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Call for Applications: Africa-Europe Youth Awards Scheme
Informative
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August 20, 2025
Deadline: 01-Sep-2025 The Africa-Europe Foundation (AEF) is launching a special Youth Awards Scheme and invites youth-led organizations from Africa and Europe to showcase and amplify the contributions of young people in shaping the Africa-Europe...
East Africa’s Golf spirit shines at UGC ladies open 2025
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
The recently concluded Uganda Golf Club Ladies Open 2025 in Kitante brought together professional and amateur golfers from across East Africa, highlighting the sport’s growing appeal in the region. Speaking at the event, Windsor Golf Hotel &...
AUS vs SA 1st ODI 2025: Australian Leg-Spinner Adam Zampa Reprimanded for ICC Code of Conduct Breach During First Match Against South Africa
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
Mumbai, August 20: Australia’s leg-spinner Adam Zampa has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first ODI against South Africa. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday that Zampa was found guilty of...
Springboks legend demands ‘culture’ of diving is eradicated in wake of Wallabies star’s ‘gamesmanship’
Planet Rugby
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August 20, 2025
Former Springboks captain Jean de Villiers is worried rugby is “becoming like football” with the simulation that is creeping into the game. De Villiers’ comments were prompted by fellow South African Schalk Burger, who discussed the recent British...
2Baba’s “African Queen” ranked best Afrobeats song of all time
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 20, 2025
Entertainment magazine and global music chart publisher, Billboard, has ranked Nigeria’s 2Face Idibia’s first solo single, “African Queen”, as the greatest Afrobeat song of all time. The list that includes 50 other Afrobeats songs was created to...
South Africa Spinner Keshav Maharaj Reclaims Top Spot in ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings 2025
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
Mumbai, August 20: South Africa’s veteran left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj has reclaimed the number one spot in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings following his match-winning performance in the opening game of the three-match series against...
80 years after victory: War that forged Sino-Africa ties
Daily News Tanzania
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August 20, 2025
ON a historic day at Tanzania’s National Museum, dignitaries, diplomats and citizens gathered to mark the 80th anniversary of a defining chapter in world history, the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, part of the global...
How Allirajah Subaskaran Uses Sports to Bridge Communities and Cultures
London Post
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August 20, 2025
When Allirajah Subaskaran bought the Jaffna Kings cricket team in September 2021, he wasn’t just acquiring a sports franchise. He was investing in northern Sri Lanka—the same region his family had fled during the ethnic conflict decades earlier....
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to...
World News | Moscow to Spotlight BRICS Cultures Through Documentary Film Night
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
Moscow [Russia], August 20 (ANI): The All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature named after MI Rudomino is set to transform into a hub of global storytelling as it hosts the third annual All-Russian Film Night on 23 August. The cultural...
‘You’ve won nothing’: How World Cup-winning Wallabies silenced South Africa in 1992
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 20, 2025
The last time the Wallabies won at Cape Town, in 1992, captain Nick Farr-Jones and his World Cup-winning squad played in a country filled with tension. The Springboks had been officially isolated from Test rugby for eight years due to the nation’s...
Cultural crackdown: Trump slams US museums for focus on 'how bad slavery was'
RTL Today
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August 20, 2025
President Trump has escalated his culture war by accusing US museums of being 'too woke' for focusing on the horrors of slavery and not enough on America's 'achievements'. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized top museums for their...
SECAM Official Lauds Catholic Bishops in Eastern Africa for Embracing Innovation
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
He expressed hope that the newly launched AMECEA communication policy 2025-2035 and mobile application would bear abundant fruits for the Church and society across Eastern Africa and beyond. According to AMECEA, the 10-year policy document “sets a...
Echoes of Peace: Kenya and China commemorate WWII anniversary with cultural exchange
IOL
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August 20, 2025
Dinah Matengo|Published 37 minutes ago 2min The “Echoes of Peace” cultural exchange event, organised by China Media Group (CMG), was held on August 19 at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi. Over 200 attendees from the Kenyan government,...
Health Taxes: Africa’s Strategic Weapon Against Preventable Diseases, Economic Decline
Daily Independent
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August 20, 2025
1 LAGOS – With noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) surging and traditional sources of health financing dwindling, a new policy brief released recently has offered a bold and evidence-backed solution that could reshape the continent’s future. Vital...
Catholic Sisters at Recent G20 Interfaith Forum in South Africa Thankful for Opportunity to Contribute to Global Issues
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
She emphasized that when efforts to address poverty and hunger are entrusted to religious leaders, those interventions would be more likely to reach the people directly and have a meaningful impact, particularly at the household level. “When you...
Catholic Activists Petition Kenyan Government to Revoke Christian Religious Book Promoting Contraception
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
“CRE is supposed to guide students in morals and faith not to introduce them to contraception methods,” Ms. Kioko says, and warns, “If nothing is done, we’ll be teaching our teens population control as if it were gospel.” The presence of the...
I ditched the UK for an underrated African country - it's just as safe and I live in a huge house with a swimming pool, but there's one thing we always miss about England
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
A woman who ditched the UK to move to Zimbabwe has revealed the one thing she misses about living in England - despite living it up with a huge house and pool. Natalie Furk, from Leicester, moved to Zimbabwe in March 2024 with her husband James...
Revolutionary Digital App to Link Over 60 Catholic Radios in Eastern Africa
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
AMECEA’s Secretary General, Fr. Anthony Makunde reiterated Fr. Kaufa’s sentiments, noting that the digital radio app, just like the 10-year communication policy also unveiled on August 18, is an attempt by AMECEA to “harmonize” evangelization...
Tadej, Africa Awaits: A Call for Cycling’s Greats to Embrace Rwanda 2025
PezCycling News
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August 20, 2025
“Pogi,” let’s hear from you. Throw down the gauntlet. With your dominant Tour victory still prominent in our consciousness, send a message — one of confidence to your rivals, to cycling fans, and to the UCI, and of love to the nation of Rwanda,...