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UHAS, partners launch Continental Nurse Leadership in Oncology programme
Ghana News Agency
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July 7, 2025
By Maxwell Awumah Ho, July 7, GNA – The University of Health and Allied Sciences of Ghana (UHAS) and its partners have evolved a new post graduate certificate programme to advance nurse leadership in Oncology (Cancer care delivery). The partners,...
West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising...
Modern Ghana
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More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
THE EƲES OF GHANA – a short contemporary survey
The Chronicle News Online
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July 7, 2025
The name Eʋe On the outset, note the spelling of the ethnic group, Eʋe and not Ewe. It is for lack of an appropriate letter in English that the spelling, ewe came to be used. Every language is written using its own alphabets, unless the language...
Liberia’s Madam Sirleaf Congratulates, But Cautions Bio, As New ECOWAS Chairman
The News (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Maada Bio Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Maada Bio, ECOWAs Liberia’s Former President Sirleaf Congratulates Bio as New ECOWAS Chairman Abubakar Hashim/ Monrovia Liberia’s Former President Ellen...
What is the role of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in French-speaking Africa?
Global Voices
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July 6, 2025
In light of the death of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on May 28, 2025, many literary fans are reflecting on his influence in French-speaking Africa. How is this author, who wrote first in English and then Kikuyu, his maternal language, regarded...
Up To 17h 05m: The US's 10 Longest Airbus A350-1000 Flights
Simple Flying
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July 7, 2025
Nine airlines currently fly the Airbus A350-1000: Air Caraïbes, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways (I recently flew one on the carrier's inaugural Atlanta service), French bee, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways, and...
Tokyo 2025: Nigeria gets relay boost as foreign stars storm Yabatech
Punch
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July 2, 2025
Nigeria’s hopes of featuring in the relay events at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo have received a timely boost following the announcement of the AFN/Dynamic Athletics Meet scheduled for July 10 at the Yabatech Sports Complex,...
Ecobank Group And Google Cloud Announce Partnership To Accelerate Financial Inclusion And Innovation Across Africa
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) LOME, Togo, July 2, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ecobank ( ), a leading pan-African financial services group, and Google Cloud today announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at transforming financial services with...
From cocoa to cartons: smuggling, survival, and the bullet that didn’t end it
Joy FM
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June 29, 2025
In January 2024, a 25-year-old commercial motorbike rider was allegedly shot and killed by an officer of the Ghana Immigration Service at Honuta during a night patrol at Shia, a border community in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region. The...
Nigeria hosts ITTF West Africa championships July 16
Daily Trust
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Nigeria is set to host the 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships from July 16 to 19 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. The championship will bring together top table tennis talents from across West Africa,...
Which nations are leading the AI race?
Geographical
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June 30, 2025
The applications of AI are numerous and only increase as the technology develops. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath $4.8 trillion. That’s what estimates predict the global AI market will be worth by 2033. As the sector continues to boom, many...
Astral Foods set to begin vaccination program against avian flu
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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July 1, 2025
Following a prolonged but ultimately successful application process, South Africa’s largest poultry company has become the nation’s first to gain official authorization to begin vaccinating its birds against highly pathogenic avian influenza...
South Africa seeks extension of Trump tariff deadline to pursue trade deal
The Citizen
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Johannesburg. South Africa has asked for more time to negotiate a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration before his higher tariff regime goes into effect on July 9, Pretoria's trade ministry said on Tuesday. Trump imposed a...
Urgent Diplomatic Action to Uphold Democratic Principles and...
Modern Ghana
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PETITION To: H.E. John Dramani Mahama President of the Republic of Ghana Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces Cc: H.E. Julius Maada Bio – President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Chairperson of ECOWAS H.E. João Lourenço – President of...
Sese Ntem Named President of Rotary Club of Montecito
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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June 30, 2025
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Credit: CourtesyMONTECITO, California – Sese Ntem, a community leader with over a decade of service experience and a global outlook, will take the helm as president of the...
Fired-up Miledzi calls out Whittaker, eyes Commonwealth glory
Graphic
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June 30, 2025
Ghana’s hard-hitting light heavyweight, Delali Miledzi, has declared his intent to storm the global stage by the end of the year, with a tilt at the Commonwealth title and a dream showdown with Olympic silver medallist Ben Whittaker topping his...
ECOWAS gets a new leader at pivotal time for West Africa
Deutsche Welle
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June 24, 2025
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But, in that short period, the main political and economic body in the region witnessed some of the...
'I earned my professorship' – Professor Edward Dua Agyeman fires back at GTEC
GhanaWeb
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June 28, 2025
The former Board Chairman of the Ghana Audit Service, Edward Dua Agyeman, has formally responded to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) following the Commission’s directive for him to cease using the title "Professor" or face potential...
Moderna announces promising efficacy results from mRNA flu vaccine trial
CIDRAP
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June 30, 2025
African health officials are tracking an encouraging decline in some of the region’s most recent mpox hot spots, including Sierra Leone, which over the past few months has reported a surge that came with spread of the clade 2b virus to some West...
Africa’s path to economic prosperity: From raw deals to real growth
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
Bold policy reforms, strategic infrastructure investment and domestic capital mobilisation can unlock Africa’s economic renaissance. To realise the desired prosperity, HELEN OJI writes on why the time to act is now. From abandoned textile mills in...