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Exploring the role of women in supporting democracy: preliminary insights from Senegal, West Africa
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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August 21, 2025
“Senegal is one of Africa’s success stories,” says William Miles, a political science professor at Northeastern. Political scientists Martha Johnson, left, and William Miles, right, pictured with West African Research Center Director Ousmane Sene....
Senegal Knock Nigeria’s D’Tigers Out Of Afrobasket Championship
Naija News
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August 20, 2025
The result came barely a month after Nigeria’s D’Tigresses had beaten Senegal in the women’s final of the competition. This time, the West African rivals got their revenge on the men’s stage. Naija News reports that D’Tigers started brightly,...
45 Countries Nigerians Can Travel To Without A Visa In 2025
Biz Watch Nigeria
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August 21, 2025
The Nigerian passport, ranked 94th globally and 43rd in Africa by the 2025 Henley Passport Index, now gives citizens access to 45 destinations worldwide. While mobility still lags behind European and North American counterparts, Nigerians can...
Senegal and Sudan Advance After Tense Goalless Draw
News Ghana
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August 20, 2025
Both Senegal and Sudan secured their places in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship after playing out a tense goalless draw in Zanzibar. The result confirmed Sudan as Group D winners on goal difference, with the...
Visa-Free policy will double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah
MyJoyOnline
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
Visa-free policy would double Africa’s US$190bn tourism revenue – Julius Debrah
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
Mariam Posset: Art is Powerful Medium for Storytelling, Cultural Expression
This Day
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August 23, 2025
With its location along the coastline, Azalai Hotel, Cotonou, Benin, offers tourists a serene environment to relax and unwind. Hotel Manager, Mariam Posset, speaks on how the hotel promotes tourism, what makes it a safe haven for tourists, among...
Visa-Free policy would double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah
The Herald Ghana
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
The sometimes overlooked plight of internally displaced persons
New African Magazine
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August 22, 2025
Climate change is forcing people to flee their homes. Senegal is not standing idly by in the face of this phenomenon, but it has not escaped criticism. On the edge of the busy motorway leading out of Saint-Louis, in north-western Senegal, lies a...
From Visitor To Visionary: How Photographer Kirth Bobb Found Home In Treasure Beach, Jamaica
Travel Noire
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August 18, 2025
D.C.-based photographer Kirth Bobb vividly remembers the diverse representation he experienced during his childhood in Guyana, from birth to age 13. Reflecting on his move to the U.S., specifically in Maryland’s Prince George’s County, Bobb says...
From Senegal to The Gambia: Imam Bacchus reflects on Slave Trade atrocities
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 17, 2025
Imam Shaykh Safraz Bacchus, center engaged several African children during his 2024 trip to continue his humanitarian work, He distributed school supplies and food hampers. Photo courtesy of Imam Shaykh Safraz Bacchus Guyanese-born Imam Shaykh...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches from Accra, championing a visa-free Africa by 2030
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra from today, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa...
Liberia’s New Tourism Authority Wants a Piece of West Africa’s Multi-Billion Dollar Tourism Sector But Challenges Abound
Front Page Africa
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August 18, 2025
Summary: Liberia launches its first-ever Tourism Authority, aiming to tap into a booming West African tourism market, led by Ghana, despite lacking roads, trained staff, and reliable internet. A new tourism envoy says plans will rebrand Liberia...
Historic road trip across Africa to push for visa-free travel by 2030
Business Day
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August 17, 2025
A bold campaign to break down visa barriers and unite Africa will set off from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025, embarking on a record 40,000-kilometre journey across 39 African countries. The initiative—called the Trans African Tourism & Unity...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches in Accra to champion visa-free Africa by 2030
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 17, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163 day road journey across Africa...
Maranz, David Edwin
NRV News - Virginia
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August 22, 2025
David Edwin Maranz, 95, of Blacksburg, Virginia passed peacefully away on August 18, 2025. He lived with a steadfast anticipation of his heavenly home, where he longed to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” David was born in...
Resetting Agenda for Better Ghana Demands Honest and Informed Leaders and Citizen Mindset Revolution
Modern Ghana
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Our movement towards Ghana Beyond Aid, hence a Promised Land through a Better Ghana Agenda seriously demands, transparent, very honest, well informed, humble, bold, accountable and consensus oriented or building Head of State and associated...
Senegalese artist rides along Dakar beach in solidarity with Gaza
Sabah
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August 12, 2025
In Dakar, the capital of Senegal, performance artist Thierno Gueye staged a powerful demonstration on horseback along the beach to show solidarity with the people of Gaza. Gueye began his performance at Yoff Beach – one of Dakar’s busiest – by...
Bio’s ECOWAS job: It is travel, not leadership
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leoneans are paying the price while their president flies first class across West Africa. Julius Maada Bio’s ECOWAS chairmanship has become less about leadership and more about a tax-funded joyride. While citizens...
Travelling to these countries can put you at risk: CDC issues Level 2 alert for Germany, UK, and others amid rising poliovirus concerns
The Times of India
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August 12, 2025
Federal health officials have issued an urgent warning about polio, a potentially crippling and deadly disease. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland,...