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East African leaders' cash promises boost CHAN title hopes
The Standard
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Fans during the CHAN 2024 match between Zambia and Morocco at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on Thursday, August 14, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] East African football fans say cash incentives from their presidents are fuelling hopes that...
From Blueprint to Reality: An action plan for Nigeria’s sustainable infrastructure future
Peoples Gazette
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August 14, 2025
Chart used to illustrate Sustainable infrastructure [Credit: Australian institute for business and economy ] Nigeria stands at a pivotal crossroads. With an infrastructure deficit estimated at $3 trillion over the next 30 years, the country faces...
Designing Digital Health Tools for the Last Mile: Lessons for Maximizing Connectivity, Usability and Trust
Next Billion
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August 14, 2025
Across emerging markets, digital health has become a promising approach for improving healthcare access in under-resourced communities. From telemedicine consultations to AI-assisted triage and SMS-based maternal care, technology is often seen as...
Amnesty International blames Buhari govt for plunging South-East into bloodshed
Peoples Gazette
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August 14, 2025
A composite of Amnesty International and Buhari used to tell the story [Photo credit: YouTube] Amnesty International on Wednesday announced the launch of its report on the security crisis in the South-East, blaming the former President Muhammadu...
Locarno Open Doors Program Unveils Winners, Including ‘Kachifo’ and ‘Black Snake’
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 12, 2025
Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro-organized co-production platform and talent development program for filmmakers from regions where artistic expression is at risk, has wrapped up its 23rd edition with a focus on the African...
West Africa’s borderless women: Inside the Yoruba sisterhood linking Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire
The Standard Gambia
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August 14, 2025
- Advertisement - It was a moment that would forever change her life. Sitting with her sibling who had recently moved to Côte d’Ivoire, she listened intently as they shared stories of opportunity, growth, and new beginnings. “It was never in my...
Soldiers' families face neglect of Sahel leaders
Deutsche Welle
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It has been almost two years since Saratou learned of the death of her son, a young soldier fighting in the Nigerien army. But her pain remains to this day. "There is no solution to death," she told DW in Niger's capital, Niamey, clutching a photo...
U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 14, 2025
The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the...
ICJ climate opinion shows the power of youth and global south solidarity
Institute for Security Studies
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ICJ climate opinion shows the power of youth and global south solidarity The unanimous decision clarifies governments’ obligations and provides a precedent for African human rights-based cases. In 2019, law students in the Pacific Island state of...
EXPLAINER: Mali soldiers arrested over coup allegations - What we know
GhanaWeb
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August 13, 2025
EXPLAINER Mali soldiers arrested over coup allegations: What we know Frustration has grown since the military government banned political parties and extended its rule indefinitely. Mali's military ruler, Lieutenant Colonel Assimi Goita, centre,...
Unravelling the illicit economies that sustain terrorism in the Sahel
Institute for Security Studies
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Unravelling the illicit economies that sustain terrorism in the Sahel The African Union is uniquely positioned to lead coordinated responses that disrupt criminal networks, strengthen border security and cut arms flows. The Sahel region faces...
Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'
LAD Bible
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Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...
How do people treat each other so abominably?
Queanbeyan CityNews
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August 12, 2025
When more than 100,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, they demonstrated their humanity. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP “Our own backyard is worth examining for our humanity. It has been reported that there are around 1700 people each...
Cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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August 13, 2025
Ghanaian special forces take part in U.S. military-led counterterrorism training near Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 16, 2022. AP Photo/Sylvain CherkaouiKris Inman, Georgetown University Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering...
Mali soldiers arrested over coup allegations: What we know
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 12, 2025
Tensions are high in Mali’s capital, Bamako, after the arrests of dozens of soldiers in recent days, including two high-ranking generals. Although shops and offices stayed open on Tuesday, residents, including one journalist, told Al Jazeera the...
Climate change policies fail to protect child health
Globalization and Health
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August 12, 2025
Climate-change policies worldwide had ineffective planning to safeguard child health, with 43% of countries obtaining a score of 0 (no mention of child health). Thirty-eight per cent of countries achieved a score of 1–3; these generally...
The Paris mosque upending Macron’s diplomacy
Unherd
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August 12, 2025
The Grand Mosque of Paris is a hidden treasure on the Left Bank. Its beautiful Hispano-Moorish minaret, over a 100 feet high, overlooks the Jardin des Plantes, and can be spotted from the Seine. There is no call to prayer — thanks to a city...
President Muhammadu Buhari (1942-2025) and a balanced verdict of history (2)
New National Star
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August 12, 2025
Godknows Igali Presidential footprint outside uniform The ride to become the 15th President of Nigeria was the zenith of Buhari’s untiring efforts to rule and transform Nigeria under a democratic order. At his inauguration on 29 May 2015 as...
Starlink Becomes Communication Tool of Choice for Sahel Terrorists
Africa Defense Forum
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August 12, 2025
The Nigerian Army’s recent raids on Boko Haram turned up satellite uplink technology indicating that the terrorist group is using the Starlink system to communicate with the wider world from its hideout in the Sambisa Forest. Troops confiscated...
Israeli lobby pushes for ex-PA official to govern postwar Gaza
The New Arab
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August 12, 2025
Samir Hulileh, who resides in Ramallah, is a well-known political and economic figure within the PA [Facebook] A quiet, months-long effort is reportedly underway to position senior Palestinian businessman and former Palestinian Authority (PA)...