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The World Health Organization (WHO) Donates Mobile Water Testing Kits To Boost Angola's Water Safety Monitoring
(MENAFN- APO Group) The World Health Organization (WHO) today donated three mobile water quality testing kits to the Ministry of Health, through the Instituto Nacional de Investigação em Saúde (INIS), to strengthen Angola's capacity to monitor...

Techmediabreaks Sekur Private Data Ltd. (CSE: SKUR) (OTCQX: SWISF) (FSE: GDT0) Appoints Christophe Kabeya To Lead Government, Corporate Sales In Central And Southern Africa
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) Sekur Private Data (CSE: SKUR) (OTCQB: SWISF) (FSE: GDT0) , a Swiss-hosted cybersecurity and private communications platform, has appointed Christophe Kabeya as Director of Government and Corporate Sales for...

Application open for Trine Associate of Science in Nursing program
ANGOLA — Trine University is now accepting applications for students who wish to begin its Associate of Science in Nursing in January 2026. The program, developed in partnership with Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, encompasses four semesters...

The Construction and Real Estate Digest with Daniel KONTIE: Understanding why real estate properties are priced in US$: Demystifying the causes and impacts
Before I entered the real estate industry, I used to question why properties in Ghana are most often priced in US Dollars even though the national currency is not the US Dollar. I became an ardent critique of the practice and frown at any property...

High Expectations as World Leaders Set for US/Africa Business Summit in Angola
From June 22 to 25, 2025, the Corporate Council on Africa, the leading United States business association focused solely on connecting business interests in Africa will meet in Luanda, Angola, to engage world leaders and business owners on how to...

Rotary collaboration brings lifesaving sonar technology to Stellenbosch Hospital
For many patients at Stellenbosch Provincial Hospital, waiting for critical ultrasound scans has been a challenge – one that can mean the difference between early intervention and prolonged suffering. Now, thanks to an extraordinary partnership...

Sekur Private Data Ltd. Appoints Christophe Kabeya as Government and Corporate Sales Director for Central and Southern Africa
Move Comes Amid Recent Increase in Cyberattacks in Africa - Sekur already in discussion with government officials MIAMI, FL AND VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 7, 2025 / Sekur Private Data Ltd. (OTCQB:SWISF)(CSE:SKUR)(FRA:GDT0) (" Sekur "...

Rwanda and Congo’s Unstable Peace
On June 27, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda signed a comprehensive peace agreement in Washington following the U.S.-brokered “declaration of principles” in April. The deal has sparked cautious optimism that the region may finally...

Africa mulls continental trade proposal with Trump
The African Union (AU) says it intends to present a united proposal for trade with the US under President Donald Trump, who prefers to engage bilaterally with countries. And experts have welcomed the move by Africa, seeing it as a first step to an...
This week in history: July 7-13
25 years ago: Hundreds perish in Philippines garbage landslide On July 10, 2000, an enormous garbage dump in the Philippines—covering an area of 74 acres and rising as high as seven stories—collapsed like an avalanche on the impoverished ghettos...

Modi visit to Namibia to deepen bilateral ties
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he looks forward to his meeting with Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah 'to map out a new roadmap for cooperation to benefit the people'. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive in...

Full list of players for each team in the 2025 NBA Summer League
With the draft and free agency in the rearview, summer league action is the next major tentpole on the NBA's offseason calendar. The action begins when eight franchises send teams to either Salt Lake City or San Francisco from July 5-8, before all...

Africa Cement Industry Report 2025 Market To Grow By 8.1% Annually To Reach $8.7 Billion This Year, Driven By Infrastructure Projects, Green Transition, Urbanization, And Trade Integration
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The African cement market is growing at an impressive 8.1% annually, with an expected value of $8.7 billion by 2025. Driven by urbanization and infrastructure projects, the cement sector benefits from...
Building a sustainable Africa from the ground up
Africa is an incredible and resourceful continent. It is endowed with rich raw materials, luscious scenery, and prized possessions of minerals, gold, and oil, and has the potential to be a superpower. In the wake of colonial looting, resource...

Social isolation is a major health risk for older adults. Groups across Mass. are stepping up.
Every day, the senior center at the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers in Cambridge offers an assortment of activities. About 40 participants play dominoes, color in coloring books and take exercise and dance classes and eat lunch...

Telesurgery in Nigeria: Ready or not?
In the quiet early hours of Wednesday morning in Zamfara, seven-year-old Amina fusses in her hospital bed. Her grandmother, Hajiya Fatima, has traveled three days by bus, carrying prayers and her life savings, hoping against hope. Amina needs...
Cubans living abroad advocate for environmental cooperation
HAVANA, Cuba, July 4 (ACN) Cubans living abroad advocated for strengthening cooperation on environmental preservation projects at the 1rst scientific meeting held in the context of the 15th International Convention on Environment and Development....
LETTER: Israel’s global role in repression
Benji Shulman’s response (“Author overlooks Iran threat”, July 2) to my letter is not only hypocritical, it’s historically blind. As a cheerleader for a state committing genocide in Gaza, he ignores Israel’s long, well-documented global role in...

Liberia: Govt, Ivanhoe Atlantic Set to Sign Landmark Rail Access Agreement
In a remarkable breakthrough for Liberia’s mining and logistics sectors, the Government of Liberia and Ivanhoe Atlantic (formerly High Power Exploration/”HPX”) are set to sign a long-awaited Concession and Access Agreement (CAA) on Friday, July 4,...
Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye, SPECIAL REPORT: “President” Sekeramayi , the coup and Mugabe’s manic phone call to Zuma,
By Luke Tamborinyoka Kasukuwere left Mugabe’s suite around 2am with clear instructions to help mobilise party structures, particularly the youth, to support Sekeramayi for President at the party conference in December 2017. According to...