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African Music and Viral Dance Challenges Unleash Cultural Revolution
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 8, 2025
From the colorful streets of Ghana to China’s neon-lit alleys, the infectious beats of African music have set off a worldwide dance craze. Further fueled by social media’s hyper-connectivity, choreographed dance challenges are hitting...
ECOWAS, UEMOA and Senegal Finalize Plans for Inaugural ECOFEST Dakar 2025
News Ghana
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July 8, 2025
Dakar will host the first West African Festival of Arts and Culture (ECOFEST) from November 30 to December 7, 2025, following a high-level strategic meeting between ECOWAS, UEMOA, and Senegalese officials. Key decisions confirmed at the July 2–4...
Creative activities for children across Dorset this summer
Dorset Echo
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Running until Tuesday, August 19, the programme aims to provide affordable and creative ways for children to stay entertained. The activities will take place in 18 different communities across the county and includes a wide range of activities to...
Senegal's new generation ready to rewrite AfroBasket history
FIBA Basketball
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PRETORIA (South Africa) - According to one of Senegal's rising stars, Babacar Sané, the country's new generation is ready to rewrite its basketball history. After Senegal's preliminary roster was announced last week, the first thought that came to...
Plans for Akon’s £5 billion city in Senegal scrapped after seven years
Mixmag
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July 7, 2025
More than seven years after Akon first laid down plans to open his own city in Senegal with him confirming in 2022 that things were “100,000% moving forward”, the ambitious project has now been abandoned. Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of Senegal’s...
Cultural Centre hosts three diplomats weekly
The Peninsula
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July 7, 2025
Doha: The Arabic language courses for non-native speakers, organized by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre, continue to serve members of the diplomatic corps. Currently, diplomats from Senegal, Singapore, and Colombia are...
UNESCO Closely Monitors Damage to Cultural Heritage Caused by Armed Conflicts, Says Director-General Azoulay
Bulgarian News Agency
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UNESCO is actively monitoring damage to cultural heritage caused by armed conflicts, said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, in her speech at the opening of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations...
Proposal seeks to attract African diaspora through immigration reform
Namibian Sun
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July 7, 2025
Namibian youth leader Sem David Imbodi has submitted a detailed policy proposal to the justice and labour relations ministry, recommending the creation of a legal framework to support the return, integration and recognition of people of African...
Project Diaspora at NOMA explores perceptions of migration, immigration, and African history
Nola - Louisiana
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Omar Victor Diop’s Project Diaspora photographic series offers a profound exploration of the often-overlooked narratives of Africans living outside the continent. Through a deep personal approach, Diop places himself as both the narrator and...
Influencers Urged to Steer Clear of Politics During US Immigration Crackdown
The Business of Fashion
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July 6, 2025
Avoid politics. That’s the advice lawyers are increasingly giving US-based content creators who aren’t citizens as an immigration crackdown spreads across the country. “Every chance I get to tell them to scrub their socials even for likes and...
Test: In Rhythm With The Sun: Power, Presence & Pulse
I News Cayman
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July 8, 2025
Kwayera Archer Key Highlights From June A Sacred Exchange in Abidjan I presented “Sacred Succession & Living Leadership Lineages” at the Yale Directors Forum in Abidjan—an 18-month global fellowship for cultural leaders. I stood with 16...
Global education union movement rallies in solidarity with educators in the United States as they resist relentless attacks from the Trump Administration
Education International
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July 4, 2025
On the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States, education unions around the world are standing up in support of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Our colleagues are on the...
Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China
The Brookings Institution
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Introduction In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a three-day summit in Washington, D.C....
ECOWAS MP urges W/African nations to invest 30% budgets in education
Daily Trust
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July 4, 2025
The Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Health and Member of Parliament from Cabo Verde, Dr Orlando Pereiza Dia, has called on West African countries to allocate at least 30 per cent of their national budgets to education. He said such...
Reps To Reserve 10% Of NASS Seats For Women, 5% For PWDs
New Telegraph
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July 8, 2025
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has disclosed that the House is considering reserving 10 percent of elective seats in the National Assembly for women, and 5 percent for persons with disabilities (PWDs), as part of the...
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...
What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The federal government is in the final throes of a lobbying campaign to secure UN world heritage status for a globally significant rock art site in Western Australia.The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, will be in Paris this week to...
Influencers urged to steer clear of hot topics during US immigration crackdown
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
Last month, Khaby Lame, a Senegalese-Italian influencer with millions of followers on TikTok, was detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas after overstaying the terms of his visa, according to a Department of Homeland Security senior official....
China and Senegal reaffirm solidarity
Friends of Socialist China
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July 3, 2025
Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko met separately in Beijing on June 27 with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Sonko was visiting China to attend the 2025 ‘Summer Davos’ in Tianjin. Xi said that last September, he co-chaired...
Influencers urged to steer clear of hot topics during immigration crackdown
Los Angeles Times
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July 3, 2025
Avoid politics. That’s the advice lawyers are increasingly giving U.S.-based content creators who aren’t citizens as an immigration crackdown spreads across the country. “Every chance I get to tell them to scrub their socials even for likes and...