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Targeted airstrike eliminates senior Boko Haram commander Bakoura, confirms Niger army
Firstpost
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August 22, 2025
The Niger army says it killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Bakoura in an Aug. 15 airstrike in the Lake Chad region The army in Niger says it used a targeted airstrike to kill a senior leader of the Boko Haram jihadi group, which has killed thousands...
She Fights for the Voiceless in Chad’s Courts and Corridors
Modern Ghana
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N’Djamena, Chad – In a country where legal frameworks are still taking root and taboos around human trafficking and exploitation run deep, Julienne Deyo stands as a determined force. A lawyer by training and justice advocate by conviction, she has...
Some in Idaho Politics Struggle When it Comes to Truth
KOOL 96.5 - Idaho
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August 15, 2025
Late in World War I, the Germans captured an American with a shotgun on the battlefield. The Huns, as they were known in this country, then filed a complaint with an international tribunal, claiming the weapon was cruel. The court responded that...
Chad opposition leader sentenced 20 years in politically charged trial, says rights group
JURIST
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August 12, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the conviction and 20-year prison sentence of the leader of Chad’s main opposition party, calling it a politically motivated trial. HRW criticized proceedings against Succès Masra, claiming they lacked...
Niger army says it killed a senior Boko Haram leader in a targeted airstrike
Associated Press
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August 22, 2025
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The army in Niger says it used a targeted airstrike to kill a senior leader of the Boko Haram jihadi group, which has killed thousands of people in West Africa. Ibrahim Bakoura was killed in an Aug. 15 strike in the Lake Chad...
Xiconomics: How Xi's green vision sparks hope for a sustainable world
Global Times
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On the edge of the Sahara Desert, Amadou Diarra grew up watching the wind carry sand across the thin, tired grass. Villagers in his hometown in Mauritania moved with their herds, chasing pasture that grew scarcer each year. "Life was tough,"...
When powering the Global South, profit shouldn't be the primary motive
The National News
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To truly power the future of the Global South, we must start by shifting how we see it, not as a zone of risk, but as a frontier of growth, resilience and human capital. Across Africa, Asia and beyond, a quiet transformation is under way. New...
US NGO signs deal to manage huge nature reserve in Chad
Mongabay
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July 25, 2025
The government of Chad has signed a 10-year deal with the U.S.-based NGO Sahara Conservation to manage the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve (OROAFR), the group announced July 11. The OROAFR is the largest protected area in Chad, at nearly...
Chad Hosts AfDB’s GONAT Training to Strengthen Natural Resource Governance
Business Hallmark
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August 7, 2025
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has wrapped up a successful training and policy dialogue session in Chad under its flagship GONAT (Governance of Natural Resources in Transition and Fragile States) initiative, aimed at boosting...
Erasure or empowerment? In Africa, the Sahel, women confront an austere choice
The European Times
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August 7, 2025
The risks for women and girls in this vast region are serious and systemic, because political instability, environmental collapse and a decreased international presence are wreaking havoc. From the kidnapping and marriage of children to the...
Global health partners sign landmark MoU to boost child immunisation in Chad
Daily Trust
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The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), alongside major global health organisations, has signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening routine immunisation across Chad’s 13 provinces. According to a statement issued...
Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice
UN News
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August 7, 2025
Risks to women and girls across this vast region are severe and systemic, as political instability, environmental collapse and a declining international presence take their toll. From abductions and child marriage to exclusion from schools and...
Art and soul: Museum keeps LC’s heart of history, art repeating
The American Press - Louisiana
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July 31, 2025
Published 8:32 am Thursday, July 31, 2025 Ashley Royer, interim director of the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, puts the art in he(art). She thrives on the enrichment it brings her life and wants to pass on that experience to each patron who walks...
Sudan’s Rebel Force Has Declared A Parallel Government: What This Means For
The Nigerian Voice
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Sudan’s south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. After more than two years of fighting Sudan’s army, an alliance of armed and political groups backed by the paramilitary Rapid Support...
Sudan's Rebel Force Has Declared A Parallel Government: What This Means For The War
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Sudan's south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. After more than two years of fighting Sudan's army, an alliance of armed and political groups backed by the...
Seaman’s leadership helps produce many successes
Carroll Times Herald - Iowa
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Wayne Seaman could have written the song, and maybe even danced a jig to it. “You’ve Got to Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative and Don’t Mess With Mr. In-Between!” It was actually Wayne Seaman’s way of life — his daily challenge to...
Unique exhibitions take the spotlight at the Carbondale Arts Gallery
Sopris Sun - Colorado
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July 30, 2025
Until Aug. 14, the Carbondale Arts Gallery is featuring two local, eclectic artists, each with a unique method to finding inspiration and creating their art. “People say people are artistic or not. I think it’s most everybody’s artistic, and then...
Is the Kinshasa Accord Tackling Chad’s Political Crisis Dead?
Human Rights Watch
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July 30, 2025
On May 16, Succès Masra, the Chadian opposition leader and former prime minister, was arrested in N’Djamena, Chad’s capital city. He is charged with complicity in intercommunal violence. But his arrest appears more like a political reckoning aimed...
Taylor Swift tribute artist to perform at Smoot Theatre’s next show
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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(Photo Provided) Sarah Jessica will perform as Taylor Swift in “A Twist on Taylor: A Tribute to Taylor Swift” at the Smoot Theatre in Parkersburg. Tickets for the 7 p.m. Aug. 8 show are on sale at Smoottheatre.com. PARKERSBURG — Felice Jorgeson at...
Coups d’État as Means of Permissible Change of Government: The Myth and Reality of the ASS
This Day
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July 27, 2025
Bola A. Akinterinwa The ASS is Alliance of Sahel States, the English acronym for Alliance des États du Sahel. It was done on 16 September 2023 in protest against the threats by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to use force to...