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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...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: More than 2 dozen have been added to list
Cleveland Daily Banner - Tennessee
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Do you know how many UNESCO World Heritage Sites there are in the world? The answer is now 1,248 landmarks, spanning across more than 170 countries after recent additions to the list compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
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...
Love Island 2025 cast: Full line-up of confirmed contestants and bombshells
Radio Times
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Whoever wins tonight will be following in the footsteps of reigning champs Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan. As we wait to see how things unfold, read on to learn more about the Love Island 2025 remaining Islanders and those who have since been...
'Obama got one, so should I' | Trump demands Nobel Peace Prize
IOL
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A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. "It's well past time that President Trump was...
Why does Donald Trump want the Nobel Peace Prize so badly? It's his self-image, and Obama, say analysts
Hindustan Times
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August 4, 2025
Four US presidents have so far got it, and Donald Trump wants it too. The Nobel Peace Prize has come up multiple times — more recently from Trump's own team, often from his MAGA base, and of course from those who want favours, such as leaders of...
Peace offering — Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel
Dawn
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August 4, 2025
WASHINGTON: A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s well past time that President...
Pharaohs deserve a global stage
The National News
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The 2010 African Cup of Nations ought to carry a disclaimer. "Any resemblance between the Angola tournament and the World Cup in June is entirely coincidental," it would read. Certainly, South Africa, watching from a distance, have been anxious to...
Can you bomb Iran and still win the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump thinks so
Malay Mail
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August 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s well past time that...
Peace Offering? Donald Trump's Nobel Obsession
International Business Times
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August 3, 2025
A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. "It's well past time that President Trump was...
After Pakistan and Israel, Cambodia offers Nobel nomination to Trump: How does it work?
The Indian Express
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August 3, 2025
Claiming that US President Donald Trump had “ended conflicts”, including those between India and Pakistan, and Thailand and Cambodia, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said it was “well past time” that he was awarded the Nobel Peace...
UK deals blow to Russia's disinformation push in Africa
The Standard
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BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. [AFP] The United Kingdom’s recent sanctions against...
Trump’s banquet for Africa’s Lilliputians
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 29, 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...
Centre scrambles to revamp export plan as US tariffs hit India, favour ASEAN
Mint
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August 2, 2025
The development comes on the back of a deadlock in bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between India and the US, which the two countries have been grappling with since June, as reported by Mint on 11 June. The new plan involves...
The threat of Nitazenes: A drug more potent than heroin and fentanyl
Star
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Nitazene/ILLUSTRATION Imagine this: a single grain of table salt weighs about 60 micrograms. Now picture a substance so powerful that just two or three grains, invisible to the naked eye if mixed into powder, can cause a fatal overdose. That’s the...
Zoo kills 12 baboons because there wasn’t enough space
Metro
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July 31, 2025
Contraceptive methods to control the zoo’s Guinea baboon population had failed (Picture: AP) Twelve baboons were shot dead at a German zoo because there was not enough space in their enclosure. Tiergarten Nürnberg zoo has sparked outcry from...
Moving food across West Africa: The Good, the Bad & the Promise
Business and Financial Times
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July 30, 2025
By Earl ANKRAH, Ashwini Rekha SEBASTIAN & Allswell OKINE Intra-regional trade in agricultural and food products is crucial for West Africa’s food system resilience, but persistent challenges result in lower official trade flows compared to other...
Lusophone Compact Presents Opportunities
Business Ghana
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The Lusophone Compact Secretariat last week engaged with leaders of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) at their 15th Summit and economic forum in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The July 15-18 meetings provided a strategic platform to...
Can Trump Win Africa Back?
Pakistan Today
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July 30, 2025
In the high-stakes world of 21st-century geopolitics, even a lunch can tell a deeper story. That was certainly the case when US President Donald Trump recently hosted a seemingly low-profile summit with African leaders at the White House. Leaders...