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Protests after Germany zoo culls 12 baboons, feeds them to predators
The Indian Express
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July 30, 2025
A zoo in Nuremberg, Germany, is facing mounting backlash after confirming that it had culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in their enclosure. The animals were subsequently fed to the zoo’s predators, sparking protests and legal...
Nigerian indigenous crop seeds soar to space in NASA mission
The Sun Nigeria
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July 31, 2025
By Chinenye Anuforo The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) of Nigeria has achieved a significant milestone in international space research, participating in the historic Crew-11 Mission launched today from the NASA Kennedy...
UK: Chrysalis Global launches with ground-breaking griot...
Music in Africa
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The album features Malian balafonist Lassana Diabaté – hailed by American string quartet Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington as “comparable to JS Bach” – alongside fellow Malian virtuoso guitarists Gaoussou Kouyaté and Kerfala Diabaté. Together,...
Pike County 4-H Poultry Show results
The Press Dispatch - Indiana
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The 4-H Poultry Show last Monday began a busy week of events for the county's 4-H’ers. It was a hot and humid day, but the local Farm Bureau offered muffins, fruit cups and a variety of drinks for the hungry 4-H’ers as they waited their turn to...
Outcry after German zoo culled baboons due to overcrowding
BBC
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July 30, 2025
A zoo in the southern German city of Nuremberg has culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in their enclosure, after which they were fed to predators. Seven animal rights activists were arrested on Tuesday after they entered the...
Ambazonians in Cameroon needs Tinubu’s intervention
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 30, 2025
Ambazonians are the recolonised and subjugated indigenous Pidgin English speaking people of the Northwest and Southwest provinces of Cameroon. They are also known as Anglophones and/or Southern Cameroonians. Since consciously engaging the Noble...
Outcry in Germany as zoo kills 12 baboons
Times of Oman
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The Nuremberg Zoo in southern Germany killed 12 healthy Guinea baboons on Tuesday, according to an official statement. Officials say they had no other option after they were unable to transfer animals to other zoos and contraception measures...
Trump administration arrests ‘Interfaith Imam,’ setting off protests
Baptist News Global
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July 24, 2025
Tensions are boiling over in Ohio as immigration authorities continue to detain Imam Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain whose asylum status was revoked last month. More than a dozen demonstrators have been arrested at...
Former LIS Commissioner Steve Zargo Breaks Silence: “I’m Tired of Being Sacrificed for Tradition”
GNN Liberia
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July 29, 2025
Monrovia, Liberia – Former Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) Commissioner Steve Zargo has finally broken his silence following his suspension from office. In a bold and emotional public statement issued on Sunday, July 27, 2025, Zargo described...
Marine debris clogs Nigeria’s coastline, threatens biodiversity
Punch
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July 30, 2025
Marine debris is choking Nigeria’s coastline, threatening biodiversity, livelihoods, navigation, and port efficiency. Stakeholders warn that without urgent enforcement, innovation, and policy reform, the country’s blue economy faces rising risks...
Will the National Sports Stadium host international matches by September?
Nehanda Radio
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July 29, 2025
Zimbabwe is suffering an acute venue deficit in the capital city of Harare until renovations at the National Sports Stadium are complete. The structure carried 60,000 seated people when opened in the mid 1980s. Major sporting and political and...
No room for mercy: German zoo kills 12 baboons citing lack of space
Mint
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July 29, 2025
A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg announced that it had killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests from animal rights activists. The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo first announced plans to kill baboons it didn't have space for in February 2024. It...
Empowering Youth, Enabling Dreams: Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 Kicks Off in Nairobi, Kenya
TV47
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July 29, 2025
Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) Season 10, jointly hosted by AVIC Innovation Holding Limited (AVIC INNO), the Ministry of Education of Kenya and the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), officially kickstarts at the Technical...
Outcry in Germany as zoo kills baboons
Deutsche Welle
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July 29, 2025
The Nuremberg Zoo in southern Germany euthanized 12 healthy Guinea baboons on Tuesday, according to an official statement. Officials say they had no other option after they were unable to transfer animals to other zoos and contraception measures...
University Challenge's 'easy' music question stumps every single BBC contestant - but can YOU beat the odds and solve it?
Daily Mail
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July 29, 2025
One seemingly 'easy' music question left every single University Challenge contestant stumped in a recent episode of the game show. The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a...
Meet the Chobe Angels, Africa’s First All-Female Safari Guide Team
Vogue - New York
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July 24, 2025
Instead of office work, the group of 19 women fans out around the national park daily, driving, educating, and safeguarding lodge guests from around the world. Mangwegape, dressed in crisp green khakis with a red, elephant print scarf tied around...
‘The Lord Comes First’: Cardinal Sarah Calls Faithful to Adoration in Face of West’s Rejection of Christ
National Catholic Register
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Cardinal Robert Sarah delivered a forceful homily on Saturday, exhorting the faithful to follow the example of St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by loving and adoring the Lord above all things in a world that rejects God and has a...
From Head Start to Adult Ed, Trump Narrows Pathway for Undocumented Students
The 74
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July 28, 2025
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter From cradle to career, President Donald Trump has launched a comprehensive campaign to close off education to undocumented immigrants, undercutting, advocates...
Breaking it Down with Barron: The New York City Mayoral Race, New York City Politics, and a Primer for an Independent Black Revolutionary Polity
Black Agenda Report
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Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdani’s struggles with Black voters, and why an independent Black radical politics is essential to confront a broken system. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to chop it up with the venerable and...
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump’s Brain Drain
TIME Magazine
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July 29, 2025
Since President Donald Trump has taken office, elite Americans and academics are leaving the country. A quarter of those who responded to a recent poll said they would like to move outside the country in the next five years. And European countries...