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Sexual Health Rights: Contradictions in East African Laws, Policies
Inter Press Service
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August 18, 2025
Africa, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Women's Health, Youth Population Abortion is illegal in Uganda....
Case study: Remata chooses Kyocera to print smarter, reshape the future of print
ITWeb
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August 18, 2025
Kyocera’s TASKalfa Pro 15000c. Remata Print & Communication is a well-established South African print business with deep roots in innovation and a passion for possibility. From its origins as Hatfield Printers to becoming a pioneering digital...
NESR secures over $100mln production contracts in North Africa
Zawya
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National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), an international provider of integrated energy services in Mena, has been awarded multiple production services contracts in Algeria and Libya, with total value estimated to exceed $100 million. The...
Apply Now: 4 Million CAD for African Artificial Intelligence Research
ICTworks
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August 18, 2025
⇓ More from ICTworks By Wayan Vota on August 18, 2025 Artificial intelligence is rapidly emerging as a transformative force in shaping new possibilities for economic development, social inclusion, and innovation in low- and middle-income countries...
Nigeria, Brazil to Seal Aviation Pact, Launch Direct Flights
Lagos Post Online
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August 17, 2025
The Federal Government is set to sign a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with Brazil, which will enable direct flights between the two nations. Special Adviser on Foreign Direct Investments to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace...
How Kenya Pipeline is helping deaf students in Kwale thrive
Star
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Kwale School for the Deaf students Rose Matano, Mary Matano and Mariam Shaban / JOHN CHESOLIA narrow, dusty road curls gently downhill from the heart of Kwale town, leading to a modest compound that hums with a quiet but powerful energy. Inside...
Wichita’s Oldest African-American Church to Celebrate Its 150th Anniversary With Jubilee Weekend
The Community Voice - Kansas
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August 17, 2025
Join more than 5,000 readers who receive the latest news from THE VOICE in their inbox! Founded in 1875, just five years after the city was incorporated, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wichita will be celebrating its 150th...
Campaigners Demand Adoption of World Map Showing ‘True Size’ of Africa
KT Press Rwanda
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August 17, 2025
4 This is the 16th century map The African Union has thrown its weight behind a growing movement to “correct the map,” calling for the world to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection in favor of new mapping systems that more...
Meet Joy Sunday: Nigerian-American Actress Owning Her Role as Bianca Barclay in Netflix’s “Wednesday”
Bella Naija
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August 17, 2025
If you’ve been watching Netflix’s “Wednesday,” then you’ve definitely met Bianca Barclay, Nevermore Academy’s queen bee with a killer stare and an aura that commands the room. But what you may not know is that the actress behind the character, Joy...
Inside the African tribe community living in a Scottish woods – fighting off evictions & local ‘vigilantes’
The Scottish Sun
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August 17, 2025
A GROUP claiming to be an African tribe with its own King and Queen have set up in a Borders wood - with a vow to expand over Scotland. The Kingdom of Kubala claims they have settled here to reclaim land stolen from their ancestors in the...
Debebe Eshetu Dies Tributes Pour In for Shaft in Africa Star
Zehabesha
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August 17, 2025
The Habesha News Desk August 17, 2025 Debebe Eshetu was a versatile Ethiopian artist known for powerful roles in film and theater. Many remember his part in Shaft in Africa, and his work as a writer, translator, and poet. He also stepped into...
Africa’s Journalism Schools Are Stuck in the Past, The World Isn’t Waiting
Modern Ghana
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Walk into many journalism classrooms across Africa today, and you might think you’ve stepped into a time machine. The chalk squeaks across the blackboard as lecturers explain the inverted pyramid of news writing. Students dutifully take notes,...
DNA: “Bring him to Nigeria if I fathered him” – Cubana Chief Priest dares alleged babymama
Premium Times
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August 17, 2025
Two months ago, Nigerian nightlife figure, Pascal “Cubana Chief Priest” Okechukwu sought an interim injunction from a magistrate’s court in Nairobi to restrain his alleged babymama, Hellen Mutimu, from publishing defamatory content. PREMIUM TIMES...
Nigerians aim for world record with 18-day reading marathon
The Cable
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August 17, 2025
Naija ReadFest, a reading campaign powered by Nigeria Reads, has commenced an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon reading aloud by a group. The event, which began on August 12 at Chrisland Schools, Idimu, is...
"The Economist - Why South Africa should scrap Black Economic Empowerment" - BizNews
Politicsweb
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JOHANNESBURG – Five of the best read stories on BizNews.com, Sunday, 17 August 2025: The Economist - Why South Africa should scrap Black Economic Empowerment The Sunday Show - Renaldo Gouws: SA’s “Hollywood”-style politics: Cyril & Gayton &...
Elevate Her Africa launches in Sandton
Sandton Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
A powerful new movement has officially taken flight in Africa. Elevate Her Africa, founded by former credit risk manager turned social entrepreneur Marie-Joelle Kosongo, launched in Sandton at the Protea Balalaika Hotel with a mission to uplift,...
Archives: Nelson Tillis – Fort Myers' first African American settler
The News Press - Florida
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Note: The following comes from a Feb. 20, 2016, article in the News-Press entitled “Tillis family has legacy of love, learning in Fort Myers” by Cynthia A. Williams. Nelson Tillis was the first African American to settle in frontier Fort Myers....
Publishing Budget Reports Proves Adeleke’s Transparency, Accountability – Spokesperson
New Telegraph
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August 16, 2025
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rashed, has declared that public posting of the state’s budgetary performance by the state government is a demonstration of transparency and accountability in public finance, a testimony...
Details emerge of Ansaru leaders captured by Nigerian forces
Eagle Online
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August 17, 2025
More details have emerged about the leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group, who were captured by Nigerian forces: Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Mahmud al-Ngeri. While Usman, aka Abu Bara’a, Abbas, and Mukhtar, is the self-styled Emir of Ansaru,...
Everywhere Insiders 10: Global Security: Gaza, Ukraine, Asia, and African Political Stability
The Good Men Project - California
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August 17, 2025
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris...