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Kudos to DSS, NSA for Capturing Key Ansaru Leaders, But…
The Will
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August 23, 2025
August 24, (THEWILL) — The recent capture of two senior leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group by Nigerian security forces marks a significant victory in the nation’s long-standing battle against terrorism. Announced on August 16 by the National...
'Armed bandits' said to have killed 20 civilians in west Niger
Eye Witness News
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NIAMEY - Armed men killed 20 civilians travelling on a truck in a western region of Niger where jihadist groups are active, locals said Saturday. The attack occurred Thursday near the town of Komabangou, according to residents and media reports....
Grenada’s Carnival is Full of African History, Resistance, and the Some of the World’s Best Parties
Rolling Stone
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August 23, 2025
The night after J’ouvert, the pinnacle of Grenada’s annual carnival, I cried and cried. All over the Caribbean and throughout its diaspora, the consecutive days of reverie known as carnival or mas are traditions rooted in African ancestral...
Beyond African Union Governance, Peace
This Day
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August 24, 2025
and Security Frameworks: Sorrow and Fear Bola A. Akinterinwa The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has set up a High-level Panel of Eminent Experts to conduct a Comprehensive Review of the African Union...
Revamped Man City suffers shock upset; double injury blow causes ‘significant’ concern — EPL Wrap
Fox Sports
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August 23, 2025
A new-look Manchester City showed familiar frailties as Tottenham strolled to a 2-0 win at the Etihad on Saturday, while Arsenal’s big win came at a cost with two injury blows. Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha struck for the Europa League winners...
Mali arrests generals, French national accused in alleged destabilisation plot
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s military-led government has arrested two generals and a French national, accusing them of participating in an alleged plot to destabilise the West African nation, according to a government statement and state-owned media....
Wagner Out, Africa Corps In: Russia’s Golden Mask in Mali
McGill International Review
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August 23, 2025
Wagner may have left the stage, but Russia still runs the show. When the mercenary group withdrew from Mali on June 6, 2025, its exit was more cosmetic than strategic. Within days, Russia’s state-backed Africa Corps stepped in. What looked like a...
African Stream Founder on US Censorship, Pan-Africanism and the Rise of Africa’s Resistance
MintPress News
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August 14, 2025
On this episode of the MintCast, hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod speak with Ahmed Kaballo, the man behind the viral media outlet that the U.S. government has been trying to silence. In September, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a...
South Africa probes Russian firms accused of luring young women for Ukraine war
Business Insider Africa
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August 23, 2025
This recruitment drive, which South Africa is now investigating, is part of a larger Russian effort to mitigate a severe labour shortage in Ukraine, exacerbated by demographic decline and wartime mobilization. Bloomberg reports that Alabuga...
Violence is not strength – ActionAid tells youth
Ghana News Agency
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August 23, 2025
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, Aug. 23, GNA – ActionAid Ghana (AAG), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has described true strength as the ability to hold dialogue, and not shown though anger and fighting each other to derail...
Sports11 minutes ago Tavernier, Ouattara, Cullen Shine As Bournemouth, Brentford, Burnley Secure First Premier League Wins Marcus Tavernier’s deflected strike, Dango Ouattara’s dream debut, and Josh Cullen’s captain’s performance lit up the Premier Lea…
Naija News
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August 23, 2025
At the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth edged out Wolves 1-0. The decisive moment came early when Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s misplaced pass gifted Antoine Semenyo the ball on the edge of the area. He found Tavernier, whose shot took a wicked deflection...
Iran launches first major naval drill since 12-day war with Israel
The National News
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Iran began on Thursday a two-day naval drill, its largest such exercise since the 12-day war with Israel in June. Iranian officials repeatedly call for preparation for the "worst-case scenario" in case fighting resumes. Iranian officials have...
I just wanted to be at Lumba’s vigil and not left out – Lil Win on 'sabotage' comment
Graphic
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August 13, 2025
GHANAIAN actor and filmmaker Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, has hit back at critics after his emotional outburst over the scheduling of Highlife legend Daddy Lumba’s candlelight vigil on the same day as his movie premiere. The vigil,...
Brentford 1 Aston Villa 0: Bees’ record signing Ouattara scores on debut to give Keith Andrews priceless first win
The Sun
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August 23, 2025
WHO needs Yoane Wissa when you have Dango Ouattara? The 23-year-old winger scored what turned out to be a 12th-minute winner on his Brentford debut after joining from Bournemouth. 2 Dango Ouattara scored on his Brentford debut to give Keith...
Brentford agree club record £42.5m Ouattara move
BBC
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August 14, 2025
Brentford have agreed a club record deal worth up to £42.5m for Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara. The 23-year-old is set to travel to London on Friday to undergo a medical. Sources close to Ouattara told BBC Sport he wanted to leave, having not...
Urgent warning as ISIS presents 'real and present danger' to Britain
Daily Express
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August 23, 2025
Security experts have issued a stark warning that the resurgence of ISIS in Africa poses a "real and present danger" to the UK. The extremist group, notorious for its beheading videos after seizing large parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, was...
Cairo U. Now Offers Medical Education in French
Al-Fanar Media
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August 23, 2025
Cairo University’s Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine has opened a new programme that will teach medicine in French, starting this fall. The school began accepting applications from international students earlier this summer, and interviews for...
All eyes on the Valois de diamant at the 18th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
Cineuropa
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ANGOULÊME 2025 by Fabien Lemercier 22/08/2025 - At the core of the supersize programme for the 18th edition of the gathering, which will unspool from 25-30 August, are a ten-title competition and preview screenings of 16 films Out of Love by...
Women's Rugby World Cup Predictions 2025: FloRugby Staff Picks
FloRugby - Texas
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August 22, 2025
Over the course of the next month, the world will learn which country is the home of the best women’s rugby team at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. Since the Black Ferns of New Zealand won the 2021 Women’s World Cup, it has been England’s...
Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 22, 2025
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Today's Africa Intelligence Brief provides a comprehensive analysis of major developments across the African continent on August 22, 2025 roundup is organized by region (North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central...