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AS PRESIDENT BIO HEADS ECOWAS
This Day
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July 3, 2025
If there is renewed commitment to leadership, West Africa can surmount its pressing issues, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE The 67th Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States ended last...
ECOWAS elects new chairman as Tinubu hands over
Eagle Online
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June 22, 2025
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, has emerged as Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The outgoing Chairperson, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, announced this at the 67th Ordinary Session of the...
Pawtucket Police Log June 30 - July 3
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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At 10:25 a.m., police took into custody Ramon Adorno of 127 Harrison St. (Apt. 1), Pawtucket, on a warrant at Black Lives Matter, 225 Main St. At 12:19 p.m., officers apprehended Carlos Acevedo Cardona of 80 Hedley Ave., Central Falls, for...
Today-History-Jul03
Coast Reporter
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July 3, 2025
Today in History for July 3: In 1608, Samuel de Champlain established a settlement at Quebec City. He called it Kebec, an Algonquin word meaning "place where the river narrows. Today in History for July 3: In 1608, Samuel de Champlain established...
Violence Erupts at SLPP Primaries in Bo
Sierraloaded
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June 22, 2025
The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) faced internal challenges over the weekend during the election of its Young Generation Leader in Bo, revealing growing cracks within the party’s youthful wing. According to eyewitness accounts and...
Mpox Cases Decline in Africa, But Vaccine Shortages Threaten Progress
teleSUR
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July 3, 2025 Hour: 2:57 pm The African continent has seen a notable decline in mpox cases over the past week, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). However, the agency warns that severe vaccine shortages...
NHRC’s head elected president of West Africa’s human rights institutions network
Premium Times
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July 3, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, on Thursday promised to promote cooperation among West African States for the protection of human rights. He gave this assurance while accepting to serve as the...
President Bio Elected New ECOWAS Chairman
Sierraloaded
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June 22, 2025
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has been elected as the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, who held the position for the past two years. The announcement...
India News | DRI Mumbai Arrests Passenger After Cocaine Valued at Rs 11.39 Cr Found in His Possession
Latestly
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June 22, 2025
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai arrested a male passenger who had arrived at Mumbai Airport from Sierra Leone after 1,139 grams of cocaine, valued at Rs 11.39 crore in the...
Saturday Sires: Constitution
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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July 3, 2025
He has a name as American as apple pie. How fitting then that Constitution has had a big week (and month) leading up to the Independence Day holiday. The WinStar Farm stallion's 'TDN Rising Star' Mindframe won his second Grade I of the year–one of...
African Parks earns over $7 million from carbon credit sales in Benin and CAR
Mongabay
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July 3, 2025
African Parks has generated $7.35 million in carbon credit sales from Chinko National Park in the Central African Republic, Helge Mahne, global funding director for African Parks, confirmed to Mongabay in an email. An unspecified sum was also...
Rodriguez: Significant Progress Made in Fight Against Ebola
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 12.02.2014 Courtesy Story With the number of new Ebola cases declining or holding steady in Liberia, the top U.S. military commander for Africa said today that thousands of U.S. troops deployed to West Africa to help stop...
'They are not bad words' - GP who shot to Instagram fame continues fight to 'break stigma' around reproductive health with Birmingham event
Express & Star
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July 3, 2025
The event, organised by Talks with Sesay and Glacie Health, promises interactive challenges that blend physical play with powerful education, from “sprinting through the cervix” to dodging common myths and untangling medical misinformation....
From Algorithms to Influence: Navigating the Strategic Layer...
Modern Ghana
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“Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Robotics” — Where Policy Meets Frontier Tech On Jun 12, the ongoing of the Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Robotics training program marked an ambitious 8-week journey into the geopolitical,...
Anti-Corruption Commission Launches Steering Committee to Monitor National Strategy
Sierraloaded
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July 3, 2025
The Anti-Corruption Commission inaugurated a Steering Committee on June 30, 2025, to oversee the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) 2024–2028. The ceremony took place in a Conference Room at the Office of the Vice...
Leveraging intra-African trade to boost Nigeria’s manufacturing sector
Daily Trust
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June 20, 2025
In 2022, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Nigeria’s first indigenous automobile manufacturing company, secured a $4.7 million deal to supply vehicles to the government of Sierra Leone, as ordered by the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Defence. The...
ECOWAS declares war on ‘kush’ as drug crisis grips West Africa
Pulse
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July 2, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has formally launched a region-wide campaign to fight the spread of kush, a deadly psychoactive drug that is wreaking havoc across several West African nations. The sensitisation...
GAMBIAN TEAM SET FOR AFRICAN YOUTH PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP
The Standard Gambia
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July 3, 2025
- Advertisement - The Gambian team to the African Modern Youth Pentathlon and Relay World Championship, leaves town tomorrow for Alexandra, Eqypt, the host of the championship. The competitions run from July 5th to the 15th. The Gambian delegation...
Lorenzo Gorvie Memorial Secondary School in Waterloo Receives Educube Hub
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
Lorenzo Gorvie Memorial Secondary School is now home to a new, state-of-the-art Educube Hub, a dedicated space for innovation and learning. The fully equipped facility was officially handed over to the school by the Ministry of Communication,...
Africa Spain Summit: epicentre of Euro-African political and economic dialogue
Atalayar
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July 3, 2025
Event programme Promoted by the Spanish Government in collaboration with the European Union and organised by One Africa Forums, the Africa Spain Summit will be held in Madrid from 6 to 8 July. This platform for action is in line with Africa's...