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Burundi and Tanzania: Building Africa’s future through partnership
Daily News Tanzania
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July 27, 2025
BUJUMBURA: In an era where Africa seeks to unlock its full potential, few relationships better illustrate the power of regional cooperation than that between Tanzania and Burundi. Once defined primarily by shared history and border proximity, our...
Burundi holds senatorial elections
Xinhua News Agency
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BUJUMBURA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The district councilors elected during Burundi's June 5 elections went to the polls on Wednesday to choose 10 senators -- two from each of the country's five provinces. According to the Burundian constitution, each...
Music Inspired by Takashi Murakami and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week
Cleveland Scene - Ohio
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July 23, 2025
click to enlarge As we move into high summer, some classical music producing and presenting organizations are also shifting into high gear. - Ohio Light Opera continues its season at The College of Wooster’s Freedlander Theatre. The opening...
Merck Foundation marks World ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Day 2025 by providing 716 ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation has made history by training the first local Embryologists and Reproductive & Fertility Experts in many countries such as The Gambia, Liberia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Congo. Moreover, supported...
Jesuits in Africa Welcome Elevation of Rwanda-Burundi Region to Province
ACI Africa
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July 23, 2025
Fr. Gasigwa, who has been serving the Rwanda-Burundi region since January 2021 as Regional Superior until his recent appointment, previously held several roles, including assistant to the Regional Superior, Treasurer, and Superior of the Centre...
Who was the slain nuncio Archbishop Courtney?
The Pillar
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August 15, 2025
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin inaugurated Thursday a memorial to the slain nuncio Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney in Burundi. Cardinal Pietro Parolin lays flowers at a memorial to Archbishop Courtney in Minago, Burundi, on...
Arthur Brown: “Going by any reasonable judgement system, I’d have to admit to being mad”
Prog
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August 14, 2025
From setting fire to the charts and himself and inciting student riots to watching Vivian Stanshall chase Robert Calvert with a shotgun, Arthur Brown’s is a life most colourful. In 2010 Prog tried to encapsulate the spirit that’s driven one of...
Prince Nyerere eyes ARC diadem in Burundi after the Rwanda conquest
Daily News Tanzania
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July 20, 2025
ARUSHA: AFTER a stellar performance in the third round of the African Rally Championship(ARC) in Rwanda, Tanzania’s youthful wheeler, Prince Charles Nyerere, seeks to brighten his performance in Burundi, the venue of the fourth round of this...
Bantu Somali: Refugee school in Kakuma uses music to preach peace
The Standard
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Students from Somali Bantu Secondary School in Kakuma Refugee Camp rehearse during a past session [Kipsang Joseph/Standard] They are students from various war-torn African countries, schooling in Kenya, and they share one painful experience: they...
How Kakuma Refugee School breeds hope, unity through music
The Standard
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They are students from various war-torn African countries, schooling in Kenya, and they share one painful experience: they have never known peace and stability in their home countries. Many of those who fled ended up in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in...
US condemns rights violations in East Africa
GhanaWeb
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August 15, 2025
East Africa's human rights record has deteriorated sharply over the past year, with governments accused of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and restrictions on free expression, according to the latest US State...
Mpox declining, cholera spreading, says Africa CDC
Peoples Gazette
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August 15, 2025
One year after the World Health Organisation declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, Africa has made significant progress in controlling the disease. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which also...
Diplomacy without deterrence won’t bring peace in eastern DRC
Institute for Security Studies
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Diplomacy without deterrence won’t bring peace in eastern DRC No mediation effort has outlined the incentives required to move the conflict parties towards de-escalation, let alone peace. Published on 15 August 2025 in ISS Today By Paul-Simon...
Refugee family finds farm success with their African roots
Capital Press - Oregon
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August 15, 2025
PORTLAND — A refugee family that fled a civil war and ethnic killings has found success farming in the U.S. by focusing on a niche segment and their African roots. Happiness Family Farm, an organic operation that sprouted from a community garden...
Dare to be a contrarian and take the journey less travelled
The Citizen
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When it comes down to it, travel is all about the memories one creates, whether going to the farthest point in the world or eating raw meat with members of the Hadzabe tribe, who thrive away from civilisation. It's those moments that make the...
"We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday
Louder
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August 6, 2025
Peter Gabriel's 1982 set from WOMAD Festival is to be released digitally this Friday. Live At WOMAD 1982 features Gabriel's set from Friday night at the very first World Music And Dance Festival that he'd helped set up and which was held at...
Roaming Charges: From Police State to Military Police State
CounterPunch
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August 15, 2025
So here’s what I don’t get, he’s [Trump] been sitting on the Epstein Files this whole time and every time someone brings it up there’s suddenly some kind of brand new emergency: Putin gets to keep part of Ukraine, job numbers are “fake,” let’s...
From newsroom to global lecture halls of fame
Modern Ghana
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For more than three decades, Professor Austin Njiribeako Nosike charted a remarkable career that began on newspaper desks in his native Nigeria and led him to influential academic and policy platforms across the globe. His recent appointment as...
Sierra Leone to Participate in Inaugural Beach Kabaddi World Cup
Sierraloaded
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August 11, 2025
Sierra Leone’s Men’s National Kabaddi Team is set to make history as one of 18 nations competing at the inaugural Beach Kabaddi World Cup, scheduled from September 23 to 28, 2025. Representing Africa alongside Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi, Sierra...
Peter Gabriel’s Performance at Inaugural WOMAD Festival in 1982 to Be Released for First Time on Archival Live Album
American Songwriter
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August 7, 2025
In June 1982, Peter Gabriel headlined the first WOMAD Festival, an event he co-founded to showcase music, artists, and dancers from around the world. The three-day festival was held June 16-18 at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground in Shepton...