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Indigenous Self-Determination in Practice: How BIDO and the Batwa Are Reclaiming Land, Rights, and Voice in Uganda
Cultural Survival - Massachusetts
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By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Intern) “When you are no longer allowed to talk to your ancestors, to pray in your forest, to feed yourself, then you are no longer fully alive.” —Alex Ahimbisibwe, Batwa Indigenous leader, educator, and founder of BIDO...
Benue’s killing field…
New National Star
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June 24, 2025
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “Any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. “Finally, Mr. President has moved out of his comfort zone in the Presidential villa…” “That is not...
Blatant law-breaking of illegal migrant delivery riders is scam Del Boy would be proud of… I have five ways to stop it
The Sun
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June 24, 2025
I CONFESS my initial reaction to yesterday’s report on The Sun’s investigation into asylum seekers working illegally as food delivery drivers was a combination of frustration, disbelief and anger. Frustration because it seems the Government is no...
For Senegal women's basketball team, show goes on without US...
Modern Ghana
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Members of the Senegal women's national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as the scuffing noise of their trainers echoed across the empty arena. Originally slated to train in the United States this...
Minister Proposes Establishment of CARICOM-Africa Investment Council
Jamaica Information Service
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June 26, 2025
The establishment of a CARICOM-Africa Investment Council to boost trade between Caribbean and African countries has been proposed by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks. Minister...
Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
The New Yorker
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June 27, 2025
Since its inception, in 2000, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which works with local governments to bring vaccines to low-income countries, has helped administer 1.9 billion vaccines and reached a billion children. Global vaccination work has nearly...
For Senegal women's basketball team, show goes on without US visas
RTL Today
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Members of the Senegal women's national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as the scuffing noise of their trainers echoed across the empty arena. Originally slated to train in the United States this...
Al Hilal hit the right notes in Music City to set up Man City showdown
The National News
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With keffiyahs replaced by cowboy hats and the smell of Arabic perfume mixing with that of smoked meats, Al Hilal enjoyed a Fifa Club World Cup night to remember at Geodis Park in Nashville. In the land of country music and Johnny Cash, Simone...
A Highway of Tears: Ghana’s road safety crisis demands action now
Joy FM
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June 26, 2025
The Accra-Kumasi Highway near Oframase became a graveyard once again. A horrific collision claimed several lives, leaving behind shattered families and a nation grappling with grief. This was no isolated tragedy—it was the latest chapter in...
SNP Government bemoans £5bn budget black hole - while sending £250k to Congo
Scottish Daily Express
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June 26, 2025
The Scottish Government announced it was handing £250k to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - one day after confirming it was facing a £5bn Budget black hole over the next five years. Despite foreign aid being a reserved matter, SNP Ministers...
A highway of tears: Ghana’s road safety crisis demands action now – Ras Mubarak writes
CNR Citi Newsroom
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June 26, 2025
The Accra-Kumasi Highway near Oframase became a graveyard once again. A horrific collision claimed several lives, leaving behind shattered families and a nation grappling with grief. This was no isolated tragedy—it was the latest chapter in...
Ecuador Revokes Visa-Free Transit for 34 African Countries
News Central TV
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June 23, 2025
Ecuador has officially revoked visa-free transit privileges for citizens of 45 countries, including 34 from Africa, in a sweeping overhaul of its immigration and border control policies. Under the new directive, travellers from the affected...
New Horizons in Inland Cooperation: The LLDC3 Conference and Turkmen-Mongolian Diplomatic Engagement
Mongolian Economy
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June 25, 2025
From June 1 to 2, 2025, the international political arena witnessed a high-profile diplomatic event: President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan paid his first state visit to Mongolia. This historic visit, like a stone cast into a tranquil...
Road to shared prosperity
China Daily Global
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WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY China and African nations are consolidating the cooperation during challenging times As the world sleepwalks toward a new and dangerous regional conflict provoked by Israel's brazen attacks on Iran with the backing of...
Tigray Tensions; IS Sahel Offensive: Africa File, June 26, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File and triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Ellery White, Miles Charles, and Edlawit Tesfaye Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. The growing...
Labour plan to 'smash the gangs' and end asylum hotels will FAIL, borders watchdog warns
Daily Mail
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June 24, 2025
By DAVID BARRETT HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Published: 07:55 EDT, 24 June 2025 | Updated: 07:55 EDT, 24 June 2025 The borders watchdog has said he is ‘not convinced’ Labour’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ will end the Channel crisis, and predicted ministers...
A Locked Door Home: Why Scrapping Nigeria’s Visa-on-Arrival Hurts Diaspora Nigerians
Prompt News Online
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June 24, 2025
By Chukwudi Ezeani On May 1, Nigeria implemented its new Visa Policy 2025, a sweeping reform that replaced the familiar Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) process with an entirely digital system. From that date forward, all short-term visas must be processed...
Ezrom Legae And Art Under Apartheid At High Museum Of Art In Atlanta
Forbes
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"Ezrom Legae: Beasts" installation view at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Mike Jensen They’re animals. They’re people. Stand-ins. Code. Black artists working under apartheid in South African didn’t have the luxury of being literal. Artists...
Playing For Change Foundation
Hits 102.7 - South Dakota
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The Bizung School of Music and Dance in northern Ghana takes the ancestral tradition of the Bizung “talking drum” to engage youth with cultural and music activities, which are otherwise not readily accessible in the urban community of Tamale....
UAE Dominance, UCI Safety Guidelines, Stadiobike New Racing Series, African Team at MCC & Hincapie New Team
PezCycling News
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June 26, 2025
In this week’s AIRmail newsletter, The Outer Line takes an in-depth look at trending cycling news: UAE continues dominance, questionable new safety guidelines, Stadiobike announces plans for new racing series, African team to race at MCC and...