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News AFP China's 'Great Green Wall' brings hope but also hardship
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Inner Mongolian herder Dorj looked bitterly at the vast grasslands where his flock once grazed freely, before the practice was banned as part of a massive Chinese state greening project. Restrictions on traditional grazing are a key part of...
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China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ brings hope but also hardship
The green zone and the desert landscape in the Kubuqi Desert, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region - Copyright AFP Pedro PARDO Adrien SIMORRE and Agatha CANTRILL Inner Mongolian herder Dorj looked bitterly at the vast grasslands where his...
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Ig Nobel 2025: Weird Discoveries Celebrated at Boston University Ceremony
The 35th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place on September 18, 2025, at Boston University, Massachusetts. The award celebrates unusual scientific achievements that first make people laugh, then make them think about serious issues raised by...
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Russian Nuclear Energy Diplomacy; New Fano Offensive in Ethiopia: Africa File, October 2, 2025
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Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Russia. Russia signed an agreement with Ethiopia to construct a nuclear power plant....
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Adebayo Ogunlesi eyes investments in Nigeria’s ports, aviation sectors
Nigerian-born billionaire investor and founder of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Adebayo Ogunlesi, has hinted at possible investments in Nigeria’s ports and aviation sectors. The 71-year-old, worth $2.6 billion, made this known while...
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Nigeria at 65: X-raying maritime sector’s progress, challenges
Nigeria’s maritime sector is central to trade, revenue generation and global economic engagement. The sector stands as both a testament to the economic ambitions and a mirror of its enduring challenges in the past 65 years, ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA...
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Ig Nobel Prizes awarded for painted zebra cows, pizza-eating lizards
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United Press International (UPI)
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Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Annals of Improbable Science announced this year's slate of Ig Nobel Prize winners, including researchers who painted cows like zebras and a team who analyzed the pizza preferences of lizards. The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel...
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Watch: Ig Nobel Prizes awarded for painted zebra cows, pizza-eating lizards
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Yahoo News
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Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Annals of Improbable Science announced this year's slate of Ig Nobel Prize winners, including researchers who painted cows like zebras and a team who analyzed the pizza preferences of lizards. The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel...
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Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2025
Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways This...
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Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 166 deaths as outbreak spreads across 21 states – NCDC
Nigeria has recorded 166 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025, with the case fatality rate rising above that of the same period last year. This was contained in the latest situation report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and...
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We are driving homegrown solutions for Africa’s debt problems at GITFiC 2025 – GITFiC CEO
As the 9th Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFIC) prepares to take place in Accra from October 29 to November 2, Africa’s debt reform, trade integration, and youth engagement are driving the agenda. At the centre of this year’s...
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Alternatives to Russia oil: India’s Reliance, Nayara ramp up supplies to Brazil, Turkey, UAE; plug in shortages as Russian refineries hit
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The Times of India
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The majority of Indian exports to Brazil and Turkey originated from Reliance, with Nayara providing a smaller portion. (AI image) With Russia’s oil refineries being damaged by Ukraine attacks, India’s oil companies are plugging in the resulting...
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Sony murder convict joined 'arms trade' after jail term: RAB
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BDNews24
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Five years after completing his prison sentence for the high-profile murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, Mushfiq Uddin Togor has once again been arrested in Dhaka -- this time on charges of involvement in the illegal arms trade. He was...
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$25bn Nigeria-Morocco gas project company officially established
The ambitious Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project, estimated to cost $25bn, is advancing rapidly with the creation of a dedicated project company and the expansion of its international financial backing. The pipeline, set to stretch nearly 6,000...
Owner: Angela Emuwa
Ghana’s quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling and the extremist war next door
TEMA, Ghana – Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a...
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Study on the Effect of Alcohol on Learning Foreign Languages Wins Ig Nobel Prize
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The Portugal News
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The scientific humour magazine "Annals of Improbable Research" has awarded the prizes annually for 35 years to research that "makes you laugh first, think later," aiming to spark curiosity. Scientists from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and...
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Natural clocks that can pinpoint someone’s time of death
When something dies, a telltale radioactive signal ticks like a natural clock. Discovering it helped us solve all sorts of natural mysteries. There would be heaps of the stuff in sewage. Willard Libby was sure of it. It was the mid-1940s, and the...
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BUET student Sony murder case accused arrested after 22 years
After more than two decades, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Mushfiq Uddin Tagor, a convict in BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony murder case, from capital's Azimpur. Mushfiq Uddin Togor, 50, was arrested with a revolver and 156 rounds...
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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions
Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, finds that the additional carbon stored in shade...
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Navigating Africa's venture capital landscape: Trends, challenges & opportunities
Africa’s venture capital (VC) ecosystem has entered a defining moment. Despite global headwinds and reduced liquidity, investors continue to back innovative startups solving critical challenges across the continent. The 2024 Venture Capital in...
Owner: Omar Ben Yedder