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Group calls for continental free movement, slams visa barriers
Punch
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August 25, 2025
The Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign on Monday strongly criticised African governments for enforcing visa policies that undermine the goal of a united and prosperous continent. Speaking at a press conference held at the Ghana High...
What Bangladesh can learn from global LDC experiences
The Business Standard
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August 26, 2025
In the early 1990s, Botswana faced a paradox. On the verge of graduating from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDC) category, the country confronted serious risks. Landlocked, and constrained by limited human capital and weak infrastructure, it...
The Kingdom Where Kings Never Die, By Osmund Agbo
News Diary Online
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August 24, 2025
I was minding my own business, staring dismally at Delta’s underwhelming low-budget Jollof rice and resigned to the dreary choice between chicken and fish, when a man, leaning forward from the row behind, tapped me on the shoulder. Apparently,...
State Department Slams Latest Instance of Leftist ‘Judicial Overreach’
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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August 21, 2025
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is condemning a Biden-appointed federal judge’s ruling barring the Trump administration from using the president’s latest travel ban to deny visas to foreigners from certain countries. U.S. District...
How to watch Man City vs Tottenham today: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, team news
TechRadar
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August 23, 2025
The Man City vs Tottenham live stream is a heavyweight clash this early in the Premier League 2025/26 season, not least after the sides won their respective opening fixtures 4-0 and 3-0. City purred in winning by four goals at Wolves. An Erling...
African migration: 5 trends and what’s driving them
The Conversation
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August 20, 2025
The Donald Trump administration issued an executive order in June 2025 banning nationals from 12 countries from travelling to the United States. It also imposed entry restrictions on nationals from seven others. About half of the countries...
Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 22, 2025
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Today's Africa Intelligence Brief provides a comprehensive analysis of major developments across the African continent on August 22, 2025 roundup is organized by region (North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central...
How to watch Bundesliga 2025/26: live stream guide, TV channels and free streams
TechRadar
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August 22, 2025
2025/26's Bundesliga live streams see Bayern Munich set out to defend their crown, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig try to stop them. Below we have all the information on how to watch Bundesliga 2025/26 season...
French-speaking citizens of these countries have a direct study to permanent residence pathway
CIC News
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August 7, 2025
The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) provides a study to permanent residence (PR) pathway for French-speaking students who are citizens of select countries. If you’re admitted to study in Canada under the FMCSP, you can apply...
The kingdom where kings never die, By Osmund Agbo
Premium Times
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August 23, 2025
Three pairs of human hands tied up together with rope Power ultimately resides in the people. But when the people grow timid in wielding it, tyrants flourish and endurance is mistaken for virtue. Until that changes, the myth will persist, and the...
Interview Waiver No Longer Available for Most Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants, Starting September 2, 2025
National Law Review
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August 21, 2025
Quick Hits Most applicants for nonimmigrant visa interview waivers will be required to attend in-person interviews after September 2, 2025. For certain nationalities, these changes are effective immediately and without exception. These changes may...
Injury to Al Ain striker Asamoah Gyan forces Ghana to cancel friendly
The National News
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Experienced striker Asamoah Gyan has emerged as an injury worry ahead of Ghana’s opening African Nations Cup ficture against Senegal on Monday. - This time for Africa: Premier League players prepare for Cup of Nations Gyan picked up an injury in...
Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on returning Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
Presidency Defends Tinubu’s Brazil Visit, Says Agriculture, Aviation, Investment Deals Will Transform Ties
Arise News
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August 25, 2025
The Presidency on Sunday, justified the two-day official visit of President Bola Tinubu to Brazil from 24 to 25 August, 2025. Reacting to criticism trailing the state visit on a Television programme (TVC’s Sunday Politics) in Abuja on Sunday...
Trump’s New Bans on International Students Harm U.S., Experts Say
Al-Fanar Media
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August 16, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision this summer to ban travel to the United States by citizens of 12 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, and to restrict travel by citizens of seven other countries has upended numerous students’...
U.S. Halts Most Visa Processing in Zimbabwe Amid Policy Review
[your]NEWS
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August 20, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna The United States has suspended most visa services in Zimbabwe until further notice, the U.S. Embassy in Harare announced on Aug. 20. “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government...
Presidency Justifies Tinubu’s Visit To Brazil, Says It’s a Strategic Move for Nation’s Economic Future
This Day
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August 25, 2025
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Presidency yesterday justified the two-day official visit of President Bola Tinubu to Brazil from 24 to 25 August, 2025. Reacting to criticism trailing the state visit on a Television programme (TVC’s Sunday Politics) in...
Tinubu’s visit to Brazil justified, strategic move for Nigeria’s economic future – Dare
The Sun Nigeria
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August 24, 2025
Says BASA agreement will cut flight time by 8 hours President restored investor confidence by clearing $7bn forex backlog – Sani From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Brasilia, Brazil Despite criticism that has trailed President Bola Tinubu’s official...
Green Card Lawsuit Against Trump Admin Heads To New Judge As Visas Run Out
Newsweek
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August 14, 2025
A new judge is slated to hear arguments Friday regarding a lawsuit involving foreign nationals and a travel ban that was imposed earlier this year on green card holders, as the number of allotted visas continues to diminish. Newsweek reached out...