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Kenyan Drivers Warned Against Using Deadly Route After 4 PM
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 15, 2025
The Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) has warned long-distance truck drivers against travelling along the Nimule-Juba highway in South Sudan after 4 pm due to rising insecurity. The association, in a statement on Monday evening, said the curfew...
Amal Clooney Applauds 2025 King's Trust Changemakers
Newsweek
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July 16, 2025
By Jack Royston is Newsweek's Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles III, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—and hosts The Royal Report podcast....
Davina McCall MBE Announced as Keynote Speaker for Cvent CONNECT Europe 2025
Event Industry News
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July 16, 2025
Acclaimed broadcaster and wellness advocate joins the speaker line-up, with Dermot OBAD+92Leary returning as Master of Ceremonies Cvent, an industry-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, today announced television...
Kanyeihamba burial delayed over wife’s health
Observer
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July 15, 2025
The burial arrangements for retired Supreme court judge Prof George W. Kanyeihamba have been delayed, following concerns over the health of his wife, Susan Kanyeihamba, who is currently under medical observation in the United Kingdom. Family...
Billionaire Oppenheimer family shuts down influential SA foundation
African Insider
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July 16, 2025
Cape Town – The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank founded by the Oppenheimer family, has seemingly shut down after 20 years of influencing Africa’s political and economic development through policy research and high-level...
Lyca Mobile's Market Understanding Through Customer-Focused International Connectivity Solutions
Finance Monthly
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July 15, 2025
When Lyca Mobile Chairman Allirajah Subaskaran worked in his family's grocery store in Paris during the 1980s, he observed immigrant customers desperately seeking affordable ways to call home. That experience of witnessing unmet communication...
“We’re Creating Miscarriages With Medicine”: Abortion Lessons From Sweden
The Nation
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July 16, 2025
In Sweden, abortion pills are used to terminate pregnancies through 22 weeks gestation, compared to just 10 weeks in the United States. Ad Policy The entrance to the Kiruna hospital in Kiruna, Sweden. Here, the sole midwife offering abortion care...
Opinion: Why evangelicals turned their back on PEPFAR
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Florence Makumene, 53, holds her HIV medication and a hospital records book at her home in Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb. 7, 2025. (Aaron Ufumeli/AP) In 2006, Ambassador Mark Dybul, then the United States global AIDS coordinator, visited an orphanage run...
OPINION: Tinubu Strives For Nigeria’s Membership Of BRICS, Future Gains
African Examiner
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July 14, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Articles/Opinion, Featured, Latest Headlines Monday, July 14th, 2025 By Oche Echeija Egwa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rio de Janeiro is reputed for cultural tourism, nature’s beauty and hospitality. This old city in the...
RAW HUMOUR! Mr.Hyena Shafts Lc1’s Daughter, Promises Her Sponsorship
Red Pepper
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July 10, 2025
All my life I had vowed never to shaft my neighbours because Yasmine planted a lot of spies. But for quite some time, I have been admiring our local chairman’s daughter, Salma. Whenever Salma passes by my house with her vibrating butts, I...
Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat
Biometric Update
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July 16, 2025
Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with the enhancements aimed at strengthening identity security, improving service delivery and reducing fraud and impersonation risk for digital transactions....
35 countries arrive Nigeria for 3rd CAA U18/U20 African Athletics Championship
New National Star
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July 15, 2025
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA, in ABEOKUTA The stage is set for the third edition of the CAA U18/U20 African Athletics Championship, as 35 African countries have landed in Nigeria, gearing up for the continental showdown in Abeokuta. The latest...
President M7 Pledges More PDM Cash to Urban Areas
Red Pepper
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July 10, 2025
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced plans to increase funding for the Parish Development Model (PDM), with a focus on urban and town parishes where the population density and number of potential beneficiaries are significantly higher...
Zohran Mamdani, a political response to Donald Trump’s country
El País
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July 14, 2025
The cultural question Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old who swept the Democratic primaries for mayor of New York on June 24, symbolizes the multicultural subject that the mainstream media system would have readily defended if he had accepted, within...
7 Stunning Rooftop Restaurants in Abuja Perfect for Dates, Brunch & Nightlife
Pulse
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July 15, 2025
Dining at a rooftop restaurant is one of life’s most underrated pleasures. Something about eating your favourite meal while watching the sky turn pink or navy blue makes the experience feel more special than usual. It’s not just about the food;...
world China steps in as US pulls back from diplomacy, report says
Asiaone
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July 15, 2025
WASHINGTON — China is increasing its diplomatic reach as President Donald Trump's administration pares back America's international presence, Democrats from the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a report released on Monday (July 14)....
MoneyBadger secures R7m to bolster crypto adoption
ITWeb
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July 15, 2025
Carel van Wyk, CEO, MoneyBadger. South African Bitcoin and crypto payments solution provider MoneyBadger has closed a $400 000 (roughly R7 million) pre-seed funding round. The funds will be used to drive up adoption of Bitcoin and crypto among...
Williams selected for World Athletics Media Academy
The Nassau Guardian
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Bahamian legendary athlete Tonique Williams is among a handful of commentators selected by World Athletics to launch their careers in Tokyo, Japan. The wide range of media professionals have been selected for the Content Creator Programme and the...
Bankers seek options to overcome high transfer costs of remittances
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
UBA Chairman Kakeeto says there is need to focus efforts ensuring maximum benefits of remittances to the country Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Inflows from Ugandans based outside the country increased to $1.4 billion, or about sh5 trillion,...
Gov’t Launches FY 2025/26 Budget Execution Plan for Economic Transformation
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 12, 2025
By David Mwanje Kampala– The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has released the Budget Execution Circular for Financial Year 2025/26, unveiling a strategic roadmap to kickstart the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) and...