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Visa-free Africa: Between opportunities and national sovereignty threats
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 29, 2025
There is an ongoing campaign on the need for African countries to open their borders for Africans in order to enhance trade relations and economic development of the continent. KEHINDE OSASONA, in this piece, examines this ambitious move and its...
AFRODAD chair calls for restorative justice as Africa's debt crisis deepens
GhanaWeb
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August 29, 2025
As Africa continues to grapple with an escalating debt crisis, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD), Barbara Kalima-Phiri, has called for restorative justice and systemic reform across...
Is South Africa descending into a state of lawlessness?
IOL
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Tracy-Lynn Ruiters|Published 1 hour ago 5min Experts warn that South Africa might have lost its grip on law and order and may even have entered a state of lawlessness, with violent crime levels reaching alarming heights. Many cases brought before...
Katrina reshaped New Orleans churches, leaders say
The Baptist Standard - Texas
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August 29, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (BP)—The church doors would remain open, Pastor David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. David Crosby Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s...
Human rights organization welcomes Central African Republic ratification of women’s rights treaty
JURIST
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August 29, 2025
Amnesty International on Friday lauded the Central African Republic’s (CAR) ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, also known as the Maputo Protocol. Amnesty International...
Why Katrina Reshaped The Landscape And Unity Of New Orleans Churches
Religion Unplugged
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NEW ORLEANS — The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s pastorate at the time,...
Lambers: Colleges can help starving children
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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As colleges reopen, a great service project for students would be to advocate for feeding hungry children displaced by war. Think of the children from Sudan, a country devastated by civil war and famine. Sudanese kids and their families have fled...
Troops kill ‘12 Boko Haram, ISWAP fighters’ in Borno
The Cable
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August 30, 2025
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have killed 12 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Borno state. Citing security sources, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused in the Lake Chad...
Far North Region: 5 children kidnapped by Boko Haram militants
Cameroon Concord News
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August 28, 2025
Gunmen suspected to be militants of the terror group Boko Haram have abducted five children in Cameroon’s Far North region, security sources said on Thursday. The children, aged between 7 and 19, were kidnapped on Tuesday while they were returning...
Algeria says 90% of Trans-Saharan Highway completed
Zawya
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Trans-Saharan Highway, one of Africa’s largest regional infrastructure projects, has achieved 90 percent completion rate, with the entire 2,400-km section crossing Algerian territory fully built, state news agency APS reported. Stretching nearly...
TIME Announces TIME Africa
Business Ghana
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Today, global media company TIME (https://TIME.com/) announced TIME Africa, a new regional editorial expansion in collaboration with Global Venture Partners (GVP). TIME Africa will launch as a digital and live events platform, bringing TIME’s...
‘Ukraine Supplying Drones to ADF Islamists in Eastern Congo’
KT Press Rwanda
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August 28, 2025
1 At least 43 civilians were killed overnight in January 2025 in an attack attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels where the fighters stormed a Catholic church in the town of Komanda, Ituri Province. Russia government claims to...
Helping Kids Round First delivering aid to Africa
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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August 28, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A Flandreau-based non-profit that uses baseball to build skills and bridge cultures in Nicaragua is expanding to help in Africa. The group is delivering humanitarian aid to Chad and Sudan with over 400,000...
Katrina reshaped landscape, complexion, unity of New Orleans churches, leaders say
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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August 28, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s pastorate at the...
Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 27, 2025
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 27, 2025, Egypt signed a $220 million deal with Gulf and Chinese partners to build a major solar-panel production complex, boosting its renewable energy capacity. Meanwhile, Algeria battled dozens of wildfires...
Boko Haram militants kidnap 5 children in Cameroon
News.Az
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Gunmen suspected to be militants of the terror group Boko Haram have abducted five children in Cameroon's Far North region, security sources said on Thursday. The children, aged between 7 and 19, were kidnapped on Tuesday while they were returning...
Europe on Alert: Sahel Terror Networks Threaten the Continent
EUToday
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August 30, 2025
7The Sahel has long been a region of fragile states, ethnic tensions, and recurring humanitarian crises. Today, it stands as one of the most pressing security concerns for Europe. An article in DEFENCE MATTERS.EU this morning warns that from Mali...
African Nations Prioritize Debt Over Citizens as Crisis Deepens
News Ghana
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August 27, 2025
African governments are channeling more resources into debt servicing than critical social programs, starving education and healthcare systems while millions face deteriorating public services across the continent. The stark reality emerged as...
5 children kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in Cameroon
Xinhua News Agency
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YAOUNDE, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen suspected to be militants of the terror group Boko Haram have abducted five children in Cameroon's Far North region, security sources said on Thursday. The children, aged between 7 and 19, were kidnapped on...
TIME Announces TIME Africa In Partnership With Global Venture Partners
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 28, 2025/APO Group/ -- Today, global media company TIME ( ) announced TIME Africa , a new regional editorial expansion in collaboration with Global Venture Partners (GVP)....