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Top 10 African countries with the highest international air ticket charges
Business Insider Africa
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July 7, 2025
Africa’s tourism sector is showing strong recovery and promise, with 66.3 million international tourists visiting the continent in 2024 and generating $38 billion in total receipts, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization...
AFRAA describes member airlines’ tax concerns
Times Aerospace
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The continent has long been known for high ticket prices, with observers noting a significant part of the problem is the additional costs imposed by governments, which often regard air travellers as being, by definition, well-off and thus able to...
Full List Of African Countries Affected By 3-Month US Visa Validity
Naija News
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July 11, 2025
In a statement released by the US Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday, the American government announced that “most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria will be single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.” The...
In the Sahara, a friendly dance competition carries on an ancient festival tradition
Associated Press
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July 11, 2025
DJANET, Algeria (AP) — In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a shuffling “step-step” to the beat of drums and chanting from the women encircling them, all adorned in...
Where to See Black Squirrels: Your Ultimate Wildlife Guide
WGBF - Indiana
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July 7, 2025
Have you ever caught a glimpse of a black squirrel darting across the lawn or playing in the trees? During a recent vacation to Northern Michigan, I was surprised to see them everywhere, chasing each other and nibbling on acorns with their...
Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 11, 2025
The recent eight-day visit by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Saint Lucia, an Island country in the Caribbean, not only attracted criticisms, but also acclamation. Amidst some of the challenges bedeviling Nigeria, a cross-section of Nigerians have...
UN envoy warns of worsening Red Sea tension after Houthi attacks off Yemen's coast
The National News
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The UN's Yemen envoy has expressed serious concern over the situation in the Red Sea, and warned of potential environmental damage after two Houthi attacks on commercial vessels. The incidents mark the first such attacks since Washington announced...
Harmattan hazards: How coastal west Africa can escape the Sahel’s fate
European Council on Foreign Relations
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July 10, 2025
Summary Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo, are under pressure from two threats: jihadists and putschists. In these west African coastal states, armed Islamist groups increasingly cross northern borders, wreaking havoc. Civilian governments are...
The World's Largest Sand Desert Isn't Actually The Sahara
The Travel
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June 16, 2025
There has been war for as long as people have walked the earth, with even the first human settlements showing signs of defensive infrastructure to protect the people within from invading tribes. Civilizations have always invested heavily in...
Huge Mars meteorite expected to go for millions at auction
Yahoo News
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A bidder here on Earth will soon shell out a lot of green for a piece of the red planet as Sotheby's puts a Martian meteorite up for auction. NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, is expected to fetch between $2 million and $4 million...
IBB should apologise to Nigerians
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
As recently reported in the media, the heir of the widely acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Nigerian presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, Kolawole Abiola used the occasion of the 32 anniversary of the controversial annulment of that...
A Primer for the White House Visit by Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal
Front Page Africa
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July 10, 2025
A few months ago, the Chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz, hosted a roundtable discussion that tackled energy and critical mineral partnerships with the...
Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million
CBS News
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A bidder here on Earth will soon shell out a lot of green for a piece of the red planet as Sotheby's puts a Martian meteorite up for auction. NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, is expected to fetch up to $4 million during the July 16...
Customs intercepts N650m foreign currencies at Kano airport
Daily Trust
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July 9, 2025
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Kano/Jigawa Area Command has revealed that men of the service have arrested one Ahmed Salisu who is holding a Ghanaian passport and also intercepted undeclared foreign currency worth over N650 million at Mallam...
It’s raining global awards for PM Modi. He’s bagged 13 in 3rd term alone, a whopping 27 since 2014
The Print
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July 10, 2025
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with his 27th international honour Wednesday—the “Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis”—during his visit to Namibia. This is the fourth award he has received in the past week, and...
Nigerian Forces Kill 30 Gunmen in Northwest Counter-Offensive Amid Rising Bandit Violence
teleSUR
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July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 Hour: 2:39 pm Nigerian security forces have killed at least 30 armed men in a coordinated counter-operation in Katsina State, following a wave of attacks on villages by bandit groups earlier this week. The joint military and police...
Report: Morocco Is One of Africa’s Most Affordable Countries for Airfare Taxes
Morocco World News
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July 9, 2025
A new report by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) places Morocco among the top ten African countries with the lowest taxes and charges on international and regional flights. According to the AFRAA Taxes and Charges Study Review 2024,...
UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Leeds Live
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July 4, 2025
A leading mobile network with 10 million customers is set to reintroduce free roaming for travellers this summer. UK holidaymakers heading to the European Union have been informed that Three Mobile will reinstate this significant benefit for them....
Sahel nations unite under new agricultural seed alliance to strengthen food security
Business Insider Africa
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July 4, 2025
The AES - Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have come together to create the Alliance of Agricultural Seed Producers of the Sahel (APSA-Sahel), with the aim of strengthening regional food sovereignty and promoting locally adapted seed systems tailored...
207 Died In Mokwa Flood — NSEMA
Daily Independent
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July 3, 2025
3 MINNA – Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has declared that so far, 207 lives were lost in the devastating flash flood that ravaged communities in Mokwa, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger about a month. Though search for dead...