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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...
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...
Gov’t cancels $1.2bn bauxite deal, eyes global partnership, sources say
Joy FM
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July 28, 2025
Government has cancelled a $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...
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...
Ghana Reports 1st Mpox-Linked Death
Sada Elbalad
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July 28, 2025
Mon 28 Jul 2025 | 06:23 PM A medical worker at GGD Haaglanden prepares a monkeypox vaccination in a vaccination center in Rijswijk in the Netherlands, on July 25, 2022, as the country prepares to start vaccinating specific risk groups. © Phil...
Ghana cancels $1.2bln bauxite deal, eyes global partnership, sources say
Zawya
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Ghana has cancelled a $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...
Sold-out crowd propels Côte d'Ivoire to the quarterfinals
FIBA Basketball
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ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - In front of a sold-out home crowd, the Côte d'Ivoire Elephants held their own against Angola, securing an 82-74 victory and a spot in the quarterfinals. With a massive fan base of 3,332 in attendance, including the...
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...
Massive Contraband Seizure: NRA Customs Officers Foil Major Drug Trafficking Attempt
Cocorioko
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July 28, 2025
BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🇸🇱🇸🇱 Massive Contraband Seizure: NRA Customs Officers Foil Major Drug Trafficking Attempt July 28, 2025 Gbalamuya Border Crossing Point, Kambia District, Sierra Leone In a proactive operation led by the Assistant Commissioner for...
Merck Foundation Together with African and Asian First Ladies Mark ‘World Assisted Reproductive Technology Day’ 2025
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 28, 2025
BusinessWire India Banjul [The Gambia] / Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 28: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks 'World ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Day 2025' together with African and Asian First...
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...
The story behind the Unveiling of the Palmerston Statue
Hampshire Chronicle
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When the committee reported the following year, they proposed two: a statue erected in a public place in Romsey, and an addition to or restoration of the Abbey Church. It was agreed to investigate both. By January 1867, the committee reported that...
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...
Africa24 Group: From the Court to Behind the Scenes of Women’s AfroBasket 2025
Business Ghana
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Africa24 Group (https://Africa24TV.com), the leading pan-African media network and broadcaster of four HD television channels, is proud to offer exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket in Côte d’Ivoire, from July 26 to...
Senate Concurs with House on US$20M Regional Trade Loan
Liberian Observer
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In a significant step towards enhancing regional connectivity and promoting trade, the Liberian Senate has approved a US$20 million loan agreement in alignment with the House of Representatives. This decision, made on Wednesday, aims to improve...
Plastic picking spreads as lifeline for poor and migrants to survive in Tunisia
Malay Mail
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July 28, 2025
TUNIS July 28 — A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He is among Tunisia’s “barbechas”, informal plastic recyclers whose increasing numbers reflect the country’s economic – and migratory – woes....
Elgedawy cements her credentials among the top stars on Day 2
FIBA Basketball
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ABIDJAN (Cote d’Ivoire) – Gameday 2 of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket wasn’t short ooohs and exciting individual performance. From tournament debutants making an immediate impact to a young veteran recording her second consecutive double-double, the...