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Proclaiming the Word of God Requires Preparation, Reverence: Angolan Catholic Bishop to Lectors
ACI Africa
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January 30, 2025
“A young man with unkempt hair can be a distraction and shows little respect for the Word of God,” he cautioned. The Local Ordinary of Viana continued, “If it is a young woman, she should dress appropriately, avoiding extravagance, because she is...
Top 10 African countries with the most spare money in 2025
Business Insider Africa
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May 13, 2025
In African countries, where economies are frequently susceptible to both internal inefficiencies and external shocks, preserving a healthy general government balance may support long-term development objectives and unlock a multitude of economic...
Top 10 African countries that have received the least aid from the U.S. in 2025 despite USAID ban
Business Insider Africa
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April 8, 2025
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long been a key player in assisting development projects throughout Africa with an emphasis on sectors including health, education, economic growth, and humanitarian aid. However,...
Africans less likely to blame rich nations for climate crisi...
Modern Ghana
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A major opinion survey across Africa shows that many people place primary responsibility for climate action on their national governments. Although the continent has contributed relatively little to global emissions, it is enduring some of the...
RIPE de Camargo urges Rotarians: “Increase membership, expand impact”
Ghana News Agency
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May 12, 2025
By Benjamin Mensah Accra, May 12, GNA-Rotary International President Elect Mário César Martins de Camargo has challenged Rotarians to explore ways to increase the membership of the organisation and expand its impact. Singling out Africa as a...
The Afrobrazilian Artists Forging New Connections Across the Atlantic
ArtReview
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How are Brazilian artists with African heritage using a new visual vocabulary to make space for a more fecund relationship with the continent? In 2022, Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Art put out a call for works on and about important Black figures in...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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May 6, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Portuguese state recognizes difficulties faced by teachers in Portuguese schools abroad
Ver Angola
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When asked by Lusa about the conditions that teachers at these schools consider "absolutely essential" to survive the cost of living in the countries where they work, the Portuguese Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation said that it has...
Ado Wanka: Corporate industry guru
Daily Trust
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May 10, 2025
Alhaji Ado Yakubu Wanka was a business and industry guru whose career traversed the corporate world, especially in Nigeria. Noted for his experience and professionalism, Wanka was a seasoned banker with over 30 years of managerial experience...
Akwa Ibom governor to receive top governance award in Ghana
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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May 8, 2025
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State is set to be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) in Governance and Public Service by the Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) of Ghana. The announcement, made on Tuesday, 6...
Gov Eno to Receive Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize in Governance, Public Service
This Day
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May 8, 2025
The Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) has announced that the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, will be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) in Governance and Public Service. A...
Friday TV Choice: Martin Clunes’ Islands of the Atlantic (ITV1, 9pm)
The News Letter
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May 1, 2025
Martin Clunes is living the dream. Two-and-a-half years on from hanging up Doc Martin’s stethoscope, the Wimbledon-born actor has been able to pick and choose his acting roles (most recently the ITV drama Out There), in between seeing the world...
Who Do Africans Trust Most? Surveys Show It’s Not The State (more Likely Th
The Nigerian Voice
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A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and...
These Are Visa-Free Countries for UK Passport Holders in 2025
Tempo.co
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January 14, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - This 2025, the British are sure to have a world full of vibrant experiences. Thanks to the power of the British passport, Brits enjoy the freedom to travel the world with minimal red tape. According to the Henley Passport...
What Trump’s proposed travel bans mean for flying, international students
Daily Orange - New York
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May 1, 2025
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. A draft travel ban created by President Donald Trump’s Administration would restrict or ban citizens of 43 new countries from entering the United States....
Lexicon of the Portuguese language grows, Brazil and PALOP drive it
Portugal Pulse
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May 3, 2025
Periodic additions are made to Portuguese dictionaries, typically featuring new terms, as explained by a linguist from Priberam. Although many of these words originate from Brazil, due to both the size of the Brazilian community in Portugal and...
Teachers at the Portuguese School in Luanda on strike criticise the silence of the Portuguese Government
Ver Angola
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"No to division, yes to unity", "without teachers there is no education", "equity for all EPL teachers", "by fighting we are also teaching" were the phrases printed on the posters displayed by teachers at the entrance to EPL. Teachers from the...
The Assembly, Louis Theroux and Genius Game: TV highlights this week
Yorkshire Post
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April 25, 2025
Here are some of the television highlights from tomorrow, Saturday, April 26, including The Assembly, Louis Theroux and Genius Game. The Assembly (Saturday 26/04/25, ITV1, 10pm) Take your mind back to early April last year when, during Autism...
Alex Crawford looks back at the Yazidi genocide of 2014
The Guardian
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May 2, 2025
Ten Years of Darkness: Isis and the Yazidis 8pm, Sky Documentaries “Al-Hawl [refugee camp] is probably one of the scariest places in the world right now,” says Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford. “It is packed full of Isis sympathisers...
Martin Clunes: Islands of the Atlantic — release date, exclusive interview, trailer, episode guide and everything we know
What to Watch
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April 24, 2025
Martin Clunes: Islands of the Atlantic sees the actor explore some of the settlements across the 30 million square miles of the Atlantic Ocean. After his previous travels to Isles in the Pacific, Australia and America, the three-part show, airing...