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Bridging the gap between teeming youth and skills deficit
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 19, 2025
Africa is a continent of contradictions, sitting between a growing young population, an army of unemployed youths and skill deficits to sustainably power its economy. Stakeholders reckon that the solution lies in connecting those dots, though with...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) And The Government Of Guinea-Bissau Advance Phase II Of Assistive Device Initiative For Children With Disabilities
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, has officially launched Phase II of the ECOWAS Assistive Device Programme for Children with...
UNESCO Adds 26 New World Heritage Sites Highlighting African Heritage and Shared Prehistory
ArchDaily
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August 19, 2025
Xixia Imperial Tombs in China. Image © Rita Willaert via Flikr, unedr license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or...
Apus Energy Drives Offshore Revival In Guinea-Bissau Ahead Of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Silver Partnership
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 1, 2025/APO Group/ -- Apus Energy has joined African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 – taking place in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3 – as a Silver...
MTN Group announces 22.4% increase in service revenue for H1 2025 driven by Nigeria, Ghana, and fintech innovation
Technext
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August 18, 2025
MTN Group has announced impressive financial results for the first half of 2025. The company reported a 22.4% increase in service revenue, driven primarily by strong performances in Nigeria and Ghana. This growth, achieved in constant-currency...
Liberia: Pres. Boakai Urges National Unity, Reconciliation, and Economic Reform in Independence Day Speech
Front Page Africa
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July 26, 2025
President Boakai cited Liberia’s recent election to the United Nations Security Council as a signal of international confidence and a challenge to sustain responsible leadership at home. Monrovia – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has used the...
At Trump’s recent summit, the US talked trade. But West Africa wants security first.
Atlantic Council
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July 21, 2025
While it is still early in the term of the second Donald Trump administration, July has already proven to be another eventful month for both the White House and Congress. For one, the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act coincided with...
Nigerian Army deploys 174 troops for G’Bissau ECOWAS mission
New National Star
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July 21, 2025
BY JENNIFER EZIMAKOR The Nigerian Army has trained and deployed 174 troops for a peacekeeping mission in Guinea Bissau under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission, marking another milestone in Nigeria’s decades-long contribution to regional and...
Nigerian Army trains 173 troops for ECOWAS peacekeeping mission in Guinea Bissau
News Diary Online
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July 21, 2025
The Nigerian Army has trained 174 troops to embark on a crucial peacekeeping mission in Guinea Bissau. The troops of Nigerian Company 4, ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission By Mohammad Tijjani The Nigerian Army has trained 174 troops to embark on...
How China rewired global power at the Changsha summit
Daily Star
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August 18, 2025
The Chinese city Changsha's humid air was thick with summer heat as delegations from not just a few allies or a bloc, but an entire continent congregated there in June, creating history. Presidents, prime ministers, and foreign ministers from 53...
Leeds on verge of agreement to sign incredibly prolific" 50 career-goal star
Football FanCast
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August 18, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your FootballFanCast account Leeds United are in the market for reinforcements at the top end of the field and now know how much they will need to pay for a talented forward who can operate across the front...
Everton transfer experiment fails as problem position remains after Jack Grealish cameo
Liverpool Echo
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August 19, 2025
ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley has covered Everton and Liverpool both in the Premier League and abroad since 2005. He cut his teeth in professional sports journalism at the Ellesmere Port Pioneer and then the Welsh edition of the Daily Post,...
The Flying President: Concerns Regarding Boakai’s Large Delegation for Japan’s TICAD-9
The New Dawn Liberia
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August 17, 2025
By Seltue Robert Karweaye Sr. Liberia and Japan have a strong partnership built on Japan’s significant development assistance. During George Weah’s presidency (2018-2024), Japan focused on infrastructure, food security, and economic growth. Key...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
ECOWAS Chair Seeks Support To Strengthen Regional Peace, Security
Daily Independent
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August 17, 2025
1 The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Government, President Julius Maada Bio, has successfully concluded high-level visits to Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Cape Verde and Senegal. These...
Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...
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...
The African countries offering citizenship to diasporans
Global Voices
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August 17, 2025
Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi led a US congressional delegation to Ghana from July 28 -31, 2019, to commemorate the “Year of Return” and mark 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown,...
President Bio Concludes High-Level Visits to Four African Nations to Enhance Regional Cooperation
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
The President of Sierra Leone and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has successfully completed high-level visits to Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Cape Verde, and Senegal. The high-level visits were notably aimed at reinforcing...
A Hidden Post-Pandemic Decline of Female Health
Brownstone
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August 16, 2025
As women used to live longer than men even during severe famines and epidemics, a continued post-pandemic increase in female mortality and disabilities can’t stay hidden or neglected. During the Covid pandemic in many High-Income Countries,...