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Trump Doubles Maduro Bounty to $50M

The Trump administration has doubled the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ...

Embalo

Guinea-Bissau Leader Sacks Prime Minister Before Elections

The Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló dismissed Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros on Thursday, ...

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U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe Halts Visa Services

The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe has announced a significant change to its operations, suspending ...

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Tinubu Nominates New NERC Leadership for Senate Approval

On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Bola Tinubu nominated Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat as the ...

Ghanaian Government

Ghana Releases Names of Helicopter Crash Victims

On Wednesday, the Ghanaian Government disclosed the identities of eight individuals who perished in a ...

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WAEC Pauses 2025 WASSCE Results Over Technical Issues

On Wednesday, August 6, 2025,WAEC announced a temporary suspension of access to the 2025 West ...

MINE

Zambia Rejects US Claims of Contamination After Mine Spill

On February 18, 2025, a tailings dam at a Chinese-operated copper mine in Chambishi, northern ...

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Nigeria Issues Urgent Flood Alert for 19 States Amid Heavy Rainfall

Nigeria’s Environment Ministry has issued a critical flood warning for 19 states, citing intense rainfall ...

Doyin-Abiola

Nigeria Mourns Dr. Doyin Abiola, Pioneering Journalist

The Nigerian media community is grieving the loss of Dr. Doyin Abiola, a trailblazing journalist ...

Laurent-Gbagbo

PPA-CI Arrests in Ivory Coast Spark Outrage Before 2025 Election

On August 2-3, 2025, six senior members of the African People’s Party Ivory Coast (PPA-CI), ...

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August 11th is the day in 3114 BC that the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.

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