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Pharaohs deserve a global stage
The National News
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The 2010 African Cup of Nations ought to carry a disclaimer. "Any resemblance between the Angola tournament and the World Cup in June is entirely coincidental," it would read. Certainly, South Africa, watching from a distance, have been anxious to...
Visa-Free Access For Egyptians To 49 Countries Here's The Full List
MENAFN
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August 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) From thrilling safaris in Kenya to the pristine beaches of the Maldives, Egyptian passport holders enjoy a wide range of destinations they can visit visa-free-no embassy queues, no piles of paperwork. The Egyptian passport...
Peace Offering? Donald Trump's Nobel Obsession
International Business Times
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August 3, 2025
A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. "It's well past time that President Trump was...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: More than 2 dozen have been added to list
Cleveland Daily Banner - Tennessee
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Do you know how many UNESCO World Heritage Sites there are in the world? The answer is now 1,248 landmarks, spanning across more than 170 countries after recent additions to the list compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
Goals and Highlights for Tanzania 2-0 Burkina Faso in African Nations Championship Match
VAVEL
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August 2, 2025
Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you very much for watching this African Nations Cup match, which is just getting started. Stay tuned here for the next matches of the competition. Good afternoon, and see you next time! END OF MATCH After a...
On Arrival, Visa-Free Entry For Jordanians In 47 Countries Full List Of Destinations
MENAFN
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August 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) As citizens of various countries prioritise travel, several governments have initiated a range of measures to enable ease of access to the destinations. Visa exemptions for certain durations along with provisions such as...
Goals and Highlights for Tanzania 2-0 Burkina Faso in African Nations Championship Match
VAVEL
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August 2, 2025
Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you very much for watching this African Nations Cup match, which is just getting started. Stay tuned here for the next matches of the competition. Good afternoon, and see you next time! END OF MATCH After a...
UK deals blow to Russia's disinformation push in Africa
The Standard
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BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. [AFP] The United Kingdom’s recent sanctions against...
Cambodia Is Latest Country to Nominate President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
The Gateway Pundit
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August 2, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu presents President Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination letter – via White House YouTube video In June, the government of Pakistan formally recommended President Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. In early July, Israeli...
Countries Where Ghanaian Passport Holders Can Travel Without a Visa in August 2025
Ghlagatin
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August 2, 2025
The number of visa free countries for Ghanaian passport holders have increased. The ministry of Foreign Affairs recently added five new countries to this. This is according to a report by GhanaWeb. As of 1st August, 2025, Ghanaian passport holders...
Africa: The Club of Five and the Sociopath
International Viewpoint
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On 9 July 2025, President Trump received five African leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for a working lunch. Countries, according to Trump, "all very vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, and...
Bissau-Guinean Catholic Bishop Cautions against Threat to Peace amid Growing Hate Speech
ACI Africa
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August 1, 2025
He recalled that since March 2022, the LGDH and the Marquês de Valle Flôr Institute have been implementing a project called the “Peace Observatory,” aimed at working in network with national actors to prevent violent extremism. “In the past three...
Centre scrambles to revamp export plan as US tariffs hit India, favour ASEAN
Mint
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August 2, 2025
The development comes on the back of a deadlock in bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between India and the US, which the two countries have been grappling with since June, as reported by Mint on 11 June. The new plan involves...
LETTER: The Risk of Tobacco
Chronicle-Tribune - Indiana
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The threat of Nitazenes: A drug more potent than heroin and fentanyl
Star
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Nitazene/ILLUSTRATION Imagine this: a single grain of table salt weighs about 60 micrograms. Now picture a substance so powerful that just two or three grains, invisible to the naked eye if mixed into powder, can cause a fatal overdose. That’s the...
Ecowas at 50 – Enough talk, time for action!
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By Abou Kalley Fifty years. Half a century. And yet, for millions of West Africans, Ecowas still feels like a distant acronym. I was reminded of this truth on Friday, 25th July, when I had the honour of attending the 50th...
Ecowas at 50: Between peacekeeping and the people’s dream
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By Abou Kalley Fifty years after its founding, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) finds itself at a crossroads: celebrated for its role in peacekeeping, yet criticised for failing to meet the aspirations of...
Trump’s banquet for Africa’s Lilliputians
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 29, 2025
The presidents of five West and Central African states – Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberia’s Joseph Boakai, Guinea-Bissau’s Umaro Cissoko Embaló, Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema – recently visited United...
Beto interview: From playing in car parks and working at KFC to idolising Eto'o and Lukaku
The Athletic
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August 1, 2025
Amid the swirl of delirium and chaos following Everton’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool in February, one player embarked on an individual lap of honour. Beto scored the opening goal of the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park and an upturn in form...
Trump's tariff deadline arrives with fewer deals than promised
United Press International (UPI)
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July 31 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's suspension of reciprocal tariffs ends Friday and the United States has only managed a small portion of his goal for new trade deals. Trump has pushed back his self-imposed deadlines on multiple occasions...