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Our award-winning training alumnus is up for another prize
Finance Uncovered
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A star performer from one of Finance Uncovered’s training programmes has been shortlisted for one of Africa’s most prestigious journalism awards. Paul Murungi, from Uganda and the Lead Business Reporter at CEO East Africa Magazine, has been...
Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: new book tracks the trends
Capital FM Kenya
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August 11, 2025
Alessandro Arduino, King’s College London Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other guns-for-hire across the continent. In his latest book, Money for...
Trump's Ticket to Judecca
OpEdNews
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August 21, 2025
With all due respect for my cultural brothers, I think it is time to stop criticizing commentators who argue that Donald Trump is an evil dictator on a par with Adolph Hitler. It is not disrespectful of the SIX MILLION Jews slaughtered by Hitler...
FEALAC and Mongolia
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, August 19, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia will serve as Co-Chair (East Asia Regional Coordinator) of the Forum for East Asia–Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) for the 2025–2027 term. Mongolia will host the 10th FEALAC Foreign Ministers’...
Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 21, 2025
Georgia Trend
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August 21, 2025
Aug. 21, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal Jack Lindner reports that Lockheed Martin’s Marietta-made C-130J Super Hercules aircraft walked away with the title of “Coolest Thing Made in Georgia” during the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural...
Why Vladimir Putin thinks Russia has the upper hand
The New Zealand Herald
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August 20, 2025
Early in the war, the Russian Army was teetering on the verge of collapse in Ukraine. Its tanks were being incinerated, its soldiers were retreating, its campaign was failing, in a grave threat to President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule. Then Russia...
14 with ties to WA deported to ‘third countries’ and Guantánamo Bay
The Columbian - Washington State
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SEATTLE — As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday documents Washington has more extensive ties than previously known to migrants sent to a notorious prison in El...
The Latest: Trump thanks police and troops as DC crackdown on crime and immigration intensifies
WKMG 6 - Florida
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August 21, 2025
President Donald Trump took a field trip Thursday to the U.S. Park Police operations facility in Washington, where he addressed about 300 National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officials and praised his military crackdown on crime and...
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to...
Uganda Agrees With US To Host Rejected Migrants
Leadership
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August 21, 2025
Uganda has reached an agreement with the United States to host migrants who fail to qualify for asylum in America, a senior government official confirmed on Thursday. In a statement shared on X on Thursday, Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Living in the shadows: Why stateless people fear Trump's immigration crackdown
KPBS - California
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August 21, 2025
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — After decades without a country, Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough finally has a home she can call her own. Last November, she and her husband, Kevin Clough, closed on a charming, single-family home in the beachside city of Asbury...
New Digital App to Link Over 60 Catholic Radio Stations in East Africa
National Catholic Register
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The Department of Social Communications of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) recently celebrated the launch of a new digital app for Catholic radio stations. The new platform will bring together 66 radio...
Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission Faces Legitimacy Crisis
Zehabesha
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August 20, 2025
In North America, communities worry diaspora forums could divide people and export polarization while crises inside Ethiopia continue. Critics say the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission is too close to power, and key actors have rejected...
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The Guardian
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August 21, 2025
Illustration: Guardian Design/Tom Williams/Getty Images On 4 March, Donald Trump delivered his epic 100-minute speech to Congress, the longest such presidential address in US history. Having finished speaking, in time-honored fashion, he walked...
Living in the shadows: Stateless people face unique perils during Trump's crackdown
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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August 21, 2025
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — After decades without a country, Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough finally has a home she can call her own. Last November, she and her husband, Kevin Clough, closed on a charming, single-family home in the beachside city of Asbury...
Displaced twice: Syrian refugees in Sudan face a new war
Global Voices
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August 20, 2025
Screenshot showing refugees, including Syrians in Sudan, from the video ‘Syrian refugees in Sudan are trying to flee war, again,’ uploaded to YouTube by Al Jazeera English. Fair use. By Ray Bechara Saleh Ismail al-Badran fled war at home only to...
Gaza scholarship students to be evacuated to Britain
The Times
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Nine students in Gaza with offers from British universities have been told that the UK will attempt to bring them out so they can start their studies. The students, who have offers at leading institutions and scholarships funded by the government,...
Ethiopia Prioritizes Eye Care as Key National Health Initiative, Says Ministry
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 20, 2025 (ENA)— Ethiopia's Ministry of Health has reaffirmed its commitment to eye care, designating it a national health priority. During the inaugural ceremony of Ethiopia’s first Pediatric Eye Care Unit at Alert...
SECAM Official Lauds Eastern Africa Catholic Bishops for Innovation in Unveiling New Communication Policy, Digital App
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
He expressed hope that the newly launched AMECEA communication policy 2025-2035 and the digital App would bear abundant fruits for the Church and society across member and affiliate countries. According to AMECEA, the 10-year policy document “sets...
TICAD 9: Japan’s Renewed Vision for Africa’s Future
The Diplomat
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August 18, 2025
As Japan prepares to host the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama from August 20-22, the summit is poised to mark a significant evolution in Japan-Africa relations. Under the leadership of Prime Minister...