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Religion news 26 June 2025
Amol Rajan on his spiritual journey at the Kumbh Mela BBC One showed a film last night with the journalist and presenter, Amol Rajan, on a pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history, the Kumbh Mela, held at the Sangam, the confluence...

Ghana’s Railway Revival: From Promises to Progress
Once a source of pride and economic promise, Ghana’s railway network now sits at a pivotal moment. Years of underinvestment, incomplete projects, and infrastructure decay have left much of the system inoperable. Yet hope still glimmers on the...

Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

KCB Bank champions East and Central Africa growth and sector innovation
Panelists at the FY 2025_26 budget Dialogue KCB Bank’s Dennis Damba outlines the bank’s strategic focus areas at FY2025/26 Budget to Business Post High Level Budget Dialogue Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Bank has reaffirmed its...

Addressing crime and insecurity: A prerequisite for accelerated GDP growth in Africa
As Africa strives to unlock its immense economic potential, one critical barrier continues to undermine growth across the continent: insecurity. While much focus is rightly placed on infrastructure, financial inclusion, and industrialisation, the...

Stunning English hospital with woodland gardens named one of the world’s most beautiful buildings
A STUNNING cancer centre has been named as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and it is right here in the UK. Maggie's in Yorkshire is no ordinary hospital building - in fact, back in 2022 it won the RIBA Yorkshire Award and the RIBA...

Clifford Raymond Pelly
November 3, 1948 - June 15, 2025 It is with deep sadness, we announce the passing of Clifford Raymond Pelly on June 15, 2025, at Mariposa Gardens in Osoyoos. Cliff was born in Chilliwack on November 3, 1948, but lived most of his life in...

Advancing Leukemia Diagnosis and Treatment: WHO-Supported Laboratory Innovations in Africa- A Narrative Review
Introduction Leukemia, a hematologic cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, represents a major health challenge worldwide, including in Africa. It is a disease that, if diagnosed early, can be treated more effectively, leading to improved...

'I can now say I belong here': New citizens celebrate a life-changing day in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Over 42 people from countries around the globe now have the chance to call the United States their new beginning. On Wednesday, they were officially sworn in as American citizens during a special naturalization ceremony held...

Serena Hotels to undergo major upgrades in East Africa
Dar es Salaam. TPS Eastern Africa Plc, the operator of the iconic Serena Hotels brand, is set to invest hundreds of millions of shillings in upgrading its flagship properties across East Africa, including Tanzania, as the region’s hospitality...

Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...

Southport councillor's wife Lucy Connolly who was jailed for racist tweet is being 'mistreated' in prison, Reform's Richard Tice claims
Lucy Connolly has been mistreated by prison officers who have handcuffed and stripped her of privileges, Richard Tice has claimed. Reform UK's deputy leader claimed Connolly was 'manhandled without provocation' after visiting her today at HMP...

Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize withdraws it after ceasefire talks stall
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Economic leakage in Namibia: When wealth enters but doesn’t circulate
Dr. Penny Tuna Magdalena Uukunde A Diplomatic Reflection on a Nation Full of Potential but Caught in the Performance Loop Namibia is not short of vision. We are not short of policies, frameworks, or even goodwill. From industrialization plans to...

AI and Us: Seizing the Africa-Caribbean opportunity
Generative artificial intelligence is a powerful class of technology that can create new content such as text, images, music, or even code based on patterns it has learnt from existing data. THE recent announcement of the launch of the...

Doha Film Institute Gets Behind Upcoming Movies By Cyril Aris, Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji & Danielle Arbid In Spring Funding Round
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled the recipients of its 2025 Spring Grants cycle backing 45 projects across all formats with directors hailing from 35 territories. The feature film grantees include Lebanese director Cyril Aris’ A Sad and...

Israel-Iran ceasefire agreed after missiles fired at US base, violation claims
Israel and Iran have both agreed to a bilateral ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump after missiles were fired at a US base in Qatar. On June 24, 2025, the Israeli government publicly confirmed for the first time that it had accepted a...

Inside Denmark's strict ghetto plan to destroy 'parallel communities' as Tories consider copycat law for Britain's migrant crisis
Kemi Badenoch has suggested she could follow Denmark’s controversial "ghetto law", which allows the state to demolish apartment blocks in areas where at least half of the residents have a "non-western" background. Speaking at an event in London,...

Supreme Court Lets Trump Wipe A** On Constitution In 'Third Country' Deportation Case
The Supreme Court yesterday allowed the US government to resume deporting some undocumented immigrants to “third countries” — places that aren’t where the immigrant is from — without due process, because … well, we don’t know why the six...

MAGA Senator Insists There’s ‘No Doubt’ Trump Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize
MAGA senator Katie Britt insisted there is “no doubt” Donald Trump will win the Nobel Peace Prize. Appearing on Hannity on Monday night, Britt gushed over the president’s peacemaking prowess after Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and...