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Lake educators' quilting project offered lesson in giving during Katrina
Leesburg Daily Commercial - Florida
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Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary is being commemorated, recalling the devastation and lessons learned. "Quilts to Books" aided teachers affected by Katrina. The project helped replace classroom libraries lost in the hurricane and continued to...
2025 FIBA Afrobasket: Nigeria’s D’Tigers down Cameroon Indomitable Lions, berth in quarter-final
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 17, 2025
Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket after a hard-fought 101-92 victory over Cameroon in their final Group B game on Sunday in Angola. The win ensured D’Tigers...
If Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda, here’s how it might happen
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 27, 2025
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. (Alex Wong...
INTERVENTION : Region investigates UPDF incursion
Number One Citizen Daily
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August 27, 2025
A high-level committee for the Great Lakes Region assessing the area/courtesy photo By Lodu William Odiya A high-level committee for the Great Lakes Region visited Kajo-Keji to investigate the incursion by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF)...
Open letter to President Salva Kiir
Radio Tamazuj
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August 27, 2025
Dear General Salva Kiir Mayardit, I’m writing to you once again, as I did back in 2012, to speak my truth. For years, my focus has been on good governance, justice, and the delivery of essential services to our people. In my last letter, I urged...
Uganda denies deal to accept US deportees
GCN
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August 22, 2025
Uganda categorically disowns any reports of having accepted to accept US deportees, as the country does not have adequate infrastructure and facilities to house foreign nationals. The categorical denial by the East African country goes counter to...
Abrego Garcia released from jail, will return to Maryland to await trial
Fox News
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August 22, 2025
Former DOJ prosecutor Jim Trusty discusses Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s future and the case of Columbia University protestor Mahmoud Khalil on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was...
Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings, Former National Basketball Association Players Kerry Kittles ...
Business Ghana
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced the top 60 high-school-age boys and girls from 21 countries across Africa who will participate in the 21st Basketball...
Weaponising food: A famine by design in Gaza
Al Hakam
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August 27, 2025
Fazal Masood Malik & Farhan Khokhar, Canada Seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar weighs far less than a healthy toddler. Once lively and joyous, she now takes only liquid food through a syringe in a Gaza hospital. She is among more than 500,000...
Abiy Ahmed accused of war crimes and repression in Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 27, 2025
Many people are asking about Abiy Ahmed human rights violations. What is happening in Ethiopia now? Why are there reports of mass arrests, political repression, and deadly drone strikes in Oromia, Amhara, and Tigray? Families are scared, activists...
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue needs time and an interim report
Institute for Security Studies
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Ethiopia’s National Dialogue needs time and an interim report An interim report may help the National Dialogue regain credibility, seize early wins and justify its need for additional time. Many agree that Ethiopia’s ongoing National Dialogue is a...
Tamika Catchings, two-time FIBA Women's World Cup champion, to coach top African prospects at first BWB camp in East Africa
FIBA Basketball
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JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced the top 60 high-school-age boys and girls from 21 countries across Africa who will participate in the 21st...
AfroBasket Roundup: Host Angola, ex-champ Egypt secure quarterfinal spots
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Host Angola and Africa's fifth-ranked Egypt emerged as the first two teams qualified for the quarterfinals, each with three straight wins in the group phase. Before a raucous crowd of 5,000 home fans, Angola, boasting...
Hall Of Famer Tamika Catchings, Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Players Kerry Kittles And Marvin Williams To Coach Top African Prospects At First Basketball Without Borders Camp In East Africa
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) The National Basketball Association (NBA) ( ) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced the top 60 high-school-age boys and girls from 21 countries across Africa who will participate in...
Ethiopia’s Investment Outlook: Key Drivers and Incentives
New Business Ethiopia
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August 27, 2025
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Ethiopia is at a pivotal moment in its economic evolution. Recent reforms are liberalizing sectors previously closed to foreign investors, creating a wave of opportunities for companies ready to engage in agriculture,...
Starvation is a preferred atrocity of war. But for how long?
The National News
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The starving of two million people in Gaza is rightly outraging the world. So should the hunger that is stalking 25 million people in Sudan, 16 million in Afghanistan, 14 million in Myanmar, and two million in Haiti. Or any of the nearly 300...
Bullets’ coach Suji banks on home advantage at next month’s CECAFA qualifiers
Star
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Kenya Police Bullets during a training session/ HANDOUT Kenya Police Bullets assistant coach Lawrence Suji hopes to ride on home advantage in the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers on September 4–16 at Nyayo Stadium and Ulinzi Sports...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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Something called the "wildfire paradox" tries to make sense of why Earth is burning
Earth.com
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Wildfire headlines can feel all over the place. One summer brings walls of flames putting millions of people in danger. The next brings lots of fires, but very few near humans. This is called the “wildfire paradox.” Here’s the twist: the planet...
Scholars laud China's human rights progress
China Daily
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China's progress in protecting human rights offers valuable insights for the Global South in developing governance models suited to their own national conditions, scholars from China and Africa say. They made the remark at a readers' forum on Xi...