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Know Your Team: the Uganda Cranes and their Road to CHAN 2024
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 7, 2025
By Nabakiibi Doreen Malaika Uganda’s Cranes have secured their place in the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) with strong intentions to improve on past performances. Uganda automatically qualified for the tournament as one of the three host...
Morocco faces high risk of electoral violence in 2025–2026, report warns
Hespress
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July 7, 2025
Morocco has been listed among countries at high risk of electoral violence ahead of the 2025–2026 election cycle, according to a new report by the Kofi Annan Foundation. The report, titled “Electoral Vulnerability Index 2025–2026,” estimates a...
A New Dawn for Women’s Football Begins at WAFCON 2025
News Central TV
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July 7, 2025
WAFCON 2025 thrills with a 45% prize money increase, surging attendance at federation games, and bold investments. These are signs of a system boldly backing women’s football. As infrastructure, visibility, and support gain ground, African women’s...
58 Visa-Free Destinations For Indian Passport Holders This Summer
Gulf Insider
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July 7, 2025
Looking to travel this summer as an Indian passport holder? Good news, Indian travelers can visit up to 58 destinations visa-free. The top destinations are placed throughout Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Aside from these...
South Sudanese in Kenya warned against participating in protests
Sudans Post
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July 7, 2025
Demonstrators gathered in Nairobi to protest government corruption and police brutality. [Photo: Michel Lunanga/Getty Images]JUBA — The Embassy of South Sudan in Kenya on Monday advised South Sudanese nationals residing in Nairobi to refrain from...
How Global Fund is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, & HIV across Africa
Inter Press Service
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July 7, 2025
Africa, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke NEW YORK, Jul 7 2025 (IPS) - In Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, a...
Rwanda Builds a Peaceful Future Through Judo
International Judo Foundation
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In the early 1990s Rwanda was plunged into horror. For three years, this small East African country was first ravaged by civil war. Then the horror reached a level beyond comprehension. From 7th to 17th July 1994, the Tutsi genocide left hundreds...
Six people accused of witchcraft are killed by mob who burn two alive, stone others to death or fatally beat them with clubs
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
By SOPHIA STANFORD Published: 12:24 EDT, 2 July 2025 | Updated: 16:47 EDT, 2 July 2025 Six people accused of witchcraft have been burned alive, stoned or beaten to death in an act of 'horrific, unspeakable barbarity' in Burundi. The mob dragged...
Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent back to Prague
Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skula has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
President Hassan Sheikh asks Egypt to speed up troop deployment to Somalia
Shabelle Media Network
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July 7, 2025
CAIRO, Egypt — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation on security, economic development, education, and...
Freedom’s fallout: How post-colonial Africa lost its way - Andrew Kenny
BizNews
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The first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence was Ghana in 1957 under Prime Minister (later President) Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah set a pattern for African liberation leaders. He gave lofty sermons about Pan-Africanism and seeking the “political...
VP Mpango to open Pan-African Social Security Summit in Arusha
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
ARUSHA: VICE-PRESIDENT, Dr Philip Mpango, is expected to officially open the 14th Africa Social Protection Policy-Makers Conference to be held in Arusha Region. Organised by the Africa Social Security Association (ASSA), the summit is scheduled...
Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo arrimo muhiim ah kala hadlay Al-Siisi
Shabelle Media Network
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July 7, 2025
Qaahira, Masar — Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa shalay gaaray dalka Masar, halkaas oo uu maanta kulan la qaadanayo dhiggiisa Masar, C/fitaax Al-Siisi, si ay uga wada hadlaan xoojinta xiriirka labada dal iyo iskaashiga...
Seeds of another world
Eurozine
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Ever since Donald Trump’s victory in last year’s US presidential election, there has been frantic speculation about what it is the American Right really wants. The tendency is look to the leadership for clues. Who belongs to the inner circle,...
Analysts commend Tanzania for rise in global peace index ranking
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has been praised by analysts for emerging as the most peaceful country in the East African Community (EAC), according to the newly released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025 report. However, they also believe the country...
Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague
The Daily Record - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
Oil Giant Adds Fuel to Soft Power Push
China Media Project
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July 7, 2025
Mandated from on-high by the Chinese Communist Party leadership, China’s new strategy to super-charge its international communication at the local level is certainly not a process of decentralization. It is a policy effort, however, that has...
Le changement climatique a doublé le nombre de vagues de chaleur dans le monde : quel impact en Afrique ?
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Une étude mondiale sur les chaleurs extrêmes a révélé qu'entre mai 2024 et mai 2025, près de la moitié de la population mondiale (49 %, soit 4 milliards de personnes) a subi 30 jours supplémentaires de fortes chaleurs. Ces journées ont été plus...
6 people accused of witchcraft killed, 2 burned alive, official says
CBS News
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Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for anonymity, said the incident happened on Monday after...
From Dar to Stockholm Kiswahili feels global
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: BACK home in Dar es Salaam, the sun played its part with a warm and breezy weekend, while in Stockholm (in this late spring) tulips were still showing off and Swedes debated if the sun was ever going to return, something...