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Malawi Under-20 set to burn South Africa Under -20 for Region 5 title
The Times Group Malawi
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July 13, 2025
By Peter Fote in Windhoek, Namibia: Malawi men’s Under-20 National Football Team will this afternoon be looking to break a 17- year drought when facing South Africa’s Amajita in the final of the African Union Sports Council (Ausc) Region 5 Games...
Governor Aliyu’s two years of alleviating poverty
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 16, 2025
According to Africa’s preeminent, venerable sage Nelson Mandela, “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” His towering Asian peer Mahatma Gandhi...
NY group launches Caribbean Diaspora Permanent Natural Disaster Fund
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 16, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, center in tangerine outfit, with members of the New York-based Caribbean Diaspora United, Inc. (CDU). Photo by Nelson A. King Given the region’s vulnerability to hurricanes and...
US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from initial spending cuts
Eye Radio
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July 16, 2025
Author: BBC | Published: 7 hours ago Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/Aids programme Pepfar from cuts, amid a larger effort to reduce government spending, the BBC has reported. Senators said they would end a...
Top 10 stories of the day: ‘Where’s the coup proof?’ | SA man arrested in US raid | Ackermann named Bulls boss
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 16, 2025
Here’s your daily news update for Wednesday, 16 July 2025: An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. News today includes the MK party is demanding proof about an alleged coup that has been foiled by the South African government. Meanwhile, a...
The Itoje legacy: Nigerian roots shaped the Lions captain who has inspired a new generation
The Guardian
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July 16, 2025
It is 2017 and Maro Itoje has just been selected as the youngest member of the British & Irish Lions squad. He is asked for his favourite Lions memory and his response is illuminating. “Ugo Monye scoring his try in the third Test [against South...
Téte António in Malabo to participate in the session of the Executive Council of the African Union
Ver Angola
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According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seen by VerAngola, the Angolan leader arrived in the capital of Equatorial Guinea this Wednesday. At this session – to be held on the 10th and 11th of this month at the Sipopo...
Opinion: Alaska’s senators need to say no to further cuts to lifesaving aid
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Women sit at the market in Umzimkhulu , South Africa, in an area where one of millions of patients in South Africa affected by President Donald Trump's global foreign aid freeze, raising worry about HIV patients defaulting on treatment. (Jerome...
Dr Kaizer Motaung bags second Doctorate at Wits University
Briefly
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July 16, 2025
Dr Kaizer Motaung honoured with second doctorate from Wits University, recognised for his impact on South African sport Motaung reflected on founding Amakhosi in the 1970 and shared his journey from Atlanta Chiefs star to building one of Africa’s...
David Behr appointed group chief enterprise business officer at MTN
BusinessLIVE
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MTN has tapped former Liquid executive David Behr to take the helm of its enterprise business division. On Wednesday, Africa’s largest mobile operator said it had appointed Behr as group chief enterprise business officer, with effect from July 1....
Prince Harry recreates Diana’s famous landmine walk 28 years later
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 16, 2025
The Duke of Sussex recreated Princess Diana's historic Angola landmine walk on his solo visit to the country 28 years after her trip. Prince Harry, visiting as a patron of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust on Wednesday (16 July), gave...
South Africa begins complex job of overhauling media laws
TechCentral
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July 13, 2025
Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies on Friday gazetted the draft white paper on audio and audio-visual media services (AAVMS) and online safety for public comment by 10 August. This is the third...
Lamido adopt Wike’s style, backs ADC coalition, affirms loyalty to PDP
New National Star
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July 16, 2025
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA Former Jigawa State governor and founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has declared his support for the opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while firmly maintaining his...
PPRC Says President Bio Is not happy
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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July 16, 2025
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2025: Wonders shall never end in Sierra Leone. This tiny West African nation, blessed with abundant natural resources and vibrant human capital, was supposed to be on a trajectory far above many...
Mkhwanazi’s claims are a ticking time bomb: Meshoe
SABC News
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July 16, 2025
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) MP Kenneth Meshoe says it’s very sad that South Africans no longer trust the police, but trust KwaZulu- Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He says the claims made by Mkhwanazi are a ticking time...
Rescued by the 14th Amendment, or am I truly free?
Miami Times - Florida
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It is deeply concerning to witness the pervasive fear among African Americans and Latin Americans, particularly immigrants or those from immigrant families, of potential deportation solely based on their race. This fear, exacerbated by political...
News you should know tonight: Top 5 stories you may have missed on July 16, 2025
IOL
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Good evening, IOL News family! It’s Wednesday, July 16, 2025, and it’s time for a wrap of the biggest headlines making waves in South Africa and beyond. Don’t forget to join the IOL WhatsApp Channel to stay in tune, informed, and in the know....
Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Black Excellence: Inside Black Greek Fest 2025
The Washington Informer
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July 16, 2025
Members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)— historically African American fraternities and sororities, also known as the Divine Nine— filled Sandlot Uptown in Northwest D.C. for the fifth-annual Black Greek Festival on Saturday, July 12,...
Duke of Sussex follows in his mother Princess Diana's footsteps as he walks through a minefield in Angola
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
By KATHERINE LAWTON Published: 12:53 EDT, 16 July 2025 | Updated: 13:40 EDT, 16 July 2025 The Duke of Sussex has mirrored his mother Princess Diana by crossing a minefield in Angola. Prince Harry spoke to families who live near Africa's largest...
Prince Harry Is Repeating One Of Princess Diana's Most Famous Trips
HuffPost
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July 16, 2025
LOADINGERROR LOADING CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry visited the African nation of Angola on Tuesday with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, met with Angolan...