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Yes, enhancing marine safety, an important measure
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
TANZANIA: ON Monday, President Samia reaffirmed the government’s commitment to enhancing emergency response systems and rescue infrastructure on the country’s waterways to safeguard citizens during travel and fisheries activities. The Head of...
Govt now distances self from Shs 11bn Ndere Cultural Centre bail out
Observer
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July 7, 2025
The ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has denied claims that it committed to bailing out the Ndere Cultural Centre from its growing debt burden, which now threatens the existence of one of Uganda’s most iconic cultural...
New Entebbe airport business lounge to be altered after public backlash
Observer
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July 7, 2025
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has pledged to make adjustments to the newly launched Karibuni Business Lounge at Entebbe International Airport following a wave of public criticism, particularly about its interior design. Unveiled last...
Fifty years since Gowon’s overthrow
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
TUESDAY, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
NY Times grapples with liberal outrage over its Mamdani college application report
Fox News
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'The Five' panelists discuss Zohran Mamdani listing himself as Black on his Columbia University application. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Times was forced to spend the Fourth of July holiday defending an unflattering...
First Trump Africa Summit; DRC Tensions; Shabaab Momentum: Africa File, July 10, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File or tri-weekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Ellery White and Edie Tesfaye Key Takeaways: US-Africa Summit. The United States will...
Trump Is Once Again Threatening to Nuke the Economy
Slate Magazine
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July 12, 2025
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images. Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Hey! It’s the Surge, Slate’s weekly update...
Ruvuma’s best-kept secret? Ruhila Zoo has it all
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
RUVUMA: AS part of our ongoing series highlighting the tourist attractions of Ruvuma Region, Daily News turns the spotlight today on Ruhila Wildlife Garden (Ruhila Zoo), located under the jurisdiction of the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority...
Finance Ministry denies promising to bail out troubled Ndere Centre
Independent (Uganda)
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July 7, 2025
A recent performance at the Ndere Cultural Centre Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development refutes claims that it was supposed to bail out the Ndere Cultural Centre from its indebtedness that...
Kagame’s Rwanda: The Discomforting Student No Class Can Ignore
KT Press Rwanda
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July 11, 2025
52 What makes Kagame, and Rwanda itself, so discomforting. They are the student who aces the test, but whose performance makes everyone else in the classroom feel exposed — underprepared, slow, or uninterested. In the heart of Nairobi, a group of...
Ngoh Ngoh Palaver: Biya sets presidential election for October without saying if he will run
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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July 12, 2025
Cameroon on Friday set the next presidential election for Oct. 12, according to a statement from the country’s longtime president. The vote comes at a key time for the west African nation whose 92-year-old leader has not ruled out that he would...
Public bashes new Entebbe airport business lounge, Aviation Authority to make changes
Independent (Uganda)
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July 7, 2025
Some commentators said the interior design had colours that were too busy Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) plans to make alterations to, especially, the interior of the newly commissioned business...
The care work of the courtroom: How women lawyers are fighting to keep immigrants safe
The 19th News
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July 10, 2025
At 4 a.m. on December 31, Jocelyn Cazares Willingham sat in her parents’ home in Los Angeles, working to finalize a request to release one of her clients from immigration detention, where he had been held since August. She understood that his...
Soroti schools shun scouts training
Observer
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July 7, 2025
Head teachers in Soroti district have been urged to prioritize co-curricular activities to support the holistic development of learners. The call follows concern over the low turnout of Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools for a recent...
17 disadvantaged students set for study opportunity in Japan
NTV Uganda
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17 disadvantaged students set for study opportunity in Japan Seventeen students, mostly from disadvantaged backgrounds, are set to travel to Japan for advanced education and specialized training at various institutions. The opportunity comes...
Dissident Hunters
The Verge
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July 10, 2025
On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping waiters serve yogurt-smothered kabobs at a restaurant in Yalova, a seaside town an hour from Istanbul, Turkey. By this time of night, many...
Full List Of African Countries Affected By 3-Month US Visa Validity
Naija News
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July 11, 2025
In a statement released by the US Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday, the American government announced that “most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria will be single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.” The...
Re-Wind: The Lions’ record against Combined Countries ahead of Australia-New Zealand XV clash
Ruck
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July 10, 2025
The British & Irish Lions face an Australia-New Zealand Invitational XV this weekend, which will combine talents from both sides of the Tasman and will feature plenty of capped internationals. Given that the Lions themselves are a team comprised...
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...
Report: Reason NY Times Rushed to Get 'Controversial' Story on Mamdani Up Is Chef's Kiss
Red State
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July 7, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Last Thursday and just before the Independence Day holiday weekend started, the New York Times committed a rare act of journalism with...