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GapBuster Inc. leads free health screening in Nyamekrom to promote well-being
The Chronicle News Online
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August 15, 2025
In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 which ensures healthy living and promoting the well-being for all, GapBuster Inc., a U.S.-based non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with local and international...
Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case
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...
Edo bye-elections: CSO tasks INEC on free, fair process
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 14, 2025
As Edo state heads to the polls on August 16, 2025, for the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency bye-elections, the Coalition of Observer Groups in Nigeria has expressed deep concern over credible reports that threaten the...
EFCC to arraign 23 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at OOPL
Premium Times
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August 14, 2025
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign 23 suspected internet fraudsters, who were recently arrested at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State. The commission said in a statement...
ZEC urges election supervisors to uphold law and fairness
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
ZANZIBAR: THE Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged constituency election supervisors to act as pillars of democracy by ensuring that the October polls are conducted strictly in line with the law, free from bias and in full respect of...
City of Joburg to repeal private CCTV by-law
The Citizen (South Africa)
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August 15, 2025
Sapoa, which is among three organisations legally challenging the bylaw, believes it’s unconstitutional and invalid. The City of Joburg intends to repeal its controversial private security by-law, adopted in February, which required...
NAF partners NCCSALW to combat illegal arms proliferation
National Accord Newspaper
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August 15, 2025
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has committed to a robust partnership with the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to educate and sensitize communities on the dangers of illegal...
FG targets 10,000 women-owned export businesses by 2030
Punch
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August 15, 2025
The Federal Government has unveiled a plan to empower 10,000 women-owned export-ready businesses across Nigeria by 2030 and facilitate international market access for 3,000 women-led SMEs by 2027. First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, stated this on...
Great news for driver’s licence card printing in South Africa
The South African
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August 15, 2025
South African motorists can finally breathe a little easier, as the days of relying on a single, decades-old driver’s licence card printer are almost over. According to Mybroadband, the Department of Transport has confirmed that a backup printing...
ANC’s Bhengu-Motsiri: National Dialogue is for all South Africans, not just politicians
IOL
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ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said she believes the National Dialogue Convention marks a significant moment in South Africa’s history, one that should unite all South Africans in confronting the country's most pressing challenges....
Mali arrests generals, French national accused in alleged destabilisation plot
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s military-led government has arrested two generals and a French national, accusing them of participating in an alleged plot to destabilise the West African nation, according to a government statement and state-owned media....
U.S. Rights Report Says Armenian Police Use Arbitrary Arrests as Punishment
The California Courier
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YEREVAN (Azatyutun.am)—The State Department has highlighted cases in Armenia where police have occasionally used arrests “as a form of punishment,” along with other cases of “arbitrary detention,” in its latest report on human rights in the South...
U.S. Department of State report reveals that at least 20 died in zambia police cells in 2024 alone
Zambian Observer
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August 15, 2025
20 DEAD IN POLICE CUSTODY AS TORTURE, KILLINGS CONTINUE …….Zambia Faces Global Scrutiny as Justice System Fails Victims A fresh wave of concern has emerged over extrajudicial killings in Zambia, with the latest U.S. Department of State report...
Czech Foreign Minister: Mzia Amaglobeli’s case reflects growing pressure on media and civil society in Georgia - Czech Republic calls for release of all unjustly prosecuted
Inter Press News
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky, strongly condemns the “politicized” 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. “I strongly condemn the politicized 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, whose health has...
Unusual Suspects: Case Studies in Tunisia’s Crackdown on Civil Society
Nawaat
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August 8, 2025
Introduction Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has struggled to strike a balance between security and liberty, national identity, and diversity. A gradual shift in official discourse—particularly in relation to President Kais Saied’s focus on...
Reposition postgraduate education to drive national devt, Afolabi urges govt
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 15, 2025
Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, has called for the repositioning of postgraduate education in the country as a key driver of national development. Afolabi, who spoke while presenting a paper on...
Falana Seeks Probe Into Police Assault On Sowore; Civil Society Groups Demand Release
Sahara Reporters
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Prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and civil society organisations have condemned the unlawful detention and assault of pro-democracy activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement...
Inside Bulilima's zero percent exam pass rate: Who is at fault?
Zimbabwe Independent
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Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE) threatened to dismiss teachers in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, for recording zero percent pass rates over the past five years. The Standard of August 10–16, 2025, reported that the...
Former Nuffield Health CEO’s pay rose to £1.4m in final year, charity reports
Civil Society Media
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The former chief executive of Nuffield Health was paid over £1.4m in his last year at the charity, according to recently filed documents. Despite being replaced by former Bupa boss Alex Perry as CEO in September last year, Steve Gray received 47%...
Civil Society Organizations: Zionist enemy is deliberately starving people of Gaza
Yemen News Agency SABA
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August 5, 2025
Civil Society Organizations: Zionist enemy is deliberately starving people of Gaza [Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:45:57 +0300] Gaza - Saba: Amjad al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Network in the Gaza Strip, said that the Israeli...