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High Court Blocks Paradigm Initiative from Joining X Data Case
Techweez
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August 5, 2025
The High Court in Nairobi has rejected an application by Paradigm Initiative to join a data protection case against Elon Musk’s X Corp. (formerly Twitter) as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court. The case was filed by Felix Kibet, who was...
Sub-Saharan Africa Remains the Epicentre of Global Jihadist Terrorism
Observer Research Foundation
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Image Source: Getty Images As of 2025, the African continent remains the principal theatre of global jihadist activity, as it has for the past several years. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, violent extremists are sustaining operational momentum...
Samatta makes history with Le Havre AC
Daily News Tanzania
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August 6, 2025
FRANCE: A NEW chapter in Tanzanian football has begun, with national team – Taifa Stars Captain Mbwana Samatta officially signing a one-year deal with Le Havre AC, becoming the first Tanzanian player in history to join France’s Ligue 1, a landmark...
Liberia Hosts Landmark West Africa Logistics Conference, Deepening Regional Security and U.S. Ties
Front Page Africa
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August 6, 2025
The three-day gathering, which is being held from August 5-7, 2025, at the Farmington Hotel in Margibi County, has brought together top military and civilian leaders from 20 African countries. FARMINGTON, Margibi County – For the first time in...
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Stop ICE Abductions in New York Courthouses
Truthout
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August 5, 2025
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to stop ICE officers from abducting...
Support grows in Spain for deporting undocumented migrants as anti-North African hate rises
Hespress
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August 5, 2025
Public support for deporting undocumented migrants from Spain and the wider European Union has climbed to 42 percent, up from 39 percent in 2019, according to a recent poll conducted by Target Point for Spanish daily El Debate. The survey also...
‘This Drug is Evil’: Synthetic Kush Use Ravages West African Communities
Africa Defense Forum
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August 5, 2025
A man in Freetown, Sierra Leone, inhaled from a kush cigarette, a synthetic drug that looks like marijuana but can be 25 times more powerful than fentanyl. He was one of dozens of people smoking the drug under a bridge, where trash and blankets...
Six Pastoral Proposals Africa’s Catholic Bishops Have Approved for Accompaniment of Persons in Polygamous Situations
ACI Africa
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August 4, 2025
These persons, she emphasized, need to “participate in the life of the Church ... they should not feel ostracized; they should not feel as if they're outsiders.” As part of this second proposal, the lecturer at St. Pius X Theological Major...
Tunisian star clinches BRF Cup as Africa’s rising table tennis talents shine in Lagos
Premium Times
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August 6, 2025
From the WTT Contender Lagos to the African Youth tournaments, Wassim Essid’s extended stay in Nigeria was always going to be about legacy. And as he wrapped up his time on Nigerian soil, Africa’s top-ranked male youth player ensured he left with...
Mobex Africa Partnership Day marks decade of digital collaboration
Business and Financial Times
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August 5, 2025
The inaugural Mobex Africa Partnership Day was held in Accra, under the theme ‘Powering innovation through partnerships’. The event brought together policy-makers, industry leaders, development partners and tech entrepreneurs to mark ten years of...
Amid aid cuts, Catholic relief groups vow continued backing for Africa
Catholic News Agency
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August 5, 2025
ACI Africa, Aug 5, 2025 / 13:11 pm Overseas development agencies, including Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Misereor — the development agency of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Germany — have pledged their continued support for the Church...
Sahrawi people will never give up their inalienable right to self-determination
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, 5 August 2025 (SPS) – The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to Algeria, Khatri Addouh, stated on Tuesday that the Sahrawi people will never relinquish their inalienable and non-negotiable right to self-determination, describing Morocco’s...
Heirs Energies CEO charts bold path for Africa’s energy future
Alexa.ng
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The Chief Executive Officer of Heirs Energies, Osa Igiehon, has declared that Africa’s energy future lies in unlocking frontier basins and efficiently managing mature brownfield assets, while staying committed to global sustainability goals....
Ethiopian History Unveiled: Ancient Civilizations to Modern Day
Zehabesha
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August 5, 2025
The transition from the Zagwe Dynasty to the Solomonic Dynasty in the Middle Ages heralded an era of architectural marvels, like the rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, and significant territorial expansions. These dynasties shaped the unique...
Gordon Brown backs Africa-led health governance reforms at Accra…
Ghana Business News
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August 6, 2025
Gordon Brown – Former British Prime Minister. Mr. Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has strongly endorsed Africa’s bold push to reshape global health governance, backing the Accra Compact as a vital blueprint for...
Tinubu signs insurance reform bill into law to boost financial sector, drive $1tn economy vision
New Mail
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August 5, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Bill, 2025, a major legislative milestone aimed at overhauling the nation’s insurance sector and accelerating Nigeria’s progress toward a $1 trillion economy....
Family history illuminated: Author shares generational war stories in Panama City
WJHG - Florida
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August 6, 2025
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The stories of two American wars came to life Thursday night at FSU Panama City, where retired pastor and author Judson Stone shared the personal histories of his relatives who served in World War I and World War...
Invasive plant in St. Lawrence River concerns officials
WWNY - New York
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August 5, 2025
TOWN OF LISBON, New York (WWNY) - If you’ve pulled weeds before, you probably became annoyed when just a week later, they’re back. Now imagine those weeds, but in our waterways, and with much steeper consequences. The water chestnut is an aquatic...
Próspera close to clinching its first private city in Africa
fDi Intelligence
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Investors using the charter city platform behind the pioneering Próspera Roatan project in Honduras are speaking to a dozen governments across Africa about launching private cities on the continent. The African chapter of Próspera expects to...
Use your pen to build, not destroy society,cleric urges journalists
Daily News Tanzania
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August 6, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: MAKONGO Juu Roman Catholic Church Parish Priest, Father Joseph Masenge, has reminded journalists to use their pens as tools for building, rather than destroying society. The appeal was made during the celebration of the 18th Sunday...