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West Africa’s hidden border economy: A journey through migrant suffering and state complicity
The Cable
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June 16, 2025
BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA I travelled the human trafficking, smuggling, and irregular migration corridor across Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana recently, not as a tourist or aid worker, but as an independent researcher. My return journey, late in the...
Breaking the silence: Why South African Men Still Avoid the Doctor
African Reporter
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June 16, 2025
June is recognised as Men’s Health Month, yet many South African men still avoid visiting healthcare facilities. Professional nurse Nhlanhla Mofokeng spoke to the African Reporter about the reasons why so many men delay seeking medical attention...
Carrie Bickmore's rumoured lover Tommy Little falls ill and requires an IV drip after running for her charity event in South Africa - as video footage of him vomiting on a tree emerges
Daily Mail
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June 16, 2025
He trained hard to compete in the Big Five marathon in South Africa over the weekend to raise money for his rumoured lover Carrie Bickmore's Beanies 4 Brain Cancer charity. And while Tommy Little finished the long-distance foot race, it came at a...
South Africa's Shame: How government is failing young women
IOL
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The fourth quarter crime statistics for 2024/25 paint a sobering picture. More than 10,600 cases of rape; 1,872 cases of sexual assault; 656 attempted sexual offences; 236 contact sexual offences. This is one quarter, from January 1, 2025 to March...
Ghana accelerates efforts to boost Intra-African Trade
Joy FM
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June 16, 2025
Ghana is fast-tracking the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to unlock new opportunities for Ghanaian businesses across Africa by moving beyond commodity-based trade towards value addition for its traditional...
Global Fragility Act in Coastal West Africa: Policy Lessons from US Engagement in the Sahel
Small Wars Journal
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June 16, 2025
Introduction With the recent United States Department of Defense (DoD) completion of its withdrawal from Niger and redeployment of US military personnel and equipment to coastal West Africa, it would be prudent for the DoD to consolidate gains...
ABS-CBN marks 1st major event in Africa featuring Coco Martin, Julia Montes
Philippine STAR
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June 16, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — ABS-CBN is set to mark its first major event in Africa with a meet-and-greet opportunity with real-life couple Coco Martin and Julia Montes to thank African audiences for their unwavering support for its programs throughout...
South Africa’s premier automotive event returns to Kyalami
Midrand Reporter
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June 16, 2025
The Festival of Motoring, returning to the iconic Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, has established itself as Africa’s largest industry-supported auto show. The Jordan 192, a F1 car designed by Gary Anderson and used by the Jordan team in the 1992 F1...
Priest marks milestone jubilee with Catholic community A catholic priest has marked a major 55-year milestone in his religious service.
Rutland Times
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June 16, 2025
A catholic priest has marked a major 55-year milestone in his religious service. Reverend Canon Michael Joseph O'Donoghue has over the past weekend celebrated his Emerald Jubilee, which marks five and a half decades since he was ordained. Newark’s...
Today, June 17, We Celebrate St. Albert Chmielowski
ACI Africa
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June 17, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa, 17 June, 2025 / 11:15 am (ACI Africa). Founder of the Albertine Brothers and Sisters, and one of the saints who inspired the vocation of the young Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II was born on August 20, 1845 in (near...
Contemporary African artist redefines art with steel canvas
Sandton Chronicle
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June 16, 2025
Sello Letswalo (33) stands as a pioneering multimedia artist whose innovative approach to painting and sculpture is reshaping contemporary African art. With a background rooted in visual arts, design, and dramatic arts from high school, and later...
Liberia’s Civil Society Demands Fiscal Reform and Climate Justice Ahead of Global Finance Summit
Front Page Africa
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June 16, 2025
As Liberia prepares for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, a vital United Nations-led global summit focused on mobilizing resources to fund sustainable development, later this year, civil society leaders has mounted...
Study: Current snaring practices threaten Africa’s wildlife
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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Photo by Tim Cronin/CIFOR-ICRAF A new paper in BioScience estimates that 100 million kilograms of wild meat are wasted every year due to snaring — a common hunting method that uses spring-loaded traps to catch wild animals The study synthesizes...
MCBS elevates global presence by hosting QS Africa Forum 2025
The Arabian Stories
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June 16, 2025
Muscat – Through strategic communication, active student and faculty engagement, and a commitment to sustainable development and innovation, MCBS is using the forum as a platform to reinforce its leadership in higher education within Oman and...
"I'm that girl for real" — Baddies Africa star Elsie K on Choco Brown calling herself the "real African"
Sportskeeda
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June 16, 2025
Baddies Africa released a new episode on June 15, 2025, in which 'OG Baddie' Natalie Nunn introduced the existing cast members to a new "Baddie from Africa," Choco Brown. The newcomer came from Nigeria and was pleased to mingle with the other...
Day of the African Child: A tribute to the past, a promise to the future
The Standard
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A procession during last year's Day of the African Child [File/Standard] Every year on June 16th, Africa pauses not just in remembrance, but to reaffirm its commitment to its most vital resource: its children. The Day of the African Child (DAC) is...
Time to abolish multiple exams culture in Nigeria
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 14, 2025
The controversy trailing the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the eventual confirmation of technical glitch which led to mass failure of candidates from South-east, some parts of South-west and Lagos state was...
Aliko Dangote retires from refinery company after 20 years as chairman
TUKO
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June 15, 2025
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is retiring as chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery, effective June 16, 2025, after leading the board for 20 years Arnold Ekpe, a seasoned executive with extensive experience in Africa’s banking and industrial...
Continental support for Moroccan sovereignty as Polisario excluded from Africa Day Fest in Canary Islands
Hespress
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June 15, 2025
The inaugural edition of the Africa Day Fest held Saturday in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, stirred political controversy following the exclusion of Polisario-aligned groups and the absence of symbols representing the separatist militia. Supported...
Ogiek community: African Court adjourns for deliberation, asses compliance
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 15, 2025
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has convened to assess the state of compliance with the Court’s 2017 judgment in the Ogiek people (A community in Kenya) on the merits and its subsequent judgment on reparations of 23 June...