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Good Morning, Illini Nation: Recruiting high school teammates
The News Gazette - Illinois
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To subscribe, click here Sign up for our daily basketball newsletter here Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every...
University Challenge's 'easy' music question stumps every single BBC contestant - but can YOU beat the odds and solve it?
Daily Mail
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July 29, 2025
One seemingly 'easy' music question left every single University Challenge contestant stumped in a recent episode of the game show. The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a...
Okello Oculi (1942-2025): The scholar who lived and breathed Africa, By Yusuf Bangura
Premium Times
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July 27, 2025
Professor Okello Oculi Ever since I met Okello at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in 1980, Africa had always been front and centre his writings, advocacy and politics. He lived and breathed Africa. He was a passionate and relentless advocate of a...
Capacity Building in Field Epidemiology in Sub Saharan Africa: Findings from Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Africa (IDEA) Fellowship Program
Dove Medical Press
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July 19, 2025
Background Despite significant advancements in healthcare, diagnostic technologies, and global information systems, the frequency and magnitude of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EREIDs) continue to escalate.1,2 Accelerated by...
Despite rainy weather, Catholics in a Paraguayan town dress as birds to honor their patron saint
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Tesmec Group : Embedded in Virtuosity
Europe & Middle East Outlook Magazine
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July 28, 2025
Tesmec Group continues to expertly reinforce its commitment to providing smarter, more sustainable, and efficient solutions for construction and mining operations around the world. We catch up with Flavio Villa, CTO, and Marco Paredi, Business...
Liberia: Gongloe Rallies Diaspora for National Renewal in Fiery Independence Day Speech
Front Page Africa
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July 29, 2025
Addressing his fellow compatriots, Gongloe decried Liberia’s long-standing reliance on exporting raw materials without adding value—despite its vast natural wealth. Monrovia – Former presidential candidate, Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe, has issued a...
African flags fly high with the dark fleet
Splash 247
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July 29, 2025
Three African flags – Comoros, Gambia, Sao Tome – stand out in the July edition of Clarksons World Fleet Monitor for their extraordinary growth. Comoros is now the second-largest ship register in Africa, its fleet size growing by 251.3% this year....
‘Nigeria’s Energy Transition Under Severe Threat’
Daily Independent
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July 29, 2025
1 LAGOS – The Acting Managing Director and Gas Asset Manager of Neconde Energy Limited, Engr. Chichi Emenike, says huge financial burden is stifling Nigeria’s energy transition efforts. She maintained that unpaid gas supplies, dollarised...
Goldstar Air Role In Promoting Agribusiness In Ghana
News Ghana
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July 28, 2025
Reputable international airline Goldstar Air, Ghanaian and United States registered company with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
West African aviation group marks six years of zero air crashes
Premium Times
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July 28, 2025
The Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) says it has recorded a six-year streak of zero hull losses across the West African airspace. This was disclosed by the BAGAIA Commissioner, Charles Erhueh, during the opening ceremony...
Energy experts proffer solution to Nigeria’s energy conundrum
Eagle Online
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July 28, 2025
Key players and experts in Nigeria’s oil, gas and power sectors have called for concerted measures and actions that will lead to property utilization of the country’s vast gas reserves. They expressed the opinion that Nigeria’s gas reserves are a...
Africa’s Lithium Market Expansion
Business Ghana
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Africa’s lithium industry is gaining strong momentum in 2025, marked by new project launches, significant discoveries, increased capital inflows and progress in local value addition. In a major milestone for downstream development, Zimbabwe’s...
Jamaicans warned not to rely only on natural remedies for good health
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 23, 2025
From “bush tea” to garlic and guinea hen weed, Jamaicans at home and abroad often turn to herbs and natural remedies to soothe everything from a cough to high blood pressure. But while these age-old practices remain deeply woven into the culture,...
Africa’s security can’t wait for America’s wavering will
The Cable
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July 28, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa stands at a pivotal moment as an American flirtation with isolationism imperils its security. Jihadist insurgencies, maritime piracy, and foreign encroachment threaten the continent’s stability, yet reliance on a United States...
How the Sahel became a smuggling hotspot
Deutsche Welle
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July 28, 2025
The bus station in Agadez is very busy. The Nigerien desert city is one of the most important regional hubs. Here, on the northern edge of the Sahel, trade routes between West Africa and the Maghreb have converged for centuries. And the boundaries...
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: Jazz and International Politics in Léopoldville
Fair Observer
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July 27, 2025
Belgian director Johan Grimonprez reconstructs the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Prime Minister of the former Belgian Congo, in a jazz-infused documentary that received an Oscar nomination in the documentary category. He combines rare...
India News | Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Reviews Operations at Savli Facility of Alstom in Vadodara
Latestly
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July 27, 2025
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], July 27 (ANI): Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw visited Alstom's Savli facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, a key manufacturing hub for railway rolling stock in India. He reviewed Alstom's operations at the Savli...
Alentejo hosts World Music Festival
The Portugal News
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As usual, today and Tuesday, 22nd July, are quieter days, with three free concerts: Umafricana, a project by Portuguese Guinean Sandra Baldé, today at 7 pm; Susobrino (Bolivia/Belgium) and Queralt Lahoz (Catalonia - Spain), on Tuesday, at 7 pm and...
Roc Nation Sports International expands into Africa
The South African
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July 21, 2025
Roc Nation Sports International (RNSI) today announced its exciting expansion into the Africa football market, marking a significant milestone in the agency’s continued global growth. This strategic move follows extensive research and due...