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Proclaiming the Word of God Requires Preparation, Reverence: Angolan Catholic Bishop to Lectors
ACI Africa
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January 30, 2025
“A young man with unkempt hair can be a distraction and shows little respect for the Word of God,” he cautioned. The Local Ordinary of Viana continued, “If it is a young woman, she should dress appropriately, avoiding extravagance, because she is...
Ado Wanka: Corporate industry guru
Daily Trust
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May 10, 2025
Alhaji Ado Yakubu Wanka was a business and industry guru whose career traversed the corporate world, especially in Nigeria. Noted for his experience and professionalism, Wanka was a seasoned banker with over 30 years of managerial experience...
Portuguese state recognizes difficulties faced by teachers in Portuguese schools abroad
Ver Angola
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When asked by Lusa about the conditions that teachers at these schools consider "absolutely essential" to survive the cost of living in the countries where they work, the Portuguese Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation said that it has...
Akwa Ibom governor to receive top governance award in Ghana
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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May 8, 2025
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State is set to be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) in Governance and Public Service by the Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) of Ghana. The announcement, made on Tuesday, 6...
The Afrobrazilian Artists Forging New Connections Across the Atlantic
ArtReview
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How are Brazilian artists with African heritage using a new visual vocabulary to make space for a more fecund relationship with the continent? In 2022, Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Art put out a call for works on and about important Black figures in...
Gov Eno to Receive Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize in Governance, Public Service
This Day
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May 8, 2025
The Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) has announced that the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, will be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) in Governance and Public Service. A...
Friday TV Choice: Martin Clunes’ Islands of the Atlantic (ITV1, 9pm)
The News Letter
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May 1, 2025
Martin Clunes is living the dream. Two-and-a-half years on from hanging up Doc Martin’s stethoscope, the Wimbledon-born actor has been able to pick and choose his acting roles (most recently the ITV drama Out There), in between seeing the world...
Who Do Africans Trust Most? Surveys Show It’s Not The State (more Likely Th
The Nigerian Voice
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A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and...
What Trump’s proposed travel bans mean for flying, international students
Daily Orange - New York
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May 1, 2025
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. A draft travel ban created by President Donald Trump’s Administration would restrict or ban citizens of 43 new countries from entering the United States....
Lexicon of the Portuguese language grows, Brazil and PALOP drive it
Portugal Pulse
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May 3, 2025
Periodic additions are made to Portuguese dictionaries, typically featuring new terms, as explained by a linguist from Priberam. Although many of these words originate from Brazil, due to both the size of the Brazilian community in Portugal and...
These Are Visa-Free Countries for UK Passport Holders in 2025
Tempo.co
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January 14, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - This 2025, the British are sure to have a world full of vibrant experiences. Thanks to the power of the British passport, Brits enjoy the freedom to travel the world with minimal red tape. According to the Henley Passport...
The Assembly, Louis Theroux and Genius Game: TV highlights this week
Yorkshire Post
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April 25, 2025
Here are some of the television highlights from tomorrow, Saturday, April 26, including The Assembly, Louis Theroux and Genius Game. The Assembly (Saturday 26/04/25, ITV1, 10pm) Take your mind back to early April last year when, during Autism...
Teachers at the Portuguese School in Luanda on strike criticise the silence of the Portuguese Government
Ver Angola
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"No to division, yes to unity", "without teachers there is no education", "equity for all EPL teachers", "by fighting we are also teaching" were the phrases printed on the posters displayed by teachers at the entrance to EPL. Teachers from the...
Alex Crawford looks back at the Yazidi genocide of 2014
The Guardian
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May 2, 2025
Ten Years of Darkness: Isis and the Yazidis 8pm, Sky Documentaries “Al-Hawl [refugee camp] is probably one of the scariest places in the world right now,” says Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford. “It is packed full of Isis sympathisers...
Star swapping Dorset farm for new island adventure
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
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Martin Clunes, who lives on a farm near Beaminster, has embarked on an epic journey to explore the Islands of the Atlantic for a new ITV series which airs on Friday, May 2. His odyssey takes him to a spectacular array of ocean islands from the...
Martin Clunes: Islands of the Atlantic — release date, exclusive interview, trailer, episode guide and everything we know
What to Watch
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April 24, 2025
Martin Clunes: Islands of the Atlantic sees the actor explore some of the settlements across the 30 million square miles of the Atlantic Ocean. After his previous travels to Isles in the Pacific, Australia and America, the three-part show, airing...
Who do Africans trust most? Surveys show it’s not the state ...
Modern Ghana
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A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and...
Cardinal sanctioned by Pope, Vatican court drops insistence on voting in conclave
Crux Now
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April 29, 2025
ROME – After initially insisting he would take part in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, stripped of his privileges as a cardinal by the late pontiff in 2020 and convicted of financial fraud by a...
Becciu backs down: fallen Cardinal bows to Pope Francis’s final will
The Catholic Herald Online
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April 29, 2025
ROME – After initially insisting he would take part in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, stripped of his privileges as a cardinal by the late pontiff in 2020 and convicted of financial fraud by a...
Who do Africans trust most? Surveys show it’s not the state (more likely the army)
The Conversation
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April 28, 2025
A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and...