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Great Green Wall innovations hailed on Desertification and Drought Day
Forests News
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June 27, 2025
From food made with overlooked native plants to handbags crafted from wild grasses—and even a simple rope tool to prevent wildfires—community-driven innovation is reshaping how land restoration takes root across Africa’s drylands. These are among...
10 places you can book now with Tui’s late deals - starting from just £200
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 27, 2025
Not much beats have a holiday to look forward to, but if you don’t have one in the calendar just yet, you may be able to score a good deal by booking last minute. Usually you’ll get the best savings if you book around five to six months in...
Why the world's perception is costing Africa its future
African Business
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June 27, 2025
Africa is rich. Rich in people, resources, ideas, and potential. Yet many of its countries are trapped in a financial paradox: while global investors chase higher returns, African countries face some of the highest borrowing costs. Why does this...
Sailing in a hurricane: How I escaped Hurricane Beryl
Practical Boat Owner
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June 26, 2025
"Sail south, now!": Ben Williams recalls narrowly escaping Hurricane Beryl as a novice sailor aboard his new 40ft catamaran. When I bought my first boat, I didn’t imagine that I’d soon be sailing in a hurricane, writes Ben Williams. The anchorage...
Top 10 African countries with the lowest leap in government debt from 2024 to 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 26, 2025
While borrowing is sometimes required to promote development, the capacity to sustain a minimal year-on-year increase in government debt indicates good economic management, maintains macroeconomic stability, and fosters long-term resilience. As...
Atlanta small businesses find opportunity amid tariffs and trade uncertainty
WABE - Georgia
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June 24, 2025
“This is our love letter to Atlanta, especially to its littles,” Bradley says excitedly as people line up outside the shop. Bradley decided this was the year that she was going to take a chance on herself and open her first brick-and-mortar store....
‘National Carrier Will Buoy Tourism Development in Nigeria’
This Day
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June 27, 2025
Stories by Chinedu Eze Travel and aviation experts have declared that for Nigeria to realise its full potential in tourism, it must establish a national carrier to buoy the sector. The experts spoke at the just concluded Aviation Summit 2025...
TUI Group Expands African Hotel Portfolio
Rus Tourism News
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June 26, 2025
TUI Group’s expansion of its hotel portfolio across Africa marks a bold commitment to growing its footprint in the continent’s dynamic hospitality industry. With a diverse lineup of 12 leisure hotel brands, TUI is offering travelers unique ways to...
Olukoyede Seeks Enhanced Inter-Agency Collaboration Against Trans-Border Crimes
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 26, 2025
Tunde Bakare The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for enhanced inter-agency collaboration in the fight against transnational crimes among the member states of West and Central...
Startical launches the firm’s 2nd demo satellite — IOD-2
SatNews
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June 26, 2025
IOD-2, Startical’s second demonstrator satellite and part of the EU-funded ECHOES project, will continue validating real-time VHF voice and data communications between aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers from space Startical, the company...
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
Frederick’s final bell: Boston shutters its last middle school
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Our friend group, everyone’s going to go their own way,” said Honesty Graham, as she spun a hot pink fidget toy around her hand. “Everyone’s being split up.” The district marked the Frederick for closure at the end of the school year as part of...
Russia challenging US, China for strategic clout in Africa
Asia Times
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June 26, 2025
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. In 1869, for instance, the Russians gave Ethiopia military support to threaten the position of the British in...
“Girl Education Today for Women Empowerment Tomorrow”: Emphasizes Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej on ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘International Women’s Day...
Africa launches second phase of phytosanitary programme to...
George Herald
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According to the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) data, fall armyworm alone is estimated to cause the highest yield loss in Africa – USD 9.4 billion annually. AGRICULTURE NEWS - The Department of Agriculture, in...
Africa’s hospitality boom: Are we building fast enough?
Zawya
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Africa’s hospitality sector is booming — but is development keeping up with demand? That was the key question tackled by a panel of industry leaders at the Future Hospitality Summit Africa 2025, held from 17 to 19 June at The Westin Cape Town....
We have strengthened ICRC as engine room for infrastructure revolution – Tinubu
Punch
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June 25, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that his administration has significantly strengthened the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, transforming it into a central powerhouse for the delivery of public-private partnership (PPP)...
Saharan Dust to blanket Central Florida this weekend, affecting skies and rain
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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FOX 35 meteorologist Laurel Blanchard has the latest conditions in the tropics. The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs July 1 - November 30. Download the FOX Local app for tropical alerts and notifications. ORLANDO, Fla. - A thick Saharan Dust...
Scandal-plagued city councilor wants to ‘celebrate’ at final meeting before leaving office
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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June 24, 2025
Local News Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson outside the John J. Moakley federal courthouse in Boston. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who recently pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, is...
Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) And International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Launch Second Phase Of The Africa Phytosanitary Programme
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, represented by the Department of Agriculture,...