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Africa’s Mpox crisis intensifies as WHO renews global public health emergency
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 1, 2025
By Nana Karikari, Senior International Affairs and Political Analyst The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent warning to the global community. Mpox (formerly monkeypox), remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...
Scorchers hope to deal with jet lag
The Times Group Malawi
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June 18, 2025
The Malawi Women’s National Football arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, Tuesday after travelling for 15 hours ahead of Thursday’s international friendly match against the Atlas Lionesses. The team flew out of the country on Monday through Chileka...
4 Caribbean islands face potential US visa restrictions
Virgin Islands News Online
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WASHINGTON D.C., USA- According to a leaked United States (US) State Department memo, four Caribbean islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, are being considered for travel restrictions as part of the US'...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
PM Mitchell: Regional governments must be prepared to negotiate with Trump
Now Grenada
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June 18, 2025
by Linda Straker Story about travel ban list originally published by The Washington Post last weekend 36 countries identified in cable sent to US embassies on weekend 4 on list are OECS member states with Citizenship by Investment Programmes Prime...
KQ Drops Fares to 16 Destinations
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 2, 2025
Kenya Airways has announced significant reductions in fares, offering passengers discounts on flights to several local and international destinations. In a statement on Wednesday, 2 July, the national carrier confirmed discounts of 20 per cent on...
Standard Bank enables China market access to African exporters, reinforcing a key trade corridor
Engineering News
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African businesses reinforced their commitment to global trade diversification and commercial connectivity with China, at the recently concluded 2025 China–Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE). A 48-strong delegation of export-ready...
Immigration: 36 countries threatened with exclusion by Trump, is Tunisia in the crosshairs?
Tunisie Numerique
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June 18, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose influence continues to shape current policy, has officially warned 36 countries—25 of them located in Africa—giving them a 60-day deadline to...
History-making move to the Valkyrie for Ugandan trailblazer Peace Lekuru
The Press
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Lekuru, who can played at either centre or back rower, joins the Valkyrie as the first-ever Ugandan to sign for a team in the Betfred Women's Super League. The move was made possible from the Valkyrie's support of the development of rugby league...
EXCLUSIVE: Morocco’s coach, Vilda, set to name squad for WAFCON 2024
Prompt News Online
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June 17, 2025
**As pre-tournament camp ends Friday By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau With some countries yet tok name their preliminary squads for the pre-tournament camping ahead of the start of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of (WAFCON) on July 5, the host...
I was waist deep in a hippo's mouth... here is how I narrowly survived
Daily Mail
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June 29, 2025
It's been nearly 30 years since Paul Templer was almost torn to shreds by a hippopotamus - but he hasn't let that slow him down in any way. In 1996, Templer was only 28 when he was attacked by the massive animal while he was leading a guided tour...
Francisco cycled 20,000 kilometers from Lisbon to Maputo, stopping in Angola
Ver Angola
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"I wanted to go on a long trip, a trip where I wanted to understand what it's like to be so far from home for so long, I wanted it to be by bike," Francisco França told Lusa in Maputo, his destination for this adventure that is a mix of "madness...
WAFCON: Teams arrive as tournament nears kick-off
Ghanaian Times
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June 30, 2025
Africa’s top women’s football nations have begun arriving in Morocco ahead of the highly anticipated TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with defending champions, South Africa, among the first to pitch camp. The tournament,...
Opinion | Plugging a growing gap
Witness
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July 1, 2025
Gulf sovereign wealth and private capital are moving swiftly to plug a growing gap in Africa’s development scene, as Beijing eases back from its once-dominant role as the continent’s chief financier. From 2012 to 2022, Gulf Co-operation Council...
From Cape To Cairo
Africa is a country
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On a warm April afternoon in 2024, Keith Boyd, 57, strolled through Cairo’s Zamalek district with the South African and Egyptian flags knotted across his shoulders. The late sun cast a dull gold sheen over the Nile as curious onlookers and...
AMC Conference Announces Pre-Registration
Media Update
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July 1, 2025
The African Marketing Confederation's (AMC's) annual conference has opened pre-registration. The conference will be held between Wednesday, 20 and Friday, 22 August in Ghana's Labadi Beach Hotel. "This year's AMC Conference will equip marketers...
Plastics SA appoints Samuel Kumbula as new Sustainability Project Coordinator
Engineering News
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Plastics SA is proud to announce the appointment of Samuel Kumbula as its new Sustainability Project Coordinator. Based at the company’s Head Office in Midrand, Sam joins the team with more than eight years of experience in the environmental...
Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: UNESCO
Inquirer
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July 2, 2025
Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN’s cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes,...
Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding as temperatures soar
The Straits Times
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July 1, 2025
PARIS – Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the United Nations’ cultural agency said on July 1. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events,...
How far Nigeria don reach to change Donald Trump ban bifor di 60 days deadline?
GhanaWeb
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July 1, 2025
Recently, President Donald Trump administration don announce say dem go soon enforce rules wey go block citizens from Nigeria, Ghana and 34 oda nations from entering di United States, even if dem get valid visa or to stay back afta di 60 days...