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CHAN 2024: Guinea national team treated to warm reception upon arrival
Daily News Tanzania
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August 2, 2025
KAMPALA: THE national team of Guinea for the belated CHAN 2024 tournament arrived in Uganda in the wee-morning hours of Friday, 1st August 2025. The delegation of 45 people comprised of players, team officials and the media. The West Africans...
Ghana’s Bauxite Sector Politicization Risks Investor Confidence, Warns Expert
News Ghana
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August 1, 2025
Denis Gyeyir, Country Manager of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), has warned that persistent politicization of Ghana’s Nyinahin bauxite block threatens investor attraction to the mining sector. In an exclusive interview with The...
St. Urban in New York Combines an Extraordinary Wine List With Monthly International Menus
Forbes
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Calmly romantic, Saint Urban is devoted to the marriage of food and wine from different regions of the world. Saint Urban Despite its refined, romantic design, its 3,000 bottle wine cache and a chef with an exceptional career and recognition, the...
Hawkeye Community College trustees, president discuss 4-year degree interim report
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Iowa
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The best movies of 2025 so far The best movies of 2025 so far As is so often the case, the first half of 2025 had some serious highs and lows. There were major box-office hits, like "Sinners," which is poised to be one of the highest-earning...
AU Commission President: Morocco Emerges as ‘True African Hub’
Morocco World News
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July 31, 2025
Marrakech – The President of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, declared Morocco has developed into a “true African hub” through its active economic diplomacy. “Morocco has distinguished itself by developing economic...
Global Perspective: Expectations rising for African economic growth, democratization
The Mainichi
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A man, center, in Niamey, the capital of Niger, is seen surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren in this photo taken in May 2023. (Mainichi/Mitsuyoshi Hirano) By Akihiko Tanaka, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo From Aug. 20 to...
Niger State Police Command dismantle international human trafficking ring in Minna, rescue 36 victims
Alexa.ng
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The Niger State Police Command has dismantled a 10-member international human trafficking network and rescued 36 victims during a coordinated sting operation in Minna. Spokesperson for the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, announced the development in a...
Mercedes Mone rejects 32-year-old AEW star’s advances: “I’m on a diet”
Sportskeeda
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August 2, 2025
A budding name from AEW's women's division seemingly wants a shot at Mercedes Mone. The reigning TBS Champion has now seemingly made it clear on social media that she wants nothing to do with the star in question, Queen Aminata. Mercedes Mone has...
CHAN 2024: Three Nations Unite to Host African Championship
Morocco World News
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August 2, 2025
The 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) is set to make history as the first continental edition co-hosted by three countries. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are jointly welcoming teams from across Africa for the tournament, which runs from...
About Guinea Worm Eradication: A Global Health Milestone in Sight
Borgen Magazine
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July 30, 2025
SOMERSET, United Kingdom — Guinea worm disease is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that has seen one of the most dramatic declines in global health history. It has declined from an estimated 3.5 million cases across 20 countries in 1986 to just...
Breaking it Down with Barron: The New York City Mayoral Race, New York City Politics, and a Primer for an Independent Black Revolutionary Polity
Black Agenda Report
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Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdani’s struggles with Black voters, and why an independent Black radical politics is essential to confront a broken system. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to chop it up with the venerable and...
Government terminates $1.2 billion bauxite lease deal with Rocksure International
GhanaWeb
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July 29, 2025
The Government of Ghana has cancelled a $1.2 billion bauxite lease with local firm Rocksure International and is now seeking a partnership with a major foreign company to develop one of West Africa’s richest deposits. This is according to a...
Ghana cancels $1.2bn bauxite lease with Rocksure International
Mining Technology
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July 29, 2025
Ghana has reportedly cancelled a $1.2bn (12.56bn cedis) bauxite lease with local company Rocksure International, opting instead to partner with a major overseas operator to develop one of West Africa’s richest bauxite deposits, reported Reuters,...
Will the National Sports Stadium host international matches by September?
Nehanda Radio
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July 29, 2025
Zimbabwe is suffering an acute venue deficit in the capital city of Harare until renovations at the National Sports Stadium are complete. The structure carried 60,000 seated people when opened in the mid 1980s. Major sporting and political and...
L’accordo sui dazi con gli Stati Uniti non indebolisce l’autonomia del Vietnam
Strategic Culture
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August 2, 2025
Con il recente accordo sui dazi, ridotti dal 46% al 20% per le esportazioni vietnamite verso gli Stati Uniti, Hà Nội ha messo in atto la propria “diplomazia del bambù”: flessibile nei modi, salda nei principi, senza mai cedere alla subordinazione....
Guinea–Ethiopia: Toward African gold sovereignty through local refining
The Reporter Ethiopia
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July 26, 2025
In an African context marked by the growing ambition to capture more added value from raw materials, Ethiopia and Guinea represent two converging trajectories. On one hand, Ethiopia is multiplying efforts to control its gold value chain, building...
Positioning Blaise Diagne International Airport as a trade and connectivity hub
International Airport Review
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July 28, 2025
Blaise Diagne International Airport will expand cargo capacity and routes, positioning itself as a regional logistics and aviation hub by 2035, CEO, Askin Demir, tells International Airport Review. New freight terminal and logistics hub...
Tunisia plastic collectors spread as economic, migration woes deepen
The Times Republican - Iowa
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A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He is among Tunisia's "barbechas", informal plastic recyclers whose increasing numbers reflect the country's economic -- and migratory -- woes. The...
World AFP Tunisia plastic collectors spread as economic, migration woes deepen
Yahoo News
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A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He is among Tunisia's "barbechas", informal plastic recyclers whose increasing numbers reflect the country's economic -- and migratory -- woes. The...
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: Jazz and International Politics in Léopoldville
Fair Observer
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July 27, 2025
Belgian director Johan Grimonprez reconstructs the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Prime Minister of the former Belgian Congo, in a jazz-infused documentary that received an Oscar nomination in the documentary category. He combines rare...