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Armwrestling African Championship: Over 400 athletes, officials from 20 countries set to storm Abuja
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
The countdown is real — just 16 days to the biggest show of strength Africa has ever seen! From July 23–27, 2025, Abuja will become the battleground for elite warriors as the 14th African Armwrestling Championship and 7th Para-Armwrestling...
Analysts commend Tanzania for rise in global peace index ranking
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has been praised by analysts for emerging as the most peaceful country in the East African Community (EAC), according to the newly released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025 report. However, they also believe the country...
Chinese cashmere giant weaves 28 years of China-Africa collaboration
People's Daily Online
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HOHHOT, July 2 (Xinhua) -- In an industrial park in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, machines hum as local workers skillfully craft exquisite garments using premium cashmere yarn from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This year...
China Focus: Chinese cashmere giant weaves 28 years of China-Africa collaboration
Xinhua News Agency
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HOHHOT, July 2 (Xinhua) -- In an industrial park in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, machines hum as local workers skillfully craft exquisite garments using premium cashmere yarn from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This year...
Elevating the Good
Nebraska Life
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For 25 years, Nebraska Life has elevated the good. We’ve done this by featuring heartfelt, thoughtful, entertaining stories and breathtaking photography that reflect our state’s people, places, cultures and communities. In recognition of our...
Ethiopia Keen to Further Strengthen Its Long-standing, Multifaceted Ties with Comoros: President Taye Atske Selassie
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 6, 2025 (ENA) --- Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie underscored that efforts will be made to further strengthen the long-standing and multifaceted relations between Ethiopia and Comoros. Today, Comoros celebrated 50th...
Sustaining Africa’s polio fight
Science and Development Network
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National polio laboratories will help Africa in its final push towards eradicating the disease, writes Chikwe Ihekweazu, outgoing acting director for WHO Africa. [LAGOS, SciDev.Net] As my term as acting WHO regional director for Africa draws to a...
A Biologist Spotlights The Smallest Flightless Bird, Found On Earth’s Only ‘Inaccessible’ Island
Forbes
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Flightless birds like the ostrich or emu tend to be larger than their flight-capable cousins. But ... More that’s not always the case. Here’s the story of the world’s smallest flightless bird, found on one of the most remote island archipelagos on...
INTERPOL seizes $65M in fake drugs, arrests 769 in largest-ever global crackdown
Africanews
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June 26, 2025
INTERPOL has arrested 769 people and seized illegal medicine worth USD 65 million in a global operation against pharmaceutical trafficking, according to an INTERPOL press release published on Thursday, highlighting the alarming scale of global...
It’s Good to Be Back: A Journalist Returns to His Talbot County Roots
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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June 26, 2025
Madagascar at sunset in front of the famous Baobab Alley, 2024. Publisher’s Note. The Spy is pleased to announce that Zack Taylor will be joining the Spy team beginning with this first article. Zack will focus on public affairs on the Mid-Shore,...
Tunisia ranks 8th in Africa in Cost of Living
African Manager
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June 30, 2025
Access to basic necessities—such as food, housing, transport, and healthcare, is a key factor not only in people’s standard of living but also in a country’s overall economic health. To assess the situation as of mid-2025, the specialized platform...
Science news this week: An 'interstellar visitor' and the oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever sequenced
LiveScience
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July 5, 2025
To kick off this week's science news, our solar system received an unexpected "interstellar visitor." On Tuesday (July 1), NASA and the International Astronomical Union confirmed the existence of a mysterious space object, most likely a comet,...
7 Countries Under Chikungunya Outbreak Alert
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)As thousands of French vacationers plan their summer holiday to visit islands in the Indian Ocean, a mosquito-transmitted disease has become a significant health nuisance in 2025. To notify international travelers, the U.S....
Manus on marketsBond bears poke the market as Congress passes Trump's tax bill
The National News
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Here is your digest from Manus Cranny in Abu Dhabi. US President Donald Trump secured a significant win on Thursday after Republicans voted to approve his tax and spending bill, cementing his second-term agenda and boosting funds for his...
Male prostitutes and pastries: Your tax dollars at work
The Blaze
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June 30, 2025
On June 25, following House passage and pending Senate review, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee and defended the $9.4 billion rescissions package that will slash...
I thought running helped me escape trauma. Until I got addicted
The Times
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Last Friday evening I went for a run. This was unusual for three reasons.First, I tend to run in the mornings, before the news cycle devours the airwaves, before the anxiety builds, before my children wake and I begin questioning why I have...
How President Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Humanitarian Aid
Borgen Magazine
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June 22, 2025
GARDNER, Massachusetts — In April 2025, United States President, Donald Trump, implemented tariffs under the International Emergency Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA). This imposes high taxes on foreign goods, including essential imports like medicine...
Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining
Institute for Security Studies
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Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa. Under President Donald Trump, the United States’ (US) rush for critical...
500 Bird Species Face Extinction Within The Next Century
Forbes
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The loss of these birds will lead to the unraveling or to the complete collapse of entire ecosystems. An adult male yellow-bellied sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha) in Ranomafana National Park, ... More Madagascar. This tiny songbird lives in...
Deadly rice virus spreads across Africa, threatening food security: Study
Down to Earth
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Across Africa, once healthy rice fields are turning yellow, yields are falling and farmers are facing growing uncertainty. At the heart of this crisis is a viral disease called Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV) that has been spreading silently but...