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Ghost of the Caliphate: How Africa Became the Global Epicenter of the Islamic State
Geopolitical Monitor
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August 19, 2025
While global attention has begun to splinter across the Ukraine war, renewed tensions in Gaza, and ongoing great power competition, Islamic State (ISIS) has executed one of the most successful strategic transformations in modern jihadism: it has...
Daddy Lumba's 'Yentie Obiaa' brought relief during money ritual allegations – LilWin
Graphic
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August 18, 2025
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New wave of African pride rises in the Caribbean
BBC
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August 18, 2025
Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC News Gemma HandyBBC News in St John's ShareSave Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation's Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of slavery throughout the British Empire Augustine Ogbo...
Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – April to June 2025
JD Supra - California
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August 19, 2025
Welcome to the latest edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this issue, we explore key regulatory updates and emerging trends to help you stay informed and ahead in today’s dynamic compliance environment. The following topics are...
Julius Debrah Backs 163-Day Trans-African Unity Tour, Urges Caution and Preparedness for Borderless Africa Campaign
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has assured the Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign of government support, along with backing from other partners, as the team embarks on a 163-day journey around the continent...
The Namibian @40
The Namibian
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August 18, 2025
Conrad Angula started working at The Namibian over 37 years ago, on 4 June 1988. Prior to that, he was employed as a time officer by the Tsumeb Corporation Limited where he would write letters to the editor under the pseudonym ‘The Horse’. He...
Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
CovertAction Magazine
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August 19, 2025
[Source: bbc.com] There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the Western-backed corrupt, brutal regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the 2019 Nobel...
Free Trade And AfCFTA: Unlocking Africa’s Economic Potential
The Chronicle News Online
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August 19, 2025
High tariffs! Price controls! Large bureaucracy and unnecessary regulation of the African market are what have made Africa have the identity as a poor continent because it is not free. This has caused Africa’s intra-trade to attain a percentage of...
Newcastle hold talks over Jorgen Strand Larsen with Wolves star keen on transfer to solve striker crisis
The Sun
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August 19, 2025
JORGEN STRAND LARSEN remains a target for Newcastle United as they continue to search for a new striker. Brentford’s wantaway Yoane Wissa is still their No1 priority as the 28-year-old tries to force through a move. 2 Newcastle are plotting a...
Government rallies fans behind Stars
Daily News Tanzania
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August 19, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE government has appealed to football supporters to fill the 60,000-seater Benjamin Mkapa Stadium to the brim this Friday for a crucial CHAN 2024 quarter-final match between the Taifa Stars and Morocco. Speaking in Dar es Salaam...
Youth activist calls for probe into potential human trafficking scheme targetting African girls
Zambia Reports
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August 18, 2025
By Richard Lamu “I applied for the Alabuga Start Programme but with what I have read so far, I am having second thoughts; I don’t think I would go if they accept me,” 21-year-old Chileshe (not her real name) told Zambia Reports. A graduate of...
Sports news rail of the day
The Express Tribune
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August 18, 2025
Top stories Boxing Itauma blows away Whyte News Desk: Moses Itauma needed less than two minutes to emphatically stop Dillian Whyte and further strengthen his credentials as the next heavyweight star. Headlining a card for the first time, the...
US, British Govts Commend FG, NSA Over Arrest Of Terror Kingpins
Daily Independent
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August 19, 2025
1 The governments of the United States of America (USA) and the British authorities on Monday commended the Federal Government and the security agencies under the leadership of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over the...
Experts caution as residents, US, UK welcome terror kingpins’ arrests
Daily Trust
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August 19, 2025
By Idowu Isamotu (Abuja), Ado A. Musa (Jos), Mohammad Ibrahim Yaba (Kaduna), Abubakar Akote (Minna) & Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin) Mixed reactions have trailed the arrest of Mahmud Muhammad Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, leader of...
Boulder filmmaker lights the match of resistance in Ukraine
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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Six months after the bombs started to fall on Kyiv in 2022, choreographer Yuliia Lopata danced again. Even though her life to that point had been dedicated to the transformative power of dance, there didn’t seem much point to it anymore once...
US, UK, CAN commend FG, NSA, over arrest of terror kingpins
The Sun Nigeria
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August 19, 2025
From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja The government of the United States of America (USA), the British authorities and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have commended the Federal Government and the security agencies under the leadership of the...
Travellers, Trucks left stranded in 15-hour traffic jam
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
…On abandoned Ofankor-Nsawam road The Ofankor-Nsawam road, especially the Amasaman-Medie section, was blocked for more than 15 hours, from Thursday evening, until late Friday, leaving thousands of commuters, long-distance travellers and heavy-duty...
Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
Insight News - Minnesota
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August 18, 2025
Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering Violent Extremism and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which led U.S. anti-violent extremism efforts, were laid off, the units shuttered, on July 11, 2025. This dismantling of...
Empty Seats in Tanzania Leave CAF Disappointed
Kenya Today
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August 18, 2025
When the Confederation of African Football (CAF) chose Tanzania as one of the hosts for continental matches, many expected stadiums to be packed. To attract fans, tickets were sold cheaply going for as little as Tsh 10,000. But despite the low...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...