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France Deploys Strike Fighters Near Sudan as French-Backed Militias Lose Ground
Military Watch
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August 26, 2025
The French Air Force has deployed Mirage 2000D RMV strike fighters to an air base in Djibouti, fuelling considerable speculation regarding the possible reason for this surge in the country’s offensive aerial warfare capabilities in East Africa....
Qatar set to meet Bahrain in friendly with eye on World Cup play-off preparations
The Peninsula
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September 3, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Qatar are set to face Bahrain in a friendly today, with head coach Julen Lopetegui closely monitoring his squad ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian play-offs. The Asian champions held a brief camp at Education City Stadium...
GOP Lawmakers Urge State Department to Issue Separate Travel Advisory for Somaliland to Counter China’s Influence in Africa
[your]NEWS
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September 3, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna Republican leaders in Congress are pressing the Biden administration to take what they call a small but strategic step with major geopolitical consequences: recognizing Somaliland’s unique stability and democratic governance by...
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Preview: Qatar vs Bahrain - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole
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Sports Mole previews Wednesday's International Friendlies clash between Qatar and Bahrain, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Qatar and Bahrain will face off in an international friendly at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on...
VAR in football: How technology is changing the game in football
The Standard
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Mohamed Houssein Ali CAF/FIFA Fitness coach, Djibouti, during referee Open day at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on August 26, 2025 ahead of CHAN 2024 final. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Over the past decade, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has...
Zimbabwe advances $533 million railway deal with China
New Zimbabwe
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September 2, 2025
Report Focus News Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa met China Railway International Group executives Tuesday to finalise a $533 million infrastructure deal aimed at revitalizing the southern African nation’s deteriorating rail network. The...
Exclusive: House China Committee Chairs Urge State Dept. to Distinguish Somaliland, Strengthen U.S. Ties and Counter Chinese Influence
Breitbart
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September 2, 2025
Republican chairmen of two key House committees dedicated to confronting the Chinese Communist Party are urging the State Department to issue a separate travel advisory for Somaliland, arguing that distinguishing it from Somalia would recognize...
How Govt Intends to Control Miraa Supply
Kenyans.co.ke
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September 2, 2025
The Ministry of Cooperatives has announced plans to establish specialised cooperatives to improve Miraa supply across the country. According to Patrick Kilemi, the Principal Secretary of the State Department of Cooperatives, these new cooperatives...
Gebrehiwot Baykedagn Biography the warning Ethiopia ignored
Zehabesha
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September 2, 2025
gebrehiwot baykedagn (c. 1910s) Who was Gebrehiwot Baykedagn, and why does his short life still worry us today? Born near Adwa, Tigray, he rose from hardship to become an Ethiopian doctor, economist, and intellectual. In a country facing famine,...
Where Was the Lost Kingdom of Punt? New Clues Point to the Horn of Africa
Explorersweb
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September 2, 2025
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs, including the famous Hatshepsut, sent sea voyages to trade with the distant kingdom of Punt. Centuries of ancient explorers like Hannu and Nehsi voyaged to Punt, bringing back golden riches, spices, incense, ebony,...
No countries for old men — Africa’s problem with geriatric leaders
Daily Maverick
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September 2, 2025
About two thousand years ago, Pliny the Elder famously pronounced “ex Africa semper aliquid novi” — “there is always something new out of Africa”. Nowadays, that great Roman author, naturalist and military commander would be more likely to say,...
Unlocking Africa’s potential through foreign direct investment to escape the middle-income trap
Daily Maverick
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September 2, 2025
In the early stages of development, economic growth is largely driven by the contribution of labour. After that, capital and eventually technology increase in relative importance. This happened with the Asian Tigers and China when they were poor,...
Uganda: IGAD’s firewall against future pandemics
Independent (Uganda)
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September 2, 2025
Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, the Executive Secretary of IGAD (waving green flag) and Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (waving Uganda flag) flag off an assortment of vehicles, motorcycles and other supplies donated to Uganda’s Ministry of Health shortly after the...
Towering Police thrash Garde Cotes in CECAFA Kagame Cup debut
Citizen TV Kenya
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September 2, 2025
Hillary Simiyu (left) joins Alex Masinde to celebrate the latter’s goal during their FKF Cup game against Kenya Police at Kenya Police FC stadiums on April 4, 2023. (Photo/Sportpicha) Audio By Vocalize Kenya Police FC announced their arrival at...
Somaliland vs. Republic of Somalia
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
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September 2, 2025
September 2, 2025 The Honorable Marco Rubio United States Secretary of State Department of State 2201 C Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Secretary Rubio: We are writing to request that the Department of State distinguish Somaliland...
African nations, U.S. visa waiver exclusion, and China’s selective openness: a crisis of travel inequality
Business Insider Africa
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September 2, 2025
Despite ongoing reforms in border security, biometric systems, and diplomatic lobbying, African states remain shut out of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, which now covers 42 countries primarily in Europe, Asia, and South America, while China’s...
Kagame Cup starts today, Cecafa partners with Times FM
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The stage is set, the countdown is over, and the thrill of regional football is back. The CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025 officially kicks off today in Dar es Salaam, with Times FM, Tanzania’s only 24-hour sports radio station, making...
Countering Shadow Fleet Activity through Flag State Reform
Royal United Services Institute
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September 1, 2025
Although the term ‘shadow fleet’ has gained prominence in recent years due to Russia’s use of old, poorly maintained and opaquely owned tankers to sustain its oil exports in the face of sanctions, the underlying tactics used by these fleets are...
UK passport holders urged to do 10 minute check or risk being denied flight
Chronicle Live
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September 2, 2025
Annabal Bagdi Senior reporter 15:10, 02 Sep 2025 An urgent alert has been sent out to British passport holders. Certain UK passport holders have been contacted with a vital communication from HM Passport Office. The alert is emphasising to...
Kenya More Peaceful Than the United States, Study Finds
Kenyans.co.ke
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September 2, 2025
Kenya has been ranked as a more peaceful country than the United States, according to a new global study. The 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), published by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), places Kenya at 127th globally, just ahead of the...