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UN Chief Hails Turkmenistan’s Quiet Diplomacy as Launchpad for Landlocked Solidarity
Inter Press Service
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August 6, 2025
Civil Society, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequality, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations,...
Rutana: twenty years in prison for arson and aggravated theft
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, August 16, 2025 – The Rutana First Instance Court, in the southern province of Burunga, sentenced Égide Njejimana on Thursday, August 14, 2025, to twenty years of penal servitude for arson and aggravated theft. According...
Photo of the week-Gatumba massacre : an endless mourning for the Banyamulenge
Sos Médias Burundi
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Twenty-one years after the Gatumba massacre, the pain remains raw and the thirst for justice undiminished. On Wednesday, the Banyamulenge community around the world commemorated this tragedy of August 13, 2004, which claimed the lives of at least...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
CFO Dive
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Judge rules State Department can’t deny visas using Trump travel ban
Washington Examiner
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August 21, 2025
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the State Department can’t deny visas to foreign nationals on the basis of the travel ban that President Donald Trump imposed on 19 countries in June.Although the State Department is limited in this regard,...
Living Monument to Pan-African Dream
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Gosaye Feyissa Addis Ababa, August 22, 2025 (ENA) -- Addis Ababa is a city of renown, a jewel among the great metropolises of Africa. This historic city, close to a century and a half in age, is a mirror of Ethiopia herself—a living museum of...
U.S. Halts Most Visa Processing in Zimbabwe Amid Policy Review
[your]NEWS
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August 20, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna The United States has suspended most visa services in Zimbabwe until further notice, the U.S. Embassy in Harare announced on Aug. 20. “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government...
Congolese refugee girls find comfort and opportunity in Ugandan school
Independent (Uganda)
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August 14, 2025
Students during a chemistry group discussion at Complexe Scolaire Katwe. Photo: Akram Ndawula Education for refugee children is often not guaranteed in their host countries. In Uganda, a special school for Congolese refugee girls ensures that...
State Department Slams Latest Instance of Leftist ‘Judicial Overreach’
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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August 21, 2025
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is condemning a Biden-appointed federal judge’s ruling barring the Trump administration from using the president’s latest travel ban to deny visas to foreigners from certain countries. U.S. District...
The VX Factor: Why Africa is still poor
Politicsweb
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August 21, 2025
Friday, 22 August 2025 22/08/25 OPINION The VX Factor: Why Africa is still poor Tendai Biti - Greg Mills | 21 August 2025 Tendai Biti and Greg Mills on what is possible in a continent largely controlled by extractive elites The fuel queues across...
Gatumba massacre : endless mourning for the Banyamulenge
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu / Bujumbura – August 13, 2025 – Twenty-one years after the Gatumba massacre, the pain remains raw and the thirst for justice undiminished. On Wednesday, the Banyamulenge community around the world commemorated this...
St Joseph’s Boys Kitale to confront compatriots Musingu in Feassa football semis
Star
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Musingu High's Scorpions pose for a group photo/ANGWENYI GICHANA National champions St Joseph’s Boys Kitale (JOBO) booked a date with compatriots Musingu in the semi-finals of the ongoing Federation of East African Secondary Schools Sports...
Trump travel bans alarm Arizona college athletes
West Valley View - Arizona
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Arizona State University is a haven for athletes from all over the world. They represent six continents and compete across a variety of sports. The recent announcement by President Donald Trump that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from...
Intracom Fertilizer to build $180million organic fertilizer factory in Uganda
Independent (Uganda)
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August 21, 2025
Permanent Secretary of MAAIF Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama, Prime Minister Nabbanja and Finance Minister Kasaija at the signing Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a significant step toward transforming Uganda’s agricultural sector, Intracom...
Mpox deaths, Kenya surge among top concerns in Africa's outbreaks
CIDRAP
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Health officials in Africa continue to report progress in the region's battle against mpox, but some challenges remain, including cutting the number of deaths and helping emerging hot spot countries such as Kenya contain rising cases, leaders from...
Intracom Fertilizer Signs Landmark Agreement to Establish Organic Fertilizer Factory in Uganda worth US$180million
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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August 21, 2025
In a significant step toward transforming Uganda’s agricultural sector, Intracom Fertilizers Uganda -SMC Ltd, led by Mr. Adrian Ntigacika, has signed an agreement to establish a state-of-the-art organic fertilizer factory in Kampiringisa, Uganda....
Musenyi : teenage pregnancies shatter young refugee girls’ hope for the future
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, August 12, 2025 – The Musenyi site, located in Burunga province, southern Burundi, is home to more than 19,000 Congolese refugees who have fled the war in eastern DRC. This conflict pits the M23 rebels, an armed group...
45 Countries Nigerians Can Travel To Without A Visa In 2025
Biz Watch Nigeria
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August 21, 2025
The Nigerian passport, ranked 94th globally and 43rd in Africa by the 2025 Henley Passport Index, now gives citizens access to 45 destinations worldwide. While mobility still lags behind European and North American counterparts, Nigerians can...
Pro-Houthi hacker who attacked thousands of websites from UK home is jailed
The National News
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A pro-Houthi cybercriminal who hacked thousands of websites from his home in the UK has been jailed for 20 months. Al Tahery Al Mashriky, 26, was arrested by the National Crime Agency after it was tipped off by US law enforcement investigating...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels massacred civilians in DRC, says rights group
The Irish Times
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday that highlighted how violence remains elevated despite the US- and Qatar-backed...