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Solar eclipse 2026: A traveller’s guide to the best places to be when the light goes out
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Contaminated Limpopo River cause for concern in Beitbridge
Southern Eye
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Beitbridge district development co-ordinator, Sikhangezile Mafu Moyo, yesterday published a notice advising the community about the contamination. BEITBRIDGE residents are worried about water in the Limpopo River that has turned green and is...
Droughts emerging as silent global catastrophe: report
Eco-Business
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July 10, 2025
“Drought is a silent killer. It creeps in, drains resources and devastates lives in slow motion,” said Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. “Its scars run deep.” A comprehensive new report released...
Multi-Year Drought Gives Birth to Extremist Violence, Girls Most Vulnerable
Inter Press Service
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July 2, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Biodiversity, Child Labour, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Development & Aid, Disaster Management, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Europe,...
Resources Top 5: West Coast Silver aglow with high-grade results and strong silver price
Stockhead
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July 16, 2025
West Coast Silver is glowing in the light of high-grade results from the Elizabeth Hill project. Pic: Getty Images West Coast Silver clocks 1m at 15,071g/t silver among results from first two diamond holes at Elizabeth Hill A 2000m diamond...
WCE has “exceptional” drilling start
Townsville Bulletin
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July 16, 2025
West Coast Silver clocks 1m at 15,071g/t silver among results from first two diamond holes at Elizabeth Hill A 2000m diamond drilling program underway at EUR's Tanbreez REE project in Greenland LKY poised to take advantage of the US critical...
Desert Bush Walk Battles On
Botswana Gazette
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July 16, 2025
Organisers of this year’s Desert Bush Walk – that beloved charitable hiking event – say the 9th edition will go on in Jwaneng inspite of financial odds, proving that resilience, unity, and community upliftment are still at its heart GOSEGO MOTSUMI...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Media Monitors Network
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July 14, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat. “I commend Senegal for freeing its population...
Competition Law as a Catalyst for Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy an...
Modern Ghana
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“Competition policy is not a luxury or a regulatory nicety. It is an essential underpinning of the market economy. Developing countries need it as much as, or even more than, rich countries, because the risks of market abuses, cronyism, and...
High Jewelry Highlights from Haute Couture
Harper's Bazaar
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July 15, 2025
From nature-inspired brooches at Boucheron to celestial pendants at Dior, couture week in Paris was a glittery affair. In a city with romance entrenched in its bones, unique gems brought fairytales and love stories to life. Below, we've rounded up...
As the world reconfigures, can Africa claim its economic power?
Joy FM
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July 10, 2025
As economic alliances fracture, digital power consolidates, and climate pressures reshape industries, Africa faces a historic question: Will it continue to respond to the world’s agenda, or start defining it? That challenge anchors Africa Unlocked...
Emotive expectations fan unnecessary potato price spikes
Fresh Plaza
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July 9, 2025
It's cold in South Africa, and the craving for high-energy comfort food will promote potato sales. The air fryer environment changed the potato universe, says Willie Jacobs, the CEO of Potatoes South Africa. Everyone who's ever wanted can make...
Health Equity Matters add their voice to calls for global HIV funding
OUTinPerth
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July 16, 2025
The national federation for Australia’s leading HIV and LGBTIQA+ organisations has warned that global progress towards ending HIV transmission is at risk of being undone, following new UN estimates showing millions of deaths and new infections...
Minerva commit to Zim Open Chess tourney
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Branded the Minerva Zimbabwe Open, the tournament is set to take place from August 20 to 24 at Joina City in Harare. THE Zimbabwe Chess Federation (ZCF) has announced the continuation of its partnership with Minerva Risk Advisors, who will sponsor...
Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
BBC
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Tim DoddClimate and science reporter ShareSave Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in...
WAFCON 2024: Zambia Not A Tough Team –Super Falcons Defender, Demehin
Complete Sports
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July 15, 2025
Bro, the Super Falcons, for all their institutional challenges, still command massive respect on this continent. Let’s be fair: even when chaos reigns at the top, these ladies still show up with pride, grit, and undeniable quality. They remain the...
Curated Experiences for the Sophisticated Explorer
Salon Prive Magazine
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July 15, 2025
For those who crave more than typical travel itineraries, the world offers a wealth of curated adventures designed not just to impress, but to inspire. The sophisticated explorer seeks the exceptional and the kind of experiences that blend...
Opinion: Why evangelicals turned their back on PEPFAR
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Florence Makumene, 53, holds her HIV medication and a hospital records book at her home in Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb. 7, 2025. (Aaron Ufumeli/AP) In 2006, Ambassador Mark Dybul, then the United States global AIDS coordinator, visited an orphanage run...
Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini advance digital ID plans
Coingeek
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July 8, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini advance digital ID plans African governments have been making strides in digital transformation, with Nigeria, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa, and Eswatini the latest to launch...
Zimbabweans shine at Southern Africa engineering awards
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
Top engineering minds from across the Southern African region were celebrated for their excellence and leadership at the Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations (Safeo) General Assembly and Awards Ceremony held from July 4 to 5 at...