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WAFU B: F’ Eagles strategise to stop rampaging Ivorians in final
Daily Trust
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Nigeria’s U20 boys, the Flying Eagles, know they must be at their best to overcome the formidable Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in today’s Final of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament in Accra, Ghana. The Ivorians have been ruthless in the...
Flying Eagles, Junior Elephants fight for WAFU B U-20 crown today
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 23, 2025
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will today in Accra, Ghana, seek a revenge of sorts when they battle Junior Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire for the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B U-20 title. The game will remind football followers of another epic...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Asks the UN Relief Chief to Meet About Collaborating
Pass Blue
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July 22, 2025
A Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hub. The UN says approximately 900 people have been killed trying to access the militarized sites or other aid avenues. Now, the GHF, as it’s known, is pushing hard on the UN to collaborate on delivering food....
NPP Must Recognize Nkrumah as Ghana’s Sole Founder – A Plus
News Ghana
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July 20, 2025
Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has declared that the New Patriotic Party’s political fortunes will continue declining until it fully acknowledges Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as Ghana’s undisputed founding father. The...
How France and Turkey can renew their ties in a shifting strategic order
Atlantic Council
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July 22, 2025
Sometimes it seems as though there are few points of alignment in Turkey-France relations. In response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and uncertainty over continued US support for European security, several European Union (EU) countries have...
How NATO crushed Africa’s path to freedom
Meer
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July 20, 2025
….there can be no law, if we were to invoke one code of international conduct for those who oppose us, and another for our friends. 1 (President Eisenhower) Introduction The killing of Gaddafi with active support from NATO forces in October 2011...
Beta Glass plans to double down exports in move to earn FX
Business Day
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July 22, 2025
Beta Glass Plc, Nigeria’s largest glass manufacturer, plans to ramp up exports in a bid to earn foreign currency, boost revenue and sustain growing investor confidence. The best performer on Nigeria’s bourse this year has seen its stock surge more...
ECOWAS member States must unite in fighting illicit financial flows — Veep
Ghana News Agency
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July 20, 2025
Accra, July 20, GNA – The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has urged ECOWAS member States to unite in combating Money Laundering (ML), Financing Terrorism (FT) and all Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) to safeguard regional...
The implications of an Igbo kingdom
Business and Financial Times
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July 21, 2025
The youth of Gadangbe in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana are the demanding the immediate deportation of the so-called King of the Igbos in Ghana, Dr. Chuckwudu Jude Ihenetu to Nigeria. Also, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, the youth are...
The grift tank
Africa is a country
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In 2019, the Trump administration suffered a public embarrassment when Mina Chang, a senior appointee in the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, was exposed as a fraud. Chang had fabricated key parts of her...
Ghana’s Strategic Dilemma: Navigating the Fallout of Ukraine’s Alleged Involvement in Sahel Conflicts
Daily Guide
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July 18, 2025
The stability of West Africa faces complexities as diplomatic tensions escalate between Ukraine and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. This rupture stems from controversial statements made in August 2024...
Two drown in Black Volta, four survives as canoe capsizes in...
Modern Ghana
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Two people have drowned in the Black Volta River in yet another tragic canoe accident in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region—an incident authorities and locals say could have been prevented. The victims were among six individuals...
Phillips Connor: “It’s Easy But It’s Deadly”
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 22, 2025
Phillips Connor has visited all 193 countries—his stories mix near-misses, tribal dances, deep wisdom, and zero travel clichés. There’s always that one person at a dinner party who drops a line like “when I was in Somalia…” and actually means it....
France Pulls Its Soldiers Out of West Africa
The New York Sun
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July 22, 2025
As France focuses on Russia as its primary threat, France’s blue, white, and red drapeau tricolore comes down across West Africa. Paris is leaving its former colonies at the mercy of Russian mercenaries and local Islamic terror groups. In quick...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles face Ivorians, target WAFU B U20 Cup
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 22, 2025
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles know they must be at their very best to surmount the challenge of in-form Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Wednesday’s Final match of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament in Accra, Ghana. The Ivorians have taken no...
WAFU B U20 Tourney: Flying Eagles plan rampaging Ivorians’ fall in final
New National Star
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July 22, 2025
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA Nigeria’s U20 boys, the Flying Eagles know they must be at their very best to surmount the challenge of in-form Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Wednesday’s Final match of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament in Accra, Ghana. ...
JNIM Focuses Attacks on Malian Urban, Military Sites
Africa Defense Forum
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July 22, 2025
Al-Qaida-linked terrorists attacked seven Malian military posts July 1 in a series of coordinated, simultaneous early-morning assaults on urban centers and towns. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed that it gained control of three...
Mali court denies bail for Barrick staff as gold mine seizure deepens crisis
Business Insider Africa
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July 22, 2025
The decision was made in the midst of increased tensions following the six-month state management of Barrick's Loulo–Gounkoto gold mining complex by Mali's military junta. According to Alifa Habib Kone, a lawyer for Barrick, the judge found the...
Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism
Institute for Security Studies
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Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism The threat of a terrorist blockade of Mali’s Kayes and Nioro towns would be disastrous for all three countries. Western Mali, bordering Mauritania and Senegal, is increasingly...
Reps step down bill to repeal export prohibition law
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 22, 2025
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, stepped down consideration of a bill seeking to repeal the Export (Prohibition) Act over ambiguities in the committee report presented for adoption. The proposed legislation, which had passed its first and...