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Alentejo hosts World Music Festival
The Portugal News
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As usual, today and Tuesday, 22nd July, are quieter days, with three free concerts: Umafricana, a project by Portuguese Guinean Sandra Baldé, today at 7 pm; Susobrino (Bolivia/Belgium) and Queralt Lahoz (Catalonia - Spain), on Tuesday, at 7 pm and...
Juno-winner Diallo headlines Aug. 7 park concert
Gulf Islands Driftwood
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August 2, 2025
SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS Salt Spring Arts’ beloved Summer Outdoor Concert Series continues on Thursday, Aug. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Centennial Park. The fourth concert in the six-part series features internationally acclaimed West African...
Berlin Art Week 2025: Hotel, Bar & Restaurant Guide
Berlin Art Link
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August 1, 2025
Aug. 1, 2025 Berlin Art Week is coming up September 10th to 14th. Whether you’re on a budget or ready to splurge, we’ve shortlisted some of our top suggestions for beautifully designed places to stay, eat and drink during Berlin’s biggest art week...
Echoes of Fulladu 2: Zainabou and the Maabos
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - Nata’s new home stood just a few hundred metres from her mother’s yard, yet it felt worlds apart. The narrow port carved into the back fence of the compound connected them in the way a forgotten path might link two estranged...
Nigerian Loses Fingers While Fleeing US Deportation
Foundation for Investigative Journalism
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July 19, 2025
Chidi Nwagbo, a Nigerian facing a US immigration crackdown, has narrated how he lost many fingers to frostbite while trying to flee deportation to Canada from the American authorities. Nwagbo, 57, had been living in the US since 1988, but when...
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...
UNDP trains journalists on fact-checking, conflict-sensitive reporting
Ghana News Agency
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August 1, 2025
By Regina Atule Tamale, Aug 01, GNA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Government of Japan has held a two-day training for selected journalists and bloggers on fact-checking and conflict-sensitive reporting....
The true champions of CHAN will be the well behaved fans
Star
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Harambee Stars' Daneil Sakari and Ryan Ogam during training/ HANDOUT There’s something different in the East African sky. It’s not the familiar hum of boda bodas on dusty streets or the afternoon buzz of a Nairobi market. It’s a quiet pulse, like...
Yaounde Int'l War College flags off 20th anniversary celebration
The Guardian Post
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This was during a ceremony which took the guise of a cultural exhibition. It was the Deputy Defense Chief of Staff, Major General Chemo Hector, who launched the festivities. Exhibitors from more than 26 countries including France and Cameroon are...
Celebrating Abdulsamad Rabiu at 65
This Day
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August 2, 2025
Obinna Chima The Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, who turns 65 on Monday, stands as one of Africa’s most accomplished and quietly impactful industrialists. Rabiu, through his chains of businesses, has not only shaped industries but...
Sierra Leone MPs Attend Thanksgiving Service Ahead of Mano River Union Parliament Talks
Sierraloaded
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July 20, 2025
A delegation from the Parliament of Sierra Leone, led by Speaker Segepoh Solomon Thomas, took part in a Thanksgiving Service held at Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church in Monrovia, Liberia. The event took place ahead of the formal signing of the...
Ivory Coast: From Paris to Petrobras
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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August 1, 2025
Ivory Coast is thriving economically as French troops exit. But Ouattara’s potential fourth term and regional shifts cast shadows on its future. President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara arrives in Paris, France in 2019. French troops are...
Celebrating green African heritage
Trinidad Express
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Following African emancipation from slavery, descendants of those freed over a century ago celebrate a holiday recognising this part of our history. After decades of adaptation to a land thousands of kilometres from home, many families still...
Elders and the burden of wisdom: Reflections from West Africa and The Gambia
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By Abdoulie Mam Njie The scheduled Sahel Governance Forum in Banjul on July 30–31, 2025, brings together a distinguished assembly of former heads of state, diplomats, and thought leaders from across West Africa. As the region...
Kenya prepares to host historic CHAN PAMOJA 2024 final amidst unprecedented prize money and a brand-new trophy
TV47
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August 2, 2025
The excitement is palpable as Kenya, alongside co-hosts Tanzania and Uganda, gears up for the historic CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024. This year’s tournament, which kicks off today, promises to be an unforgettable event,...
Why Ghana Could Be One Of The Toughest Countries To Rule
Modern Ghana
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Ghana is a country located on the Gulf of Guinea coast in western Africa. The country is known for its past great leader, Kwame Nkrumah, and is considered to be one of Africa's top nations, partly because of its substantial natural wealth and also...
Angola’s MPLA regime kills 22 anti-austerity protestors, arrests 1,200
World Socialist Web Site
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August 1, 2025
At least 22 people have been killed, hundreds injured, and more than 1,200 arrested in some of the largest protests Angola has seen since the end of its civil war in 2002. The protests erupted in response to austerity measures imposed by the...
DR Congo Leopards in the shadow of war, show resilience
The Standard
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DR Congo national football team the Leopards arrive at JKIA on July 31, 2025 for CHAN 2024 The story of the DR Congo national football team fondly called Leopards, is one of rare pride, joy, and heartbreaking contradiction. In a country burdened...
Zoo kills 12 healthy baboons 'it didn't have space to house' before feeding them to predators
Irish Star
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August 2, 2025
A zoo in Germany said it killed 12 baboons and fed them to zoo predators on Tuesday in a rejection of protests from animal protection groups. Seven protestors were detained when, in a last effort to stop the killings, they scaled the zoo wall. The...
Losses, Lamentations as Drought Ravages Farming Communities in Taraba
HumAngle
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August 2, 2025
Felix Yupenda depends entirely on his harvests to sustain his family. He is a local farmer in Wukari, Taraba State, North East Nigeria, who grew up on the farm and has worked there for over 30 years. “I learnt how to cultivate yam and cassava from...