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Despite Strong Commitment, SDGs Progress Alarmingly Off Track 10 Years On—New UN Report Finds
Inter Press Service
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June 24, 2025
Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Gender, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Sustainable Development...
T-Connect pledges 60,000 jobs for youth
Informative
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June 25, 2025
By: Mpho Shelile MASERU T-CONNECT, a fast-rising local digital transformation group funded by Africans and proudly led by Basotho, has unveiled an ambitious plan to create 60,000 jobs for Lesotho’s youth. Of these, 10,000 will be direct jobs,...
How the fatal Air India crash was just the latest in a long history of tragic disasters for the unlucky airline
Daily Mail
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June 16, 2025
As aviation investigators try and establish the cause of the Air India crash, which claimed the lives of 270 people on Thursday, the tragedy will go down as the carrier's highest ever death toll from an accident. The Indian national airline has,...
Are HIV Treatment Clients Offered a Choice of Differentiated Service Delivery Models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia
Dove Medical Press
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June 24, 2025
Introduction Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for HIV treatment aim to increase the extent to which service delivery is client-centered, a term broadly defined as care that is holistic and responsive to individual needs.1–3 An...
Unpacking AI-enabled business transformation and the organisation’s journey to the cloud at SAPHILA 2025
Engineering News
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We are living in times of continuous disruption, including issues such as economic instability, supply chain and shipping disruptions, and the after-effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change. These ongoing disruptions are all...
Gauteng Premier launches law enforcement blitz to restore order in Thembisa
Kempton Express
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June 25, 2025
Recently, the Gauteng Provincial Government, led by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, hosted an integrated service delivery event at the Mehlareng Stadium in Thembisa. The event was part of a broader strategy tackling service delivery challenges and...
South Africa Faces a Diplomatic Tightrope on Iran
Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: South Africa treads a fine diplomatic line after the United States strikes Iran, Nigeria faces a Boko Haram resurgence in its northeast, and Egypt imposes electricity rationing...
NNN wants stronger energy partnerships
New Era
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LUANDA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah described energy as a powerful driver of economic growth and development. She said Namibia is prepared to take the lead in the global shift toward clean and sustainable energy. She was speaking at the...
China’s partnership with Africa represents fundamental shift from exploitation – ACUC
Ghana News Agency
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June 24, 2025
By Laudia Sawer Tema, June 24, GNA – The AfriKan Continental Union Consult (ACUC) has commended the Chinese government for giving zero-tariff access to African countries, indicating that it represents a fundamental shift from exploitation. Dr...
Castle Country Classic Livestock Show Winners
ETV News - Utah
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June 23, 2025
The Castle Country Classic Livestock Show was held in Ferron on Thursday June 19 and Friday June 20, 2025. Even though the stock show barn has not been replaced, this smaller local show was held in the sheep barn with the new show ring. Sixty-one...
Young South Africans push forward despite economic hurdles
Sowetan
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June 23, 2025
Whether they’re behind a trombone, a fuel pump, or a laptop, SA’s youth are working, studying and most importantly hoping. In a country where youth unemployment stood at 62.4% in the first three months of 2025, many young people are forced to...
Another SA neighbour gets Musk’s Starlink
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 23, 2025
Lesotho is the 23rd African country to be licensed for South African born Elon Musk’s Starlink service. Lesotho, a landlocked country surrounded entirely by South Africa, has officially welcomed Starlink. The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA)...
Flutterwave boosts Cameroon’s businesses with 34th country licence
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Flutterwave has officially launched its digital payment services in Cameroon after securing a Payment Service Provider licence from the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC). This milestone, achieved through a technical partnership with...
Thabo Mbeki Fast Facts
KVIA - Texas
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June 11, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Personal Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa Birth name: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Father: Govan Mbeki, a teacher...
Coding is no longer enough: Why Africa needs AI literacy in every school
Joy FM
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June 16, 2025
“Teaching children to code is like teaching them to read in an era when the world is already speaking in algorithms.” Across Africa, education policymakers are proudly expanding coding programs in primary and secondary schools. From Lagos to...
Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2020
Pew Research Center
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June 9, 2025
Note: “Other religions” includes Baha’is, Sikhs and many other religious groups that cannot be analyzed separately because of insufficient data. Myanmar is also called Burma, and Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland. In most countries, it is...
Anambra Central And Senator Umeh’s Representation
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
1 Chief Victor Umeh, the Ohamadike Ndigbo, a quintessential democrat, responsive leader and staunch promoter of an egalitarian society, is the Senator representing the people of Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Red Chamber of the...
Climate change: New study reveals alarming flood and storm patterns in KwaZulu-Natal
IOL
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In a stark revelation about climate challenges facing South Africa, a comprehensive study analysing weather-related disasters over the past 43 years has identified floods and storms as the most pervasive threats, particularly impacting...
34 Law Enforcement Officers Complete Senior Command and Staff Course
KT Press Rwanda
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June 20, 2025
1 Thirty-four senior police officers from nine African countries graduated on Friday, June 20, from the National Police College (NPC) after successfully completing the one-year Police Senior Command and Staff Course (PSCSC). This 13th PSCSC intake...
Six new Adinkra symbols unveiled to signify Asantehene’s unparalleled leadership
Joy FM
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June 20, 2025
Six new symbols have been added to the few curated Adinkra symbols to celebrate the esteemed and dignified leadership of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Prominent amongst them is the “Otumfuo Nsa” - to wit - “The Hand of Otumfuo”. This is a two...