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Pope Leo XIV or ‘Pope Leo XIV’ — How to spot a fake online pope
The Pillar
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June 27, 2025
A post appeared on the Vatican’s Instagram account Wednesday with the title “FAKE ALERT – PETER’S PENCE.” The real Pope Leo XIV. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. A graphic accompanying the June 25 post explained that “fake Facebook profiles of ‘Pope Leo XIV’...
WHO calls for increased awareness, treatment to reduce Africa’s sickle cell burden
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries must ramp up awareness and bolster prevention and care to curb the burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) on the continent. The Medical Officer for Integrated Package Delivery, WHO Africa...
One step off the greylist, but who’s watching the watchdogs?
Sunday Independent
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June 20, 2025
BY ALL accounts, South Africa has come a long way since February 2023, when it was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist over concerns about weak enforcement mechanisms and a lack of political will to combat high-level...
Niger to nationalize uranium mine operated by French state-affiliated firm
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 21, 2025
Nicolas Maes, left, CEO of French nuclear firm Orano, signs an agreement on the exploitation of uranium with the former Nigerien Mining Minister Hadiza Ousseini in Niamey, in 2023 [File: Boureima Hama/AFP] Niger’s nationalization of Somair mine...
U.S. visa restrictions on West African countries threaten regional prosperity – ECOWAS
Daily Trust
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June 19, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the U.S.’s attempt to impose visa restrictions on its member states, warning it will threaten regional prosperity. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the ECOWAS...
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Al Jazeera
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June 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump could significantly expand his travel ban list in the next few weeks to include 36 more countries, 26 of which are in Africa, US media reports say, citing internal government documents. With 10 countries...
Tasks before ECOWAS and its standby military force
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 19, 2025
The resolve by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to activate a standby military force amid growing insecurity in the West African region cannot be timelier. Insecurity, manifesting in insurgency and terrorism,...
Ranked: Countries With the Most Children in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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June 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: Countries With the Most Children in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
30 Unhappiest Countries In The World in 2025
Insider Monkey
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This article looks at the 30 unhappiest countries in the world in 2025. The Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford recently published the World Happiness Report 2025. Finland took the number one spot yet again, marking eight years...
Bhutan acts to stay off travel ban list
The Bhutanese
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June 28, 2025
After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that...
We Need To Fence Nigeria’s Borders To Stop Terrorists— Chief Of Defence
The Nigerian Voice
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Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has called for urgent need to start a border fence across the country to stem the tide of terrorism. He made the call during an interview on Arise News on Thursday while discussing the...
Jailed PKK leader 'needs outside contact to dissolve group'
The National News
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The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan needs better communication with the outside world to manage the militant group’s proposed disarmament and political transition, pro-Kurdish leaders in Turkey have said. "Mr...
Bishop Okonkwo renews call for restructuring of Nigeria
The Sun Nigeria
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June 18, 2025
By Sunday Ani and Gabriel Dike Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo, has endorsed the call for the restructuring of Nigeria. This is as expressed disappointment at the socio-economic and political situation in...
The unfolding catastrophe: Jihadist expansion and the spectre of famine in Nigeria
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 27, 2025
A tide of violence, fueled by an expanding jihadist network in the Sahel, is steadily creeping from Nigeria’s North-West region into its food basket, the Middle Belt. The recent massacres in Benue State are not isolated incidents but the brutal...
Ghana uses drone tech, AI to catch wildcat miners
Zawya
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As the afternoon sun beats down on Gold Fields' sprawling Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, three men launch a drone into the clear sky, its cameras scanning the lush 210km² tract for intruders. The drone spotted something unusual, and...
Türk Updates Human Rights Council: "We Need The Strongest Possible Defence Of International Law And Human Rights"
Scoop
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk 59th session of the Human Rights Council Global Update Geneva, Monday 16 June 2025 Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, As we meet, conflicts are spiraling. The...
Liberia Named on Proposed U.S. List of Countries for Third-Country Deportations as Funding is Cut for Global Vaccine Program
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
Immigrants looking out the windows of a plane after arriving in Costa Rica on a deportation flight from the United States in February. Costa Rica took 200 deportees in February, including citizens of China, India and Nepal. Credit: Reuters...
ECOWAS Seeks Collective Responsibility Towards Combating Terrorism
New Telegraph
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June 18, 2025
Share The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reiterated its commitment to collective regional efforts in combating terrorism across West Africa, warning that no littoral (coastal) state is immune to the growing threat of...
Ashanti Region Para Sports Festival launched
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 28, 2025
By: Francis Abedi The Ashanti Regional Association of Para Sports in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has launched a Para Sports Festival aimed at promoting social inclusion, driving policy attention towards...
Egypt Secures Strategic Membership at ARSO
Sada Elbalad
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June 27, 2025
Fri 27 Jun 2025 | 09:33 PM In a notable diplomatic achievement, Egypt has been elected to both the Board of Directors and the Standards Management Committee (SMC) of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), reinforcing its position as...