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Performances set: Calendar for the week of August 1, 2025

The Farmville Herald · August 2, 2025

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s calendar. Events should be emailed to CommunityCalendar@FarmvilleHerald.com. AUGUST 2 FARMVILLE COMMUNITY MARKET...

ECOWAS court dismisses enforced disappearance suit against Liberia, Guinea

Premium Times · July 10, 2025

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has dismissed a case filed by Abrahim Sheriff, a Liberian national, who accused the governments of Liberia and Guinea of subjecting him to enforced disappearance and other serious human rights violations. In a...

Morabeza documented the culture of Cape Verde before independence.

Portugal Pulse · July 9, 2025

The music of Cape Verde carries a poignant feeling. This sentiment is embedded in our songs, expressing what words cannot say, what hands cannot write. It holds the silent rage, the unspoken disgust, the mute despair, and the words of faith that...

A Year On, Guinean Activists Still Missing

Human Rights Watch · July 9, 2025

(Nairobi) – Guinea’s military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political activists, make their whereabouts known, and either charge them with a recognizable crime or release them immediately, Human Rights Watch...

Amnesty International denounces lack of investigation into activists' abduction

Africanews · July 8, 2025

Nobody has heard of Oumar Sylla, known as Foniké Menguè, and Mamadou Billo Bah, for an entire year. Nobody knows their whereabouts. The two Guinean activists, members of the now-dissolved National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC),...

Africell Supports Sierra Leone’s U16 Basketball Team for Afrobasket Qualifiers in Guinea

Sierraloaded · July 8, 2025

Africell Sierra Leone has bolstered the national Under-16 basketball team by sponsoring them ahead of the FIBA AfroBasket Zone 2 Qualifiers in Conakry, Guinea. The official sponsorship signing took place on Monday, July 7, 2025, at the company’s...

Amnesty denounces 'climate of terror' as Guinea junta steps up disappearances

Africanews · July 8, 2025

The organization says journalists, activists and human rights defenders have been especially targeted for disappearance. It singles out Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, members of the Front national de défense de la Constitution (FNDC) who were...

UNESCO Cultural Chief Ottone Urges Promoting Paris as Catalyst for Peace, Guardian of Shared Heritage

Bulgarian News Agency ·

Paris should continue to be promoted as a catalyst for trust and peace, a driver of sustainable development and, above all, the guardian of the common heritage all nations share, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Ottone said...

Juno-winner Diallo headlines Aug. 7 park concert

Gulf Islands Driftwood · 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...

Cardinal Sarah in France: ‘Relentless adoration tears the darkness away’

CatholicVote - Wisconsin · July 30, 2025

Cardinal Robert Sarah, archbishop emeritus of Conakry, Guinea, gave a stirring homily in France on the 400th anniversary of the apparition of St. Anne in which he urged the 30,000 gathered faithful to reject worldliness and sin and instead worship...

The hidden history of slavery in the Islamic world

The Times ·

Beshir Agha was born in Abyssinia in 1655, seized by slave traders, castrated as a boy and sold for 30 piastres. When he died in 1746 he left a fortune of 30 million piastres, 800 jewel-studded watches and 160 horses. When he was a slave to the...

Outrage after zoo shoots baboons due to 'overcrowding' and feeds them to predators

LBC ·

30 July 2025, 14:30 | Updated: 30 July 2025, 14:37 Baboons sit in their enclosure at Nuremberg Zoo. Picture: Alamy A zoo has shot 12 healthy baboons due to overcrowding before feeding them to predators. Listen to this article A zoo in the German...

From Peacekeeping Abroad To Peacebulding At Home

Modern Ghana ·

Ghana, once hailed as a beacon of peace and democratic stability in West Africa, is increasingly showing signs of internal strain. What began as a long-standing ethnic conflict in Bawku now threatens to spill over into other parts of the country,...

Kenya prepares to host historic CHAN PAMOJA 2024 final amidst unprecedented prize money and a brand-new trophy

TV47 · 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,...

NASA’s Crew-11: Nigeria Sends Six Items To Space [Full List]

Naija News · August 1, 2025

Naija News reports that the mission set to launch today (Friday) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the United States. NASRDA disclosed that onboard the mission are six indigenous Nigerian crop seeds, including okra, cowpea,...

Celebrating Abdulsamad Rabiu at 65

This Day · 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...

DR Congo Leopards in the shadow of war, show resilience

The Standard ·

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 · 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...

The true champions of CHAN will be the well behaved fans

Star ·

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...

Losses, Lamentations as Drought Ravages Farming Communities in Taraba

HumAngle · 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...