Mohammed Kudus scores as ‘united’ Ghana qualify for 2026 World Cup

JOHANNESBURG – Ghana coach Otto Addo has praised his “matured” side after they made it to the 2026 World Cup following their failure to qualify for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The team will not play in the Afcon starting on Dec 21...

World Tour | The music of Carlos Paredes celebrated in the United States – Portugal

Posted on 11 October 2025. Celebrating the centenary of legendary Portuguese guitarist and composer Carlos Paredes (1925–2004), the “Paredes Experience” World Tour will visit 15 countries over six months, bringing the timeless sound of the...

President of the Gambia, H.E. Mr. ADAMA BARROW to Inaugurate the 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025, Being Held in the Gambia

Business Wire India The 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary will be officially inaugurated by The President of the Republic of The Gambia, H.E. Mr. ADAMA BARROW, and attended by African First Ladies. The conference is being...

Business News | President of the Gambia, H.E. Mr. ADAMA BARROW to Inaugurate the 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025, Being Held in the Gambia

BusinessWire India Banjul [The Gambia] / Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, will conduct the 12th Edition of their annual conference, "Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary", in...

Universal BCG vaccine at birth

Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, assistant professor in vaccinology1 2, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, clinical associate professor1 3 4 1Bandim Health Project, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 2Bandim Health Project, OPEN, Department of Clinical Research,...

ECOWAS Amplifies Citizens’ Voices Towards Peace, Security, Regional Integration

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), has launched in Bissau a three-day Regional Consultation on Political Stability, Peace and Security (24–26...

Anatomy of Illegal Power on the Planet

“Illegal power is neither periphery nor shadow; it is a global system fed by formal politics and the formal economy” — inspired by Lucía Dammert Illegal power is neither accident nor exception. It is a parallel system spanning continents,...

Mercury in Your Hot Dog? Vaccine Skeptics Face Their Limits at Crucial CDC Meeting

ATLANTA — Public health officials watched with dread as a panel shaped by the Trump administration took up an agenda to begin dismantling six decades of vaccination development and progress. But while the result seemed foretold, the debate was far...

EU-funded high-speed internet to boost research, education

AFRICA-EUROPE The European Union is to commit €40 million (about US$46.6 million) to support phase four of the AfricaConnect project, which will establish a high-capacity internet network across Africa to strengthen research and educational...

We're eating more cashew nuts – and the consequences are serious

THIS CONTENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) - read more Growing interest in plant-based diets and the use of cashews as a dairy alternative have driven up demand. Cashews have become a crucial source of...

Nottingham stab attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar remembered at awards ceremony in UK

Student (19), whose mother’s family are Irish, was killed along with two other people in 2023 Grace O’Malley-Kumar (19), whose mother’s family are Irish, was killed when she intervened and sought to try to save Barnaby Webber, also 19, after he...

10 years in office, what has changed in INEC under Prof. Yakubu?

From: Ismail Omipidan, Abuja When Professor Mahmud Yakubu was named the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in October 2015, he pledged to reform the commission and introduce necessary changes that would help...

Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics

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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market

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Many paths to jobs: New World Bank Group Scorecard insights

Two years ago, the World Bank Group launched a revamped Scorecard not as another report but as a promise: that measuring impact would become part of how we think and work. Today, that promise is starting to take hold. The Scorecard is showing that...

Chimpanzees ingest more than the equivalent of one alcoholic drink a day – new research

By Stefano Kaburu, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Nottingham Trent University Drinking more than you intended may be something that many humans do, but now research is showing that a taste for alcohol is surprisingly common among...

FCWC, partners launch WASOP-Pillar.

The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), in collaboration with its national and international partners, has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP)-Pillar. The launch held at the Tema Canoe Beach...

The U.S. Attacks Cuban Doctors to Punish the Nation for Existing

Donald Trump came into his second term in office proclaiming his intention to tighten the United States’ grip on Latin America, proudly invoking the Monroe Doctrine. As part of this agenda, one of the administration’s earliest foreign policy moves...

Ghana launches West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to strengthen regional marine governance

Ghana has officially launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP), a pioneering regional initiative aimed at enhancing ocean governance, promoting a sustainable blue economy, and protecting marine ecosystems across 13 coastal West...

Prime Minister hospitalised

Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, Braima Camara, was hospitalised in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during a speech by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a source close to the prime minister’s office told AFP. Camara, 57, who was appointed prime...