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Report: At $95bn, Egypt, Nigeria Account for Largest Shares of Africa’s Remittance Inflows
This Day
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August 28, 2025
•ISS wants estimates included in national poverty alleviation strategies •Seeks lowering of transfer costs, formalisation of remittance channels Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria trailed Egypt in terms of foreign remittance to the African continent...
Magwi college graduates 37 diploma students in various fields
Radio Tamazuj
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August 18, 2025
Magwi College of Agribusiness and Management Sciences (MCAMS) celebrated its first graduation ceremony Saturday, with 37 students earning diplomas after completing a three-year program. The college, approved by South Sudan’s government on Feb. 20,...
Kiir fires finance minister Dongrin, investment minister Mathok
Sudans Post
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August 21, 2025
Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater (L) and Investment Minister Dr. Dhieu Mathok Diing. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – President Salva Kiir sacked Finance Minister Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater and Investment Minister Dr. Dhieu Mathok Diing on Thursday. The announcements,...
New maps reveal greatest mammal migration ever seen
Thred
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August 18, 2025
A recent survey of an untouched landscape in South Sudan has revealed the largest land mammal migration ever seen on Earth. The aerial survey, conducted in a collaboration between African Parks and the South Sudanese Ministry of Wildlife...
If Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda, here’s how it might happen
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 27, 2025
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. (Alex Wong...
Scientists split giraffes in Africa into 4 distinct species
Sabah
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August 27, 2025
Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis recently released. Researchers previously...
ILO Applauds Ethiopia's Labour Protection for Workers Abroad
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 27, 2025 (ENA) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) commended Ethiopia for implementing legal instruments to ensure labor protection for workers employed in foreign countries and its continued effort for partnership....
Opinion| Adut, you can right the wrong by doing right!
Radio Tamazuj
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August 22, 2025
An open letter to Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit Senior Presidential Envoy on Special Programs Dear Sister Adut Salva, In June 2025, I wrote you an open letter encouraging you to support President Salva Kiir Mayardit in safeguarding his legacy and to...
Weaponising food: A famine by design in Gaza
Al Hakam
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August 27, 2025
Fazal Masood Malik & Farhan Khokhar, Canada Seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar weighs far less than a healthy toddler. Once lively and joyous, she now takes only liquid food through a syringe in a Gaza hospital. She is among more than 500,000...
Armoured vehicles from Canadian-owned company deployed in Sudan’s war zones
The Globe and Mail
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August 26, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Screenshot of a video showing Rapid Support Forces fighters using a Streit Spartan armoured vehicle during their assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under an RSF siege for more than a year....
Sudan Crisis Drives Missing Persons Cases to Record Highs
News Ghana
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August 27, 2025
More than 82,000 people remain unaccounted for across Africa as armed conflicts and violence tear families apart on an unprecedented scale. The International Committee of the Red Cross revealed the staggering figure Wednesday, warning that actual...
Scale up climate early warning to save lives and livelihoods, say scientists
Star
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Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Deborah Barasa during the opening of 71st Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum. As the impacts of climate change become more intense, scientists have called for the scaling up of early warning...
Famine in Gaza declared despite Israeli denials as UN calls it ‘moment of collective shame for world’
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 22, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Abiy Ahmed accused of war crimes and repression in Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 27, 2025
Many people are asking about Abiy Ahmed human rights violations. What is happening in Ethiopia now? Why are there reports of mass arrests, political repression, and deadly drone strikes in Oromia, Amhara, and Tigray? Families are scared, activists...
Amazing Grace High School tops the 2024 results
The City Review
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August 21, 2025
The institution recorded an impressive overall performance of 85.2 percent, followed by Darling Wisdom Academy (Pentagon) in Juba, with 85.1 percent and Star Academy School of Jonglei State coming third, with 83.7 percent. By Aguok Chok Amazing...
CAR: Solar project to tackle one of Africa’s lowest energy rates
ESI Africa
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August 22, 2025
The Central African Republic (CAR), which has one of the worst electricity access rates in the world, is trying to bridge that gap through employing renewable energy technology such as solar power. To further this aim, construction recently...
Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why
The Conversation
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August 21, 2025
Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That’s roughly equivalent to the entire population of the European Union, and the number has...
How many giraffe species are in Africa? New scientific analysis quadruples the count
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 21, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Women and girls face full force of Sudan war
Dabanga Radio
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August 27, 2025
Across the Greater Horn of Africa, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has reached alarming levels, devastating women, girls, and entire communities. Survivors face rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage, and other abuses, used as...
Africa’s millionaire population to grow 65%
New Business Ethiopia
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August 26, 2025
Africa’s millionaire population is projected to grow by 65% over the next decade, according to the newly published Africa Wealth Report 2025. The continent is currently home to 25 billionaires, 348 centi-millionaires, and 122,500 millionaires — a...