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Thelo Aasgaard to Rangers transfer timeline as the exact fee Luton will receive revealed
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 4, 2025
Rangers expect to secure the £3million signing of Thelo Aasgaard from Luton Town on a four-year deal in the next 24 hours. Record Sport understands the Norwegian completed part of his medical in England on Friday before making his way to Glasgow...
IUCN launches LOGMe II to scale up land restoration, livelihood interventions
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 4, GNA – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched Phase II of Ghana version of its flagship land restoration sustainable livelihood intervention project, LOGMe II, in...
Mali govt approves five more years in power for military leader Goita
TVC News Nigeria
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July 4, 2025
General Assimi Goïta, Mali’s military leader, has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, renewable without elections. The junta commander, who has seized power twice, pledged to restore democracy last year, but...
What to expect from Iran’s approach to Africa after its war with Israel
Atlantic Council
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July 3, 2025
The twelve-day war between Iran and Israel, which the United States joined with airstrikes against the Iranian nuclear program, has shaken up the foreign-policy calculus for the Islamic Republic. What happens next will have implications for...
Mali Coup Leader Gets Five-Year Term Renewable ‘As Many Times As Necessary’
Sahara Reporters
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Mali’s transitional parliament has granted the country’s military ruler, Gen Assimi Goïta, a new five-year presidential term that can be renewed indefinitely, cementing his grip on power and dashing hopes for an imminent return to democratic rule....
Africa's Great Green Wall gets 222 mln USD in FAO grant to strengthen resilience
Xinhua News Agency
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NIAMEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Niger have signed an agreement on a 222-million-U.S.-dollar grant for stronger resilience of Africa's Great Green Wall project. The agreement was...
Nurses, Teachers, Artisans Major Victims Of QNET – CID
Daily Guide
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July 1, 2025
DCOP Lydia Yaako Donkor, CID boss THE CRIMINAL Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has announced that Ghanaian professionals, such as health nurses, teachers, artisans, and students, also fell victim to the QNET scheme in...
Ghana’s peace must not be taken for granted – Mahama warns amid regional instability
Joy FM
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July 1, 2025
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to remain vigilant and not take the country’s peace and stability for granted, particularly in light of growing political tensions and unrest in neighbouring West African states. Speaking at...
Ghana must be geopolitically sensitive in global affairs – Ofosu-Dorte
Joy FM
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June 25, 2025
David Ofosu-Dorte, Senior Partner at AB & David Africa, has urged Ghana to adopt a more geopolitically conscious approach to its foreign policy and tactical decisions in light of evolving global power dynamics and shifting alliances. Speaking at...
Rangers closing in on fifth summer signing as medical booked for target with two other stars lined up
The Scottish Sun
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July 3, 2025
RANGERS are closing in on a deal for Thelo Aasgaard. SunSport understands the Norwegian international is set for a medical ahead of his proposed move to Ibrox. 3 Thelo Aasgaard is set to be announced by the Light BluesCredit: Alamy 3 Russell...
Mali coup leader granted five-year term in power
BBC
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Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which is renewable without elections. The junta leader, who has seized power twice, had promised the return of democracy last...
Consumed by Terror: Insecurity, other factors threaten Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall (II)
Premium Times
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June 28, 2025
(This is the final part of this two-part series. You can read the first part here.) A Great Wall, but not here From Nigeria to Niger and Burkina Faso, the same problem exists: Conflict and insurgency are stalling or reversing the implementation of...
Turning Point in the Sahel: Houbbel’s Surrender and the Shif...
Modern Ghana
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In a moment that shook the Sahel, Houbbel, a high-ranking militant commander operating under the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), laid down his arms and made a stunning public confession. More than just an individual’s capitulation,...
Drone Warfare And Its Impact On Africa, Ukraine And Beyond
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) From the deserts of Sudan to the streets of Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, drones are reshaping modern warfare. Once limited to counter-terrorism by a select few powers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now ubiquitous, with...
Account for security votes spending, invite EFCC, ICPC’, SERAP tells 36 governors
News Diary Online
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July 1, 2025
‘ Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to Nigeria’s 36 state governors urging them to “promptly account for the spending of public funds in the name of ‘security votes’ by your...
Warfare rewired: drones and civilian risk
Swissinfo
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July 4, 2025
A Ukrainian soldier launches FlyEye WB Electronics SA, a Polish reconnaissance drone, which is in service with the Ukrainian army, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Aug. 2, 2022. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved Listen to the...
Afrofest opens today and continues through the weekend at Woodbine Park
Beach Metro Community News
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July 4, 2025
Afrofest 2025 takes place at Woodbine Park from Friday, July 4, through to Sunday, July 6. Celebrating 37 years of championing African music in the city, not-for-profit community-based organization Music Africa brings Afrofest back to Woodbine...
The elusive peace here and there
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 4, 2025
There are no fewer than seven theatres of war in the world today which have invited more than our passing attention. I am referring to the major ones which have been in focus for a while, much more so currently. These are Russian versus Ukraine;...
Gold stocks get the winter blues, too
Cairns Post
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July 4, 2025
The All Ords Gold sub-index is down 12% in the past month But June is often a down time for Aussie gold miners, Canaccord says Price bets from analysts remain bullish Wet weather got you feeling down in the dumps? There's seasonality, also, in the...
Gold Digger: Feel down about your gold stocks? It could just be seasonal depression
Stockhead
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July 4, 2025
Have the winter blues? ASX gold stocks may get 'em too. Pic: Getty Images The All Ords Gold sub-index is down 12% in the past month But June is often a down time for Aussie gold miners, Canaccord says Price bets from analysts remain bullish Wet...