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Uganda Cranes announce final CHAN 2024 Squad, eyeing historic run at home
TV47
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July 29, 2025
As excitement reaches a fever pitch for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024, co-hosts Uganda have officially unveiled their final 25-man squad, a strategic blend of youth and experience drawn exclusively from the domestic league. The...
AfroBasket 2025: D’Tigress To Face Cameroon Or Angola In Quarter-finals
Complete Sports
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July 29, 2025
Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face either Cameroon or Angola in the quarter-finals of the 2025 women’s AfroBasket in Cote d’Ivoire. D’Tigress, who reigning African champions, booked their place in the ladt eight after a hard-fought 60 – 55 win against...
CHAN 2024: Record $10.4m prize pool unveiled, as CAF raises stakes
Premium Times
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July 29, 2025
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a record-breaking $10.4 million prize pool for the upcoming 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), marking a bold financial leap designed to elevate the tournament’s status and reward...
THEY WENT BY BUS WHICH CRASHED, BUT RETURNED BY SPECIAL FLIGHT The bizarre story of The Gambia U-16 Basketball team
The Standard Gambia
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July 21, 2025
- Advertisement - A team of Under-16 boys and girls representing The Gambia in the Zone II basketball championship in Guinea set out on a bus for the 1088-kilometer journey last Tuesday. There were 20 players, 8 girls and 12 boys. Five officials...
Plateau killings: Gov Mutfwang’s wife visits attack communities
Daily Post
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July 29, 2025
Wife of the Plateau State Governor, Barr. Helen Mutfwang, on Monday paid condolence visits to several communities affected by recent attacks in Mangu, Bokkos, Riyom, and Bassa Local Government Areas, where she distributed relief materials to the...
Prolific shoplifter who stole alcohol and sweets worth hundreds jailed
Basingstoke Gazette
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John Wagstaff, 43, of Sunnymead, Oakley, stole alcohol, meat and confectionery items from three stores between May 9 and July 3 this year. He stole the items from Co-op on Oakley Lane, Co-op on Wallingford Road, and One Stop on Guinea Court....
NRA and Security Agencies Intercept Major Tramadol Shipment at Gbalamuya Border
Sierraloaded
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July 29, 2025
On 28 July 2025, the National Revenue Authority (NRA), in collaboration with other security agencies including the Sierra Leone Police, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, and the Office of National Security, intercepted a large amount of...
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....
Orange Walk Bus Lines Propose Fare Hike Without Department of Transport Approval
Love FM
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July 29, 2025
Several bus operators out of the Orange Walk District are looking to increase their bus fares come August 4. Over the weekend, a notice was published online indicating that there will be new bus prices with a different rate for regular commuters...
Ghana ditches $1.2b bauxite deal, courts global investors for one of West Africa’s richest untapped reserves
Business Insider Africa
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July 28, 2025
Ghana has cancelled a $1.2 billion bauxite lease awarded to local firm Rocksure International and is now seeking a foreign partner to develop one of West Africa’s richest untapped bauxite reserves. The government is in advanced talks with...
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...
‘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...
CAF Announces Record $10.4 Million Prize Pool For CHAN 2024, Super Eagles Eye First Title
Naija News
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July 29, 2025
The financial windfall comes as part of CAF’s renewed commitment to boost the visibility and value of CHAN, a competition exclusively for players active in their domestic leagues. For the first time, the champions will walk away with a whopping...
Hamak Gold
Investing News Network
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July 28, 2025
Hamak Gold Ltd is a mining exploration and development company operating in Liberia, with two gold Mineral Exploration Licences that cover an area of 1,752 sq. km. Liberia is considered prospective for gold and is a geologically similar...
Co-host Uganda names CAF African Nations Championship squad
Xinhua News Agency
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KAMPALA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's coaching duo of Morley Byekwaso and Fred Muhumuza on Monday named the final 25-man squad that will feature at the 2024 CAF African Nations Championship. The tournament, which is contested solely by players...
For Liberia, Cross-Border Cooperation Is Key to Maritime Security
Africa Defense Forum
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July 22, 2025
Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have launched joint patrols along the Cavalla River, which forms part of their border, as part of a broader strategy to combine forces against piracy and illegal fishing in the western Gulf of Guinea. The relationship is...
CAF announces record $10.4m CHAN prize money
Punch
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July 29, 2025
The Confederation of African Football has announced a record total prize pool of $10.4m for the 2024 African Nations Championship to mark a major financial boost and signals the organisation’s intent to elevate the competition’s stature, PUNCH...
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...
Ghana axes $1.2bn local bauxite deal in favour of overseas partnership
BusinessLIVE
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Accra — Ghana has cancelled a $1.2bn bauxite lease with local firm Rocksure International, seeking a partnership instead with a big overseas company to tap one of West Africa’s richest deposits, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Ghana cancels US$1.2 billion bauxite deal, eyes global partnership
African Mining Market
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July 28, 2025
Ghana has cancelled a US$1.2 billion bauxite lease with local firm Rocksure International, seeking a partnership instead with a big overseas company to tap one of West Africa’s richest deposits, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter...