticism about

01:01:50
a short supply on the risk here in the us
infectious diseases specialist Dr Anthony

01:01:54
Fauci suggests it's

01:01:56
a complicated picture the overall risk in
the country of getting infected is low

01:02:02
but as we've seen in Seattle they now
have community cases and that's something

01:02:07
that is a big concern.

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