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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,...
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...
Zone 3 U16 AfroBasket Qualifiers begin in Liberia
FIBA Basketball
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MONROVIA (Liberia) – The battle for the sole ticket for Zone 3 nations for the 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket in Rwanda has begun in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. Currently, only three countries — Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, and host Liberia — are...
Major UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Birmingham Live
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July 4, 2025
UK tourists heading to the European Union have been told Three Mobile will bring back the massive perk for them. A major mobile network with 10 million customers will bring back FREE roaming while abroad this summer. UK tourists heading to the...
WC Qualifiers: Argentina, England, Egypt secure win
Rediff
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Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches. IMAGE: Angel Di Maria of Argentina celebrates after scoring the first goal of his team during a match between Uruguay and Argentina. Photograph: Ernesto Ryan/Getty Images Argentina closed in on a...
Trump hosts five African leaders in landmark summit focused ...
Modern Ghana
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US President Donald Trump will host the leaders of five West and Central African countries at the White House on Wednesday at the start of an unprecedented two-day summit. Trade, investment and security are expected to top the agenda as Washington...
Zubairu focuses on attack as Flying Eagles return to camp
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
Flying Eagles’ Head Coach, Aliyu Zubairu, has defined his objectives as Nigeria’s U-20 boys resumed camping in Abuja ahead of the WAFU B U-20 boys’ tournament to be staged in Ghana. “We are taking proactive measures to ensure that the challenges...
Trump shuns Tinubu, sets to meet five African presidents
New National Star
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump is set to host the leaders of five African nations at the White House on Wednesday, with trade, investment, and security expected to dominate the conversation over lunch in the State Dining Room. The visiting presidents —...
Flying Eagles Coach focuses on attack ahead WAFU B U20 Tournament
New National Star
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July 2, 2025
BY TONY UDOKA With the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament fast approaching, Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has outlined his tactical focus as Nigeria’s U20 national team resumed camping in Abuja. Zubairu said the technical crew is already taking...
West Africa Terror: Why Attacks On Military Bases Are Rising – And Four Way
The Nigerian Voice
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More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
FIBA Africa Zone 3 U-16 Afrobasket Qualifiers To Dunk Off Thursday
Daily Independent
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July 9, 2025
1 •Qualifiers To Take Place in Monrovia The FIBA Africa Zone 3 U-16 Afrobasket Qualifiers dunks off on Thursday at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Indoor Sports Hall, Monrovia, the Liberian capital. Three countries, Cote D’Ivoire, Benin and host Liberia,...
Zubairu Looks To Sharpen Attack As Flying Eagles Resume
TVC News Nigeria
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July 2, 2025
Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has defined his objectives as Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles resumed camping in Abuja ahead of the upcoming WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament to be staged in Ghana. “We are taking proactive measures to ensure that the...
WAFU B U20 tourney: Nigeria’s Flying Eagles arrive Accra, set to face Ghana
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 8, 2025
Nigeria’s U20 Boys, Flying Eagles have commenced training sessions in the Ghanaian capital, Accra ahead of the kick-off of this year’s WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament. Earlier scheduled to be an expanded tourney involving teams also from the 9-nation...
Southern cooperation, myth and redemption
Pressenza
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July 8, 2025
Between October 12, 1492, and the end of the second millennium, Western expansionism had a major influence on the global community. European empires, which originated in countries poor in raw materials, developed a system for finding natural...
Trump to host five African presidents at White House
Punch
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump will welcome five African leaders to a White House lunch on Wednesday, with commerce and trade expected to feature prominently amongst a mixed bag of potential agenda items. The presidents of Senegal, Liberia,...
Heavy rains make Lac Rose’s pink water return in Senegal
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) After nearly three years of losing its distinctive pink shade and turning green due to heavy rains and flooding, the famous pink waters of Lac Rose in Senegal have returned. Located about 35 kilometers from Dakar, the lake—known locally...
Construction of 24-Hour-Economy market starts soon on Jema-Kintampo highway
Joy FM
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July 9, 2025
The Kintampo South District Assembly in the Bono East Region is finalising processes for work to start on the construction of a new market under the implementation of the government’s flagship 24-hour economy. According to Kintampo South District...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Unicef head and former world leaders on judging panel for UAE humanitarian award
The National News
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A senior UN official championing the rights of children across the globe and two former heads of state will help select the next winners of a major UAE humanitarian award. The $1 million Zayed Award for Human Fraternity – which celebrates the...