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Nigeria politics requires drastic surgery – Octogenarian Bishop, Okonkwo
Daily Post
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June 23, 2025
Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo, has lent his voice to the growing concern in some quartets about the possibility of Nigeria relapsing into a party state, following the recent defections from the...
Ghana and neighbours host 160,000 displaced persons as EU pledges €10m support for West Africa
Joy FM
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June 23, 2025
As conflict and insecurity continue to escalate across the Central Sahel, the European Union (EU) has pledged €10 million in new funding to support refugees, asylum seekers, and host communities in four neighbouring coastal countries: Benin, Côte...
HIV Is Surging in Over-50s—But Campaigns Still Target the Young
ScienceDaily
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Prevention and treatment campaigns are not adequately targeting the particular needs of the 50+ years age group. Indeed, between 2000 and 2016, the number of adults aged 50 years and older living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa doubled. At present,...
2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes: How political freedom drives growth
Atlantic Council
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June 23, 2025
By Ignacio Campomanes, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, and Joseph Lemoine Table of contents The dangerous authoritarian narrative A dangerous belief has taken root globally: that political freedom is not essential to prosperity and may...
Ghana struggles to manage illegal mining operations
Gulf Today
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June 23, 2025
Maxwell Akalaare Adombila, Reuters As the afternoon sun beats down on Gold Fields' sprawling Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, three men launch a drone into the clear sky, its cameras scanning the lush 210-square-kilometre tract for...
ECOWAS: As Tinubu’s two years of robust leadership comes to an end, By Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
President Tinubu handing over the chairmanship of ECOWAS to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone The exit of President Tinubu as ECOWAS chairman will be profoundly felt. His contribution to making ECOWAS a stable, peaceful and united...
ITUC-Africa tasks African govts, others to end violence crimes against women
Tribune Online
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June 24, 2025
African workers represented by the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called on African governments, regional bodies, and all relevant stakeholders to enforce zero tolerance for...
The Death of Conscience: Israel, Iran, the US and the Questi...
Modern Ghana
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What is happening between Israel, Iran, and the US raises serious questions about the usefulness of the United Nations. The supposed middleman, the voice of reason, now stands powerless, its hands tied, with member states bowing to bullies. The...
Could Anything Be More Bigoted Than Trump’s Travel Bans?
The American Prospect
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June 23, 2025
In her early nineties, my mother had emergency surgery to remove her gallbladder, which had somehow managed to flip over and begun to rot. The physician who performed the surgery—from which she recovered completely—was an Iranian immigrant. I was...
As gold prices surge, West Africa mine operators launch drones to detect wildcat miners
Yahoo Finance
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila TARKWA, Ghana (Reuters) -As the afternoon sun beats down on Gold Fields' sprawling Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, three men launch a drone into the clear sky, its cameras scanning the lush 210-square-kilometer...
EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Three
Pagosa Daily Post - Colorado
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June 23, 2025
Read Part One Sitting in a park in Paris France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They won’t give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had… — from ‘California’ by Joni Mitchell, 1971 Chances for peace seem distant, as wars continue...
Niger plans to nationalize Somair uranium amid tension
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN) Niger’s ruling military government has declared the nationalization of Somair uranium, a company previously operated in partnership with the French state-owned nuclear energy firm Orano. The decision comes amid heightened tensions between...
MF Brings Together 14 1st Ladies
Business Ghana
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Link to Live Stream of Inaugural Session of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative – MFFLI Summit 2025: https://apo-opa.co/3G1Afxo Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th...
Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over ECOWAS Chairmanship, sparking questions
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja. The first...
What is the worldwide caution alert? See travel advisories for US
Treasure Coast Palm - Florida
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Following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, tensions escalate between the two nations and their allies. The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide cautionary advisory for U.S. citizens abroad. President Trump's travel ban remains in...
Strategic Benefits Of Wa Airport Goldstar Air Will Unleash To Transform The Upper West Region Into An Agrarian City
News Ghana
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June 23, 2025
International airline Goldstar Air, a private Ghanaian and United States registered company with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority to operate passenger and cargo flights across West Africa...
UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | June 16 to June 22, 2025
The Indian Express
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June 23, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Report (FYI: The data provided in these reports can be used to substantiate your Mains answer and...
Egypt faces prospect of Iran defeat further empowering Israel
The National News
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Egypt has been sharply critical of Israel over its war on Iran, a stand rooted in part in Cairo’s concern that a defeated, or significantly weakened, Tehran would allow its one-time foe to project its power more emphatically across the Middle...
World Refugee Day: World Vision Ghana advocates empathy for refugee children
Ghana News Agency
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June 22, 2025
By Philip Tengzu Zini, (UW/R), June 22, GNA – As the world marks World Refugee Day, World Vision Ghana (WVG), a Christian humanitarian organisation, is advocating greater empathy for all refugee children, urging society to recognise their rights...
As gold prices rise, West Africa mine operators use drones to detect illegal miners
African Mining Market
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June 23, 2025
Three men launch a drone in the clear skies above Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine, a sprawling 210 square kilometer gold mine located in southwest Ghana. The drone’s cameras scan the area for any intruders as the sun beats down. A drone detected...