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War and peace - Ockham Observer weekly news diary
Politicsweb
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025 24/06/25 iSERVICE War and peace - Ockham Observer weekly news diary Ockham Communications | 22 June 2025 As US bombs fall on Iran, a historic DRC-Rwanda peace deal is signed. Monday 23 June Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas...
Dow sees best day in weeks amid easing global tensions
Proactive USA
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June 24, 2025
4:12pm: Dow, Nasdaq up Wall Street ended the day with a broad rally, as easing geopolitical tensions and supportive economic signals fueled investor confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 507 points, or 1.2%, to close at 43,089—its...
CFCFA renews calls to end dog, cat meat trade and animal sacrifices
Ghana News Agency
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June 24, 2025
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, June 23,GNA- Coalition for Cruelty Free Africa (CFCFA), supported by various international animal protection organizations, is intensifying its campaign to end dog and cat meat trade and animal sacrifices across...
Parker: Rotarians get to meet Operation Eyesight that they have sponsored for more than 60 years
Calgary Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Business Operation Eyesight is an international development organization working to eliminate avoidable vision loss and to bring quality eye health care to communities where it is needed most Published Jun 23, 2025 • Last...
Domestic capital key to Africa's infrastructure transformation, says AFC report
African Business
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June 24, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Africa Finance Corporation Africa has over $4 trillion in untapped resources that, if effectively mobilised, could catalyse an era of infrastructure-led growth. This is according to the Africa Finance...
Nigeria tops Africa’s digital asset market with 25.9m users –Report
The Sun Nigeria
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June 24, 2025
By Chinenye Anuforo Nigeria, with 25.9 million active users and 11.9% penetration rate, currently tops Africa’s digital market of over 54 million users. More so, Nigeria stands as a global leader, ranking first in stablecoin adoption and second in...
Minister of State for Economic Coordination admits “adjustment” to clauses in the Lobito Corridor concession
Ver Angola
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"The DFC believes that some of the clauses in the contract could be different and the partners are approaching us with this in mind, but there is no need to postpone it," said Lima Massano, speaking to Lusa on the sidelines of the 17th US-Africa...
Nuggets from AfDB’s 2025 annual meetings, by Femi Adesina
Eagle Online
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June 23, 2025
For five days (May 26-30), over 5,000 delegates and participants from 81 countries gathered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The venue was the Sofitel Hotel in that country’s commercial...
Starlink rolls out its high-speed internet service in Lesotho, now in 24 African countries
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has officially launched in Lesotho. The rollout follows the granting of a 10-year operating licence on April 14, 2025, by Lesotho’s communications regulator, enabling...
Artist Rithika Merchant talks taste
The Financial Times
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June 20, 2025
My personal style signifier is print on print. I don’t mind clashing and I think I can pull it off. I often buy fabric and have my tailor make me stuff – most recently a block-printed green strappy top and midi skirt with beautiful green flowers....
‘Leadership is about decision making,’ Nevers Mumba, Netizens hail move to cancel national mourning.
Mwebantu
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June 20, 2025
THE Patriotic Front (PF) says the decision by the family of the late former President Edgar Lungu to bury him in South Africa instead of his home country is regrettable but understandable. PF acting president Given Lubinda said the party and the...
Benin shares its X-Road DPI interoperability experience in peer learning webinar
Biometric Update
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June 23, 2025
A recent peer learning discussion organized by the Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure (CDPI) spotlighted the DPI path walked by Benin since 2016. Since that time, the West African country has been pursuing its digital transformation plans...
Intentional Dating
News Diggers
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June 22, 2025
Dear Aka-Monde; Am a 39-year-old lady, single and with no kids. Lately, I feel if a guy asks me out, he needs to come clean and state why? Is he looking for a wife, a sex-mate or just someone to chat with. Am I being too much by demanding to know...
The 1% country: Uganda’s contrarian tech play
Techpoint Africa
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June 20, 2025
“We are open for business.” This is what Dr Monica Musenero, Uganda’s Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation, said to investors at the second edition of the Uganda Investor Summit in Kampala on Thursday, June 19, 2025. This was the...
Von der Leyen highlights Lobito Corridor and cooperation with Angola at Rome summit
Ver Angola
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Ursula Von der Leyen is co-chairing, together with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a summit on cooperation with Africa, entitled "The Mattei Plan for Africa and the Global Gateway: A common effort with the African continent", at which the...
EA CATanzania to open Kenya to host grand final CHAN 2024
Switch TV
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June 21, 2025
Nairobi, Kenya — The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) will kick off in Tanzania and conclude in Kenya, with Uganda and Zanzibar also selected as official venues for the...
Mzembi returns with a whimper, not a bang
Bulawayo 24 News
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June 20, 2025
After years of silence and self-imposed exile, former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has quietly returned to Zimbabwe - a development that has generated more speculation than substance in the political arena. Once a prominent figure in Robert...
Meloni Launches Europe's New Vision For Africa, Challenging Beijing's Dominance In Continent
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Rome: Italy formally launched a new chapter of its Mattei Plan for Africa - no longer just a national initiative but now aligned with the European Union's Global Gateway strategy and projected onto a truly global scale. Co-hosted by...
Protecting Crops and Preserving Wildlife: Poly Wire Fencing in Kasungu National Park
Nyasa Times
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June 20, 2025
Communities living near Kasungu National Park are seeing the benefits of ongoing conservation work piloted by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) Malawi and Zambia. liwonde-kasungu-elephant-migration These efforts are not only...
Castrol Launches 'GTX LOOOOOONG RIDE' Campaign
Media Update
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June 20, 2025
The 'GTX LOOOOOONG RIDE' is inspired by the global Castrol GTX campaign that started in China and then moved to Central Asia to become a successful LOOOOOONG RIDE — a multi-thousand-kilometre road journey that captured the attention of audiences...