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Spare us from Big Men with big wallets, bigger lies and biggest egos
Daily Maverick
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June 20, 2025
Ah, Chief Dwasaho. I was not going to write this letter today. I have exhausted my mental strength with human beings, the lies, deception, broken promises, rape, murder, genocide, missiles, bombs, drones, crime, corruption and obfuscation. There...
Tanzania Celebrates And Honors Akinwumi Adesina's Impactful Legacy As President Of The African Development Bank
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, on 14 June, has honored the President of the African Development Bank Group ( ) Dr Akinwumi Adesina describing him as“a visionary leader, a tireless son of Africa who has...
Army Says Tanks Didn’t Damage DC’s Streets; Trump Attends, Leaves G-7 Summit; and an Alligator Got Escorted Out of Fairfax
Washingtonian
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June 17, 2025
Photo illustration by Emma Spainhoward with photograph by Getty Images. Good morning. Humidity will increase today, with persistent shower chances and a high around 83. Showers and thunderstorms possible overnight with a low around 71. The...
Kenya Police FC manager Munga thrilled to defeat Gor Mahia
Tribal Football
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Kenya Police FC chairman Nyale Munga has admitted that dethroning rivals Gor Mahia as the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League champions for the 2024/25 season was the best thing to have ever happened for the Kenyan top-flight after a...
How Wicked Saints Studios Is Turning Gen Z Into Real-World Heroes—One Quest At A Time
Forbes
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World Reborn - Worlds' 1st adventure activisim gameWicked Saints Studios What if the points you scored in a game didn’t just stay on-screen—but made the world a little better? That’s the radical vision behind World Reborn, the flagship title from...
Tanzania’s President Suluhu Hassan names 112-kilometer iconic highway after outgoing President of AfD Bank – Adesina
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 19, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2025: The Government of Tanzania, last week honoured the outgoing President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina describing him as “a visionary leader, a tireless son of Africa who has dedicated...
Elections reporting: Gov't should provid...
The Guardian Post
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In his words, they are: "To inform citizens about the procedures and stakes of the election, explain electoral mechanisms in clear, accessible language, offer balanced and diverse coverage of all candidates and political trends and fight...
Foreign Office warns Brits to take extra document when travelling abroad
Wales Online
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March 15, 2025
The Foreign Office is warning UK travellers to ensure they have all the correct documents before heading to the airport. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, under the username @FCDOtravelGovUK, say...
Nigeria ready for US deals but travel ban a challenge -Minister
The Chronicle News Online
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June 20, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria is ready for business deals with the United States but travel restrictions remain a challenge. Tuggar stated this during the 54th ordinary session of the mediation and security council at...
'May or may not': Trump weighs joining Israel-Iran war
The National News
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday sounded an ambiguous tone over whether the US would strike Iranian nuclear sites and said Tehran had made contact in a bid to negotiate. His comments come a day after he appeared to be preparing for war and...
African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Institute for Security Studies
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African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten. The number of displaced Africans has doubled...
ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...
Tanzania seeks travel truce with US to avoid visa ban
Zawya
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Tanzania has opened negotiations with Washington in an attempt to circumvent the latest restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration on citizens of African countries planning to travel to the US. This followed the State Department’s...
Kiambu Golf Club to host KCB East Africa Golf Tour
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 19, 2025
Victor Ondendo in action during the KCB East Africa Golf Tour at the Nyanza Golf Club on June 14, 2025 Kiambu Golf Club is set to host the 13th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour this Saturday as golfers ramp up their bookings ahead of the...
Youth’s Political Participation: Redefining Democracy in Africa Context
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 19, 2025
By Daniel Athior’o Atem, Juba, South Sudan What should be known? Thursday, 19 June 2025 (PW) — The African youths are men and women between the ages of 18 – and 35. They constitute 80% of the African population and a strong political force as...
Trump invites China to make itself at home in Africa
African Business
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June 20, 2025
Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump’s Africa ‘strategy’ has been even more short-sighted and tin-earned than his most trenchant critics might have feared. Never one to show much of an interest in the continent, Trump appears...
Auxerre’s Clément Akpa defender called up to Ivory Coast squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Get French Football News
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March 11, 2025
One of AJ Auxerre’s standout defensive players in Ligue 1 this season earned his first international call-up on Monday. Clément Akpa (23) was named in the Ivory Coast squad for their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures against Burundi...
Cholera, Mpox outbreaks spread across Africa, says CDC
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the continent is grappling with a double public health crisis as cholera and mpox cases surge across multiple countries. The development has prompted urgent calls for coordinated action...
Attacks on immigrants are putting Erie’s revival in danger
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. In an office overlooking downtown Erie, Saeed Taraky pulls a pen from a box beside his desk. He presses the stylus, and a small light illuminates the barrel of the...
Op-Ed | To Travel or Not to Travel: Navigating U.S. Border During Heightened Immigration Enforcement
AM New York Metro
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June 19, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters building in downtown Washington, DC. John M. Chase / Getty Images With increased border scrutiny, many foreign nationals are anxious about traveling to and from the United States. Harris Beach...