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[New Times] Rwanda's National Land Authority (NLA) on June 20 unveiled a digital platform designed to transform the way land disputes are addressed, promising fairness, speed, and transparency.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Shabelle] Nairobi/Mogadishu -- Kenya and Somalia's newly released 2025/26 national budgets underscore stark differences in security spending, revealing the economic gap between the two Horn of Africa neighbours as both confront escalating regional threats.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday launched Somalia's National Vision 2060, calling for direct presidential elections and urging Somalis to unite around peace, development, and national cohesion.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:British TV host Piers Morgan says Israel's decision to prevent intl media from entering Gaza is to hide realities
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:For centuries, the small northern Myanmar city of Bhamo has owed its prosperity to its importance as a ferry terminus and commercial hub on a wide bend on the upper Ayeyarwady River close to the border with neighboring China. In recent months, that strategic location in Kachin state has required its slow destruction in a [β¦] The post Siege warfare keeping Myanmar military in the fight appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Click to expand Image Belarusian opposition politician Siarhei Tsikhanouski (L), released from prison, embraces his wife, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, after a news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 22, 2025. 2025 Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo Last Saturday, Belarusian authorities released by presidential pardon 14 prisoners, all jailed as a result of politically motivated prosecutions, and transferred...
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Nutritionists say that if you are getting enough food, you are probably getting enough protein.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:After spending more than four years in Russian custody on espionage charges that he denies, Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on Sunday.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Ghanaian Times] At dawn in Kumasi's crowded Sawaba neighbourhood, 67-year-old Kofi Owusu Mensah begins his day facing a painful and familiar dilemma: buy food for his family or insulin for himself.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Trumpβs first term removed the United States from Southeast Asiaβs economic future. His second is cutting it out of the regionβs strategic present.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project is poised to become one of President Lazarus Chakwera's signature achievements. This initiative, recognized as the largest water supply project in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region, aims to ensure clean water access for residents of Salima, Lilongwe, and Dowa.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, warning that action is needed to maintain and accelerate progress in tobacco control as rising industry interference challenges tobacco policies and control efforts.The report focuses on the six proven WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures to reduce tobacco use, which...
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:βWe do not believe that attacking nuclear facilitiesβwith the risks it poses to the regionβcan be called self-defense,β Salerno said On Monday, Venezuelan Ambassador Claudia Salerno strongly criticized U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, warning that they have βincalculable consequencesβ not only for Iran but also for the international nonproliferation regime. RELATED: US [β¦]
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Nile Post] President Museveni has promoted to Major General, Police's Crime Intelligence Director, AIGP Brig Christopher Ddamulira.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:The pursuit of autonomous dominance may be less useful β and more escalatory β in a Taiwan Strait conflict than often assumed.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Nile Post] Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has announced his intention to seek re-election, urging constituents to give him another term to continue what he calls an unfinished fight for justice, dignity, and liberation from oppressive governance.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:The greenback may rise further if Iran decides to block the Strait of Hormuz, while the value of safe-haven alternatives like the euro and the yen are predicted to slide.
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Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Turkey, Lithuania, Hungary and the UK have some of the harshest restrictions on soft drinks, smoking and junk food.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Nigeria Health Watch] Abuja -- June 23, 2025. In a bid to drive transformative change in the sexual and reproductive health landscape for adolescents, Nigeria Health Watch is convening a National Policy Dialogue titled: "Improving Adolescent Access to Quality Sexual and Reproductive Health Services." The high-level convening is scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Abuja.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Daily Maverick] Being a certain age is not more enviable than the next in that it plays equal parts in informing who you are and enhancing your world view.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Hungarian Foreign Minister PΓ©ter SzijjΓ‘rtΓ³ said the move was in retaliation for the Commission's RePowerEU plan, which aims to completely cut Russian energy imports.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Ordinary Iranians are caught between the regime in Tehran and a bombing campaign launched by the US and Israel.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:There is new friction in the India-US relationship after Washington claimed that it helped broker a ceasefire between India and Pakistan by leveraging trade talks.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:The US said it is bracing for βlow-level cyber attacksβ after bombing Iranian nuclear facilities.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Following the release of an antisemitic song praising Hitler, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West will be performing at a festival in Bratislava in July. A petition calls for him to be removed from the lineup.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Kanye West, who now goes by the name Ye, is set to perform at a Slovakian festival this July. A petition calls for the rapper to be removed from the lineup.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:The EU-Israel Association Agreement is a βPact of Shame,β said a member of the Belgium-Palestine Association. On Monday, dozens of European unions, human rights NGOs and other international organizations held a protest in Brussels, calling for an end to commercial relations between the European Union and Israel. RELATED: Iran Bombards Israeli Targets with Missiles and [β¦]
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:[Nyasa Times] Former President of Malawi and People's Party (PP) leader, Dr. Joyce Banda, has issued a powerful and sobering call to action: Malawi is at a crossroads, and the upcoming September 16, 2025, elections must be about fresh vision--not recycled politics.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Russian missiles and drones hit residential areas and hospitals in Ukraine's Kyiv region, the interior minister says.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than 1% of the naturally occurring element is useful for nuclear power.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:While the U.S. openly threw its military heft behind Israel, Beijing's support for Tehran appeared more nuanced, raising doubts over China's objectives.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Greek authorities have issued new evacuation orders on the island of Chios as firefighters continue battling a major wildfire near the main town for a second day.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Groups want governments to make decisions by voting - rather than consensus as now - to enable more ambition in negotiations under fire for not delivering enough climate action The post Campaigners issue mass call for reforms to rescue UN climate process appeared first on Climate Home News.
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