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Agreement to host AUSC Region 4 Secretariat
Daily News Tanzania
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August 20, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: The Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports of Tanzania, Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi, together with Uganda’s Minister of Sports, Ongwang Peter, have signed a hosting agreement for the Secretariat of the African Union Sports...
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...
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Capital Ethiopia
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August 17, 2025
DESCRIPTION: Provision of Overland (cross-border) Transport Services from Djibouti to Ethiopia CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOIs: 22 August 2025, 12:00 hrs REFERENCE: EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-08 The United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia (WFP...
Kenya: Police bust illegal electricity ring fuelling khat farms
ESI Africa
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August 20, 2025
Kenya Power and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have uncovered a vast illegal electricity network in Meru County that was secretly powering dozens of boreholes on local miraa farms. Miraa is another name for khat, a shrub whose...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on returning Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
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...
On Seeing the Future Too Clearly
CounterPunch
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August 20, 2025
Image by Mathieu Stern. I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counselor in Vermont. She was headed for U.C. Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it,...
AMECEA Members Agree on Creation of Diocesan Crisis Management Teams to Address Communication Delays
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
He gave the example of how the Vatican covered the illness of Pope Francis as one of the best ways to handle crisis communication, saying, “It was very efficient.” He emphasized the need for the Church operating in a digital environment to be...
CDC Raises Polio Alert To Level 2 For Dozens Of Countries
Travel Noire
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August 19, 2025
In early August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its polio warning to an increased level that travelers should be mindful of. The CDC changed its polio warning to “Level 2,” which urges travelers to “practice enhanced...
Japan’s defense minister visits Turkey for talks on defense cooperation, drones
Kathimerini
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August 19, 2025
A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defense & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. [Umit Bektas/Reuters] Japan’s defense minister will hold talks in Turkey on Tuesday on defense industry...
The Pain of Repeating 'We Told You So'
Common Dreams
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August 19, 2025
I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counselor in Vermont. She was headed for UC Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it, “major in history and...
Opinion: The American car industry can’t go on like this
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Ford F-150 trucks are assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant in 2024 in Dearborn, Mich. (Carlos Osorio/AP) Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley commuted in a car that wasn’t made by his own company. In an effort to scope out the competition, Farley spent...
Japan’s Defence Minister visits Turkey for talks on defence cooperation, drones, says source
The Straits Times
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August 19, 2025
ANKARA – Japan’s Defence Minister will hold talks in Turkey on Aug 19 on defence industry cooperation, including the possible supply of Turkish-made drones, as Tokyo expands the role of unmanned systems in its armed forces, a diplomatic source...
What’s in store for Africa?: Russia’s policy strategies
Business and Financial Times
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August 19, 2025
By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂH For African countries, more and more diverse economic opportunities have opened up primarily due to the changing geopolitical dynamics around the world today. These changes are obviously influencing Africa’s development...
Japan’s Defense Minister Discusses Military Cooperation, Drones on Turkey Visit
Algemeiner Journal
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August 19, 2025
Japan’s defense minister discussed defense industry cooperation and possible purchases of Turkish-made drones during a visit to Ankara on Tuesday, as Tokyo expands the role of unmanned systems in its armed forces. Gen Nakatani is the first...
For Once in Our Lives
TomDispatch
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August 19, 2025
I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counselor in Vermont. She was headed for U.C. Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it, “major in history and...
Bandaru Wilsonbabu appointed as India’s next ambassador to Turkmenistan
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday announced that Bandaru Wilsonbabu (IFS:2004), presently Ambassador of India to Madagascar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan. "He is...
Foreign ministers of 31 Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Cooperation Council for Arab States secretaries-general condemn Israeli PM's 'Greater Israel' statements
Qatar Tribune
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August 15, 2025
DOHA: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Chad, the United Republic of the Comoros,...
Turkish, Japanese defense ministers discuss cooperation
Sabah
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August 19, 2025
Seeking to build on their longstanding relations, Türkiye and Japan eye cooperation on defense. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met his Turkish counterpart, Yaşar Güler, in Ankara on Tuesday for talks on defense industry cooperation,...
Geopolitics throttles East African aviation
Independent (Uganda)
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August 19, 2025
A Gemini-generated image depicting how geopolitics has choked East African aviation How regional disputes create the perfect storm for regional airlines ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | East African skies are open, but the politics on the ground are...