Corona Voice - Angola. The tok show with Sofonie Dala. Don't Miss Out! Day 46

 Corona Dance Angola. Day 46

Over 90% of the world’s children and students have missed out on school because of coronavirus. Children everywhere have had their lives turned upside down. Right now, their future hangs in the balance.

Every child is unique. The way they are coping with the impacts of coronavirus is no different.

Ladies and gentlemen meet our ballerinas!

Covid, covid, covid

Covid, covid, covid

Covid, covid, covid

Dance dance dance

Covid, covid, covid

Move move move

Regular dancing can strengthen physical abilities and cognitive skills, maintain strong bones, improve posture, increase balance and co-ordination, as well as aid with a range of mental health benefits.

This is the first and the only Coronavirus show in Angola where the most ordinary citizens show their brilliant talents.

The heroes of the program are the most ordinary citizens - they share with the audience their songs, poems and real stories of how the Coronavirus pandemic affected their lives.

We launched the “Corona Voice show” campaign to provide a space for young women and men around Angola to share their views, experiences and initiatives.

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Africa Educates Her Campaign - Angola. Season 3. Don't Miss Out! Webisode 32

 Our girls back to school campaign is ongoing. Day 32

In response to the unprecedented educational challenges created by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 90 per cent of countries have implemented some form of remote learning policy.

Our today's guest will share with us the methods she used to continue learning when her school was closed.

Hello guys, my name is Domingas da Silva Wela, I study in the eighth grade and I'm 14 years old. I am here to talk about how the pandemic affected my studies.

How did the pandemic affect your studies?

Well, the pandemic misaligned my studies in the following aspects: I could not see or interact with my colleagues, although we communicated on Facebook but I could not see them in person, we no longer had that experience we had before, I could not visit my family nor see the teachers.

Moreover, we spent 9 months without studying, without interacting in the educational program.

During that time you stayed at home did you do anything to continue learning?

Yes, I did. My teacher created a study group on facebook that allowed us to attend classes online.

Now that the schools reopened, have you returned to study?

Yes I went back to school.

How is the dynamics there? Haven't you forgotten anything you studied before the pandemic? How do you adapt?

Well, I haven't forgotten anything. It is just being difficult to adapt to the new customs because we are not used to studying in January and we are also separated from our colleagues, one group is in class A and another group in Class B.

Has your school created any preventive measures against the coronavirus?

Yes, the did, but there's no security at school.

What is wrong?

Well, some colleagues violate the prevention rules against covid-19.

Have you followed the preventive measures against the coronavirus?

Yes I am following.

What are the preventive measures against covid-19?

Use the mask properly, use hand sanitizer and wash hands with soap and water.

Aren't you afraid of the pandemic?

Yes I am afraid, because it has killed many people and I am afraid of getting infected.

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PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES AMENDMENT TO REAL ESTATE REGISTER CODE

 National Assembly (Angolan Parliament) will vote in general terms for Draft Law on amendment to the Real Estate Register Code on Tuesday.

The third Plenary Ordinary Meeting of the 4th Legislative Session, will also debate and approve the Draft Law on change the Private Investment Law, and the Draft Law on Delimitation of Economic Activity.

The agenda also features the global final vote for Draft Law on Legal Regime for the Companies Recovery and Insolvency, Legal Regime for the Securities and Draft Law Amending to Commercial Code.

Among the ten points, the MPs will debate and vote for three resolution project, with the highlight to that approving the Mandate Loss of a member of the Mass Communication Regulatory Entity.

On its first plenary session held on January 14, 2021, the Parliament analyzed and approved, in general terms, the Draft Organic Law of the Constitutional Court and Draft Law that Repeals Law nº 3/8 of 17 June - Law on the Constitutional Process.

On 15 January, the National Assembly passed the Draft Law which scraps the rules of the Civil Procedure Code and Criminal Code Procedure in Matters of Appeal and which amend to the Law on Judicial Costs and Jurisdiction of the Courts.

HANDBALL: ANGOLA SUFFERS SECOND LOSS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN EGYPT

Angola senior men handball team lost to Croatia 20-28 on Sunday at second match of the Group C at World Handball Championship in Egypt.

At the first half, the national team, who maintain the last position of the group, were losing 11-12.

Angola face Japan in the next round on Tuesday (19).

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Fear of mass starvation

 The government-run Tigray Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) is assessing needs following the conflict there.

The federal government declared victory at the end of November.

But sporadic fighting has continued and the UN has described the humanitarian situation as “severe”.

It added that “reports indicate that food is not available or is extremely limited in markets, posing increased risks of malnutrition”

The ECC says that 4.5 million people need emergency food aid in Tigray, according to a figure quoted in a UN report. The population of Tigray is between 5-7 million. More than 50,000 have fled to neighboring Sudan.

In a statement on Friday, the Ethiopian embassy in London said the authorities wanted to help those in need.

“The government of Ethiopia remains committed to working closely with its humanitarian and development partners to address any outstanding challenges that could hinder the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance to all affected populations,” it said.

The UN has said that access to parts of Tigray is still limited but some aid is getting through.

Communication with much of the region remains difficult as phone lines and the internet have been cut making the verification of reports hard.

‘People dying while they sleep’

According to the leaked notes taken by a participant at an ECC meeting on 8 January, an official from the interim administration of the central part of Tigray “said that the situation [on] the ground is dire”.

“Food and non-food items or other livelihoods are either looted or destroyed. He also added that if urgent emergency assistance is not mobilized hundreds of thousands might starve to death.”

“People are dying because of starvation. In Adwa people are dying while they are sleeping,” he was quoted as saying.

Another official, quoted in notes from a meeting on 1 January describing the humanitarian needs, said that “while we were on the road and visit different places, people asked our escort for a single biscuit”.

Ethiopia’s defense forces entered Tigray early in November to oust the region’s ruling party after its troops had captured federal military bases.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insists that the army has been using proportional force to restore law and order and bring a “criminal clique” to justice.

Since the end of November, there has been an operation to find fugitive Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) party leaders who vowed to continue the fight after the regional capital was captured by the army.

On Friday, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement that the situation on the ground had gone “well beyond a purely internal ‘law and order’ operation”.

“We receive consistent reports of ethnic-targeted violence, killings, massive looting, rapes, forceful returns of refugees [to Eritrea], and possible war crimes,” he said.

Biden poised to propose 8-year path to citizenship for immigrants

 The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies.

The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump’s restrictive policies and mass deportations. It provides one of the fastest pathways to citizenship for those living without legal status of any measure in recent years, but it fails to include the traditional trade-off of enhanced border security favored by many Republicans, making passage in a narrowly divided Congress in doubt .

Expected to run hundreds of pages, the bill is set to be introduced after Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the legislation and granted anonymity to discuss it.

As a candidate, Biden called Trump damages actions on immigration an “unrelenting assault” on American values ​​and said he would “undo the damage” while continuing to maintain border enforcement.

Under the legislation, those living in the US as of Jan. 1, 2021, without legal status would have a five-year path to temporary legal status, or a green card, if they pass background checks, pay taxes and fulfill other basic requirements . From there, it's a three-year path to naturalization, if they decide to pursue citizenship.

For some immigrants, the process would be quicker. So-called Dreamers, the young people who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children, as well as agricultural workers and people under temporary protective status could qualify more immediately for green cards if they are working, are in school or meet other requirements.

The bill is not as comprehensive as the last major immigration overhaul proposed when Biden was vice president during the Obama administration.

For example, it does not include a robust border security element, but rather calls for coming up with strategies. Nor does it create any new guest worker or other visa programs.

It does address some of the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States, and provides grants for workforce development and English language learning.

Biden is expected to take swift executive actions to reverse other Trump immigration actions, including an end to the prohibition on arrivals from several predominantly Muslim countries.

During the Democratic primary, Biden consistently named immigration action as one of his “day one” priorities of him, pointing to the range of executive powers he could invoke to reverse Trump ’s policies.

Biden allies and even some Republicans have identified immigration as a major issue where the new administration could find common ground with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and enough other GOP senators to avoid the stalemate that has vexed administrations of both parties for decades.

That kind of major win - even if it involves compromise - could be critical as Biden looks for legislative victories in a closely divided Congress, where Republicans are certain to oppose other Biden priorities that involves rolling back some of the GOP's 2017 tax cuts and increasing federal spending.

As a candidate, Biden went so far as to say the Obama administration went too far in its aggressive deportations.

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Barrow reported from Wilmington, Del. Associated Press writer Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.