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Jamaicans warned not to rely only on natural remedies for good health
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 23, 2025
From “bush tea” to garlic and guinea hen weed, Jamaicans at home and abroad often turn to herbs and natural remedies to soothe everything from a cough to high blood pressure. But while these age-old practices remain deeply woven into the culture,...
Parliament Ratifies Visa Waiver Pacts With Colombia, Others
Daily Guide
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July 28, 2025
Parliament has ratified three visa waiver agreements between Ghana and the governments of Colombia, Mozambique, and São Tomé & Príncipe. This marks a significant step toward deepening diplomatic relations, enhance economic cooperation, and promote...
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...
France Pulls Its Soldiers Out of West Africa
The New York Sun
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July 22, 2025
As France focuses on Russia as its primary threat, France’s blue, white, and red drapeau tricolore comes down across West Africa. Paris is leaving its former colonies at the mercy of Russian mercenaries and local Islamic terror groups. In quick...
Nigerians need to rally round President Tinubu now
Modern Ghana
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The Fulani ethnic group we know in Nigeria is historically a nomadic people. But even when they can conveniently pass for a minority group in the country, they have continued to play a rather outsized role in Nigerian society and politics. Their...
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...
When Love Is locked
Dissident Voice
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July 26, 2025
In the divine tapestry of creation, color is not merely pigment—it is poetry. Each human hue whispers of the Creation’s ingenuity, each skin tone a stanza in the sacred hymn of life. And yet, humanity has tarnished this gift, not only...
Goldstar Air Role In Promoting Agribusiness In Ghana
News Ghana
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July 28, 2025
Reputable international airline Goldstar Air, Ghanaian and United States registered company with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
Jordan Participates in International Conference on Implementing the Two-State Solution in New York
Jordan News
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July 28, 2025
Jordan is participating in the “Two-State Solution” conference, which kicks off Monday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, with the presence of 123 countries as well as regional and international organizations involved in the Middle...
16th Annual African Dance and Drum Festival Brings African Rhythms to Atlanta
The Atlanta Voice - Georgia
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July 28, 2025
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Positioning Blaise Diagne International Airport as a trade and connectivity hub
International Airport Review
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July 28, 2025
Blaise Diagne International Airport will expand cargo capacity and routes, positioning itself as a regional logistics and aviation hub by 2035, CEO, Askin Demir, tells International Airport Review. New freight terminal and logistics hub...
U.S. officials visit Mali as junta eyes economic and security ties
Business Insider Africa
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July 23, 2025
Junta-led Mali is courting U.S. investment and backing in its fight against Islamist insurgents, as it works to strengthen a regional bloc of military-led governments in West Africa. On Monday, U.S. officials met with Malian Foreign Minister...
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...
Ambazonian Leader Ngang Laments Recolonisation Of English-Speaking People In Cameroon, Seeks President Tinubu's Decisive Action
Sahara Reporters
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Edwin Ngang, a long-time community organiser and activist for the peaceful restoration of sovereignty to English-speaking Cameroon, known as Ambazonia, has raised the alarm over what he describes as the continued “recolonisation and subjugation”...
Ghana Ports Earn Global Recognition for Seafarer Support
News Ghana
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July 27, 2025
Ghana has strengthened its position as a preferred destination for international seafarers, receiving recognition for its supportive port services and maritime policies. At a Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) media event focused on...
Stream These 10 Movies You Missed At The Theater This Year
How-To Geek
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July 27, 2025
2025 is halfway over, and there are still plenty of movies to look forward to. There’s a spiffy new Fantastic Four film, the conclusion to Wicked, and another dose of James Cameron’s Avatar come Christmas. With so much to look forward to, it’s...
GMC Hosts First Major Conference in Liberia
Liberian Observer
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The Grain Coast Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church (GMC) has successfully concluded its inaugural convening conference in Ganta City, Nimba County, marking a major milestone for the breakaway Methodist denomination in Liberia. The...
Alentejo hosts World Music Festival
The Portugal News
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As usual, today and Tuesday, 22nd July, are quieter days, with three free concerts: Umafricana, a project by Portuguese Guinean Sandra Baldé, today at 7 pm; Susobrino (Bolivia/Belgium) and Queralt Lahoz (Catalonia - Spain), on Tuesday, at 7 pm and...
Birds of a feather – and strong devotion
Inquirer
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July 27, 2025
A TRADITION THEY ENJOY Dressed in feathered costumes, townsfolk of Emboscada, Paraguay, join a procession honoring their patron saint Francis Solanus, a 16th-century missionary believed to grant miracles. A layperson said the costumes “represent...
Unlocking West Africa’s $166 billion potential through digital identity, trade corridors
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 26, 2025
West Africa remains one of the poorest regions in the world. According to the World Bank, over 30 per cent of the population lives below poverty line. This context makes financial inclusion not just an economic goal but a social imperative,...