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55-Year-Old Gold Dealer Found Brutally Murdered in Kono
Sierraloaded
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June 22, 2025
A 55-year-old gold mineral dealer, Abdulrahman Kuyateh, was found dead in a bush area known as the Captured Life Old Mining Site in Kumao Town, Nimikoro Chiefdom, Kono District, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. According to Thompson Peter Ndapi, Media...
The Real Reason Houston Stopped Taking All Major Cruise Lines
The Travel
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June 21, 2025
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is largely known for its robust oil and gas industry and for having one of the busiest commercial ports in the United States. For a brief time, city officials believed Houston would also become a major hub for...
‘I’d rather they killed us’ How rape became a weapon in war
Metro
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June 21, 2025
Drita* was a widow with two sons when Serbian forces entered her village in Kosovo. As they began separating the old men, women and children, she says her community ‘knew what was going to happen’. ‘They tore my clothes, they ripped them...
Rhode Island Energy estimates full restoration by Sunday night
WJAR - Rhode Island
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(WJAR) — Rhode Island Energy says a full restoration of power should occur by Sunday night. That is the estimation the Rhode Island Energy President Greg Cornett gave NBC 10 on Friday morning. He says the company has about 100 crews working in the...
Why Big Zuu is the role model we didn’t know we needed - Sophie Clarke
The Irish News
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June 21, 2025
Last weekend, I caught some of the Soccer Aid for UNICEF match, the annual charity football fixture dreamed up by Robbie Williams back in 2006. For those unfamiliar, Soccer Aid pits a mix of celebrities and retired football greats against each...
‘We are not building for applause, we are building for impact’
Tribune Online
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June 21, 2025
(Being State of the State address delivered by Governor Seyi Makinde, of Oyo State on Friday, 20 June, 2025) Today, I stand before you with a sense of pride and responsibility to deliver the 2025 State of the State Address. Pride in how far we...
Preedy launches My Girl video
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 21, 2025
News Angelo Marcelle 19 Minutes Ago Akeem “Preedy” Chance introduces the leading lady in his My Girl music video, Shevonne Metivier. - Photo by Angelo Marcelle Akeem “Preedy” Chance released the official music video for his song My Girl at CB's on...
Kristof: Global hunger is easy to solve; actually, we had
Herald - Washington State
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June 20, 2025
By Nicholas Kristof / The New York Times Middle East peace, climate change, Ukraine; if Sisyphus were assigned one of today’s global problems, he’d plead to be returned to rock rolling. So let’s focus for a moment on a global challenge that we can...
African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Institute for Security Studies
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African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten. The number of displaced Africans has doubled...
MPOX: African deaths surpass 1,800 amid health emergencies
Independent (Uganda)
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June 21, 2025
A child suffering from mpox at the mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF supported Kavumu Hospital in South-Kivu province DR Congo. UNICEF-Photo ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The death toll from Africa’s ongoing mpox outbreak has surpassed 1,800,...
At 61, NAF Strategises to Counter Terrorism, Banditry, Emerging Security Threats
This Day
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June 20, 2025
Linus Aleke examines the evolution of the Nigerian Air Force into a global force that foes fear among the comity of Air Forces, as well as the federal government’s efforts in recapitalising the service to maintain its air power dominance in the...
ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...
This problem is easy to solve
Kathimerini
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Middle East peace, climate change, Ukraine – if Sisyphus were assigned one of today’s global problems, he’d plead to be returned to rock rolling. So let’s focus for a moment on a global challenge that we can actually solve: starvation. I suspect...
Cholera, Mpox outbreaks spread across Africa, says CDC
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the continent is grappling with a double public health crisis as cholera and mpox cases surge across multiple countries. The development has prompted urgent calls for coordinated action...
Goldstar Air Celebrates Ghana’s National Day Of Prayer And Thanksgiving
News Ghana
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July 1, 2025
Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
Iran-Israel War News Live Updates: Iran calls Israeli strikes on nuclear sites ‘grave war crimes’ at UN meet
The Indian Express
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June 20, 2025
The international community faces an urgent choice. We can either develop new frameworks for managing MAID-enabled conflicts before they spiral beyond control, or we can continue reacting to each escalation as it occurs (AP Photo)Iran-Israel War...
Ukraine Seeks Auctioneer to Sell Seized Turkish Cargo Ship
The Maritime Executive
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Ukraine’s National Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) is calling for proposals to manage the sale of a Turkish cargo ship it seized in 2024 on charges that it looted grain from Crimea. It is the latest step in efforts by Ukraine to...
Russian gold mining company Nordgold eyes investment opportunities in West Africa
Business Insider Africa
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June 18, 2025
This comes as the firm solidifies its presence in the region with the recent acquisition of a key gold project in Burkina Faso, a move that underscores deepening economic ties between the West African nation and Russia. Georgi Smirnov, Nordgold's...
Nigeria ready for US deals but travel ban a challenge -Minister
The Chronicle News Online
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June 20, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria is ready for business deals with the United States but travel restrictions remain a challenge. Tuggar stated this during the 54th ordinary session of the mediation and security council at...
Youth’s Political Participation: Redefining Democracy in Africa Context
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 19, 2025
By Daniel Athior’o Atem, Juba, South Sudan What should be known? Thursday, 19 June 2025 (PW) — The African youths are men and women between the ages of 18 – and 35. They constitute 80% of the African population and a strong political force as...