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Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism
Institute for Security Studies
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Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism The threat of a terrorist blockade of Mali’s Kayes and Nioro towns would be disastrous for all three countries. Western Mali, bordering Mauritania and Senegal, is increasingly...
Stages & Other Stuff: events July 17-23
NUVO - Indiana
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STAGES Fonseca Theatre Company: “Micah Meets a Mami Wata” Inspired by African mythology, marine life, and the environment, “Micah Meets a Mami Wata” by Prentiss Matthews III is a magical, heartfelt story about a little Black boy named Micah who...
Government Not to Blame for Travel Plans, Says Sports Minister After U-16 Accident
The Fatu Network
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July 20, 2025
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie, has responded to mounting criticism over the recent road accident involving The Gambia’s U-16 national basketball teams, clarifying that travel...
BRICS+ Series: BRICS is Facilitating France’s declining Colonial Grip on West Africa
IOL
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By 2025, the slow death of Françafrique, France’s long-standing political, economic, and military dominance in West and Central Africa has evolved from a continental rejection into a strategic recalibration. Playing part of this transition is the...
Successful Treatment of Lomentospora Prolificans Infection Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Case Report and Literature Review
Dove Medical Press
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July 22, 2025
Introduction Due to neutropenia, immunosuppressive treatments, and suboptimal reconstruction of immunity, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) recipients are vulnerable to invasive fungal infections (IFIs), which...
Minister Badjie Clarifies Gov’t Position on Sports Associations
The Voice Gambia
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July 22, 2025
By Kemo Kanyi Bakary Y. Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has shed light on the limitations of government interference in sports associations in The Gambia, explaining that his ministry does not micro-manage these associations. His...
NPP Must Recognize Nkrumah as Ghana’s Sole Founder – A Plus
News Ghana
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July 20, 2025
Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has declared that the New Patriotic Party’s political fortunes will continue declining until it fully acknowledges Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as Ghana’s undisputed founding father. The...
Roc Nation Sports International expands into Africa
The South African
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July 21, 2025
Roc Nation Sports International (RNSI) today announced its exciting expansion into the Africa football market, marking a significant milestone in the agency’s continued global growth. This strategic move follows extensive research and due...
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NYC appoints new leader for Office of International Affairs
Spectrum News NY1 - New York
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July 21, 2025
After following a nontraditional career path, Aissata Camara is embracing a new role where she'll lead an agency known as the State Department of New York City. Camara was recently named commissioner of the Mayor's Office of International Affairs....
Nimette Opens Private Salon Dedicated to Japanese Designers
WWD - New York
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July 7, 2025
Hidden six floors above the Balenciaga flagship on Rue Saint-Honoré, Le Salon Nimette is Paris‘ newest — and most discreet — destination for Japanese fashion. The private salon is the brainchild of Nima Krings to bring a curated collection of...
Las mejores películas de la primera mitad de 2025
Los Angeles Times
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July 20, 2025
A menudo, las mejores películas parecen predestinadas a la segunda mitad del año a medida que el Complejo Industrial de los Oscar se pone en marcha. Sin embargo, la primera mitad puede ofrecer más emoción de descubrimiento. Los primeros seis meses...
Africa's 1st Nobel Peace Prize Nominee: The Ghanaian scientist who saved Nigerians from ringworms
GhanaWeb
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July 20, 2025
Aside from Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and other great leaders who helped Ghana gain independence on March 6, 1957, there were many unsung heroes who laid down their lives fighting for the liberation of their people. One of...
NPP will sink further until they apologise and accept Kwame ...
Modern Ghana
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Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as Kwame A Plus, has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to recognize Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as the sole founder of modern Ghana. According to him, the party’s continued denial...
Israeli aggression impacts Africa
Press TV
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The recent Israeli and US aggression on Iran has negatively impacted the economies of many African countries while challenging the continent's legacy of anti-colonial solidarity. Can Africa break free from economic dependence and reclaim its...
Nigerians need to rally round President Tinubu now
Modern Ghana
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The Fulani ethnic group we know in Nigeria is historically a nomadic people. But even when they can conveniently pass for a minority group in the country, they have continued to play a rather outsized role in Nigerian society and politics. Their...
Sunderland target Ligue 1 star with 200+ games as £25m bid rejected and £33.8m price set – reports
Sunderland Echo
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July 19, 2025
Versatile Lille defender Bafodé Diakité is the latest name linked with a big-money Sunderland move. Sunderland are reportedly pushing to sign Lille defender Bafodé Diakité, with the Black Cats said to be stepping up their interest after...
Yaounde Int'l War College flags off 20th anniversary celebration
The Guardian Post
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This was during a ceremony which took the guise of a cultural exhibition. It was the Deputy Defense Chief of Staff, Major General Chemo Hector, who launched the festivities. Exhibitors from more than 26 countries including France and Cameroon are...
Odumegwu-Ojukwu Tasks Nigerians In Diaspora To End Medical Tourism
Daily Independent
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July 18, 2025
1 Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has challenged Nigerians in diaspora to end the current spate of medical tourism by their compatriots. She also implored them not to see the United States of...
Where to Watch Ari Aster’s Wild Western Satire, ‘Eddington’
The Wrap
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July 18, 2025
Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix reunite for “Eddington,” a COVID-era western hitting theaters mid-July. Following their collaboration on “Beau Is Afraid,” the pair are this time joined by Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler. After a Cannes...
Jackson Lears: The Righteous Community
London Review of Books
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July 24, 2025
Six weeks after President George W. Bush launched what the White House called a Global War on Terror, in October 2001, the journalist Bob Woodward asked the vice president, Dick Cheney, when the war would end. ‘Not in our lifetime,’ Cheney said....