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Trump team promises to 'honor' another notorious Confederate leader
Daily Kos
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August 29, 2025
The Trump administration is still on its pro-Confederacy crusade, this time by promising to “honor” Gen. Robert E. Lee by rehanging his portrait in the West Point Library. According to The New York Times, it was revealed Friday that the Trump...
Japan should not label China as its 'imaginary rival' in Africa
Global Times
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Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The three-day Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) concluded recently in Yokohama, Japan, with the adoption of the TICAD 9 Yokohama Declaration 2025, which aims to strengthen multilateral...
Katrina reshaped New Orleans churches, leaders say
The Baptist Standard - Texas
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August 29, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (BP)—The church doors would remain open, Pastor David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. David Crosby Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s...
Discovering Power Of PR: Some Thoughts I Shared At Africa Global PR Week, Nairobi
New Telegraph
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August 29, 2025
On Wednesday 27, August 2005, the Africa Global Public Relations Week began in Nairobi, Kenya, on a very powerful note. I had the honour of addressing the gathering of brilliant minds from across the world as a panellist. I told the gathering my...
Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda secures four top honors at Brand Africa 100 awards
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 29, 2025
UGANDA – Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) emerged as a leading winner at the Brand Africa 100 Uganda Awards, held on August 27, 2025, at the Kampala Serena Hotel, where it received four prestigious accolades that recognized its excellence,...
Africa CDC, WHO Launch Cholera Response As Mpox Trends Shift
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 29, 2025
News Investigators/ Africa CDC, in partnership with WHO and 28 partners, have launched the Continental Cholera Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan 1.0, signalling renewed continental action against cholera. Yap Boum, Deputy Incident Manager...
Parliament passes Gaza memorandum slamming Israel's 'genocide'
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye's parliament convened an extraordinary session on Friday to condemn Israel's actions in Gaza, with speaker Numan Kurtulmuş proposing the suspension of Israel's membership in the United Nations and other international bodies until it...
South African women shaping their own legacy
Sunday Independent
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August 29, 2025
Tswelopele Makoe|Published 2 hours ago 5min IN the heart of Johannesburg, the recent Iconic Women’s Soirée brought together a force of women determined to reshape South Africa’s future — not with slogans, but with strategy. Spearheaded by the...
Nigeria’s CP Ojajuni wins 5th seat on INTERPOL Africa committee
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 29, 2025
Nigeria has strengthened its influence in continental law enforcement following the election of Commissioner of Police Olubode Ojajuni to the INTERPOL Africa Committee during the 27th African Regional Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The...
It’s not colonial names holding Africa back, but corruption and poor governance
The Zimbabwean
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August 29, 2025
Tendai Ruben Mbofana In many African societies today, there is a curious preoccupation with colonial names—both personal and geographical. To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben Mbofana, please join his WhatsApp Channel on:...
Africa CDC warns of rising cholera cases in refugee camps
Peoples Gazette
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August 29, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has raised concern over rising cholera outbreaks in Chad and other conflict-affected countries, stressing that humanitarian crises fuel the spread of disease across borders. The deputy incident...
Olubode Ojajuni, ex-Lagos police spokesperson, elected into INTERPOL Africa committee
The Cable
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August 29, 2025
Olubode Ojajuni, a commissioner of police and former spokesperson of the Lagos command, has been elected into the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) African committee. A statement released Friday by Muyiwa Adejobi, force...
Olayinka Babalola becomes second African to be elected Rotary International president
The Cable
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August 29, 2025
Olayinka Babalola, a member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi in Rivers state, has been elected president of Rotary International (RI). Babalola becomes the second Nigerian and African to lead the 120-year-old global humanitarian organisation. He...
Guyana, emerging oil superpower, to elect new leaders
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Georgetown 30 August, 2025, 00:08 This aerial view shows Georgetown in Guyana on August 26. | AFP photo South America’s only English-speaking country Guyana goes to the polls on Monday in elections that will decide who will...
De-risking energy projects critical to attracting investments – Deloitte Africa Infrastructure Partner
MyJoyOnline
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August 29, 2025
The Strategy and Transactions Partner at Deloitte Ghana and the Africa Infrastructure and Capital Projects Leader at Deloitte Africa, Yaw Appiah Lartey, has indicated that de-risking energy projects is critical to attracting investment and...
African Union Urges Political Parties to Embrace Dialogue Ahead of September 16 General Elections
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 29, 2025
The African Union (AU) has called on political parties in Malawi to prioritize dialogue, peace, and unity as the country prepares for the September 16, 2025 general elections. Speaking in Lilongwe on Thursday during the official launch of the...
President Hakainde Hichilema, African Union (AU) Cholera Champion, Joins Partners To Unveil Africa's New Continental Cholera Plan
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a six-month 1.0 continental preparedness and response plan against cholera under...
Nigeria's CP Ojajuni elected into INTERPOL Africa committee
Punch
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August 29, 2025
Nigeria has clinched another milestone in international policing as Commissioner of Police, Olubode Ojajuni, was elected into the INTERPOL Africa Committee during the 27th African Regional Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. The Force, in...
AU seeks women’s hand in bringing peace to Sudan, Sahel, Horn of Africa
Daily News Tanzania
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August 29, 2025
ADDIS ABABA: IN strengthening the African Union’s efforts to advance the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda across the continent, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, held his first official meeting...
African trade unions, youth groups and odas for Ghana demonstrate for debt cancellation and trade justice
GhanaWeb
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August 29, 2025
Trades union congress (TUC) of Ghana togeda wit civil society groups, faith leaders, women and citizens dey hit di streets of Accra to call for debt cancellation and trade justice. Di groups say "African kontris don dey suffer from huge debts and...