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Kutaisi hosts International Contemporary Art Festival
Georgia Today
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June 18, 2025
The international contemporary art festival ‘Caravan Art Forum’ has opened in Kutaisi with the exhibition ‘Urban Landscapes’ at the David Kakabadze Visual Arts Gallery. The exhibition features works specially selected for the forum by contemporary...
Simbi Wabote’s Blueprint: How African Oil Nations Can Build Effective Local Content Frameworks
Business Matters
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June 16, 2025
Simbi Wabote, who served as Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) from 2016 to December 2023, has become a go-to advisor for African nations crafting their own approaches to local participation. “A lot...
Ghana has lost $11bn to gold smuggling, links to UAE, report finds
Joy FM
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June 18, 2025
An illegal artisanal miner inspects an excavated rock for traces of gold at the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District in the Western Region, Ghana August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Ghana is losing billions of dollars in revenue annually...
Tinubu to ECOWAS leaders: We must unite against transnational security threats
The Cable
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June 22, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has urged Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders to prioritise a collective approach against the security challenges in the region. Tinubu spoke in Abuja on Sunday during the 67th ordinary session of the...
Eagle Royalties and Summit Royalty Execute Definitive Agreement for Reverse Takeover of Eagle Royalties
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 2, 2025 / Summit Royalty Corp. ("Summit") and Eagle Royalties Ltd. (CSE:ER.CN) ("Eagle") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement (the "Amalgamation Agreement") in...
India urges Mali to secure release of three nationals kidnapped amid militant violence
Mint
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July 2, 2025
India on Wednesday (July 2) expressed deep concern over the abduction of three of its citizens working at a cement factory in Mali, as the West African country reels from a wave of coordinated jihadist attacks that left one civilian dead and...
Tackle hunger, insecurity before talking about 2027 election – Ohanaeze youth wing tells Tinubu
Daily Post
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June 27, 2025
Youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the hunger, poverty and insecurity ravaging the country before talking about 2027 politics. According to the...
Act decisively on Bawku conflict to save lives - Amnesty International to govt
Graphic
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July 2, 2025
Amnesty International (AI) Ghana, has called on the government to act more decisively on the Bawku conflict to save lives and property. It urged the government to deploy transparent mediation efforts, rebuild trust among the factions and protect...
How Middle East conflicts could destabilize African nations
Deutsche Welle
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July 1, 2025
European analysts worry that conflict in the Middle East could be a destabilizing factor in already volatile regions of the African continent. "If the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates further, there is a risk that the various...
Ghana ranked 10th in Africa with highest fuel prices
Joy FM
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June 17, 2025
Ghana is ranked 10th in Africa in June 2025 with the highest fuel prices, despite fuel prices falling for the 7th time in 2025. The country’s fuel prices of $1.399 rank it 60th globally. According to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, fuel prices are high in...
Better signing than Trafford: Newcastle lodge bid to sign £50m "monster"
Football FanCast
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July 2, 2025
A very exciting season awaits for Newcastle United. Last time round, the Magpies won the EFL Cup, ending their 70-year wait for domestic silverware, and finished fifth in the Premier League, with the Champions League patch featuring rather...
France's nuclear giant says its Niger uranium mine is nearly bankrupt
Business Insider Africa
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July 2, 2025
French uranium miner Orano has warned that its majority-owned joint venture in Niger, SOMAIR, is nearing bankruptcy following nearly a year of export restrictions imposed by the country’s military-led government. Niger, responsible for...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
Kenyan Police Attack Youth-led Demonstrations Against Brutality
News Ghana
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June 26, 2025
At least 16 killed in protests marking the first anniversary of mass actions against tax hikes and the continuing repression by law-enforcement agents Political Review Social unrest in the East African state of Kenya accelerated during mass...
Tanzania ready for CHAN 2024 kickoff as teams set to arrive
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) are progressing smoothly, with teams scheduled to arrive in Tanzania seven days before kickoff. The matches will be hosted at two major venues: the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles begin preparations for WAFU B U-20 tournament
Premium Times
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July 2, 2025
As Nigeria’s Flying Eagles return to camp in Abuja, Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has made it clear that fine-tuning the team’s attack will be a major focus ahead of the WAFU B U-20 Boys Tournament set to kick off in Ghana this July. The tournament,...
Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country
Erasing 76 Crimes
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June 26, 2025
Advocacy organization aims to fill the gap left by cancellation of US reporting on LGBTQ rights Image from the Outright International home page. The LGBTIQ advocacy group Outright International is stepping up to fill the void created by President...
Joe Rothwell is ready made Rangers winner as Russell Martin steps up chase for three more targets
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 2, 2025
Russell Martin insists he’s lured a ready-made winner to Ibrox after being reunited with Joe Rothwell. The Rangers boss has fought off competition from Spain to land the Bournemouth midfielder on a three-year deal. Martin knows Rothwell well...
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...
Somalia’s biometric border overhaul signals deeper US engagement
Biometric Update
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July 2, 2025
In a move hailed as both technologically significant and strategically vital, Somalia formally launched the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES) at key border control points across the country. Backed by the...