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Africa’s freedom scorecard 2025: The most and least free countries on the continent
Business Insider Africa
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July 6, 2025
While some nations continue to deepen civil liberties and democratic norms, others are sliding further into authoritarian rule. According to the 2025 Freedom House report, freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year worldwide, reflecting a...
KCB, Equity race to prop up Tanzania subsidiaries
Zawya
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Equity and KCB, the two publicly listed banks and the largest in East Africa, maintain a stiff ri- valry in regional operations: they currently share five markets: Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan....
Texas floods: Dozens dead, girls swept away from summer camp still missing
Alberton Record
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared today a day of prayer for those impacted by the devastating floods that swept through Central Texas in the United States over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. At the time of publishing, at least 51 people had...
Cape Town's cold front causes severe flooding, leading to Gift of the Givers' humanitarian response
IOL
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Gift of the Givers said they are being swamped with calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to the heavy impact of the cold front, resulting in floods and rain that has impacted thousands of people. The latest update from the Western...
Mpox: Three countries account for 84% of Africa’s cases – Official
Premium Times
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July 6, 2025
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa. The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week...
Observances: July 1
Bulgarian News Agency
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The world: - National Day of Canada: Canada Day (1867). - National Day of Somalia: Foundation of the Somali Republic (1960). - National Day of Rwanda: Independence Day (1962). - National Day of Burundi: Independence Day (1962). On this date in...
Witch Hunts Targeting The Elderly, Women And Disabled In Nigeria, Other African Countries Must End, Says Advocacy Group
Sahara Reporters
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A leading human rights group, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has called for urgent and sustained action to end witch hunts across Africa, describing the practice as a brutal and outdated system of violence fuelled by ignorance, fear and...
Nigeria-Germany ties deepen as Okolo proposes startup incubators, exchange fellowships
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 6, 2025
Hon. Jim Okolo Chimezie, Nigeria’s National Coordinator of Nouvelle Perspective International and a United Nations-accredited international election observer, has met with the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Johannes Lehne, to discuss areas of...
Weather warnings persist as floods affect parts of Cape Town
Cape Town ETC
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July 5, 2025
Severe winter weather continues to batter the Western Cape, prompting the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) to remain on high alert as heavy rain, strong winds and flooding affect large parts of the province, Cape {town} Etc reports....
Congo gold miner says M23 rebels force staff to work without pay
The Straits Times
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June 30, 2025
‹‹ 1 of 2 Burundian volunteers prepare food for Congolese families at Rugombo Stadium, after Congolese fled from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of...
ICC Under Fire Over ‘Bias’ Against Africa
Leadership
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July 6, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC), whichw was created in 2002, was intended to provide impartial justice for the most serious crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Yet, more than two decades after its creation, the ICC is...
Hope in every dose: A powerful story of Global Funds' health impact across Africa
Patriotic Vanguard
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July 5, 2025
In Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, a grandmother named N’beta hesitated. Her six-month-old grandson, Seco, was healthy, so why give him medicine? But community health workers Jamilia and Amadu gently explained that the medicine wasn’t for illness, but for...
Ugandan Film “Janani: The Last Stand” is the top film this year at the Zanzibar International Film Festival
Anglican Ink - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Matt Bish’s biographical drama about Anglican martyr Archbishop Janani Luwum earns acclaim at East Africa’s premier film festival A Ugandan film chronicling the final days of Archbishop Janani Luwum has achieved significant recognition at the 2025...
A Uprona activist escapes assassination attempt in Giharo
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, June 28, 2025 – A new episode of political violence is shaking the district of Giharo, one of the Burundian towns regularly cited for repeated cases of harassment and violence against opponents and perceived opponents....
DRC-Rwanda : a historic peace agreement signed in Washington under the US mediation
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Goma, June 28, 2025 – The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda officially signed a peace agreement on Friday in Washington, D.C., aimed at restoring bilateral relations between the two countries. This commitment, brokered by...
What exactly is a flat white? 30 coffee questions answered
The Times
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Since coffee has overtaken tea in Brits’ affections, what was once considered a functional drink is now seen as more fun — but a bit more confusing too. Here, the former world champion barista James Hoffmann cuts through the froth on telling your...
Museveni nominated unopposed, explains ‘Tova ku main’
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
Tanga Odoi (right) announces the nomination of President Yoweri Museveni as NRM flag bearer Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been nominated unopposed to contest for both the National Resistance...
ICC junk Duterte plea to disqualify 2 of judges hearing his case
Cebu Daily News
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July 5, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — All the 18 elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concurred in rejecting former President Rodrigo Duterte’s plea to disqualify two of the judges hearing his crimes against humanity case because his arguments...
All 18 ICC judges junk Duterte plea as wrong, untenable and dilatory
Inquirer
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July 6, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — All the 18 elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concurred in rejecting former President Rodrigo Duterte’s plea to disqualify two of the judges hearing his crimes against humanity case because his arguments...
President Taye Arrives in Moroni to Attend Comoros’s 50th Anniversary of Independence Day
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July, 5, 2025 (ENA)—Ethiopia's President Taye Atske Selassie has arrived in Moroni, Comoros, to take part in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the country’s Independence Day. Up on arrival his arrival at Prince Said Ibrahim...