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Olukoyede Seeks Enhanced Inter-Agency Collaboration Against Trans-Border Crimes
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 26, 2025
Tunde Bakare The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for enhanced inter-agency collaboration in the fight against transnational crimes among the member states of West and Central...
Brits sue 'nightmare' 5-star resort as 25 fall seriously ill on dream holiday
Yorkshire Live
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June 18, 2025
A group of 25 Brits are taking legal action against a lavish five-star resort in Cape Verde, claiming serious illness ruined their "nightmare" holiday. Intended as an idyllic retreat, the dream holiday for guests at the Riu Karamboa in Boa Vista...
Brit holidaymakers sue nightmare resort with 'raw food and wild animals around buffet'
Daily Star
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June 18, 2025
A band of 25 Brit holidaymakers are taking a swanky five-star Cape Verde resort to court after their dream trip turned into a "nightmare" due to severe illness. The Riu Karamboa in Boa Vista was meant to be a slice of paradise, but instead it...
Nightmare luxury resort where food was raw and cats roamed the buffet put me in A&E
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A group of 25 British holidaymakers are taking legal action against a five-star resort in Cape Verde, claiming their dream holiday turned into a "nightmare" after they all fell seriously ill.flies The tourists allege that during their stay at the...
Holidaymakers sue 'nightmare' resort with 'gastric illness' and 'wild animals around buffet'
NorthWalesLive
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June 18, 2025
Twenty-five British holidaymakers are taking legal action against a posh five-star resort in Cape Verde, following a disastrous 'nightmare' holiday. The anticipated idyllic escape turned into chaos as guests reportedly suffered from gastric...
Top 10 African countries with the lowest leap in government debt from 2024 to 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 26, 2025
While borrowing is sometimes required to promote development, the capacity to sustain a minimal year-on-year increase in government debt indicates good economic management, maintains macroeconomic stability, and fosters long-term resilience. As...
Startical launches the firm’s 2nd demo satellite — IOD-2
SatNews
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June 26, 2025
IOD-2, Startical’s second demonstrator satellite and part of the EU-funded ECHOES project, will continue validating real-time VHF voice and data communications between aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers from space Startical, the company...
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
Russia challenging US, China for strategic clout in Africa
Asia Times
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June 26, 2025
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. In 1869, for instance, the Russians gave Ethiopia military support to threaten the position of the British in...
Frederick’s final bell: Boston shutters its last middle school
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Our friend group, everyone’s going to go their own way,” said Honesty Graham, as she spun a hot pink fidget toy around her hand. “Everyone’s being split up.” The district marked the Frederick for closure at the end of the school year as part of...
Atlanta small businesses find opportunity amid tariffs and trade uncertainty
WABE - Georgia
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June 24, 2025
“This is our love letter to Atlanta, especially to its littles,” Bradley says excitedly as people line up outside the shop. Bradley decided this was the year that she was going to take a chance on herself and open her first brick-and-mortar store....
We have strengthened ICRC as engine room for infrastructure revolution – Tinubu
Punch
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June 25, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that his administration has significantly strengthened the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, transforming it into a central powerhouse for the delivery of public-private partnership (PPP)...
Saharan Dust to blanket Central Florida this weekend, affecting skies and rain
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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FOX 35 meteorologist Laurel Blanchard has the latest conditions in the tropics. The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs July 1 - November 30. Download the FOX Local app for tropical alerts and notifications. ORLANDO, Fla. - A thick Saharan Dust...
Africa’s hospitality boom: Are we building fast enough?
Zawya
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Africa’s hospitality sector is booming — but is development keeping up with demand? That was the key question tackled by a panel of industry leaders at the Future Hospitality Summit Africa 2025, held from 17 to 19 June at The Westin Cape Town....
“Girl Education Today for Women Empowerment Tomorrow”: Emphasizes Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej on ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘International Women’s Day...
IUCN hosts IslandPlas workshop in Mauritius to help tackle…
IUCN
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Ébène, Mauritius, 09 June 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) hosted the national IslandPlas inception workshop on April 24, 2025, in Ebène, Mauritius. The event gathered key stakeholders from Mauritius to help address...
Africa launches second phase of phytosanitary programme to...
George Herald
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According to the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) data, fall armyworm alone is estimated to cause the highest yield loss in Africa – USD 9.4 billion annually. AGRICULTURE NEWS - The Department of Agriculture, in...
Scandal-plagued city councilor wants to ‘celebrate’ at final meeting before leaving office
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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June 24, 2025
Local News Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson outside the John J. Moakley federal courthouse in Boston. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who recently pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, is...
Angola Becomes Shareholder in AFC
Business Ghana
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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), Africa's leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that the Republic of Angola has become its latest sovereign shareholder. This strategic equity investment further strengthens...
2025 Summit: PPP agreement remains sacrosanct under Tinubu’s administration –DG, ICRC
The Sun Nigeria
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June 25, 2025
From Idu Jude, Abuja The Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh, has said that President Bola Tinubu has not cancelled any Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project since assumption of...