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Africa's most visited country by tourists where flights cost less than £20 in August
Daily Express
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August 2, 2025
Africa is fast becoming one of the world’s most exciting tourist destinations, with around 75 million people travelling there in 2024. This can’t come as much of a surprise because the world’s second largest continent has a lot to offer. But there...
Casablanca’s Echo: Roosevelt’s New Deal Lessons for an Africa Confronting Climate Change, AI, and Migration Barriers
Morocco World News
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August 2, 2025
In January 1943, at the height of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to Casablanca, [French] Morocco, where he convened with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, French generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud, and...
Kiano Moju creates summer 2025's hit pop-up serving her 'AfriCali' cuisine in Culver City
Los Angeles Times
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August 2, 2025
Through the glassed-in entrance of Citizen Public Market in Culver City, up its short flight of stairs, past scents of barbecue coming from the Smokey Chance stand and chefs wrapping dry-aged fish into handrolls at Uoichiba, I turn a sharp right...
Ayebae Retires After 29 Years, Hands Baton To Adebayo As Fidson Charts Pan-African Expansion
Daily Independent
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August 2, 2025
1 In a pivotal leadership transition, Dr Fidelis Ayebae, founding Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidson Healthcare Plc, has retired after 29 years at the helm, handing over to Abiola Adetunji Adebayo. Dr Ayebae called the...
De-Europeanization in Motion: How Africa Is Rewriting the Ru...
Modern Ghana
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Right between the docks and the rickety rail yard in Dakar sits a battered bronze showing two WWII infantrymen — Demba, a Senegalese rifleman in a too‑big helmet, and Dupont, a French corporal with a thin moustache. They clutch the same olive...
Bishop Dartey urges integrity for Africa’s progress
Ghana News Agency
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August 2, 2025
By Kodjo Adams Accra, Aug. 1, GNA – Bishop Stella Dartey, Chief Executive Officer of Graceland International School, called on leaders to uphold the highest standards of integrity to drive Africa’s progress. She made the call at the 38th Annual...
How Uganda turned Nyege Nyege festival into one of Africa's most prominent cultural exports
The Citizen
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In just under a decade, Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival has grown from a niche gathering of underground artists into one of Africa’s most prominent cultural exports—generating millions in revenue and reshaping the continent’s music and events...
How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
Business Insider
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August 2, 2025
Money alone didn't grant access to the upper echelons of Black society. In addition to having "character" and "respectability," the Black elite emphasized both education and hard work as core values, according to Peterson. "Since Blacks came to...
We need leadership with integrity, voice for women – Macffaden Lawson
Ghana News Agency
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August 2, 2025
By Victoria Agyemang Cape Coast, Aug 02, GNA – Mrs Mattie Mcffadden Lawson, a renowned USA Philanthropist, has made an urgent call for a leadership rooted in integrity and bolder voice for women to shape the future of Africa. She said that would...
Business Summit Partners UWEAL To Empower African Entrepreneurs
Leadership
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August 2, 2025
The second edition of the annual Stability & Sustenance Business Summit has entered into a strategic partnership with Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Association Limited (UWEAL) to empower African entrepreneurs. The Business Summit with the theme,...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Hosts Dr. Julius Garvey in Landmark Courtesy Call Celebrating Pan-African Legacy and Caribbean-Africa Connectivity
Antigua News Room
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August 2, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne welcomed Dr. Julius Garvey, renowned vascular surgeon and son of Pan-African trailblazer Marcus Mosiah Garvey, to a historic courtesy visit that celebrated black...
‘T&T seeking to be a hub for travel to Africa’
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Andrea Perez-Sobers Senior Reporter andrea.perez-sobers@guardian.co.tt This country is being strategically positioned as a central aviation hub linking the Caribbean, South and Central America, Africa, and even Asia. This was the...
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Calm has returned, but union demands remain unanswered
Fides
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August 1, 2025
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation has returned to calm, but there is great dismay at the lives lost in recent days,” a Church source in Luanda, the capital of Angola, told Fides, following the violent protests on July 28 and 29 against...
Say No To Ethnicism: Combating hate, intolerance, and discrimination against Africans by Africans in Africa
News Ghana
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August 2, 2025
The Say No To Racism campaign has overwhelmingly focused on the West, emphasizing prejudice and discrimination against Blacks or Africans living in Europe and America, and in some cases, Africans in Asia and Australia. The campaign has used...
Pakistan fully endorsed Iran's right to self-defense in Israel 12-day war
Mehr News Agency
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August 2, 2025
Iran and Pakistan share a rich history of cultural, economic, and strategic ties, anchored by a common border and strong people-to-people connections. Their partnership plays a crucial role in promoting regional stability, economic development,...
Africa requires $3 trillion to achieve climate goals - AU
News.Az
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With only a month remaining until the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), the African Union has emphasized the urgent need for global partners to help close Africa's climate finance gap, revealing that the continent requires $3 trillion to...
My mother-in-law is a 'SuperAger' and has the memory of someone much younger. She says 3 things have kept her sharp at 104.
Business Insider
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August 2, 2025
In June, my 104-year-old mother-in-law got a new battery for her cardiac pacemaker. A battery's typical life is 10 years, so you get an idea of her resilience. Mollie Ford is a "SuperAger," meaning she has impressive memory function and word...
University of Edinburgh Opens up About its History of Involv...
Modern Ghana
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The report by University of Edinburgh brings to light a minimum of £30 million received over the years from donors involved with transatlantic slavery. Few days ago, I chanced upon the UK Guardian newspaper's view on this issue, and agree with...
Daddy Lumba’s Lawyers Issue Defamation Warning Post-Death
News Ghana
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August 2, 2025
Legal representatives for the late Ghanaian highlife icon Charles Kwadwo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, have cautioned against public defamation of the musician following his July 26, 2025, passing. In an official statement, the lawyers urged...
Legal Orgs Sue Trump Admin Over Unlawful Policy of Arresting People Who Attend Mandated Court Hearings
American Civil Liberties Union
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NEW YORK — Today, on behalf of The Door and African Communities Together, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Make the Road New York (MRNY), and Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP...