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WATCH: Ramaphosa to deliver eulogy at former deputy president David Mabuza's funeral
IOL
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July 12, 2025
The remains of former deputy President David Mabuza will be laid to rest in a State Funeral Category 2 in Mbombela on Saturday morning, where President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver eulogy and pay tribute to Mabuza’s legacy in South African...
SSFA transforms to SSFF, restructures leadership with two Vice Presidents
Eye Radio
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June 22, 2025
Author: Staff reporter | Published: 6 hours ago Albino Kuek Deng, Spokesperson for South Sudan Football Association - Courtesy of SSFA JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – South Sudan’s football governing body has officially changed its name to the...
El Merriekh SC Bentiu signs Malian midfielder Sampi
Eye Radio
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July 1, 2025
Author: Elsheikh Chol Ajeing | Published: 56 minutes ago Malian midfielder joins El Merriekh SC Bentiu Maestro Sampi Ousmane on a two-year deal - courtesy El Merriekh Social Club Bentiu have bolstered their squad with the signing of Malian...
Ramaphosa: SA & Brazil in strong agreement over how key minerals that come from Africa should be treated
Eye Witness News
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JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s inclusion in the United Nations Security Council, issues of climate change and the condemnation of conflicts in Iran, Gaza and South Sudan were some of the critical takeaways for President Cyril Ramaphosa during the BRICS...
MAGA Desperate To Prove Superman Isn’t An Immigrant But The Law Is Clear
Above the Law
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July 11, 2025
There’s a new Superman movie out this week and it’s proving to be the right-wing’s kryptonite. In the lead up to the film’s release, the folks behind the movie have been up front that it’s an immigrant story. This shouldn’t come as a shock since...
GPAA yet to get electoral body as residents feel neglected
Radio Tamazuj
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July 5, 2025
South Sudan’s special administrative areas, including the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), have yet to see the establishment of local electoral bodies to prepare citizens for the upcoming 2026 elections. South Sudan, for the first time...
Nigeria rejects US push to accept Venezuelan deportees
Modern Ghana
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Nigeria has pushed back on accepting Venezuelans deported from the United States, after US media reported President Donald Trump was urging African countries to take in deportees from around the world. Deporting people to third countries has been...
It’ll be difficult for us to accept Venezuelan prisoners, Nigeria tells Trump, U.S.
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria pushed back on accepting Venezuelans deported from the United States on Thursday, as US media reported President Donald Trump was urging African countries to take in deportees from around the world. Deporting people to third countries has...
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Retires Early, Calls It “a Personal Choice,” Denies U.S. Pressure on Deportees
Front Page Africa
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July 11, 2025
Mark Toner, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, retires early citing “a personal choice” Toner also denies U.S. news media that the reason for President Trump’s meeting with President Boakai and four African leaders was to pressure them to take third...
POLICE Refute suspects’ transfer to Nasir
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 6, 2025
By Yiep Joseph South Sudan National police services (SSNPS), has denied claims of recruiting and transferring suspected gang members to Nasir County of Upper Nile state. About 600 suspected gang members were arrested by security in ongoing swoop....
MindHYVE.ai™ Expands Agentic AI Infrastructure Across East Africa in Strategic Partnership Formalized at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva
The AI Journal
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July 11, 2025
GENEVA and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MindHYVE.ai™, Inc., one of the world’s fastest-growing developers of agentic artificial intelligence (Agentic AI) systems, has formally signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding...
Veteran Journalist John Wani Simon dies at 68
Eye Radio
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June 20, 2025
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 8 hours ago The late John Wani Simon, a veteran journalist who served Radio Miraya since 2006. (Courtesy) JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – Veteran South Sudanese journalist John Wani Simon has passed away at 68...
“I can’t do nuttin’ for ya man”, Nigerian Minister quotes Flavour Flav in rejection of Trump policy
Africanews
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria won’t accept 300 Venezuelan deportees from the U.S, Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said in a TV interview on Thursday, following reports that the White House was pushing African leaders to take in illegal immigrants from third-party...
Gender minister condemns gang-rape of Sherikat teen girl
Eye Radio
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June 27, 2025
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 14 minutes ago Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare |Courtesy The Minister of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, Aya Benjamin Warille, has strongly condemned the recent sexual assault of a 16-year-old...
Inside the cross-border network exposing the environmental crisis facing Africa’s longest river
Reuters Institute
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In 2017, inside a modest media nonprofit office in Kampala, Uganda, a collaboration between Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira and American journalist Annika McGinnis gave rise to InfoNile, one of Africa’s most ambitious environmental journalism...
Ailing Salva Kiir prepares volatile succession
The Standard
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir at KICC, Nairobi. [File, Standard] With South Sudan's President Salva Kiir undergoing medical tests abroad after years of rumours about his health, analysts say a long-gestating plan has been set in motion to...
Bill Melugin Has More Info About 8 Deportees Rep. Pramila Jayapal Would Like You to Shed a Tear For
Twitchy
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July 5, 2025
Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal has taken a short break from random people approaching her to express their sadness and concern about the "Big Beautiful Bill" to call out some deportations she thinks are cruel and inhumane: The Trump administration...
The bully in the White House: Trump’s disdain for African leadership!
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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July 13, 2025
By Dr. Sunday de John, Nairobi, Kenya In my personal inquisitiveness for international affairs, I have observed the undiplomatic chats between President Donald J. Trump and African leaders. His unstructured conversation has not once impressed me....
TAX DISPUTE
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 5, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku and Jacob Onuha Nelson A technical dispute sparked off between Central Equatoria state and South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), this week, over tax collection, in Juba city. The wrangles, first surfaced mildly in May when the...
US judge clears the way for imminent deportation of 8 migrants
FBC News
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July 5, 2025
[Source: Reuters] Eight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration, clearing the way for their imminent transfer after a judge in Massachusetts denied their request. Lawyers for the...