Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 Co-Chaired by The Gambia First Lady and Merck Foundation CEO and Inaugurated by the Gambia Vice President and Merck foundation Chairman

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India & Banjul, The Gambia – Business Wire India • First Ladies of Burundi, Central Africa, Liberia, São Tomé & Príncipe and Senegal attend 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary, Co-chaired by The Gambia First Lady and...

Preview: Braganca vs Braga - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Taca de Portugal clash between Braganca and Braga, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Braga kick off their 2025-26 Taca de Portugal campaign with a clash against Campeonato de Portugal outfit...

Cape Verde add new line to list of old names from Africa at 48-team World Cup

Of the nine nations definitely heading to next year's World Cup from the African confederation, only Cape Verde will be sending a squad to the competition for the first time. Ghana, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco,Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and South...

Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 Co-Chaired by The Gambia First Lady and Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Inaugurated by the Gambia Vice President and Merck Foundation Chairman

(MENAFN- News.Africa-Wire) Merck Foundation (), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 12th Edition of their annual conference, “Merck Foundation Africa Asia Lu”inary”, in partnership with the Government of The Gambia, on 14th...

Requiem for political leaders not yet assassinated

The assassination of political leaders, whether government officials or leaders of social movements, has been used since ancient times to achieve specific political objectives, whether to eliminate the political ideas they symbolize, weaken the...

The mass of disaffected young Africans is a powder keg whose fuse is waiting to be lit

The number of mostly spontaneous mass protests in Africa has grown exponentially since the start of the 2010s, and yet it still has not registered in many decision-makers’ minds that a sea change is afoot in our political economy. They are not...

Foni Berefet Lights Up Under $66M ECOWAS–World Bank Project

By: Fatou Krubally The once-dark village of Foni Berefet in the West Coast Region on Friday, 10th October 2025, witnessed a historic transformation as it was officially connected to the national electricity grid. This was done under the ECOWAS...

African SIDS Blue Economy Project Showcased at the Africa Blue Economy Week in Addis Ababa

The USD 9 million initiative, which will be implemented over a period of 3 and a half years, is designed to transform livelihoods and ecosystems across six island nations, namely Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, São Tomé and...

Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk

Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, according to the first estimates of wild chimp alcohol intake. By virtue of their fruit-filled diets alongside natural fermentation, chimps (Pan...

Nepal close in on T20 World Cup as Cardiac Kids find new way to break UAE hearts

Nepal found a new method for crushing UAE’s spirit after winning their Super Six encounter at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in extraordinary fashion. The side have long been known as the “Cardiac Kids” because of their penchant for last-ball...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...