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Bafana Gafana edge Guinea in nail-biting clash
Daily News Tanzania
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August 12, 2025
SOUTH AFRICA: A well-executed tactical approach and a clinical performance in front of goal saw South Africa edge past a resilient Guinea 2-1 in an intense Group Stage clash at the Mandela Stadium in the CHAN 2024, with Thabiso Kutumela emerging...
BioMark Diagnostics Establishes African Market Presence Through Strategic Tunisia Healthcare Partnership
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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August 12, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Proof-of-Concept Trial Opens Door to 90+ Million Population Across North Africa and Francophone Markets Article content Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – August 12, 2025) – BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (CSE:...
Agric Minister launches agro-input distribution project under GAFSP in Tamale
Ghana News Agency
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August 28, 2025
By Solomon Gumah Tamale, Aug 28, GNA – Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of Food and Agriculture has officially launched the distribution of agricultural inputs under the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), aimed at boosting food and...
Rayan Ait-Nouri injury update ahead of Man City game against Brighton
Metro
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August 29, 2025
Rayan Ait-Nouri signed for Manchester City from Wolves during the summer transfer window (Picture: Getty) Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of Rayan Ait-Nouri ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game against Brighton. The summer signing...
ECOWAS Moves to Help Curb Drug Abuse, Mental Health Crisis
Liberian Observer
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–spotlights the devastating impact of narcotics on the country’s younger generation and advocates for urgent policy reforms A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has arrived in Monrovia as part of a...
ECOWAS Parliament Launches Anti-Drug, Mental Health Awareness Campaign in Liberia
Point Blank News
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August 6, 2025
46 By Lizzy Chirkpi In a bid to tackle the growing crisis of drug abuse and mental health disorders across West Africa, the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a high-level awareness campaign in...
The world just lost its health report card. Now what?
Vox
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August 5, 2025
When President Donald Trump and Elon Musk fed the US Agency for International Development into the wood chipper earlier this year, one of the lesser-known casualties was the shutdown of an obscure but crucial program that tracked public health...
Rejected Guinean Asylum Seeker Acquitted of Murdering Neighbor Due to Schizophrenia Diagnosis
American Renaissance
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August 3, 2025
A regional court in Potsdam has acquitted a 23-year-old migrant from Guinea of criminal responsibility for the January murder of a young CDU member in Beelitz and a separate knife attack on a woman, ruling that he was suffering from paranoid...
ECOWAS Parliament rallies against drug abuse, mental health crises
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) has intensified its regional campaign against drug abuse and mental health challenges with a fresh awareness drive scheduled for August 4 and 8, in Monrovia,...
Hilton’s Iconic Flagship Brand Debuts In Turin City Centre
Retail & Leisure International
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August 28, 2025
Hilton have announces the opening of Hilton Turin Centre, Hilton’s latest addition under its flagship brand. Perfectly positioned in the historic heart of the Piedmontese capital, the property is well suited for both business and leisure...
Mercedes Mone rejects 32-year-old AEW star’s advances: “I’m on a diet”
Sportskeeda
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August 2, 2025
A budding name from AEW's women's division seemingly wants a shot at Mercedes Mone. The reigning TBS Champion has now seemingly made it clear on social media that she wants nothing to do with the star in question, Queen Aminata. Mercedes Mone has...
How the Next Pandemic Could Emerge from an Aardvark Burrow
Yale E360
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August 28, 2025
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species. In theory, it would take just one of these monkeys to bring Paris to a standstill. Or New York City. Or, for that matter,...
Zoo kills 12 healthy baboons 'it didn't have space to house' before feeding them to predators
Irish Star
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August 2, 2025
A zoo in Germany said it killed 12 baboons and fed them to zoo predators on Tuesday in a rejection of protests from animal protection groups. Seven protestors were detained when, in a last effort to stop the killings, they scaled the zoo wall. The...
Inside Africa Medical Supplier’s RWF 5bn capital markets healthcare bond
CNBC Africa
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July 31, 2025
In a decisive move aimed at transforming the healthcare landscape across the region, Africa Medical Supplier is making headlines by raising 5 billion Rwandan francs through Rwanda’s pioneering healthcare bond. This bond, offering a 13.25% yield,...
12 healthy baboons killed in German zoo due to overcrowding, sparks outrage
Madhyamam
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July 31, 2025
Nuremberg, Germany – The Nuremberg Zoo is facing severe criticism and legal challenges after it euthanised 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in its enclosure, a move that animal rights groups have condemned as inhumane and unnecessary....
Nigeria Records Decline In Lassa Fever Cases, Fatality Rate Remains High — NCDC
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 27, 2025
News Investigators/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in the new Lassa fever cases across the country, but warned that the fatality rate remains alarmingly high. The NCDC via its official website...
Falz announces engagement — months after saying he’d ‘never been…
The Cable Lifestyle
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August 28, 2025
Folarin Falana, the Nigerian rapper better known as Falz, has finally announced his engagement. The 34-year-old singer shared the news on Instagram, while introducing his bride-to-be. He also revealed that their marital journey will begin with an...
NCDC reports decline in Lassa fever cases
Punch
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August 27, 2025
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a decline in the new Lassa fever cases across the country, but warned that the fatality rate remains alarmingly high. The NCDC via its official website said the remark in its...
RFK Jr. Doing Real Good In Operation 'America Go Kill Yourself'
Wonkette - Michigan
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August 27, 2025
Yep, with a new strain of COVID-19 surging through California, the Daily Beast is reporting that Health and Human Services secretary / Epstein’s bone-hunter pal / anti-vax weirdo Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. plans to pull the COVID vaccine off the...
Ending Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Crusade to Protect Girls and Women - Jokpeme Joseph Omode
Alexa.ng
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August 27, 2025
Female Genital Mutilation, the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons, is deeply rooted in cultural beliefs across Nigeria’s 36 states, particularly in the South-West and South-East, where prevalence reaches...