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Heifer International announces winners at AYuTe NextGen 2025: Youth-led innovations set to transform Africa’s agriculture
Joy FM
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June 23, 2025
Four young agricultural technology (AgriTech) innovators have emerged as the winners of the AYuTe NextGen 2025 competition, following three days of presentations, open dialogue, and bold ideas in Kampala, Uganda. Developed and hosted by Heifer...
Update: International ESG Agencies Acknowledge Complaints Against FAR Ltd and Woodside Energy
The Fatu Network
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June 23, 2025
- Advertisement - In a significant development, formal complaints regarding the conduct of FAR Ltd and Woodside Energy in The Gambia’s offshore oil sector have now been officially acknowledged by leading global ESG rating agencies. These include:...
Kirsty Coventry ready to start work as IOC’s new president
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 21, 2025
GENEVA — The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as a groundbreaking president for the International Olympic Committee — the former NCAA Division I championship swimmer is the first female and the first African to hold the role — is already...
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio succeeds Tinubu as ECOWAS Chairman
Nairametrics
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June 22, 2025
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, has emerged as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. He takes over from Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, whose two-term leadership of the bloc has just ended....
Tinubu Hands Over ECOWAS Leadership To Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio
Sahara Reporters
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Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has been elected the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria formally handed over the...
Full List: Nigeria Ranks 3rd In Global Firepower Ranking Of Africa’s Military Strength Index 2025
Naija News
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June 23, 2025
Nigeria ranks behind Egypt and Algeria according to the Global Peace Index, which is published annually. Naija News reports that the latest publication assesses more than 60 factors such as personnel, equipment capabilities, financial assets,...
Sierra Leone President succeeds Tinubu as new ECOWAS Chairman
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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June 22, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, who held the position for the past two years. The announcement was...
Solutions to the Deceptions and Corruption on International ...
Modern Ghana
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Corruption at the personal level, company level, national level, and international levels exist and vary. The focus of my discussion is largely international deception and corruption, but I must briefly discuss or contrast it with the national...
First female IOC president starts work with challenges for LA '28
Newsday - New York
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GENEVA — The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the next...
Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC, challenges for Los Angeles
KRCG - Missouri
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GENEVA (AP) — The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee's first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the...
Ousmane Sonko calls on Chinese investors: “You will be comfortable in Senegal”
Sene News
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June 22, 2025
During a visit to China, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko called on Chinese economic operators to increase their investments in Senegal, emphasizing the mutual benefits of such a partnership. “We are waiting for you in Senegal, you will be...
Looted art: the battle for looted treasures
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 13, 2025
Centuries after Europe’s colonial scramble, the fight to reclaim looted masterpieces, from West African “talking drums” to Greece’s Parthenon Marbles, has become a diplomatic flash-point. Here’s where the biggest restitution battles stand today....
Sports News | Olympic President Kirsty Coventry Starts Work with Strong IOC and Challenges for Los Angeles Games
Latestly
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June 21, 2025
Geneva, Jun 21 (AP) The world Kirsty Coventry walks into as the International Olympic Committee's first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the next...
Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games
KSAT - Texas
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June 21, 2025
GENEVA – The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the next...
US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rej...
Modern Ghana
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A training camp for the Senegalese women's basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation's prime minister saying he cancelled it because some of the squad were denied US visas. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the team...
US rejects visas for Senegal women's basketball team amid sweeping travel bans announced by Donald Trump
Sportskeeda
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June 21, 2025
Multiple reports came out last week that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering expanding a travel ban that originally included only 12 countries. Trump plans to add 36 more countries to the list. Although the Republican leader has not signed...
African Presidents Who Died in Exile/Abroad with Disputed Burials
Zambian Observer
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June 21, 2025
African Presidents Who Died in Exile/Abroad with Disputed Burials By Brenda Zulu If the former sixth President of Zambia Edgar Changwa Lungu is finally buried in South Africa as the family wishes, he will join a list of African leaders whose...
US Denies Visas to Senegal Women’s Basketball Team
News Central TV
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June 21, 2025
The United States has refused visa applications for several members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team, prompting the cancellation of their planned training camp in the US, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced Thursday. The visa...
Live Aid turns 40
The Express Tribune
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July 13, 2025
"It's 12 noon in London, 7AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid." This television announcement on July 13, 1985, heralded over 16 hours of music broadcast from Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in...
United States has denied visa for members of Senegal’s women’s national basketball team
Zambian Observer
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June 21, 2025
The United States has denied visa applications for several members of Senegal’s women’s national basketball team, prompting the country’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, to cancel their planned training camp in the US. The team, known as Les...