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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...
Ambazonians in Cameroon needs Tinubu’s intervention
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 30, 2025
Ambazonians are the recolonised and subjugated indigenous Pidgin English speaking people of the Northwest and Southwest provinces of Cameroon. They are also known as Anglophones and/or Southern Cameroonians. Since consciously engaging the Noble...
From Nigerian Soil to Space: NASRDA Joins Historic NASA Mission with Indigenous Crop Seeds
TechEconomy
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July 31, 2025
Advertisements In a bold stride for Nigeria’s space ambitions and agricultural innovation, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is marking history today as it participates in its first-ever crewed NASA mission, launching...
Gongloe criticizes Boakai’s prayer holiday
The New Dawn Liberia
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August 1, 2025
Former Presidential candidate, Cllr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe says nations are not built by prayer and fasting; rather, it is political will that brings transformational changes. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, Liberia; August 1, 2025 – The political...
Echoes of Benue killings
The Sun Nigeria
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July 31, 2025
From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi In her village in Yelwata community, Guma Local Government (LG), Benue State, Nyam Vihimga, a farmer and businesswoman, grew maize, soya beans, yams, rice and other crops on her family land. During harvest, in...
The former liberation movements: The imperative of pan-African refoundation and amílcar cabral’s thoughts of the battle against our own weakness
Windhoek Observer
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PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) Abstract This article critically examines the contemporary relevance and challenges facing Southern Africa’s former liberation movements, specifically in the context of the...
Liberia Launches First Youth Bank In Africa With $16m AfDB Partnership
Daily Independent
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August 1, 2025
1 Jide Oyekunle Liberia on Tuesday launched Africa’s first Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank, a $16 million initiative backed by the African Development Bank to combat youth unemployment and jumpstart inclusive economic growth. The high-level...
Breaking it Down with Barron: The New York City Mayoral Race, New York City Politics, and a Primer for an Independent Black Revolutionary Polity
Black Agenda Report
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Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdani’s struggles with Black voters, and why an independent Black radical politics is essential to confront a broken system. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to chop it up with the venerable and...
NASRDA In NASA Mission With Indigenous Seeds
Point Blank News
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July 31, 2025
… Flies Okra, Maize, Cowpea to Space Station Daniel Adaji Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has joined a historic international space mission by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),...
UK: Chrysalis Global launches with ground-breaking griot...
Music in Africa
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The album features Malian balafonist Lassana Diabaté – hailed by American string quartet Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington as “comparable to JS Bach” – alongside fellow Malian virtuoso guitarists Gaoussou Kouyaté and Kerfala Diabaté. Together,...
Marine debris clogs Nigeria’s coastline, threatens biodiversity
Punch
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July 30, 2025
Marine debris is choking Nigeria’s coastline, threatening biodiversity, livelihoods, navigation, and port efficiency. Stakeholders warn that without urgent enforcement, innovation, and policy reform, the country’s blue economy faces rising risks...
Nigerian crop seeds join NASA mission to space
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 31, 2025
Payload of different Nigerian crop seeds were flown to space as part of the collaboration between Jaguar Space and the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) under the “Emerging Space Nations – Space for Agriculture and...
Weak policies threatening Nigeria’s N2.5trn blue economy –Experts
The Sun Nigeria
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August 1, 2025
By Steve Agbota Maritime industry experts have cautioned that Nigeria risks squandering its estimated N2.5 trillion blue economy potential if urgent reforms are not implemented. Speaking at a high-level executive media training hosted by the...
The world’s biggest iron ore windfall is fading for Australia, with no clear successor
The West Australian
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July 31, 2025
Flying deep into the heart of Western Australia, Rio Tinto Group executives, politicians and media step off a chartered jet into a Pilbara airport, little more than a sunbaked shed with metal detectors. Cameras roll. Smiles flash. They are here...
Nigerian indigenous crop seeds soar to space in NASA mission
The Sun Nigeria
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July 31, 2025
By Chinenye Anuforo The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) of Nigeria has achieved a significant milestone in international space research, participating in the historic Crew-11 Mission launched today from the NASA Kennedy...
National Conclave “Role of CSR in Mission Viksit Bharat by 2047” held in New Delhi, Shri Nitin Gatkari Ji urges Community Engagement
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 30, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 30: The National Conclave on “Role of CSR in Mission Viksit Bharat by 2047” and Indian Achievers’ Awards 2025 were held at Le Méridien, New Delhi, on 15th July. Organised by Indian Achievers’ Forum, a pioneer in recognising...
Pike County 4-H Poultry Show results
The Press Dispatch - Indiana
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The 4-H Poultry Show last Monday began a busy week of events for the county's 4-H’ers. It was a hot and humid day, but the local Farm Bureau offered muffins, fruit cups and a variety of drinks for the hungry 4-H’ers as they waited their turn to...