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Philippines Grants Visa-Free Entry To Indians: Check Full List Of Visa-Free Countries You Can Visit
News18
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August 6, 2025
Last Updated:August 06, 2025, 16:07 IST Countries that offer visa-free access to Indian passport holders allow them to travel without the need to apply for visa in advance, making the journey more convenient Here’s a look at the list of visa-free...
President Tinubu, 2027 and Buhari’s sad death
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 5, 2025
As if blessed with clairvoyance or possibly having a premonition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s imminent death, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, seemed to have stirred up the debate around the former...
Julius Malema warns that Trump poses a danger to global stability
IOL
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The EFF leader Julius Malema has warned that US President Donald Trump and his policies is a danger to the world and should be removed from power. Malema was addressing the party’s third Central Command Team (CCT) meeting in Bela Bela, Limpopo on...
Rwanda accepts 250 U.S.-deported migrants
United Press International (UPI)
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Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Rwanda on Tuesday agreed to accept hundreds of U.S.-deported migrants as part of a broad effort by the Trump administration to get African nations to take in deportees. "Rwanda has agreed with the United States to accept up to 250...
President Bio Urges Stronger ECOWAS Relations with the Alliance of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger)
Sierraloaded
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August 5, 2025
Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Julius Maada Bio, has called for enhanced collaboration between ECOWAS and the AES countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The appeal was made during a courtesy visit...
Pakistani Man Accused of Masquerading as Diplomat to Defraud Gambians
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 22, 2025
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A Pakistani national who allegedly posed as a diplomat and used fake credentials to defraud Gambians has been arraigned before the Banjul Magistrates’ Court, facing seven serious criminal charges that span years of...
Love Island 2025 cast: Full line-up of confirmed contestants and bombshells
Radio Times
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Whoever wins tonight will be following in the footsteps of reigning champs Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan. As we wait to see how things unfold, read on to learn more about the Love Island 2025 remaining Islanders and those who have since been...
Visa-Free Entry: 44 Countries Lebanese Passport-Holders Can Travel To Hassle-Free
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Want to travel to the chilly mountains of Georgia or roam amongst Rwanda's impeccable wildlife? Lebanese passport-holders can do it all as citizens of the Middle Eastern country can now travel to 44 nations across the...
Liberia’s Kairos Moment: A Divine Opportunity on the Global Stage
Front Page Africa
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July 23, 2025
Divine communication often comes in subtle, coded moments that require spiritual discernment. On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, one such moment unfolded at the White House when U.S. President Donald Trump hosted five African nations—Gabon,...
DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” Penick mused. “What would our experiences be?” A...
Notice to ECOWAS citizens: The Brown Card goes digital
Sene News
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August 5, 2025
In Dakar, from August 5th to 8th, 2025, a strategic turning point is taking place around the ECOWAS Brown Card, the mandatory car insurance mechanism for cross-border travel within the community space. Faced with its current limitations, regional...
Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Explained
Washington Monthly
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August 4, 2025
Third-country deportations to poor African nations and especially to failed states are just inhumane. But Trump is using the continent as a “dumping ground” for migrant criminals he seeks to deport. Already, he has sent migrant criminals to...
Sahel governance forum: What is the problem in the Sahel?
The Standard Gambia
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August 4, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh The core Sahel countries are Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mauritania. As the UN convenes what it calls the Sahel Governance Forum in The Gambia, four of these core Sahel countries are under military rule,...
BAWKU oooooooo! BAWKU!
Modern Ghana
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Since the resurgence of the Bawku conflict in recent years, the silence has been deafening, and the consequences devastating. Lives have been lost, families displaced, and economic activities halted in one of Ghana's most historically vibrant and...
Pharaohs deserve a global stage
The National News
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The 2010 African Cup of Nations ought to carry a disclaimer. "Any resemblance between the Angola tournament and the World Cup in June is entirely coincidental," it would read. Certainly, South Africa, watching from a distance, have been anxious to...
Ghana’s ECOWAS Parliament delegation approved with last-minute changes
Ghana News Agency
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July 22, 2025
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, July 22, GNA- Parliament has approved the composition of Ghana’s Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament delegation with some last-minute amendments to ensure compliance with the 30 per cent female...
After Pakistan and Israel, Cambodia offers Nobel nomination to Trump: How does it work?
The Indian Express
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August 3, 2025
Claiming that US President Donald Trump had “ended conflicts”, including those between India and Pakistan, and Thailand and Cambodia, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said it was “well past time” that he was awarded the Nobel Peace...
Ecowas at 50 – Enough talk, time for action!
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By Abou Kalley Fifty years. Half a century. And yet, for millions of West Africans, Ecowas still feels like a distant acronym. I was reminded of this truth on Friday, 25th July, when I had the honour of attending the 50th...
When a Dutch Drug Kingpin Needed a New Base, Sierra Leone Welcomed Him With Open Arms
New Lines Magazine
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July 28, 2025
It was just after 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, 2023, when Hussein Fawaz joined the growing line outside Scarlet, an exclusive nightclub at a seaside resort in Freetown. The evening air was warm and humid, and the crowd at the entrance was growing...
Countries Where Ghanaian Passport Holders Can Travel Without a Visa in August 2025
Ghlagatin
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August 2, 2025
The number of visa free countries for Ghanaian passport holders have increased. The ministry of Foreign Affairs recently added five new countries to this. This is according to a report by GhanaWeb. As of 1st August, 2025, Ghanaian passport holders...