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Kalsoume Sinare to Madrid, Nii Amasah Namoale to Brasilia, Kojo Bonsu to Beijing
The Herald Ghana
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June 23, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama, has nominated 15 individuals for appointment as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consul-General Designates to represent Ghana in various diplomatic missions abroad. The nominations, made in consultation with the...
African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Upstream E&P Track To Foster Dialogue And Deals Amid African Exploration Surge
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Amid Africa's ongoing exploration and production surge, this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference will host a dedicated Upstream E&P Track. The track - taking place as part of...
Trump’s Foreign Student Crackdown Puts These 16 Struggling Colleges At Risk
Forbes
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St. Francis College is trying to turn things around. After operating in a deficit since fiscal year 2017, the 166-year-old Roman Catholic college in Brooklyn, New York, ended fiscal 2023 with $66 million in net income, thanks largely to the $160...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
When Will Genetically Modifying Our Children Go Mainstream?
Gizmodo
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June 22, 2025
In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline...
Cape Town killers jailed after brutal murder for insurance payout
Cape Town ETC
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June 22, 2025
In a harrowing case that has left South Africans stunned, four people have been handed hefty prison terms for orchestrating the cold-blooded murder of 23-year-old Nosipho Mafana, a mentally disabled woman who was killed in a twisted plot to cash...
Malawi caught in fake ship registry storm as shadow fleet expands
Malawi 24
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June 22, 2025
The landlocked African nation of Malawi has been thrust into the centre of a growing maritime scandal after being identified as the latest hub for a fraudulent ship registry operation. According to an investigation by Lloyd’s List, a fake Malawi...
To meet growing demand: Afrijet, FlyGabon launch flights to Johannesburg
The Guardian Post
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The dinner was held to celebrate African aviation and foster regional integration through enhanced air connectivity. The ceremony was presided by Country Director of Afrijet, Fadimatou Noutchemo. Key diplomatic figures including High Commissioner...
Trump targets 12 countries with ‘hostile attitudes’ to the US
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Donald Trump has signed an order banning people from 12 countries from entering the US. He said Sunday's attack in Colorado had shown "the extreme dangers" of "foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come as temporary...
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...
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Al Jazeera
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June 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump could significantly expand his travel ban list in the next few weeks to include 36 more countries, 26 of which are in Africa, US media reports say, citing internal government documents. With 10 countries...
Why do African leaders flee to foreign hospitals instead of fixing theirs at home?
The Zimbabwean
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June 20, 2025
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Once again, Africa finds itself watching in stunned silence as one of its most powerful monarchs, King Mswati III of eSwatini, reportedly battles a deteriorating health condition that has stirred growing concern within and...
The Countries With The Highest Share Of International Migrants May Surprise You
Zero Hedge
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The number of international migrants worldwide hit 304 million in 2024, a figure that has doubled since 1990. As people relocate across borders for reasons ranging from work opportunities to conflict and displacement, certain countries have become...
Nigeria And Brazil’s $1bn Deal: Can Mechanisation Boost Food Security?
Leadership
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July 1, 2025
A few days ago, Nigeria and Brazil signed a $1 billion agreement at the State House in Abuja, aiming to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector through the Green Imperative initiative. The deal, formalised during the 2nd Nigeria–Brazil Strategic...
FIFA once again deals with New World TV for World Cup and WWC rights
Sportcal
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June 19, 2025
New World TV (NWTV), the Togo-based satellite television network operating across sub-Saharan Africa, has snapped up rights to soccer's next two FIFA World Cups – one men's edition and one women's. Both the men's 2026 World Cup (to be held across...
Mapped: Countries With the Highest Share of International Migrants
Visual Capitalist
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June 18, 2025
Countries With Highest Proportion of International Migrants This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The number of...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
Europe's risky war on Russia's 'shadow fleet'
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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June 16, 2025
The news of Wagner’s withdrawal was not surprising, as the handover process began almost immediately after Prigozhin’s death in August 2023. But much of the “withdrawal” is closer to a bureaucratic reorganization. Whole Wagner units with their...
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...
8th African Nations Championship: Super Eagles B to play games in Zanzibar
The Sun Nigeria
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June 20, 2025
Nigeria will play all their group stage matches at the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Zanzibar, the scenic Tanzanian archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced details of the competition...