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African swine fever surges across Vietnam, hits 28 provinces
The Pig Site
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July 21, 2025
Over 30,000 pigs culled as low vaccine uptake hampers control African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam, threatening to disrupt food supplies in the Southeast Asian country, Reuters reported, citing a warning from the Vietnamese...
UK admits foreign aid cuts could see deaths rise – with Africa hit hardest
The Independent
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July 23, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
5 free agents Hull City should consider signing ft Jonjo Shelvey and released QPR man
Football League World
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July 23, 2025
Hull City's hands could become tied when it comes to transfer activity this summer and beyond, with uncertainty surrounding the financial landscape of the club at present. The Tigers were placed under two separate transfer embargoes - both of...
Trek up highest mounatin in North Africa or cycle from one city to another for hospice
Fenland Citizen
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July 22, 2025
Would you like to climb the highest mountain in North Africa? Or how about cycling from London to Paris? It’s time to set yourself a challenge and support hospice care in Cambridgeshire Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, based in Wisbech, has launched...
Ogun State scores again…and more stories
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 26, 2025
The African Athletics U-18/U-20 junior Championship 2025 ended last Sunday in Abeokuta.I am surprised that the airwaves have not been awash with encomiums for Ogun State, that accepted to host the international event at the ‘last minute’ and still...
Kaizer Chiefs news: Pitso Mosimane, 19-year-old striker from Cape Town
The South African
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July 23, 2025
This latest Kaizer Chiefs news wrap looks at two youngsters that the club could be signing in the coming weeks. Reatlegile Mosimane is on trial in Italy. Chiefs want to negotiate deals for two promising attackers based in Cape Town. Kaizer Chiefs...
Biogas a pathway transforming rural communities
Zimbabwe Independent
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Biogas SHAMISO Mhuriro (70) looked energetic when she paced about in her oval kitchen in the Nyangahwe area under Chief Chundu, Hurungwe North constituency. Situated about 60km from the farming town of Karoi, the Mhuriro family has found the going...
Screenings, Discussions and Q & A’s for God’s Work – Durban, Joburg and Cape Town
South Africa Today
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July 22, 2025
A full-length feature film – God’s Work – which makes its debut at the Durban International Film Festival this year and is inspired by the director spending time at the Denis Hurley Centre with members of the homeless community over lockdown, has...
West Africa’s forgotten war claims Indian lives as Niger becomes a Jihadi playground
Organiser Weekly
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The resurgence of jihadist extremism in West Africa has reached an alarming new threshold, as evidenced by the recent killing of two Indian nationals and the abduction of a third in the West African nation of Niger on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Once...
Namibia’s foreign minister on the transformative impact of trade and foreign policy for Africa’s development
The Brookings Institution
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[music] SIGNÉ: Hello, I am Landry Signé, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution. Welcome to Foresight Africa podcast, where I engage with distinguished leaders in...
The White Masai, Part I
American Renaissance
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July 25, 2025
The White Masai, Harper Collins, 2006, 307 pages, $28.96. (Originally published in Germany in 1998 by Al Verlag GmbH Munich as Die Weisse Massai.) The book The White Masai is a memoire by Corinne Hofmann, a white Swiss woman who married a...
How South Africans are stepping up in times of crisis
IOL
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This week, in a situation that could have easily gone awry, South Africans did what we do best: united and did whatever they could to help young aspiring soccer stars and three coaches return home after they were stranded in Spain. A total of 25...
Max Homa celebrates making 3M Open 2025 cut with popular gummies
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
Six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa made the cut in the 2025 3M Open and will be in the field on moving day. To celebrate, he treated himself to gummy bears from two popular confectionary brands. Homa fired five birdies and two bogeys during his...
"I think I've just found my routine" – Jake Knapp shares takeaways from second PGA Tour season
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
PGA Tour pro Jake Knapp is competing in the 2025 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities and is in contention going into moving day. After his second round, he revealed that he may have found a playing routine that works for him on the tour. Knapp turned pro...
US lands African resources with version of Chinese-Russian scheme
Asia Times
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July 23, 2025
A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one in which a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of...
Dangerous places in Africa
Zimbabwe Independent
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If you are not sure about the safety of your chosen destination, this guide to the most dangerous places in Africa might help you decide where (not) to go! Planning a trip to Africa? A popular destination for travellers seeking adventure, this...
WATCH: Makhadzi takes it back to where it all began 15 years ago ahead of December One Woman Show
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 26, 2025
The highly anticipated event is set to take place over two days later this year. Award-winning singer Makhadzi returned to where it all began 15 years ago, a shopping centre in Thohoyandou Town, Venda — to officially launch her upcoming One Woman...
Africa’s new digital workforce: Young minds working globally
Zimbabwe Independent
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Young Zimbabweans are no exception IN Zimbabwe, as across much of Africa, young people face a tough reality — an unemployment rate that persists at over 90% for those between the ages of 16 and 24. While the global digital economy surges, local...
A Few Of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 3
All About Jazz
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July 26, 2025
I'm the Editor-in-Chief of All About Jazz Italia, host of Mondo Jazz on Radio Free Brooklyn and was once visited by Frank Zappa's ghost.... he was funny tooPublisher Since 2001 New York City, NY Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM...
Gordon Ramsay challenged by Birmingham chefs from tiny suburb spot and glam rooftop restaurant
Birmingham Live
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July 26, 2025
Two Birmingham chefs from two very different city restaurants have been shortlisted for the Best Chef prize at the British Restaurant Awards alongside Gordon Ramsay and eight other top cooks. Ash Valenzuela-Heeger and Kiran Suvarna are in the...