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DCGI responds on clarifications sought by Pharmexcil on export NOC guidance document
Pharmabiz.com
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In order to ensure smooth implementation of the recently released Guidance Document for Export No Objection Certificates (NOCs), the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has responded on certain specific queries raised by the Pharmaceuticals...
Julius Malema commits to building houses for families of fatal bus accident
IOL
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At a mass funeral in Vryheid, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema vowed to build houses and boreholes to the families of the ten young victims who lost their lives in a bus accident. The tragedy occurred last Monday night near...
Sierra Leone’s Bio is new ECOWAS Chair amid regional challenges
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was made at the 67th Ordinary Summit of the...
ECOWAS Commission urges speedy reforms amid member exit, organisational crisis
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 15, 2025
The Vice President, Commission for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission), Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, on Sunday, disclosed that the official exit of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc has taught the...
Jamaican travellers reminded to get Yellow Fever vaccine
Loop News
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The Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding Jamaicans of the importance of getting vaccinated and showing proof of Yellow Fever vaccination when travelling to and from affected countries. All persons older than one year, who are travelling from...
ECOWAS leaders meet in Abuja amid regional tensions and leadership transition
Africanews
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June 22, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Regional heads of state gathered to evaluate the bloc's current state, which continues to grapple with internal instability...
West African leaders admit security woes mounting in region
Modern Ghana
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Leaders from the west African bloc ECOWAS on Sunday admitted during talks in the Nigerian capital that the region was in trouble, facing mounting unrest and political instability. "Our region is at the crossroads," said Sierra Leone's Julius Maada...
Sahel region hardest-hit by terrorism worldwide, says Global Terrorism Index 2025
Africanews
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June 23, 2025
The Sahel region in Africa accounted for 51 percent of global terrorism-related deaths in 2024, up from 48 percent in 2023, according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), published by the Sydney-headquartered Institute for Economics and...
Trump administration considers adding 36 countries to travel ban
MassLive - Massachusetts
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June 16, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering an expansion of its imposed travel ban — potentially prohibiting citizens from 36 more countries from entering the United States, according to a State Department memo reviewed by the...
BREAKING: New ECOWAS Chairman Elected As Tinubu’s Tenure Ends
Naija News
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June 22, 2025
Naija News reports that he succeeds President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the regional economic bloc for the past two years. This was made known in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo...
Members’ exit: ECOWAS Commission canvasses reforms
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 16, 2025
Vice President, Commission for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission), Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, yesterday, disclosed that the official exit of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc, had taught the...
Russia, Mali ink nuclear energy agreement
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia and Mali have signed an agreement to deepen collaboration on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Rosatom announced on Tuesday. The deal, involving the Russian state nuclear company, includes infrastructure development, joint...
Tinubu Hosts ECOWAS Leaders As 67th Summit Opens In Abuja
Naija News
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June 22, 2025
The high-level summit, which comes six months after the last session in December 2024, marks the conclusion of President Tinubu’s second term as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, a role he was re-elected to on July 7, 2024, after initially...
Full List: Nigeria Ranks 3rd In Global Firepower Ranking Of Africa’s Military Strength Index 2025
Naija News
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June 23, 2025
Nigeria ranks behind Egypt and Algeria according to the Global Peace Index, which is published annually. Naija News reports that the latest publication assesses more than 60 factors such as personnel, equipment capabilities, financial assets,...
ACN reports record aid for suffering Christians in 2024
Aleteia
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June 22, 2025
ACN’s annual report highlights the resilience of faith-based giving, with nearly 360,000 benefactors contributing, despite global economic uncertainty. In a year marked by conflict and hardship, the international pontifical charity Aid to the...
Bishop Okonkwo At 80, Urges Tinubu To Leave Legacy, Offers Free Cataract Surgeries
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
1 As part of activities leading to his 80th birthday celebration scheduled for September 6, 2025, Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo, on Monday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to seize the moment to...
Sierra Leone’s Julius Bio elected new ECOWAS chairman
The Cable
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June 22, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio has been elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Bio succeeds President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the regional economic bloc for the past two years. The Sierra Leonean...
Government to pilot 50 Farmer Service Centres in first year
Ghana News Agency
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June 22, 2025
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, June 22, GNA – The government is set to pilot 50 Farmer Service Centres across selected districts in the country in the first year of implementing its flagship Feed Ghana programme under the Agriculture for...
Fake, AI-generated videos about the Diddy trial are raking in millions of views on YouTube
The Guardian
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June 29, 2025
This story was reported by Indicator, a publication that investigates digital deception, and co-published with the Guardian. Dozens of YouTube channels are mixing AI-generated images and videos with false claims about Sean “Diddy” Combs’s...
Unfinished Freedom: Africa’s Long Walk Beyond the 1884 Berlin Conference:
IOL
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By Mphumzi Mdekazi On June 12, 2025, we gathered at Vaal University of Technology (VUT) not just to honour the towering legacy of Walter Sisulu, whose birthday was on May 18, 1912– a revolutionary, a father of our democracy, and a quiet architect...