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Why the deadliest migration route in the world is becoming more popular
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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July 22, 2025
On 1 July 2025, Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), the most powerful violent extremist organization in the Sahel, launched a series of coordinated attacks on seven towns along Mali’s borders with Senegal and Mauritania. Since 2022, JNIM...
BAWKU oooooooo! BAWKU!
Modern Ghana
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Since the resurgence of the Bawku conflict in recent years, the silence has been deafening, and the consequences devastating. Lives have been lost, families displaced, and economic activities halted in one of Ghana's most historically vibrant and...
TZ weeps as the silent giant Kitine bows out
Daily News Tanzania
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July 27, 2025
TANZANIA: TANZANIA is in mourning following the passing of Dr Hassy Kitine, a distinguished son of the soil whose legacy spans military service, national security, politics and intellectual engagement. He breathed his last on Friday. A man of...
Here are some of the newest UNESCO World Heritage sites
WVAS FM 90.7 - Alabama
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July 18, 2025
Twenty-six sites have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, designating their cultural and natural importance. Locations this year include a sacred mountain in Malawi; petroglyphs in South Korea; remains of a port and forts from 17th century...
Les Nigérians et les Guinéens recevront désormais des cartes d’identité au lieu de permis
The Voice Gambia
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July 23, 2025
Par: Nyima Sillah Le Département gambien de l’Immigration (GID) a révélé que les citoyens du Nigeria et de la Guinée Conakry résidant en Gambie ne recevront plus de permis de séjour, mais se verront plutôt délivrer des cartes d’identité...
Ejime Wins ECOWAS Maiden Journalist Excellence Award
GNN Liberia
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July 27, 2025
By Victoria Frances Banjul, The Gambia – Paul Ejime, an International Media and Communication Specialist and Global Affairs Analyst, has added another feather to his cap – the ECOWAS Maiden Journalist Excellence Award in Print Journalism. The...
Sierra Leone's President Bio Honoured At Liberia Independence Celebrations, As He Delivers Inspiring Keynote On Shared History And Regional Unity
MENAFN
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July 27, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) MONROVIA, Liberia, July 27, 2025/APO Group/ -- His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, has been...
Revealed: The 26 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2025 - from a sunken 'Pirate City' to the original Disney Castle
Daily Mail
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July 21, 2025
From the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal, UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites protects some of humanity's most treasured historical monuments. Now, 26 new sites have been added to this prestigious list. This year's additions include the...
Address By His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia on the Occasion of the 178th Anniversary of Liberia’s Independence
Front Page Africa
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July 26, 2025
Honorable Vice President, Jeremiah Koung; First Lady Kartumu Y. Boakai; Excellencies: President Julius Maada Bio of the Republic of Sierra Leone & Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority; President John Dramani Mahama of the Republic of Ghana;...
President Bio Visits Liberia for Independence Celebration
Sierraloaded
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July 26, 2025
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio is in neighbouring Liberia to celebrate the country’s 178th Independence anniversary. Posting on the social media Facebook, Bio said that he is in Liberia “celebrate with our brother and the...
Trump's migratory chaos: from panic to helplessness
Diario Granma
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July 21, 2025
Photo: JORGE While anti-Cuban congressmen remain complicitly silent, folded to presidential and state decisions on the inhumane and arbitrary treatment of recently arrived migrants or long-time residents, new measures by Donald Trump have put...
Nigerians and Guineans to Receive ID Cards Instead of Permits
The Voice Gambia
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July 22, 2025
By: Nyima Sillah The Gambia Immigration Department (GID), has revealed that citizens of Nigeria and Guinea Conakry living in The Gambia will no longer be given residential permits but rather get Non-Gambian ID cards. In a media chart with The...
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH NYUMA BOAKAI, SR. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
Liberian Observer
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ON THE OCCASION OF THE 178TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERIA’S INDEPENDENCE CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL PAVILION ASHMUM STREET, MONROVIA. JULY26,2025 Honorable Vice President, Jeremiah Koung; First Lady Kartumu Y. Boakai; Excellencies: President Julius Maada Bio...
Prof. Nikolay Nenov to BTA: The Success of Bulgaria’s Chairmanship of UNESCO World Heritage Committee Session Is a Success for Every
Bulgarian News Agency
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“Cultural heritage is something we configure ourselves. We create it in order to preserve it—for us and for future generations. For us, it is important. For those before us, it wasn’t considered ‘heritage.’ From that perspective, Bulgaria’s...
UNESCO just announced 26 new World Heritage Sites
Time Out
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Listen up, everyone. UNESCO’s new World Heritage sites just dropped. In efforts to identify, preserve and protect cultural heritage spots across the world, UNESCO, aka the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, crafts...
Why is youth violence exploding in fragile French cities?
The Times
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The trouble kicked off for no apparent reason on the evening of July 14, la fête nationale, in Val de l’Aurence, an area of high-rise 1960s and 70s social housing on the western outskirts of Limoges.Maybe it was fomented by drug gangs to distract...
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio Arrives In Monrovia For Liberia's 178Th Independence Celebration
MENAFN
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July 26, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) MONROVIA, Liberia, July 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has arrived safely in Monrovia at the invitation of His Excellency President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to participate in...
UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | July 20 to July 26, 2025
The Indian Express
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July 26, 2025
UPSC Weekly Quiz is a current affairs-based quiz on relevant topics from the past week, curated for the aspirants of competitive examinations. Attempt the weekly quiz every Saturday and find answers to the MCQs with explanations.🚨 Click Here to...
ON THE ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE
This Day
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July 27, 2025
Nigeria should prioritise its domestic security challenges In the effort to activate its long-envisaged military Standby Force, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently adopted a training policy for the idea. With a...
Stephen McGowan: Brexit makes Scottish players too expensive for Scottish clubs
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 21, 2025
In the game against St Johnstone United’s starting eleven was made up of a Ukrainian, two Australians, a Dutchman, a Moldovan, a Macedonian, a Bissau-Guinean, a Finn, a Ghanaian, a Swede and a Hungarian. There wasn’t a player with a British...