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36 hours in Detroit
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 6, 2025
“Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus.” “We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes.” Detroit’s city motto was coined after the Great Fire of 1805, but it’s still a heartfelt sentiment in Michigan’s largest city. The city that gave us...
Congolese army destroys plane rebels claim was carrying aid
BBC
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July 1, 2025
The Congolese government says it targeted an aircraft which rebels claim was delivering food aid before it was blown up in the district of Minembwe, close to the country's borders with Rwanda and Burundi. It is the latest violent incident in the...
Witch Hunts Targeting The Elderly, Women And Disabled In Nigeria, Other African Countries Must End, Says Advocacy Group
Sahara Reporters
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A leading human rights group, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has called for urgent and sustained action to end witch hunts across Africa, describing the practice as a brutal and outdated system of violence fuelled by ignorance, fear and...
Mpox: Three countries account for 84% of Africa’s cases – Official
Premium Times
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July 6, 2025
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa. The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week...
Weather warnings persist as floods affect parts of Cape Town
Cape Town ETC
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July 5, 2025
Severe winter weather continues to batter the Western Cape, prompting the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) to remain on high alert as heavy rain, strong winds and flooding affect large parts of the province, Cape {town} Etc reports....
KCB, Equity race to prop up Tanzania subsidiaries
Zawya
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Equity and KCB, the two publicly listed banks and the largest in East Africa, maintain a stiff ri- valry in regional operations: they currently share five markets: Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan....
Congo gold miner says M23 rebels force staff to work without pay
The Straits Times
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June 30, 2025
‹‹ 1 of 2 Burundian volunteers prepare food for Congolese families at Rugombo Stadium, after Congolese fled from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of...
Nigeria-Germany ties deepen as Okolo proposes startup incubators, exchange fellowships
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 6, 2025
Hon. Jim Okolo Chimezie, Nigeria’s National Coordinator of Nouvelle Perspective International and a United Nations-accredited international election observer, has met with the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Johannes Lehne, to discuss areas of...
ICC Under Fire Over ‘Bias’ Against Africa
Leadership
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July 6, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC), whichw was created in 2002, was intended to provide impartial justice for the most serious crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Yet, more than two decades after its creation, the ICC is...
Gikungu : a money transfer agent killed by a soldier
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 16, 2025 – A tragedy struck the Gikungu neighborhood, in the Gihosha zone, Ntahangwa district (north of the commercial capital Bujumbura), on Monday morning. Chantal Nizigiyimana, a money transfer agent, was shot...
A Uprona activist escapes assassination attempt in Giharo
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, June 28, 2025 – A new episode of political violence is shaking the district of Giharo, one of the Burundian towns regularly cited for repeated cases of harassment and violence against opponents and perceived opponents....
Ugandan Film “Janani: The Last Stand” is the top film this year at the Zanzibar International Film Festival
Anglican Ink - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Matt Bish’s biographical drama about Anglican martyr Archbishop Janani Luwum earns acclaim at East Africa’s premier film festival A Ugandan film chronicling the final days of Archbishop Janani Luwum has achieved significant recognition at the 2025...
What exactly is a flat white? 30 coffee questions answered
The Times
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Since coffee has overtaken tea in Brits’ affections, what was once considered a functional drink is now seen as more fun — but a bit more confusing too. Here, the former world champion barista James Hoffmann cuts through the froth on telling your...
Observances: July 1
Bulgarian News Agency
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The world: - National Day of Canada: Canada Day (1867). - National Day of Somalia: Foundation of the Somali Republic (1960). - National Day of Rwanda: Independence Day (1962). - National Day of Burundi: Independence Day (1962). On this date in...
ICC junk Duterte plea to disqualify 2 of judges hearing his case
Cebu Daily News
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July 5, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — All the 18 elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concurred in rejecting former President Rodrigo Duterte’s plea to disqualify two of the judges hearing his crimes against humanity case because his arguments...
Museveni nominated unopposed, explains ‘Tova ku main’
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
Tanga Odoi (right) announces the nomination of President Yoweri Museveni as NRM flag bearer Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been nominated unopposed to contest for both the National Resistance...
Cibitoke : six young Congolese detainees denounce false accusations and mistreatment
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 26, 2025 — Six young Congolese detainees from Kamanyola, in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been detained for a week in the cell of the Cibitoke provincial police station, in...
All 18 ICC judges junk Duterte plea as wrong, untenable and dilatory
Inquirer
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July 6, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — All the 18 elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concurred in rejecting former President Rodrigo Duterte’s plea to disqualify two of the judges hearing his crimes against humanity case because his arguments...
New book on Maggy Barankitse is a portrait of a humanitarian rising from the ashes
Religion News Service
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July 3, 2025
(RNS) — A few humanitarians have become household names: Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mahatma Gandhi. Maggy Barankitse is another — not nearly as well known, but driven by fighting injustice and a theological vision to make the world...
213 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Detained in Lusaka Joint Operation as Driver Jailed for Human Smuggling
Zambian Observer
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July 6, 2025
213 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Detained in Lusaka Joint Operation as Driver Jailed for Human Smuggling A total of 213 suspected illegal immigrants have been detained following a major clean-up operation conducted in Lusaka on July 4, 2025, by...