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  Fadiga, Odumodublvck headline 2025 Champions Cup clash in Abuja
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA The countdown is on, as in just three days, the highly anticipated 2025 Champions Cup will ignite the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, at 3pm on Saturday. Football would meet entertainment as Senegalese legend Khalilou...
    
  US approves seafood exports from South Africa, 9 other African countries under mammal protection guidelines
NOAA Fisheries has determined that South Africa is among 10 African countries that have been granted permission to export fish and fish products from all of their marine fisheries to the U.S. from January 2026 onward. The announcement was made as...
    
  Morocco commits to smart power while Algeria boosts military spending
Morocco: modernisation of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) Algeria: quantitative deterrence and foreign dependence Two opposing visions of the future of the Maghreb Defence spending: social and economic factors Defence doctrines between smart power...
    
  Messy Hair Might Be In, But It’s Still Not Inclusive
Every few trend cycles, the purveyors of modern beauty standards (it girls, the media, and beauty conglomerates) collectively decide that messy hair is having a “moment.” We’re all urged to embrace flyaways and loosely done updos to channel the...
    
  Dr Campbell Costello: How Bush Labs is bringing PCR testing to the paddock
Dr Campbell Costello discusses how he’s changing veterinary care in outback Australia, and how animal care can impact very human outcomes. Dr Campbell Costello isn’t your average vet. He’s part bush pilot, part biosecurity innovator, and the guy...
    
  Dangote Reveals Plans to More Than Double 650,000 bpd Oil Refinery to 1.4 Million bpd
•Set to list 10% of company’s shares by next year •S&P reports oil firm secured $4bn critical financing agreement in August •Says company pursuing Middle Eastern partners •40,000 bpd upstream assets to begin production by end of October Emmanuel...
    
  Jihadist fuel blockade makes life a struggle in Mali's capital
In Bamako's business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard, waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel. Jihadists have rendered everyday life in Mali increasingly...
    
  PH duo leads delegation as Bahrain AYG dazzles
Harlyn Serneche of volleyball and boxer Leo Mhar Lobrido carried the Philippine flag during the lavish opening rites at the Exhibition World Bahrain on Wednesday night. Bahrain came up with a captivating multimedia stage production, with superb...
    
  Ousman F. M’Bai Moves to Court Over Redrawn A2 Offshore Boundary After 14-Day Deadline Lapses
- Advertisement - British-Gambian lawyer Ousman F. M’Bai says he will proceed to file a constitutional petition against The Gambia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the Petroleum Commission, and the Attorney General after they failed to respond...
    
  Galien Forum 2025: Young people lead advocacy for Africa’s health sovereignty
Faced with a global disease burden of 24 per cent but only 3 per cent of the world’s health professionals, Africa continues to grapple with the challenge of meeting its own health needs. Yet, a growing number of young Africans are rising to the...
    
  First African Gazettes Forum sets new trend in motion
This article was produced with the support of African Gazettes Forum In February 2025, the Republic of Djibouti scored a major diplomatic coup – its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, was elected chairperson of the African Union...
    
  Dangote Cement Reports 165 percent Surge in EPS, Reinforces Market Leadership Across Africa
Dangote Cement Plc has announced robust financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, showcasing a remarkable 164.8 per cent increase in earnings per suare (EPS), which rose from ?16.55 to ?43.80. This significant growth reflects...
Kenyan Innovator Wins Top Africa Prize for Sign Language App
Kenyan entrepreneur Elly Savatia has won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for developing Terp 360, an artificial intelligence powered application that translates speech into sign language using photorealistic 3D avatars in real...
    
  Why institutionalizing space diplomacy should be a pillar of Turkey’s grand strategy
Turkey’s space program has seen accelerated growth in the past few years. In 2024, it launched TÜRKSAT 6A, becoming the eleventh country in the world to manufacture its own geostationary communications satellite. Last year, Turkey also sent its...
    
  Ekpo, Mshelbila Emerge President, Secretary-General Of Gas Exporting Countries
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, have been elected as the President and Secretary General of the 2026 Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)...
Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI
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  Guinea-Conakry Emerges as West Africa’s Next Oil & Gas Frontier
Guinea-Conakry, long known as one of the world’s leading bauxite exporters with nearly 100 million tons shipped in the first half of 2025, is now positioning itself as an emerging player in West Africa’s oil and gas sector. Geologically, the...
    
  10 Crime Horror Movies That Are So Good They Should Be Illegal
When it comes to fear, no blend is as potent as the deadly combination of crime and horror. When the two genres collide, the result is a deeply unsettling yet gripping experience. Crime horror sits at the intersection of realism and nightmare,...
    
  UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit highlights tourism’s role as key driver of economic transformation and calls to reposition Africa as a new global sustainable tourism brand
Participants emphasize the importance of joint action at the public and private sector levels to expand GCC-African partnerships in the aviation sector The ‘UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit 2025’, hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism...
    
  Witnessing China-Africa cooperation within UN framework
Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Editor's Note: The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN. It is also a moment to review and reflect on the extraordinary trajectory of China-Africa relations. From sharing similar historical...