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Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Navy ship docks in Cape Verde to provide support after deadly floods
Portugal Pulse
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August 15, 2025
The ship will assist with hydrographic research, reinforcement of divers, and water pumping capabilities. “We still have accumulated water, particularly in many houses, and with Civil Protection, they will navigate the city to identify where they...
Survey: 24% of Moroccans say wife beating can be justified
Hespress
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August 18, 2025
Nearly one in four Moroccans believe that hitting a wife is sometimes or always justified, according to new findings from the pan-African research network Afrobarometer. The survey, which sampled attitudes across Morocco, revealed that 24% of...
Afrobarometer: Nearly 25% of Moroccans Support Wife Beating
Morocco World News
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August 18, 2025
Marrakech – A recent working paper by independent researcher Daniel Tuki reveals significant variations in attitudes toward intimate partner violence across Africa, with Morocco showing relatively moderate levels of support for beating one’s wife...
Extension of IEZ lacks scientific backing – industrial fishers
Ghana News Agency
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August 14, 2025
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Aug. 14, GNA – Some stakeholders in the fishing sector have questioned the scientific backing for the government’s decision to extend Ghana’s Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ). The extension of the IEZ from six nautical miles to...
Tracking Category 4 Hurricane Erin and a new area to watch in the east Atlantic
Gulf Coast News - Florida
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August 18, 2025
>> WELL, AARON, OF COURSE, RAMPED UP TO CATEGORY 5 INTENSITY OVER THE WEEKEND. AND THEN YESTERDAY WE WATCHED IT WEAKEN A LITTLE BIT, IS IT WAS UNDERGOING SOMETHING CALLED AN EYE WALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE, BASICALLY GOING FROM THAT IN HAWAII. WE SAW...
Former poachers guard Cabo Verde’s endangered sea turtles
Mongabay
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August 4, 2025
Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of female turtles on one island plummeted from 1,253 to...
New Bedford's Magic Kitchen gives breakfast a Cape Verdean flavor
South Coast Business Bulletin - Massachusetts
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Hippolyte 'Chef Papi' Tavares has dreamed of opening a restaurant for 20 years. Magic Kitchen on Nauset Street will feature breakfast and lunch. Tavares, a native of Cape Verde, is planning to give dishes a Cape Verdean flavor. NEW BEDFORD — For...
GDP up, poverty down in Cape Verde’s digital economy
Independent (Uganda)
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July 20, 2025
Cape Verde is showing how a mix of digital ambition, sound institutions, and targeted social policy can unlock inclusive economic growth. Its emerging digital sector, backed by public investment and regional partnerships, is helping turn a small...
Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into catastrophic Category-5 monster storm: Warning for East Coast
Daily Mail
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August 16, 2025
By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:33 EDT, 16 August 2025 | Updated: 14:51 EDT, 16 August 2025 Hurricane Erin has quickly whipped into a catastrophic Category-5 monster storm travelling west across the Atlantic as the East...
Why Fair Housing Matters So Much to Me
Banker and Tradesman - Massachusetts
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August 17, 2025
Judi Barrett My husband and I have lived in the same home since 1977. We were kids with no money when we bought the place, but even though he’s the older, much smarter, and more worldly partner in our relationship, my husband didn’t know what I...
African countries scale up local HIV budgets
Independent (Uganda)
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August 17, 2025
As international funding rapidly recedes, African countries — among those with the highest new HIV infection rates are turning to domestic resources to provide sustainable healthcare for patients. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African countries...
The world has a research gap. Philanthropy can help close it.
Alliance Magazine
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July 21, 2025
Research remains an activity marked by significant global disparities. How can philanthropy contribute to increased scientific autonomy in African countries? G20 countries account for nine-tenths of researchers (88.8 percent), research spending...
Hurricane warning issued as models show storm Erin taking ominous turn in the Atlantic
Daily Mail
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August 14, 2025
A hurricane warning has been issued in the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Erin continues to strengthen while moving west across the open sea. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the alert at 5:00am ET, noting that it applies to ships and...
First Atlantic hurricane Erin is brewing THIS WEEK as spaghetti models reveal path to US
Daily Mail
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August 11, 2025
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 10:32 EDT, 11 August 2025 | Updated: 11:42 EDT, 11 August 2025 A tropical rainstorm in the Atlantic Ocean is predicted to develop into the first hurricane of the 2025 season this week....
British Airways pilot suspended over claim he left cockpit door open during flight
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Tropical Storm Erin expected to become season’s first hurricane by Friday
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Chances of deadly Storm Erin hitting US increase after models show sudden Atlantic shift
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 11:52 EDT, 13 August 2025 | Updated: 13:29 EDT, 13 August 2025 The predicted path of Tropical Storm Erin has made an abrupt shift overnight, increasing the chances of landfall....
Portuguese LEAP Scholars fortify warfighting readiness with allies around the world
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 15, 2025
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES 08.12.2025 MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Portugal is well known for its beaches, cuisine, and music, but its effect on geo-politics is more significant than one might expect from a country that...
Bio’s ECOWAS job: It is travel, not leadership
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leoneans are paying the price while their president flies first class across West Africa. Julius Maada Bio’s ECOWAS chairmanship has become less about leadership and more about a tax-funded joyride. While citizens...