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Mosquito Spraying Monday Evening – Kent & Sussex
WGMD - Delaware
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June 23, 2025
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application(s) during the evening hours on Monday, June 23, 2025: Application of Zenivex E4 (Etofenprox) with a truck-mounted sprayer to control adult...
Today in the news: 112 when the fan stopped; Who wanted to stop Montenegro?
Portugal Pulse
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July 4, 2025
Good morning! It’s Friday, July 4, and time to catch up on the headlines making the front pages of national newspapers available on stands today. In the Expresso, the focus is “Israelis constitute 40% of new Portuguese”. Meanwhile, Nascer do Sol...
Anzana Plans to Acquire Stake in Burundi-DRC-Rwanda Hydropower Project
Rigzone
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July 2, 2025
Anzana Electric Group has signed a tentative deal with Ruzizi III Holding Power Co. Ltd. (RHPCL) to acquire up to 10 percent in a hydroelectric project that would serve Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. The agreement...
Opinion: UK Armed Forces in Disarray?
I News Cayman
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July 4, 2025
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The glimmer of hope for the bedeviled UK armed forces from an increased budget and expanded public attention from the Ukraine conflict has fallen on the hard and stony ground of hierarchical incompetence. First came...
Mwisho Mhango’s brace guides Malawi’s under-20 to victory over Zimbabwe
Malawi 24
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July 4, 2025
…set to join Hannover 96 after tournament… Malawi’s young football star, Mwisho Mhango, scored a brace that guided Malawi’s Under-20 team to a 2-1 victory over Zimbabwe in their opening Group A match at the COSAFA U20 Men’s Championship. The...
Florida surgeon performs remote prostate cancer surgery using robotic technology across 7,000 miles
The Express Tribune
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June 22, 2025
A Florida-based surgeon has made medical history by remotely performing cancer surgery on a patient located over 7,000 miles away in Angola, Africa. The procedure was the first transcontinental robotic telesurgery conducted under a U.S. Food and...
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Al Jazeera
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June 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump could significantly expand his travel ban list in the next few weeks to include 36 more countries, 26 of which are in Africa, US media reports say, citing internal government documents. With 10 countries...
Sable antelopes grow in a nature reserve in the province of Malanje
Ver Angola
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According to the Kissama Foundation's 2024 Annual Activity Report, which Lusa had access to, in July last year a helicopter campaign was carried out to count, immobilize and mark sables in the RNIL, a protected area in the country, located in the...
Decolonization and the Struggle for Justice: 70 Years of Freedom Charter
The Palestine Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
The Freedom Charter. (Photo: video grab) By Ronnie Kasrils The Freedom Charter of South Africa was born of struggle. It must now be defended and renewed through struggle. The Freedom Charter was adopted in Kliptown on June 26, 1955, seventy years...
African governments need to consider harmonising tax structures
Times Aerospace
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High taxes, inconsistent policies, and reliance on aviation revenues can stifle the development of a competitive and sustainable aviation sector. To foster greater air connectivity, economic growth, and regional integration, it is critical for...
When distant wars hit close to home
International Politics and Society
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July 4, 2025
Africa is breathing a sigh of relief, however fleeting it may be. After two frenzied weeks of airstrikes and missile exchanges, sparked by Israel’s June 13 offensive to cripple Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a fragile ceasefire has emerged. This uneasy...
Paying tribute to Sebastião Salgado
Amateur Photographer
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July 3, 2025
Legendary documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado took amazing photos whatever camera he used. Former AP editor Damien Demolder pays tribute to this hugely influential artist, who drew attention to the injustice and suffering of the world’s...
Can Egypt's New Administrative Capital defy the sceptics?
African Business
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July 4, 2025
Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC), a project that started 10 years ago with the signing of a technical plan, is inching towards completion. Just over an hour’s drive separates Cairo from the new development, a span of time that takes...
U.S.-Africa Business Summit Yields $2.5bn In Deals, Commitments
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 1, 2025
News Investigators/ The United States says the 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit yielded more than 2.5 billion dollars in new deals and commitments between U.S. and African partners. The U.S. Department of State said the summit, which held from...
Breaking down claim bodies of Trump admin deportees washed up in Spain
Snopes
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July 1, 2025
In late June 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that bodies with their hands and feet tied together that washed up on the coasts of Spain's Balearic Islands were people whom the Trump administration deported from the U.S. @karressmarie4444...
Full List: Ecuador ends visa-free transit for Nigeria, Ghana, 43 others
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 21, 2025
Ecuador has announced the immediate cancellation of visa-free airport transit privileges for citizens of 45 countries. Under the new directive, travellers from these countries must now obtain a Visa de Transeúnte (Transit Visa) before passing...
Tabitha Chawinga unveils new Wafcon trophy in Morocco
The Times Group Malawi
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July 4, 2025
OPENING NEW CHAPTER—Tabitha poses with the trophyMalawi National Women’s Football Team captain Tabitha Chawinga represented Malawi at the official unveiling ceremony of the new TotalEnergies Caf Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) trophy in...
Hotel groups Hilton and Marriott announce African expansion plans
Times LIVE
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US hotel chains Hilton and Marriott have announced African expansion drives to tap into the continent's rapid tourism growth. Rising business and leisure travel on the continent has made it increasingly attractive for multinational companies and...
The Freedom Charter at seventy
Politicsweb
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Thursday, 03 July 2025 03/07/25 OPINION The Freedom Charter at seventy Ronnie Kasrils | 03 July 2025 Ronnie Kasrils says the document called for a radically democratic and redistributive order Seventy Years of the Freedom Charter The Freedom...
Namibia in gear to host Region 5 Games
New Era
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The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp says the upcoming Africa Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games, which are scheduled to take place from 4 to 13 July are set to go. The Namibian...