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Kevin Okoth: The Pessimist’s Optimist
London Review of Books
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July 10, 2025
Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony, first published in French in 2000, changed the direction of postcolonial studies. Since then, he has gained a loyal readership across the political spectrum (his admirers include Emmanuel Macron and Judith...
Nigeria’s Security Architecture Turns the Tide
Equity Media
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July 10, 2025
In May 2023, as Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office as President of Nigeria, the nation stood at a precarious juncture. Its landscape had become pockmarked by a constellation of crises: insurgency in the North-East, rampant banditry across the...
DHQ to Develop Template to Combat Insurgency, Transnational Organised Crime
This Day
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July 9, 2025
Linus Aleke in Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has unveiled a plan to develop a joint doctrinal template to comprehensively tackle the menace of insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, transnational organised crime and other emerging...
From War Zone to Classroom: Pilot’s Firsthand Account of Life in the Cockpit
BookTrib
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July 17, 2025
High Flight: A Pilot's Journey Through Life by Richard Hess Aircraft buffs will devour this book, but any reader will find a good story. Thanks to their miles-high vantage point, aviators develop an outsider’s perspective of life on the ground,...
When disorder means power: A bloody story of one oil giant
Tuscaloosa Times - Alabama
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Libya has remained deeply divided since 2011, and its people have grown accustomed to living under the threat of renewed conflict and armed clashes In recent months, tensions have escalated in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, as political factions...
At Canada Day celebration: High Commissioner lauds strong bilateral tie...
The Guardian Post
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She was speaking in Yaounde during the annual ceremony organised every July 1 to celebrate Canada Day. The event, celebrated on the theme: “We are Canada in Cameroon”, brought together government ministers, Members of Parliament, diplomats, and...
US restricts temporary visas for Nigerians
The Korea Times
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July 9, 2025
LAGOS — Temporary-stay visas for Nigerian citizens visiting the United States are now limited to three months, the U.S. embassy in the capital Abuja, has announced. It was the latest of a series of travel bans or restrictions announced by...
Disney+ gives first looks at next season of 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians,' 'Only Murders in the Building,' and more
Yardbarker
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July 9, 2025
To get fans excited, Disney+ has shared a preview of all the new content they have coming this year, featuring Chad Powers, All's Fair, the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Wonder Man, Alien:...
Nigeria can generate $1bn from leather sector – Report
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 17, 2025
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group`s (NESG) report, has indicated that the country has the potential to generate about $1 billion, this year (2025), from the leather sector of the economy. The leather value chain acknowledged to be extensive in...
Technology Transfer Is Rwanda’s Latest Pricey Export
KT Press Rwanda
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July 10, 2025
5 IREMBO is Rwanda’s national online service portal that allows citizens to apply and pay for government services electronically. It is a hot potato outside Rwanda is now exporting something new—and it’s not coffee, tea, or minerals. The country...
COMMENTARY: Foreign-aid cuts are ending lives, US influence
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
The White House has hailed H.R. 1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a "once-in-a-generation piece of legislation" that puts "America First." Most of the public debate focused on its extension of lower taxes for the rich, the ballooning...
Sudanese Refugees and IDPs Disproportionately Affected By Crisis
Inter Press Service
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July 3, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations Children are screened for malnutrition and provided with treatment at Elhmedia...
Kagame’s Rwanda: The Discomforting Student No Class Can Ignore
KT Press Rwanda
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July 11, 2025
52 What makes Kagame, and Rwanda itself, so discomforting. They are the student who aces the test, but whose performance makes everyone else in the classroom feel exposed — underprepared, slow, or uninterested. In the heart of Nairobi, a group of...
Tinubu, Arewa And Ismaeel Ahmed Esq
Leadership
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July 6, 2025
Published twice, and last published on June 22, 2025, my article titled: ‘Tinubu and Arewa’, read thus: “Back in 2011, when the CPC/ACN merger talks stalled, I ran into a livid Ismaeel Ahmed Esq, a friend from way back in Uni, who had delved into...
Trinidad and Tobago nationals to pay an extra US$250 for US visa
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 8, 2025
News Sean Douglas 11 Minutes Ago The US Embassy in Port of Spain. FILE PHOTO - TT nationals, along with other "aliens" under US immigration law, will soon have to pay an extra US$250 (roughly $1,750) on top of their visa fee of US$185, to enter...
Finance Ministry Calls for Hiring Limits as Public Pay Eats Up Revenues
Business in Cameroon
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July 17, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon's Ministry of Finance is urging significant recruitment limitations and continued efforts to clean up the payroll database. Its recommendation, contained in the Medium Term Economic and Budgetary Programming...
Liberia: Community Land Protection Program Coordinator at SDI Calls on Actors in Land Sector to Take Advantage of NELGA Alumni Program
Front Page Africa
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July 16, 2025
Mr. Daniel B. Wehyee: Photo Credit: The event organizer ACCRA, Ghana – The Coordinator of the Community Land Protection Program (CLPP) at the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) is calling on CSOs and individuals working in the land sector of...
Things to do in Metro Detroit, July 18 and beyond
Daily Tribune - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
On sale now • John Mulaney: Added 3rd Detroit show, Oct. 18, (in addition to Oct. 16 and Oct. 17), The Fillmore, Detroit, ticket prices vary. • MasterChef All-Stars Live: Oct. 10, Fox Theatre, Detroit, www.mastercheflivetour.com, ticket prices...
IOM report highlights sharp rise in unaccompanied minors, human trafficking victims in Morocco
Hespress
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July 10, 2025
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released new data revealing a significant presence of unaccompanied minors in Morocco, rising numbers of migrants requesting voluntary return, and ongoing efforts to assist victims of human...
Cameroon Plans CFA250bn Loan from Local Banks with Afreximbank Guarantee
Business in Cameroon
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July 10, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon is preparing a direct loan of CFA250 billion from local banks, backed by a guarantee from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), as part of an upcoming revised finance bill for the 2025 national budget....