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Dangote's Game Changing Impact on Energy
The historic commencement of operations at the 650,000 barrels-per-day Dangote Refinery has redefined Africa’s refining ambitions, establishing a new epicenter for oil product supply across West Africa and beyond. As the continent’s largest...

Where and how to watch the 2025 Women's AfroBasket?
COURTSIDE 1891 Stream the action live and on-demand Watch here ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - The Women's AfroBasket has always attracted lots of attention in Africa and beyond and this year's event scheduled to run from Saturday, July 26 to Sunday,...

All in with the farm-to-glass movement
Award-winning Bahamian mixologist Marv Cunningham, CEO of Mr. Mix Bahamas, believes every cocktail/mocktail should tell a story, evoke emotions and transport the drinker to a different time or place through its combination of ingredients....

Museveni to launch CHAN tourney on Friday
With less than a fortnight to kick off, the CHAN 2024 tournament will get rolling when President Yoweri Museveni launches the event at Kololo Ceremonial grounds on Friday. The tournament’s organization and preparations has encountered numerous...

Uganda Launches Chan-2024: a New Era for Sports and Regional Unity
Uganda has today officially launched the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024, marking a historic chapter in the country’s sports development and regional integration. The event held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds was filled with messages of...

ECOWAS, AU don’t have solutions to Africa’s problems – Primate Ayodele
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) don’t have solutions to the problems facing the African continent. In a...

Despite rainy weather, Catholics in a Paraguayan town dress as birds to honor their patron saint
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Ghana is one of seafarer-friendly ports – GMA
By Laudia Sawer Tema, July 25, GNA — Mr Awudu Enusah, Principal Maritime Administrative Officer at the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), has disclosed that Ghana is one of the seafarer-friendly ports. Mr Enusah stated that Ghana has even been...

Climate Science Digest: July 24, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 24, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Ecosystem engineers at risk: Underground maps reveal 90% of mycorrhizal fungal...

Shabib Al-Khaldi cleared to rejoin training after doping ban reduced
Shabib Al-Khaldi KUWAIT CITY, July 24: The Kuwait Anti-Doping Agency has reduced the suspension of Kazma and Kuwait national team player Shabib Al-Khaldi, allowing him to resume training with his club starting August 25. Initially banned for two...

Teams intercept 89 migrants off İzmir coast
IZMIR Turkish security units have intercepted 89 irregular migrants attempting to cross the Aegean Sea illegally from the western province of İzmir, local media reported. The first group was detected off the coast of the Çeşme district at 12:30...

Operators’ Agitation over $300 Helicopter Landing Levy
Chinedu Eze For over two years Nigerian airline operators that provide shuttle services to oil and gas companies in Nigeria have kicked against the payment of $300 Helicopter landing levy, which was introduced by the former Minister of Aviation,...

The Boston French Film Festival returns to the MFA with a focus on authenticity
The Boston French Film Festival returns to the Museum of Fine Arts this summer from July 25 to Aug. 24. In its 29th year, the festival will deliver 15 new French-language films to New England over its month-long run. A showcase of vitality and...

Bulk Buys: Like a game of Snake, coal’s tail is getting longer and longer
The tail for coal keeps getting longer. Pic: Getty Images Coal could be a major part of the global energy make-up for years beyond its previous use-by date WoodMac says coal demand could be as much as 32% higher than previously assumed on average...

My Notting Hill restaurant has been targeted by brazen thieves 20 times and police do nothing about it... I'm still waiting for them to show up 24 hours after the last break-in!
A top chef has lamented the decline of London policing after thieves stole produce from his restaurant by thieves for what he believes is the 20th time. Richard Wilkins, who runs 104 Restaurant in the capital's plush Notting Hill, says police are...

Abuja residents celebrate Igbo festival in grand style
It was a classic display of visual arts, music, dance, clothing, food, language and so much more as Abuja residents came out en masse to celebrate the Abuja Igbo Festival 2025. The day was an embodiment of the Ndi Igbo culture of southeastern...

Boakai Hails AfDB’s Adesina as ‘Champion of African Dev’t’
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, paid glowing tribute to African Development Bank (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina during a national ceremony held at the EJS Ministerial Complex in Oldest Congo Town. The event...
Coal’s long tail past 2030
Coal could be a major part of the global energy make-up for years beyond its previous use-by date WoodMac says coal demand could be as much as 32% higher than previously assumed on average to 2050 Prices are depressed, but could rebound with...

Nairobi to host Africa Tech Challenge season 10, spotlighting innovation among TVET students
Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 will kick off on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) Twelve elite Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teams from across Africa will compete in tech and engineering...
Please stand
Two years ago, Gough Whitlam’s state memorial service began with the singing of ‘Advance Australia Fair’, and not just the first verse. On this occasion, the little-used second verse was also sung, its fifth and sixth lines – “For those who’ve...