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A Cancer Spreading in Africa
Dissident Voice
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August 18, 2025
by Thomas C. Mountain / August 18th, 2025 The UAE, the United Arab Emirates, is a cancer spreading in Africa. This cancer has infected much of east Africa and is spreading into northern, central, and western parts of the continent. The worst...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches from Accra, championing a visa-free Africa by 2030
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra from today, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa...
Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...
United Arab Emirates; Cancer Spreads In Africa
The Nigerian Voice
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The UAE, the United Arab Emirates, is a cancer spreading in Africa. This cancer has infected much of east Africa and is spreading into northern, central and western parts of the continent. The worst outbreak of this disease, the UAE disease, has...
Textile Industry’s ‘Comeback’: Reviving textile without cotton
Daily Trust
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August 16, 2025
Over the years, there have been several efforts to revive the textile industry, which employed about 750,000 workers and contributed 25 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the 1980s. Some of these revival strategies include...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches in Accra to champion visa-free Africa by 2030
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 17, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163 day road journey across Africa...
Everywhere Insiders 10: Global Security: Gaza, Ukraine, Asia, and African Political Stability
The Good Men Project - California
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August 17, 2025
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris...
The African country using refugees to turn Sahara Desert green
Daily Express
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August 17, 2025
An African country is supporting a project that gives refugees land to develop, and they're turning part of the Sahara Desert into a lush green landscape. The Government of Chad, in central Africa, has a major destination for Sudanese asylum...
Polio Scorecard Posted for Africa
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)In the second quarter of 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed that poliovirus continues to pose a global public health emergency. However, significant progress has been made in the fight against polio within...
9 African countries with restricted ChatGPT access and AI adoption
Business Insider Africa
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August 16, 2025
According to a July 2025 report by Cybernews, which analyzed OpenAI's service data, over 20 countries worldwide have restricted ChatGPT access, with 9 of them in Africa. While non-conformist nations like China, Russia, and Iran have imposed...
ChatGPT Restrictions Highlight Africa’s Uneven AI Future
I Africa
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August 16, 2025
More than 20 countries worldwide have restricted access to ChatGPT, including nine in Africa, according to a July 2025 report by Cybernews that analyzed OpenAI’s service data. Unlike China, Russia, and Iran — which have imposed political bans...
Anatomy of terror: Daesh expansion in Africa
Sabah
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August 15, 2025
In recent years, Africa has become one of the regions where Daesh is most active. Daesh factions are particularly active in West Africa, East Africa and the Sahel. A look at the 2025 Global Terrorism Index data reveals that the Sahel region stands...
ISWAP Assaults Target Military Bases in Lake Chad Region
Africa Defense Forum
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August 12, 2025
The Islamic State West Africa Province terror group is waging war on remote military outposts in the Lake Chad region. The Institute for Security Studies recorded at least 15 ISWAP attacks in border zones this year. The bases targeted in the...
US hails Nigeria for capture of Ansaru, Mahmuda leaders
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
The United States Mission in Nigeria has commended Abuja for the capture of two of the country’s most wanted terror leaders, describing the operation as a “significant step forward” in the fight against extremism. In a statement posted on its...
Mpox declining, cholera spreading, says Africa CDC
Peoples Gazette
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August 15, 2025
One year after the World Health Organisation declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, Africa has made significant progress in controlling the disease. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which also...
IOM calls for rethink of migration narratives in West, Central Africa
Daily Trust
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called for a shift in the way migration is understood and governed in West and Central Africa, urging policymakers to move beyond oversimplified narratives and embrace evidence-based...
ATTRITION: Islamic Terrorists Ravage Africa
Strategy Page
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August 15, 2025: Over 150,000 African deaths are attributed to Islamic terrorist groups in the past ten years. Escalating violence in the Sahel and Somalia have caused fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa to increase by 60...
After Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger Extends Salkadamna Coal Project Invitation to Togo
Togo First
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(Togo First) - Niger is expanding its Salkadamna coal project to include Togo, after securing partnerships with Burkina Faso and Mali. On August 13, 2025, Niger’s Energy Minister Amadou Haoua presented the project to Togo’s authorities, including...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Northeast Nigeria affected by food insecurity
Fides
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August 11, 2025
Nigerian Red Cross Society Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – According to the International Red Cross, more than 3.3 million people in northeast Nigeria are affected by food insecurity. Most of these people are farmers who suffer from the insecurity in the...
Africa’s balancing act in the energy transition
SA Instrumentation & Control
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Africa’s balancing act in the energy transition Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2025 News Africa stands at a key moment in its energy evolution. With immense renewable potential and increasing international investment interest,...