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Study unveils water danger in S-African schools
(MENAFN) A recent investigation by a South African environmental group has revealed that 43% of schools participating in a national water testing project found dangerous bacteria in their water samples. The results were published on Wednesday. The...

Government Council reviews Morocco-Chad driving permit agreement
HESPRESS English – Morocco News General With MAPThursday 12 June 2025 - 19:26 The government council reviewed on Thursday in Rabat an agreement on the mutual recognition of driving permits between Morocco and the Republic of Chad. During a press...

Malawi among economies most affected by US tariffs
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability says Malawi will be among the worst hit economies in sub- Saharan Africa due to the US universal 10 percent tariff imposed on all its trading partners and reciprocal tariffs announced for 57...

Man of Steel stars set to reunite as Russell Crowe joins Henry Cavill in Highlander remake
As we await the new Superman, which will land in theaters in just a few weeks, Amazon, MGM Studios, and United Artists have revealed that the former Jor-El and Kal-El from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel will team up once more, only this time as...

The sheikh who conquered soccer – and coddles warlords
Modern Abu Dhabi bears little resemblance to its humble beginnings.The al-Nahyans of Abu Dhabi are the world’s second-richest family, after the Waltons of the US, by some estimates. They have ruled the UAE since independence in 1971, and their...

Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighbor Chad as refugees find little help
ADRE, Chad (AP) — Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two years. She did not expect Sudan’s civil war to displace her for so long into neighboring Chad. “There is nothing here,”...

How Sudan’s war is driving Chad’s humanitarian collapse
A UN official and a Sudanese refugee talk to Al Jazeera from Chad, where aid is vanishing and camps face a growing catastrophe. As Sudan’s war effects spill into Chad, the country faces the world’s most underfunded refugee crisis. Nearly a million...

Bearing The Brunt Of War: UNICEF Chief Meets Some Of Sudan’s 700,000 Child Refugees Crossing Into Chad
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 9:04 am Press Release: UN News 23 June 2025 In neighbouring Chad, children make up 61 per cent of the 860,000 Sudanese refugees and a staggering 68 per cent of the 274,000 Chadian returnees – that’s over 700,000 young lives...

Gender gaps in crucial sectors are narrowing in more African countries — report
More African countries are making progress on gender equality. From Benin to Botswana, new data shows gains in political inclusion, economic participation, and leadership. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A new report shows many African countries...

Starving Sudanese people eating weeds to survive amid brutal war
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Lincoln Riley Receives Major Warning in Josh Pate’s USC Verdict
When Lincoln Riley showed up in the Big Ten after USC made the jump from the Pac-12, it felt like a genius move and was even dubbed a ‘coup’ for the Trojans. The idea was simple: Riley was set to bring his air raid offense to a conference known...
In pics: displaced Sudanese refugees
Sudanese refugees wait for departure inside a relocation truck commuting from the eastern Chadian city of Tine to Iridimi, on June 26, 2025. According to the United Nations, one in three Sudanese have been displaced. Of those, 3.8 million have...

Who is Jimmy Chin? From finding Sandy Irvine’s boot on Everest to making movies with Alex Honnold and summitting Meru
Jimmy Chin’s talents seemingly know no bounds. His adventurous career makes a mockery of the perception that you have to focus entirely on one pursuit in order to master it. Where Chin is concerned, it’s a case of Jack of all trades – master of...

How to save the 10,000 animals and plants hurtling fastest towards extinction World-first assessment of Critically Endangered species maps path to save more than 10,000 animals and plants from extinction
Scientists have outlined the steps world leaders must take to save the world’s most threatened animals and plants from extinction. In the first ever assessment of its kind for all 10,443 species categorised as Critically Endangered by the...

In which country girls become mothers at the youngest age?
For a woman, becoming a mother is one of the most beautiful moments of her life. However, there is a necessary age for becoming a mother, because becoming a mother before that affects the development of the child. Sometimes its effect can be seen...

Displacement: Stakeholders Calls For Action as Nigeria Hosts Over 3.5 Million IDPs
Nigeria is currently hosting over 3.5 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and more than 138,000 refugees and asylum seekers, according to the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI). The figures...

‘Chad Powers’ Teaser: Glen Powell Goes Incognito For Football Comeback In Hulu’s Sneak Peek
Glen Powell is taking on what might be his most challenging performance yet in Chad Powers: playing an “extremely ugly” person. In Hulu‘s first teaser for the upcoming comedy series, the first two episodes premiering Sept. 30 on the streaming...

Tasting the continent: a pan-African journey at Épicure
Eat your way around Africa: Épicure is a pan-African fine dining restaurant in the Joburg suburb of Rosebank (left) where Fathi ‘Chef Coco’ Reinarhz redefines food from the continent. On a sunny yet cold Friday afternoon, I found myself in a...

Pakistan urges global community to hold Israel accountable for Iran aggression
Strongly condemning the unjustified and illegitimate aggression by Israel against Iran, Pakistan on Thursday urged the international community and the United Nations to bear the responsibility to uphold international law, stop this aggression...

'Coming to Jesus in Large Numbers': Brave Missionaries See Big Results in Deadly Corner of Africa
N'DJAMENA, Chad – In one of the most perilous regions of the world, an American missionary is quietly building an army – not with weapons, but with prayer. Carole Ward has made it her life's mission to follow God's call and train fearless...