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KeNHA Issues Update on Dualling of Nairobi-Nakuru Highway
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 8, 2025
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced the receipt of a third privately initiated proposal for the upgrade of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. KeNHA, in a notice published on Tuesday, July 8, revealed that it received a proposal...
Trinidad and Tobago nationals to pay an extra US$250 for US visa
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 8, 2025
News Sean Douglas 11 Minutes Ago The US Embassy in Port of Spain. FILE PHOTO - TT nationals, along with other "aliens" under US immigration law, will soon have to pay an extra US$250 (roughly $1,750) on top of their visa fee of US$185, to enter...
58 Visa-Free Destinations For Indian Passport Holders This Summer
Gulf Insider
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July 7, 2025
Looking to travel this summer as an Indian passport holder? Good news, Indian travelers can visit up to 58 destinations visa-free. The top destinations are placed throughout Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Aside from these...
Morocco faces high risk of electoral violence in 2025–2026, report warns
Hespress
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July 7, 2025
Morocco has been listed among countries at high risk of electoral violence ahead of the 2025–2026 election cycle, according to a new report by the Kofi Annan Foundation. The report, titled “Electoral Vulnerability Index 2025–2026,” estimates a...
A New Dawn for Women’s Football Begins at WAFCON 2025
News Central TV
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July 7, 2025
WAFCON 2025 thrills with a 45% prize money increase, surging attendance at federation games, and bold investments. These are signs of a system boldly backing women’s football. As infrastructure, visibility, and support gain ground, African women’s...
Rwanda Builds a Peaceful Future Through Judo
International Judo Foundation
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In the early 1990s Rwanda was plunged into horror. For three years, this small East African country was first ravaged by civil war. Then the horror reached a level beyond comprehension. From 7th to 17th July 1994, the Tutsi genocide left hundreds...
Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent back to Prague
Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skula has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
VP Mpango to open Pan-African Social Security Summit in Arusha
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
ARUSHA: VICE-PRESIDENT, Dr Philip Mpango, is expected to officially open the 14th Africa Social Protection Policy-Makers Conference to be held in Arusha Region. Organised by the Africa Social Security Association (ASSA), the summit is scheduled...
Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo arrimo muhiim ah kala hadlay Al-Siisi
Shabelle Media Network
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July 7, 2025
Qaahira, Masar — Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa shalay gaaray dalka Masar, halkaas oo uu maanta kulan la qaadanayo dhiggiisa Masar, C/fitaax Al-Siisi, si ay uga wada hadlaan xoojinta xiriirka labada dal iyo iskaashiga...
President Hassan Sheikh asks Egypt to speed up troop deployment to Somalia
Shabelle Media Network
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July 7, 2025
CAIRO, Egypt — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation on security, economic development, education, and...
Seeds of another world
Eurozine
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Ever since Donald Trump’s victory in last year’s US presidential election, there has been frantic speculation about what it is the American Right really wants. The tendency is look to the leadership for clues. Who belongs to the inner circle,...
Freedom’s fallout: How post-colonial Africa lost its way - Andrew Kenny
BizNews
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The first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence was Ghana in 1957 under Prime Minister (later President) Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah set a pattern for African liberation leaders. He gave lofty sermons about Pan-Africanism and seeking the “political...
Know Your Team: the Uganda Cranes and their Road to CHAN 2024
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 7, 2025
By Nabakiibi Doreen Malaika Uganda’s Cranes have secured their place in the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) with strong intentions to improve on past performances. Uganda automatically qualified for the tournament as one of the three host...
Analysts commend Tanzania for rise in global peace index ranking
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has been praised by analysts for emerging as the most peaceful country in the East African Community (EAC), according to the newly released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025 report. However, they also believe the country...
Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague
The Daily Record - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
Le changement climatique a doublé le nombre de vagues de chaleur dans le monde : quel impact en Afrique ?
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Une étude mondiale sur les chaleurs extrêmes a révélé qu'entre mai 2024 et mai 2025, près de la moitié de la population mondiale (49 %, soit 4 milliards de personnes) a subi 30 jours supplémentaires de fortes chaleurs. Ces journées ont été plus...
From Dar to Stockholm Kiswahili feels global
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: BACK home in Dar es Salaam, the sun played its part with a warm and breezy weekend, while in Stockholm (in this late spring) tulips were still showing off and Swedes debated if the sun was ever going to return, something...
Bujumbura : journalist Willy Kwizera appears before the prosecutor’s office, but his perpetrators remain at large
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi | Bujumbura, July 3, 2025 Journalist Willy Kwizera, of Radio Bonesha FM, appeared on Thursday before the Mukaza prosecutor’s office in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, as part of the investigation into the violent...
Donald Trump humiliated as Africa says, ‘keep your America, we’ll keep our continent’
Daily Express
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July 7, 2025
Donald Trump's sweeping travel ban on countries in Africa has been dismissed with a critic telling the US President he can keep America and Africans will keep their continent. Mr Trump's ban applies to citizens from countries around the world,...
Révérien Ndikuriyo, Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD, suspends exams in Makamba for a political meeting
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, July 3, 2025 – The resit exams scheduled to take place on Thursday in several schools in Makamba district, southern Burundi, were unable to proceed normally. The cause : a political meeting convened by Révérien...