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Women AfroBasket: Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Rwanda in opening game

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D’Tigress thrash Rwanda 92-45 to open Afrobasket title defence Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, began their 2025 FIBA Afrobasket title defence on Saturday with a 92-45 thrashing of Rwanda in Abidjan. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that D’Tigress are chasing a seventh title and fifth consecutive crown, extending their unbeaten run to 25 […]

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire talks, but border clashes persist

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Displaced Cambodians receive water at the Battkhao Resettlement Camp in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, Saturday, July 26, 2025 as border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia entered its third day (Source: Associated Press) Thailand and Cambodia signaled their readiness to negotiate an end to a deadly border dispute following mediation efforts by US President Donald Trump. The

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Israeli military announces “tactical pause” in three areas of Gaza

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Israel announces a “tactical pause in military activity” in parts of Gaza The move comes after saying it delivered an aid air drop into Gaza on Saturday night, consisting of “seven packages of aid” Israel has been facing mounting pressure from Western governments, with aid agencies warning that mass starvation is taking hold in Gaza Aid agencies previously criticised Israel’s

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Cameroon’s electoral body bars president’s main rival from standing

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Maurice Kamto (R), newly nominated by African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (MANIDEM) as its presidential candidate, greets supporters after a news conference in Yaounde, Cameroon on July 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP) The renowned university professor and former government minister was widely seen as the most serious challenger to long-standing President Paul Biya.

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Stampede at Haridwar’s Mansa Devi temple leaves 6 dead, CM Pushkar Dhami reacts

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A stampede occurred at Haridwar’s Mansa Devi temple on Sunday.(X) Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed that the SDRF and other rescue teams have reached the stampede site. At least six people died and several others were left seriously injured in a tragic stampede at the revered Mansa Devi Temple in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar on

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UETCL Appoints Eng. Richard Matsiko as Acting CEO Following Karamagi’s Resignation

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Former Makerere Bursar Joshua Karamagi has for the past three years been serving as the CEO for Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. And he has done fairly well and his supervisors in the Board are satisfied he deserves a second term. Yet the biggest uncertainty Karamagi, whose contract is soon expiring, faces is the continued

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LIVE: Israel seizes Handala; 11 injured in Israeli aid airdrop into Gaza

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Israeli forces continue bombing Gaza, a day after killing at least 71 people, including 42 aid seekers, as five more Palestinians starved to deathThe announcement comes at a time of growing international outrage against Israel’s war on Gaza. Several European countries – including Spain, Ireland and Norway – have already recognised Palestinian statehood.And pressure is

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Israel says it has dropped aid into Gaza

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Palestinians waiting for food from a charity kitchen Ruth Comerford BBC News Israel’s military says it has “recently” made an airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, following weeks of international pressure and a growing hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory. In a statement early on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the

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Trump says Cambodia, Thailand agree to meet and ‘work out’ ceasefire

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US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP Trump had said earlier on Saturday he was talking with the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand in a bid to end their border conflict Trump says Cambodia, Thailand agree to meet and ‘work out’ a ceasefire. “They have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and,

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FIFA opens major Africa office in Rabat

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FIFA opens major Africa office in Rabat. World soccer governing body, FIFA, has opened its major Africa office in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, further confirming the North African country as the hub of its operation on the continent. The state-of-the-art office at the Mohammed VI Complex aims to strengthen support for African federations in

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