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Strengthening Jamaica-Tanzania ties
Prime Minister Michael Manley and Tanzanian President Julius K. Nyerere discussed a wide range of international and bilateral issues during the president’s official visit to Jamaica. The leaders explored developments in Portuguese colonial...

Muslim Journalists eulogize Late Umul Khair Ja’afar for her ...
The Coalition of Muslim Journalists, on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, paid tribute at the Fida’u (three-day prayer) in memory of the late Hajia Umul Khair Ja’afar, a respected broadcast journalist and community leader. Colleagues remembered her...

17th China-PSCs Cultural Week opens
The 17th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) was officially inaugurated last night at the Legend Boulevard in Fisherman’s Wharf, aiming to promote cultural exchange activities between the nation and the world’s nine...

“Angola’s biodiversity destroyed before our eyes”: Bishop on Massive Deforestation, Poaching near Border with Zambia
“I saw centenary Mussivi trees cut down, fresh tracks from tractors and trucks clearly coming from Zambia. On the Angolan side, there are no roads for these vehicles. It is obvious where they come from,” he said. The Catholic Church leader warned...

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Food, drinking water, medical care, and psychosocial support for a group of 220 juvenile prisoners
Friday, 3 October 2025 SDB Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the...

Open through Oct. 12: Ogden Contemporary Arts’ (Im)Posibilidades: Performance Art for Video is marvelous sampling of media possibilities
When many arts organizations turned to video during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns as a means of staying visible and demonstrating that fresh forms of creative expression could still thrive, many artists found ways to merge cinematography with...

Angola strengthens Ebola prevention efforts along DRC border
By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-09-25 17:31 Following the declaration of an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola is intensifying disease surveillance, prevention and...

Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe Catholic Bishops Warn of “crisis of hope”, Call for National Reconciliation
“Without stable families, there is no future for a nation,” they said. Among the main challenges highlighted were persistent hunger in several regions, growing inequality in access to healthcare and education, urban and domestic violence, drug...

Angola arrests lift lid on covert ops in Africa: Analysts
Angola arrests lift lid on covert ops in Africa: Analysts ANALYSTS have said the arrest of two Russian nationals in Angola on charges of attempting to destabilise Luanda’s democracy could signal a broader pattern of covert operations targeting the...

Armenia, Angola sign memoranda on political consultations and diplomatic cooperation.
ArmInfo. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola Tete Antonio. According to the Foreign Ministry's press service, the interlocutors discussed opportunities for...

Quacking good time
The winning duck owner was Elke Beckmann, whose duck crossed the finish line well ahead of the second-place duck owned by Rotary Club member David Trubshaw. Credits: Supplied Image; €1000 was raised towards the costs of accommodation and flights...

At IMBISA Plenary, Church in Eswatini Lauded for Development, “preaching gospel in different aspects of life”
The Eswatini government official said that the Catholic Church in the country has 47 primary schools, 13 high schools, one nursing college and one vocational center for people living with disabilities. Further lauding the Catholic Church’s...

Angola’s Catholic men urged to ‘strengthen families, be examples of integrity’
ACI Africa, Sep 23, 2025 / 11:35 am Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of Angola’s Archdiocese of Huambo has urged members of the Catholic Men Organization (CMO) in the southern African nation to be involved in the fight against societal voices,...

Angola’s Catholic Men Urged to Fight Vices, Strengthen Faith in Families, “be examples of integrity”
He reminded CMO members that “the MEP was created precisely to strengthen family bonds and the living out of faith among Catholic spouses.” Addressing the moral crisis in Angola, Archbishop Zeca said, “The Apostle St. Paul warned that in the last...

Prevalence and Determinants of Common Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women Presenting with Vaginal Discharge at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eritrea
Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) pose a significant public health challenge globally, with higher prevalence rates observed in developing countries due to limited access to treatment.1 In 2019, the World Health Organization...

Illegal immigrant who should have been deported nine years ago brutally murdered innocent 15-year-old boy and man while they filmed rap video after mistaking them for rivals
An illegal immigrant who should have been deported nine years ago was among five thugs who have been jailed for a total of 189 years after the brutal murder an innocent schoolboy and a young man. Jason Furtado, 28, who was born in the UK to...

AR recommends that Portugal host children from Gaza with urgent medical needs.
A vote was held today in the parliament’s plenary session on the final text of the PAN resolution project, initially approved in general on July 11. The proposal received support from PS, IL, Livre, PCP, BE, JPP, and its proponent Inês de Sousa...

India pushes sustainable aviation fuel and gender inclusion at ICAO assembly
The minister also met his aviation counterparts from Angola, Japan and Nigeria.Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Thursday highlighted steps being taken by India for promoting sustainable aviation fuel and efforts to make the civil...

The US is paying immigrants to leave. Who is choosing to go?
Years ago, José saw America from above – cleaning windows of skyscrapers in New York. He held several jobs since entering the country illegally in 2008, often afraid to out himself by speaking Spanish. José says he fled to the United States from...

Why We Don’t Learn About Africa’s Great Kingdoms
It becomes clear fairly quickly that we don’t know Black history in America. But just as striking, we also don’t know African history — and for the same reason. For centuries, both were deliberately distorted or erased to serve the interests of...