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NPA Berths First Wholly Nigeria-Owned Container Vessel
News Diary Online
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July 4, 2025
In a landmark achievement in the Nigerian Maritime sector, the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has berthed the first wholly Nigerian-owned container vessel on Wednesday, July 2nd 2025. The container vessel with International Maritime Organization...
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
Royal Air Maroc Expands Munich Airport’s Route Network to Africa
Rus Tourism News
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July 4, 2025
Morocco’s national carrier is returning to Munich Airport: From October 20, 2025, Royal Air Maroc will resume its nonstop service between Munich and Casablanca. The route had been part of the airline’s schedule for many years until the pandemic,...
Sports Minister officially opens second edition of African Air-Badminton Championship
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Rihana Adam Accra, July 4, GNA – Mr Kofi Iddie Adams, the Minister of Sports and Recreation, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, officially opened the second edition of the African AirBadminton Championship held at the Laboma Beach Resort. The event...
WAFCON: Tribute To The Founding Fathers, By Harry Awurumibe
Prompt News Online
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July 4, 2025
Twenty-four hours to the kick-off of the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), formerly known as the African Women Championship (AWC), the entire African continent, especially ardent followers of women’s game in particular owe a huge...
UAE claim Sri Lanka scalp to move closer to Rugby World Cup play-off
The National News
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The UAE have done their bit, and in some style, too, with a 29-21 victory in Sri Lanka. Now they need Hong Kong to do them a favour on Saturday, and their Rugby World Cup qualification adventure will continue. Jack Stapley scored two tries, and...
How good is Ousmane Diomande? The defender set to break Crystal Palace's transfer record
Transfermarkt - UK
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July 4, 2025
Set to sign? ©IMAGO The unrivalled spending power of the Premier League is beyond doubt in European football. Not only has the English top-flight already surpassed €1 billion in spending in this summer off-season, but even the division’s mid-table...
Experts and producers meet to tackle Africa's most devastating banana diseases
Fresh Plaza
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July 4, 2025
In a context where bananas are an economic pillar and a vital component for the food security and cultural identity of many African regions, more than 100 specialists, authorities, producers, and international organizations participated in a...
Ivory Coast youth, a giant majority, await their turn in politics
African Insider
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June 26, 2025
Abidjan – As Ivory Coast heads for presidential elections this year, the heaviest hitters remain two octogenarians who have dominated its politics for decades – but three in four citizens in the African dynamo are under 35. At age 83, President...
African Union court rejects comeback bids for Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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June 27, 2025
The African Union’s human rights court on Thursday rejected a petition by Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, who argued his rights were violated by a criminal conviction that is blocking his comeback bid. The court, known as the African...
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire formalise cross-border electricity project with MoU signing
GhanaWeb
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June 27, 2025
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have taken major steps toward the implementation of their 330kV interconnection project with the official adoption and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish two key governance structures. According to...
Alex Berger, Producer of Legendary French Series ‘The Bureau,’ on Putting His Money Where His Mouth Was on the Ivory Coast Shoot of Arte’s Ambitious Arte Series ‘Eldorado’
Variety
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June 27, 2025
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Producer Alex Berger of “The Bureau” and “La Maison” fame, delivered a rousing keynote speech on the Thursday opening day of the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA) in Abidjan, drilling down on “Eldorado,”one...
Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea begin field work for final border demarcation
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea have launched a field data collection operation as part of efforts to finalize the delimitation of their 610-kilometer shared border, said Diakalidia Konate, executive secretary of Cote...
Court rejects Ivory Coast opposition leaders’ appeals
African Insider
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June 27, 2025
Abidjan – The African Union’s human rights court on Thursday rejected a petition by Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, who argued his rights were violated by a criminal conviction that is blocking his comeback bid. The court, known as the...
MAHLATSE MPHAHLELE | SuperSport died a slow and painful death
Times LIVE
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Over the years, players like Kaitano Tembo, Phil Evans, Daine Klate, Ronwen Williams, Denis Onyango, Siboniso Gaxa, Teboho Mokoena, Dean Furman, Denis Masina, Sipho Mbule, Cavan Sibeko, Peter Khoabane, Hlompho Kekana, Shandre Campbell, Thuso...
Gallants appoint 28-year-old French coach who won league in Ivory Coast
Times LIVE
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Marumo Gallants have announced the appointment of 28-year-old French coach Alexandre Lafitte. Lafitte replaces Abdeslam Ouaddou, who left the Bloemfontein club to join Orlando Pirates this week after steering relegation-battling Gallants to a 10th...
Abidjan dreams of becoming Africa's next cinema hub
The Hazard Herald - Kentucky
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In the lush forests north of Abidjan, technicians were busy filming on the set of "Le Testament" ("The Will"), a comedy co-production between Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Senegal. Under a large tree, village elders gathered to discuss the death...
Deadly Stampede at Ivory Coast Political Rally Kills Four
News Central TV
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June 25, 2025
Four people lost their lives in a stampede that occurred outside a large rally for the ruling party of Ivory Coast at a stadium, a high-ranking party official informed reporters on Wednesday. Around 60,000 attendees attended Sunday’s gathering of...
Angola and Ivory Coast sign agreement to resume regular flights
Ver Angola
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The agreement – which was signed by the Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, and the Minister of Trade of Ivory Coast, Souleymane Diarrassouba – marks a "new impetus in bilateral relations and aims to establish the legal basis for the...
One month to go to Côte d'Ivoire 2025!
FIBA Basketball
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ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - The last few weeks have been hectic for teams aiming to make an impact in the Abidjan showdown. From signing new coaching staff and announcing preliminary rosters to confirming training camp details, some of the twelve...