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EOCO working with Interpol, FBI recovers 100 stolen vehicles trafficked into Ghana; warns public...
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has recovered over 100 stolen luxury vehicles shipped under dubious means from foreign countries into Ghana. The anti-graft body is investigating about 300 cases of suspected stolen vehicles in...

ECREEE celebrates 15 years of advancing energy transition in West Africa
From July 28 to 31, the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) celebrated its 15th anniversary with a landmark event held in Praia, Cabo Verde. The celebration brought together representatives from the National Focal...

Inventa marks a decade of protecting Nigerian innovation for global competitiveness
Inventa, an international intellectual property (IP) law firm with over 50 years of global experience, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Nigeria office. Since opening its Lagos base in 2015, the firm has become a strategic partner in...

Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
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What Bangladesh can learn from global LDC experiences
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...

Tracking the Tropics: Following Fernand and what could soon develop
Tracking the Tropics: Following Fernand and what could soon develop 'Tracking the Tropics' airs live each week. Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. during hurricane season, that means it's time to track the tropics from sunny Central Florida. I'm West to...

AMC & TICON Africa Conference 2025: Harnessing innovation, standards, and global influence on empowering Africa’s digital future
The 2025 AMC & TICON Africa Conference brought together over 500 ICT professionals, marketers, policymakers, and industry leaders from 35 African countries, including South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Lesotho, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, and...

Luxury Meets Blockchain: EstateX and Melia Hotels Deliver Second U.S. Tokenized Resort Offering
EstateX, the property tokenization platform which allows people to invest in real-estate for as little as $100, has signed a strategic tokenization partnership with global hospitality leader Melia Branded Resorts in Cape Verde to bring a luxury...

Logan Airport is losing immigrant workers as Trump administration changes the rules
As a little girl in Nicaragua, Daysi Rocha Cruz loved to stare up at the sky, watching airplanes soar overhead. “I’d say to myself, ‘Wow, I’m never going to be there,’ ” she recalled in Spanish from the front steps of her East Boston home on a...
EOCO working with Interpol, FBI recovers 100 stolen vehicles trafficked into Ghana; warns public to be vigilant
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has recovered over 100 stolen luxury vehicles shipped under dubious means from foreign countries into Ghana. The anti-graft body is investigating about 300 cases of suspected stolen vehicles in...

Michael ‘Tunes’ Antunes of John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band Dead at 85
Michael “Tunes” Antunes, whose powerful saxophone playing since the early ’70s with John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band graced hits including the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 smash “On the Dark Side,” died Aug. 19, nine days after his 85th birthday....

Leaders broke ground for 3 Latter-day Saint temples in one weekend. Here’s what to know
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Here’s how close Hurricane Erin was to being another Sandy
Sandy - a deadly, destructive and memorable 2012 storm, particularly for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic - was one of the costliest hurricanes to impact the United States. At its peak, Hurricane Erin’s tropical storm-force wind diameter reached 650...

Senegal beat Cameroon to finish third for the third time in a row
LUANDA (Angola) - Senegal finished third in the 2025 AfroBasket tournament after defeating Cameroon 98-72 on Sunday in Luanda. Jean-Jacques Boissy set a new AfroBasket record with his impressive 40-point performance. The previous record was 38...
Cuban Flames, Imperialist Tundra
Danny Shaw with friends in Cuba. [Source: Photo courtesy of Danny Shaw] An Ethnographic Portrait of Youth, the Blockade and Survival in Havana Today, on the 72nd Anniversary of the July 26th Attack Argentinian sociologist Atilio Borón, analyzing...

Aboubakar Gakou Solidifies His Place Among Angola’s Basketball Elite
Aboubakar Gakou Of Angola Supplied/FIBA Africa The arenas in Namibe and Luanda have been electric every time Angola, hosts and now title favourites, took to the court in pursuit of their 12th FIBA AfroBasket Championship. Every rebound, every...

PREVIEW - Who will take the last two spots in the 2025 AfroBasket quarterfinals?
LUANDA (Angola) - Six teams have already advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 AfroBasket and four more will do battle for the remaining two spots on Tuesday in Luanda. Here's a breakdown of Tuesday's unmissable matchups. Cape Verde vs....

Met Office issues Storm Erin Glasgow update as UK braced for strong winds and rain
The Met Office have issued a Storm Erin update as some parts of the nation are set to be battered by strong winds and rain after the ongoing heatwave. It has been a wonderful week of warm weather for Glasgow, with people racing out their homes to...

João Lourenço praises Japan's stance, which he considers an "indispensable partner" of African countries
"We live in a world of absolute interdependence between nations, and therefore, there is no alternative to multilateralism, within which major global problems must be discussed," argued João Lourenço in a speech delivered on behalf of the African...

Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens US East Coast With Rough Surf
Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches. Erin’s top winds measured at 140 miles (225 kilometers)...