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Southern, Eastern Africa CSOs urged to promote AU’s Free Movement Protocol
African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in eastern and southern Africa have been prompted to support and promote the implementation of the African Union’s Free Movement Protocol (FMP) and the Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA). The call to action to CSOs was made during the opening of the second Regional CSO Sensitization Forum on the Continental Free Movement Protocol organized…
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Over $500m pledged to tackle deepening child malnutrition crisis
Governments, philanthropies, and private donors have pledged approximately US$577 million since July in response to the deepening child malnutrition crisis – with at least 60 per cent of that amount committed to directly supporting UNICEF’s work. Roughly US$280 million of the over half billion raised was pledged today at The Child Malnutrition Crisis: Pledging to Save Lives – a high-level event co-hosted…
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Finidi special guest as LaLiga Loca show debuts for African fans
LaLiga this week launches an exciting new cross-platform show, LaLiga Loca, that will celebrate the growth of the Spanish league on the African continent and ensure greater engagement with football fans.A review and preview show of the best of LaLiga through an African lens, the show is hosted by SuperSport anchor Julia Stuart and will feature legendary players from the…
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Mahdi’s story get as e be, By Mahmud Jega
The elaborately sensational story that Kaduna-based businessman and activist Mahdi Shehu told in an Arise TV interview last week raised many questions that are begging for answers. The first problem had to do with Mahdi’s credibility after the elaborate medical scam he perpetrated last year in order to deceive a court. He had been arraigned in a Katsina court for…
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AMAA 2022: ‘Surviving Gaza,’ ‘Borga’ leads nomination with 14 awards each
South Africa’s feature film, ‘Surviving Gaza,’ and Ghana’s ‘Borga’ lead the 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), with 14 nominations each. The two films got nominated in 14 different categories out of AMAAs’ 26 categories. This was revealed to the media by Dr. Shaibu Husseini on behalf of the president of AMAA jury 2022 at a media event on Wednesday,…
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Musicians as historians, By Folorunso Fatai Adisa
A good musician may double as a good historian. Like Ayinla’s “National Census” 1973 and the 1974 Challenge Cup Final (now known as the FA cup) between Mighty Jets and Enugu Rangers remain a masterclass and documentation of history, I first learned about the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970, from one of Haruna Ishola’s numerous tracks. Interestingly, two names out of…
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Five key takeaways from Joe Biden’s UNGA speech
Joe Biden has accused Russia of aiming to end Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation, telling the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Washington wants the conflict to end on “just terms”. In his second address to the UNGA as president of the United States, Biden on Wednesday stressed that Russia violated the UN Charter when it invaded its…
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At UNGA, Biden condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine as Putin escalates threats
U.S. President Joe Biden called out Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations, as the Russian leader significantly escalated war efforts and threatened nuclear retaliation. Speaking to the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in New York Wednesday morning, Biden used most of his address to condemn Moscow. “Let us speak plainly. A permanent member of…
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‘The story of 2022 is freedom fighting back’ against aggression, UK Prime Minister Truss says in UN speech
With a full-scale war of aggression under way in Europe, the General Assembly was meeting this year “in a new geopolitical era that demands those who believe in the principles of the United Nations to stand up,” according to Elizabeth Truss, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “We must fight to defend the ideals of the UN and deliver on them,”…
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Joe Biden, Liz Truss finally hold first meeting at UNGA
US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met for the first time on Wednesday, indicating continued strong relations between the countries. “You’re our closest ally in the world,” Mr Biden said to the new prime minister. “We are steadfast allies,” Ms Truss said before their meeting outside the UN General Assembly. Mr Biden said they discussed Russia’s…
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