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‘Pak–Africa Trade Development Conference’ strengthens partnerships
ADIS ABAB, (Ethiopia): The second day of the 5th Pakistan–Africa Trade Development Conference (PATDC) and Made in Pakistan Exhibition witnessed remarkable progress at Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, marked by dynamic B2B meetings, a high-level visit...

Tanzania : four more schools closed in Burundian refugee camps
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, October 15, 2025 – Four more schools attended by Burundian refugees were closed this week in the Nyarugusu and Nduta camps in northwest Tanzania. These closures come on top of some fifteen others recorded last month,...

Colombo Washout Sends South Africa to T20 World Cup Semifinals
The disappointing leg of 2025 Women's World Cup in Colombo witnessed another match being washed out as New Zealand and Pakistan settled for a point apiece on Saturday (October 18). Though the tie piles the pressure on T20 World champions New...

Soccer-Pyramids score late to win African Super Cup
Soccer Football - African Super Cup - Final - Pyramids FC v RSB Berkane - 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt - October 18, 2025 Pyramids FC players celebrate after winning the African Super Cup REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh CAIRO (Reuters) -Pyramids of...

Delta About To Launch New Direct Flight To One Of The Most Popular Countries In Africa
In the last month, airlines have announced a variety of new direct flights connecting the U.S. to several destinations worldwide. American Airlines is about to resume flights to Israel and will launch a new route connecting San Francisco to...
Update: Yemen's Houthis deny involvement in Cameroon-flagged tanker attack in Gulf of Aden
ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Houthi group on Saturday denied any involvement in the projectile attack earlier in the day in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen's coast, which led to the explosion and burning of a Cameroon-flagged oil tanker,...

Turkish Super Lig top scorer and Osimhen's rival sends message to Chelle ahead of Gabon playoff
Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu has sent a clear message to Eric Chelle ahead of the 2026 World Cup playoffs The 2023 AFCON silver medalist scored his seventh goal in the Super Lig against Trabzonspor on Saturday night The 31-year-old is in the...
Tanzania unveils strategies that assure jobs for graduates
DAR ES SALAAM: PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the Tanzanian government will establish special programs to enable young people who have graduated from higher and secondary education institutions to either be employed or be self-employed. He...

Mozambique boat tragedy: After Kochi youth, Kollam native also reported missing
Kochi: A second Keralite has been confirmed missing in the Mozambique boat tragedy, with Sreerag Radhakrishnan (35), a native of Naduvilakara in Thevalakkara near Kollam, among the six Indian nationals still unaccounted for after a launch boat...
Africa must “speak with one voice” on energy — President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has officially opened AOW:Energy 2025 in Accra, describing the event as a defining moment for African unity, pride and partnership in the global energy sector. Addressing more than 1,200 delegates on Tuesday,...
Indian national who survived Mozambique boat mishap receiving medical attention; five others rescued
Beira [Mozambique], October 18 (ANI): A Consular Officer from the Indian Mission in Mozambique visited the Indian national who survived the tragic boat mishap off Beira port and is receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Beira. The Mission...

Rivers United Slip In Mozambique, Wikki Tourists Battle Injury Crisis
Rivers United will have to dig deep when they face Mozambique’s Black Bulls next week after falling 1-0 in the first leg of their CAF Champions League second preliminary round on Saturday. It was a tight contest in Maputo, with both teams creating...

Aisha Babangida and the African Rural Woman
…celebrating International Day for Rural Women By Edwin Uhara There is no better time to appreciate the humanitarian gestures of Aisha Babangida, a woman who has been silently transforming the lives of people around her than using the occasion of...
Cameroon-flagged oil tanker hit by projectile off Yemen's Aden, crew evacuated
ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A Cameroon-flagged oil tanker caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen's coast on Saturday after being struck by a projectile, a Yemeni official told Xinhua. A source from Yemen's government coast guard confirmed...

Tanzanian opposition leader barred from crossing border for Raila's burial
CHADEMA Deputy Chairperson John Heche at a past event. [CHADEMA, X] Tanzanian authorities have arrested and detained a delegation of opposition politicians who were on a trip to Kenya for the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, set for...

Let’s Recognize Migrants as “rights-bearing individuals”: Director of Mozambique Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat
Fr. Fumo identified family reunification, neighborhood coexistence, and decent housing as essential pillars for social integration. “Family reunification provides emotional stability and reduces isolation,” he said, adding that everyday social...

Celebrating roots: African art museum opens in Mount Vernon to inspire and educate
Community members came out Saturday to experience the grand opening of the Luangisa African Museum and Cultural Art Center in Mount Vernon. The museum offers a window to African culture for visitors to learn African roots through art and food....
3 Indians dead, 5 missing as boat capsizes off Mozambique coast
At least three Indian nationals died and five others went missing after a boat carrying 14 crew members capsized off the Beira port in Mozambique, the Indian High Commission in Maputo said on Saturday. The incident occurred during what officials...
President Mahama to Unveil Africa’s Largest Free Zones Park Tuesday
President John Dramani Mahama will on October 21 officially launch the Gomoa Central Special Economic Zone, a $1.5 billion industrial development project that officials describe as transformative for Ghana’s economic trajectory. Spanning 21,000...