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What Happens When You Motorcycle Around the World With Someone You Just Met on a Dating App
Explorersweb
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July 29, 2025
BY CAYLA VIDMAR In Sept. 2017, Heather Lea stepped off her BMW G 650 GS in Magadan, Russia, the final stop in a 93,740km motorcycle ride through 40 countries. Seven years later, her book about the journey will soon be released, detailing the...
ARIPO Seeks Reportage Champions in the 2025 Intellectual Property Journalists Awards
Media Update
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July 14, 2025
The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has announced that the 2025 Intellectual Property Journalists' Awards is now open for entries. The competition calls for journalists from the 22 ARIPO Member States who report on the...
Wacken Open Air 2025: Germany's legendary metal festival
Deutsche Welle
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July 28, 2025
1. From provincial festival to international affair The Wacken Open Air festival, also known as W:O:A, began in 1990 as a small festival with just 800 rock fans and a few local metal bands. The initial venue was a former gravel pit on the...
Colour Carnival For Jwaneng
Botswana Gazette
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July 24, 2025
The upcoming Jwaneng Colour Carnival & Market Day promises family fun, community engagement and entertainment while raising funds to support local schoolchildren GAZETTE REPORTER Due on 30 August 2025 at the rugby grounds in Jwaneng, the Jwaneng...
I am innocent: Zakaria
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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SUNGURA giant Nicholas Zakaria yesterday said his hands were clean following his failure to perform at Esigodini Jabula Inn night spot last weekend and accused the show organiser of poor planning. SUNGURA giant Nicholas Zakaria yesterday said his...
US Africa Command beefs up military support to Angola and Namibia
Daily Maverick
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July 29, 2025
The United States Africa Command (Africom) is helping Angola and Namibia to counter threats from Isis and Mexican drug cartels emanating from South Africa and elsewhere, says Africom’s deputy commander. Deputy Commander Lieutenant General John W...
Gqom goes global: Spotify data reveals 5732% surge in...
Music in Africa
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July 29, 2025
Peak listening occurs every Saturday between 5pm and 6pm, affirming gqom’s status as a go-to soundtrack for partygoers around the world. Initially propelled into the spotlight by Babes Wodumo’s ‘Wololo’, the first gqom track aired on national...
Tanzania bans foreigners from small businesses to protect local entrepreneurs
Eye Radio
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July 29, 2025
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 3 hours ago Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan - Courtesy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Eye Radio) – Tanzania has issued a sweeping directive barring foreign nationals from operating in various small business...
Working with wood
The Voice
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July 29, 2025
Master carpenter follows in father’s footsteps As a young boy, every day after school Gothusamang Chidu would rush home as fast as his little legs could carry him, scurrying back to catch his carpenter father in action. “I would sit next to him,...
Natural Diamond Council Delivers Facts on the Diamond Market’s Trending Topic
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 29, 2025
Rs Through theLaboratory-Grown Diamond Facts Report, NDC counters growing myths and greenwashing in the lab-grown diamond industryRs MUMBAI, India, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Diamond Council (NDC), a global not-for-profit dedicated to...
How Nigeria completed ‘Mission X’ and won 10th Wafcon crown
The Guardian
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July 29, 2025
Eyebrows were raised when Justine Madugu was appointed as the new Nigeria coach in September last year, having had no head coach experience in international football before taking on the role. On Saturday the “gamble” – if you call it that – paid...
How Nigeria completed ‘Mission X’ and won their 10th Wafcon crown
Yahoo Sports - United Kingdom
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Eyebrows were raised when Justine Madugu was appointed as the new Nigeria coach in September last year, having had no head coach experience in international football before taking on the role. On Saturday the “gamble” – if you call it that – paid...
Not all cats hate water: Meet the wild cats – big and small – that are expert swimmers, including one that can swim underwater
Discover Wildlife
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July 29, 2025
We think cats hate swimming – and while many do – you might be surprised to hear that many wild cats swim regularly, and (whisper it) they don’t actually hate it. From jungle rivers to African wetlands, several wild cat species are not only...
Orange Money and JUMO partner to offer credit services to unbanked in Africa
iTWire
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July 28, 2025
Orange Money, the mobile phone money transfer service of French telco Orange, and South African fintech provider JUMO have partnered to extend microcredit services for unbanked populations across Africa. The partners say they will leverage JUMO's...
The Paradox of Plenty: Why Southern Africa’s resource wealth isn’t working for its youth
Nehanda Radio
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July 23, 2025
Across Southern Africa, a deep contradiction haunts the post-independence promise: the coexistence of immense natural resource wealth with pervasive youth unemployment and disillusionment. Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Angola,...
WAFCON 'Dream Team' - Unbeaten Nigeria dominate the field
ESPN Africa
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July 29, 2025
Morocco staged an exhilarating Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which concluded with Nigeria's come-from-behind 3-2 victory vs. the hosts in Rabat on Saturday. Who stood out? Which players made a name for themselves? Ed Dove picks his team...
Wacken Open Air 2025: The mega metal festival is back
Deutsche Welle
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July 28, 2025
1. From provincial festival to international affair The Wacken Open Air festival, also known as W:O:A, began in 1990 as a small festival with just 800 rock fans and a few local metal bands. The initial venue was a former gravel pit on the...
Banda, Chanda and more: Four Zambian players Super Falcons must silence in Wafcon clash
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 18, 2025
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will lock horns with Zambia’s Copper Queens in a highly anticipated quarter-final clash at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca. The Super Falcons, nine-time champions, topped...
Zimbabwe table tennis team set for African Youth Championships
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe table tennis team ZIMBABWE'S Under-19 national table tennis team is in Nigeria, ready to compete in the highly-anticipated ITTF African Youth Championships. This follows closely on the heels of the nation's Under-13 team's participation...
SADC parliamentarians push for right to food legislation
Windhoek Observer
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Moses Magadza Parliamentarians from SADC member states have concluded a high-level meeting and training toward transforming food systems and eradicating hunger in Southern Africa with strong commitments to legislative reforms, regional...