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Calvin Bailey: 'Stephen’s Murder Was Hatred – Now Knife Crime Is Almost Senseless'
Politics Home
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July 11, 2025
Calvin Bailey (Credit: UK Parliament) 8 min read3 hr Calvin Bailey, Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead, tells Sophie Church about his 25 years in the RAF, friendship with Stephen Lawrence’s brother and carrying a knife as a teenager “When his...
Suspicions surround international legal trade in Galápagos iguanas
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
The mega-diverse Galápagos archipelago is home to more than 9,000 species, most of them endemic, including four species of threatened iguanas. A new study has uncovered how traffickers obtain valid CITES permits for trafficked animals — Galápagos...
Africa’s Spiro gets global climate backing, targets $200m revenue boost
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
Spiro, a leading Pan-African electric mobility firm, has been selected for the prestigious 2025 Regional Platforms for Climate Projects (RPCP) Pipeline, a major endorsement of its climate leadership and innovation in Africa’s transport sector. The...
African U18/U20 Athletics Championship: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Others Confirm Arrival Dates
Leadership
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July 11, 2025
As the countdown to the highly anticipated CAA African U18/U20 Athletics Championships Intensifies, excitement is mounting at major Nigerian airports, with just seven days to go until the event kicks off. Leading athletics powerhouses from across...
President Museveni Pledges Increased Funding for PDM in Urban Areas
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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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...
108 Eritreans arrested in West Pokot
TV47
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July 6, 2025
Authorities in West Pokot are investigating a suspected case of human trafficking after 108 Eritrean nationals, including 13 children, were found abandoned at Lokitonyala area near the Kenya-Uganda border on Saturday July 5, 2025. The group, which...
I visited all 54 countries in Africa my least favourite is so dusty you can't even breathe
Daily Express
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July 6, 2025
A travel vlogger who has had the pleasure of visiting all 197 countries, including all 54 of those in Africa, has ranked his favourite places on the continent – including his least favourite. Drew Binsky, a YouTube star, has documented every step...
ExclusiveLebanon considers plan to disarm Hezbollah after Western guarantees
The National News
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Lebanon has received western guarantees that Israel will withdraw from its territory and commit to a ceasefire, a Lebanese political source told The National. In exchange Lebanon is expected to enter a "new phase” in which its army becomes the...
President Mnangagwa donates US$100,000 towards Sables’ bid to defend Rugby Africa Cup title
New Zimbabwe
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July 10, 2025
By James Muonwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has donated US$100,000 to the senior men’s rugby team, the Sables, bid to defend their title at the ongoing Rugby Africa Cup tournament. The Sables were invited to State House on Thursday evening, where...
Nakuja Expeditions Reveals New Custom Safari Packages For Nature Lovers And Adventure Seekers
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Zex PR Wire) Nakuja Expeditions offers new custom safari packages that reaffirm the company's role as a leader in the luxury safari space. Morogoro, TZ, 3rd July 2025, ZEX PR WIRE , Nakuja Expeditions, a premier travel and tourism company...
Mamdani’s Salt Path to perdition
Washington Examiner
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July 11, 2025
Raynor and Moth Winn’s world collapsed when they were in their 50s. The British couple lost their home and savings after investing in a friend’s business, then Moth was diagnosed with a rare and fatal degenerative brain disorder. Out of money and...
Female Yellow Greens storm Benin camp for World Cup qualifiers
Punch
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria women’s senior cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, are currently in a 14-day open camp at the high-performance centre in Benin City, ahead of next month’s 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in Namibia, PUNCH Sports Extra...
ED attaches actor Ranya Rao’s assets in gold smuggling case: What to know
The Indian Express
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July 6, 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth over Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao in a gold smuggling-related money laundering case. On Friday (July 4), the central agency said that false customs declarations were filed in...
In Condemnation Of Ruto’s Ruthlessness Against Kenyan Youths
The Nigerian Voice
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In the annals of African political history, a disturbing trend continues to repeat itself, leaders who rise to power on the shoulders of the youth, only to turn against them once they settle into office. The recent events in Kenya under the...
Female Yellow Greens storm Edo camp for World Cup qualifiers
Punch
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria women’s senior cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, are currently in a 14-day open camp at the high-performance centre in Benin City, ahead of next month’s 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in Namibia, The PUNCH reports....
EU: Nigeria Should Lead Africa in Women’s Political Representation, Not Lag Behind
Arise News
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July 11, 2025
The European Union (EU) has said Nigeria is capable of playing leadership role in advancing the cause of women participation in democratic governance, especially in Africa. Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and the ECOWAS,...
Why this dope smoking, privately educated Marxist - set to be New York's next mayor - could bankrupt the once proud city I call home: TOM LEONARD
Daily Mail
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July 6, 2025
The New York subway system has never exactly been a cosy place, but the past six months have seen two crimes take place there that appalled even its most hardened travellers. Three days before Christmas, a man approached a woman sleeping on a...
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Consortium News
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July 11, 2025
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism. Statue of José Martí in Cienfuegos, Cuba. (Vgenecr/Wikimedia Commons/CC...
Don Nasser loses bid to nullify trial over rendition claims
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
Don Nasser appearing in court. Kampla, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application by city socialite Nasser Nduhukire, popularly known as Don Nasser, in which he sought to...
The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Foreign Affairs
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Department of Homeland Security began sending immigrants living in the United States to prisons in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama and to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. At the...