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Fidel Castro, a beacon of nations fighting for justice
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 6, 2025
Since the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro redefined Cuba’s role in the international arena. In the context of the Cold War, when many small countries were absorbed into the spheres of influence of the great powers, the...
Apus Energy Drives Offshore Revival In Guinea-Bissau Ahead Of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Silver Partnership
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 1, 2025/APO Group/ -- Apus Energy has joined African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 – taking place in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3 – as a Silver...
Guinea-Bissau Deepens National Commitment To The Women, Peace, And Security Agenda Through Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)-Led In-Country Continental Results Framework (CRF) Capacity Building Workshop
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) From the 22nd to 24th of July, 2025, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs (DAHS), in close collaboration with other relevant directorates and agencies, the Ministry of Women, Family...
Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic LIVE Score Updates: African Nations Championship Match (3-1)
VAVEL
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August 6, 2025
Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us in our live coverage of the Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic match, corresponding to Group B on Matchday 2 of the African Nations Championship. We wish you all a happy evening. END OF...
How the US and China Are Fighting for Africa's Vital Resources
Newsweek
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August 6, 2025
Africa's vast mineral wealth is reshaping global power dynamics in the 21st century, sparking a new geopolitical contest between China and the United States. While Beijing has long held a dominant position in trade across the continent, the...
How genealogy connects Black Americans to African roots
Defender Network - Texas
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August 6, 2025
Grammy-winning artist Ciara received citizenship from the West African nation of Benin earlier this month. Her decision to trace her roots and formally reconnect with the continent reflects a rising wave of African Americans seeking to bridge...
New York Film Festival Sets Main Slate With Jafar Panahi & Joachim Trier Cannes Winners, Ulrich Köhler’s ‘Gavagai’ World Premiere
Deadline
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August 5, 2025
The New York Film Festival has unveiled the main slate of its 63rd edition, featuring prize winners at top fests like Cannes’ Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (Palme d’Or) and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (Grand Prix), Oliver Laxe’s...
First picture of student who ‘decapitated man and wrapped head in tin foil’
Metro
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August 5, 2025
Jonathan Uno (left) is accused of killing Mussa Balde (right) (Picture: SolarPix) An engineering student accused of decapitating a man he just met has been pictured for the first time. Jonathan Uno, 29, from Nigeria, has been living in Lisbon for...
The world has a research gap. Philanthropy can help close it.
Alliance Magazine
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July 21, 2025
Research remains an activity marked by significant global disparities. How can philanthropy contribute to increased scientific autonomy in African countries? G20 countries account for nine-tenths of researchers (88.8 percent), research spending...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
‘This Drug is Evil’: Synthetic Kush Use Ravages West African Communities
Africa Defense Forum
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August 5, 2025
A man in Freetown, Sierra Leone, inhaled from a kush cigarette, a synthetic drug that looks like marijuana but can be 25 times more powerful than fentanyl. He was one of dozens of people smoking the drug under a bridge, where trash and blankets...
Beyond the briefcase : A Lisbon city tour from an avid traveller's POV
Team-BHP
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August 6, 2025
BHPian SJM1214 recently shared this with other enthusiasts: Back in February, one fine day, I got a call from our HR asking about my availability on a specific date in April. They didn’t tell me where or why—just wanted to know if I was available....
Scientists Discover Chimps Use Stones as Long-Distance Communication
AOL
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Portrait of a common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)© KensCanning/Shutterstock.comChimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and this adds to the fascination of learning how they behave and interact with each other. We know that they, like humans,...
RFK Jr. Cancels $500M Funding for COVID, Flu Vaccines, Ends Pfizer Deals
WebProNews
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August 6, 2025
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the pharmaceutical and public health sectors, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced on August 5, 2025, the cancellation of approximately $500 million...
G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list
TerraDaily
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G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list by AFP Staff Writers Bissau (AFP) July 13, 2025 The Bijagos Archipelago off the coast of west Africa was declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural agency on Sunday, in...
UNESCO adds Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagos Archipelago to World Heritage list
Telengana Today
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July 14, 2025
UNESCO has inscribed Guinea-Bissau's Bijagos Archipelago on the World Heritage list for its exceptional marine biodiversity and cultural heritage. The site features rare species, vital ecosystems, and traditional lifestyles, making it a key...
A Primer for the White House Visit by Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal
Front Page Africa
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July 10, 2025
A few months ago, the Chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz, hosted a roundtable discussion that tackled energy and critical mineral partnerships with the...
DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” Penick mused. “What would our experiences be?” A...
Adekeye Adebajo | Trump’s banquet for Africa’s Lilliputians
The Gleaner
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August 3, 2025
The presidents of five west and central African states – Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberia’s Joseph Boakai, Guinea-Bissau’s Umaro Cissoko Embaló, Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema - recently visited United...
Peace offering?
Jamaica Observer
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August 4, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2025. (Photo: AFP) WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — A craving for international prestige, a...