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Recipients of 2025-26 UAE mental health journalism fellowships announced
The National News
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Nour Ibrahim, a social media journalist at The National, and Ghenwa Yehia, a regular contributor to Khaleej Times wknd magazine, have been awarded Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism in the UAE. The fellowship programme seeks...
‘Zero-cost’ campaign boosts tourism to Comoros
Campaign Middle East
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November 13, 2024
VICE Arabia’s campaign for VisitComoros.org featuring edited screenshots of weather reports from the Comoros Islands. Dubai-based creative agency VICE Arabia developed a campaign this summer to drive tourism to the Comoros Islands for its client...
Smugglers sank boat and fled, says Comoros tragedy survivor
Modern Ghana
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A survivor from the capsizing of a migrant boat that claimed 25 lives off the Comoros told AFP Tuesday that smugglers sank the vessel and fled on a speedboat. Authorities in the Indian Ocean nation have opened an investigation into the sinking...
Smugglers sank boat and fled, says survivor of Comoros tragedy
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Smugglers sank boat and fled, says survivor of Comoros tragedy MORONI, Comoros, Nov 5, 2024 (AFP) - A teenager among a handful of survivors from the capsizing of a migrant boat that claimed 25 lives off the Comoros told AFP Tuesday that smugglers...
Ibrahim Index Tracks Rising Authoritarian Governance, Declining Security in Africa
Africa Defense Forum
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November 12, 2024
ADF STAFF Overall governance and security was worse in 2023 than it was a decade earlier for most of Africa’s population. That is according to the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), which found the rise in junta-led governments may...
25 Persons Dead As Migrants Boat Conveying Africans Capsizes In Comoros Island
Sahara Reporters
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No fewer than 25 people lost their lives after a boat driven by alleged traffickers capsized on the Comoros islands. This was announced by the United Nations' migration agency IOM on Monday, saying this was the third such incident in three months....
Dubai airport tests new screening tools to keep liquids and laptops in bags
The National News
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Removing liquids exceeding 100 millimetres and laptops from hand luggage at Dubai International Airport may soon become a thing of the past amid trials of new technology for faster security checks. DXB is testing new screening equipment and...
Former AFCON champions Ghana bow out as minnows Comoros qual...
Modern Ghana
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Leicester City striker Jordan Ayew scored for Ghana in a 1-1 draw with Angola on Friday, but could not prevent the four-time champions becoming the biggest casualties of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. While Ghana were eliminated, minnows...
Former Afcon champions Ghana bow out as minnows Comoros qualify
The Namibian
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November 15, 2024
Leicester City striker Jordan Ayew scored for Ghana in a 1-1 draw with Angola on Friday, but could not prevent the four-time champions becoming the biggest casualties of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. While Ghana were eliminated, minnows...
Scorpions gaffer Mckinstry briefs media today ahead of Comoros clash
The Point
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#Sports Nov 7, 2024, 10:32 AM | Article By: Lamin Darboe Head Coach of The Gambia senior national team Jonathan Mckinstry will today, Thursday, 7 November 2024 brief the media ahead of his side’s 2025 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations qualifier...
UNIDO official says African nations should harness innovations to accelerate industrial growth
MENAFN
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November 6, 2024
(MENAFN) African nations should harness innovations and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to accelerate industrial growth and address key challenges like poverty, unemployment, and inequality, according to a United...
UNIDO eyes innovation to accelerate industrial growth in Africa
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- African countries should leverage innovations and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence to hasten industrial growth, as well as tackle poverty, unemployment and inequality, a United Nations Industrial...
Gujarat court arrests shadow aframax bound for the breakers
Splash 247
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August 5, 2025
A shadow aframax tanker sold for scrap earlier this year has been arrested in India following a failed transaction and claims by the buyer that the vessel was sanctioned and misrepresented at the time of sale. The Gujarat High Court has ordered...
Top 10 most degraded African governments in the last decade
Business Insider Africa
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October 31, 2024
The dynamic character of governments across the African continent was highlighted in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), which assesses governance performance in each African country over the latest available ten-year period. This...
Melhores Casas De Apostas Esportivas No Brasil
Latestly
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August 1, 2025
Após análise minuciosa do mercado brasileiro, posso afirmar que as melhores casas de apostas revolucionaram completamente o cenário esportivo nacional! As melhores casas de apostas como Coin Casino lideram com inovação blockchain, oferecendo...
AFRIMA partners stakeholders to actualize AU’s vision on creative economy
Vanguard
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October 19, 2024
By Benjamin Njoku As one of the institutions championing positive change in the global entertainment industry, All Africa Music Awards,AFRIMA, has reaffirmed its commitment to the growth of Africa’s creative economy by partnering critical...
Conservationists turn to art to protect wildlife
Independent (Uganda)
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October 28, 2024
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENDENT | Conservationists from different African countries have converged in Jinja City to brainstorm on the various forms of art that are key to defending the rights of wild animals. Conservationists say that several...
How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Drug Development
BioPharma Dive
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Independence Stadium pitch fails to meet CAF requirements to host Gambia, Comoros clash
The Point
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According to Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), they received a letter from CAF dated 24th October 2024 and the subsequent visit by CAF stadium facilities inspector. The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) recently communicated a formal letter that...
Russia, the New Frontier for African Tourism
The News Chronicle
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July 28, 2025
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to implement ‘visa-free regime’ with all African countries, but too much symbolism has characterized its policy towards Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the ‘visa-free regime’ for Africa aimed...