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Attaya – Improves prostate health?
Business and Financial Times
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June 29, 2025
By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey OBU I found that attaya is green tea, and science has demonstrated the numerous benefits of drinking green tea. There are many benefits to drinking green tea without adding sugar. My only concern is the quantity of sugar...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
Gov’t Failure to Address Pressing Issues Opportunity for Opposition – PAP Leader
The Voice Gambia
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June 27, 2025
By: Kemo Kanyi Ebrima Tabora Manneh, the leader for the opposition People’s Alliance Party (PAP), said that the government failure to address burning national issues is an opportunity for a united opposition to effect change in the upcoming...
MRCG at LSHTM Celebrates Launch of African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC)
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 30, 2025
The MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC-G at LSHTM) has announced the formal launch of the African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC), a milestone in African-led health research and data innovation. The...
Justice Slows as Courts Shut Before Time
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
By Yankuba Jallow It was just past 9:45 a.m. when Lamin* arrived at the Bundung Magistrates’ Court, clutching some documents she had been carrying back and forth for more than a year. He had left his home in Gunjur shortly after 6 a.m. and paid...
Nigeria Champions Parliamentary Diplomacy as NILDS Trains Malawian Lawmakers in Abuja
This Day
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July 9, 2025
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja In a significant diplomatic and legislative milestone, Nigeria and Malawi have taken a major step toward deepening bilateral relations and strengthening democratic institutions across Africa. This comes as the National...
GTSC receives Akwaaba Best Transport Award
The Point
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Presented by Akwaaba Travels with support of the ECOWAS Commission and the African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the award also symbolises the country’ potential and contribution to regional mobility and infrastructure development. Besides, the award...
Sona Jobarteh appointed as GTBoard roaming ambassador
The Point
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Dr. Sona Jobarteh was officially honoured during a prestigious awards dinner hosted by GTBoard at Casa Afriqa in Kololi on Wednesday. The event celebrated her global influence particularly among Millennial and Generation Z, and her steadfast...
Ablie Jallow set to leave Metz for Servette
Get French Football News
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June 30, 2025
1According to a report from Foot Mercato, Ablie Jallow (26) is expected to leave FC Metz for Swiss side FC Servette. The Gambian international has come to the end of his contract with the Eastern side, having first arrived at the club in 2017 from...
Barrow says it cost US$100 million to drill 2 oil wells under his gov’t
The Standard Gambia
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June 20, 2025
- Advertisement - By Arret Jatta In his 2025 State of the Nation Address yesterday, President Adama Barrow disclosed that two wells were tested and drilled under his administration at a cost of US$100 million but no oil and gas were discovered in...
Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in
Nature
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Catherina Becker (centre) says it’s key for leaders to give their teams breathing space when ‘something momentous’ happens in the world.Credit: Anja BretschneiderIn June 2016, neurobiologist Catherina Becker witnessed at first hand how a...
Senegal-based Wave raises $137m in debt to expand financial affordability
Technext
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June 30, 2025
Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money platform, Wave, has raised $137 million in debt financing led by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) and a consortium of global development finance institutions, including British International Investment (BII),...
National Assembly Uncovers $30 Million Oil Scandal Involving Fraud, Tax Evasion...
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 27, 2025
By Assan Bah An investigation by the National Assembly has uncovered what lawmakers say is one of the largest corruption scandals in recent Gambian history, revealing how foreign businessmen used unlicensed local companies to trade $30 million...
Luke Southwood poised to complete move from Bolton Wanderers to Bristol Rovers
The Bolton News
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The 27-year-old Northern Ireland international is due to be announced as a new signing “imminently” according to reports in the South West. As reported by The Bolton News earlier this month, Southwood was keen to link-up with his former Cheltenham...
Three stories that reflect prosperous China-Africa economic, trade cooperation
People's Daily Online
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During the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, three compelling stories highlighted the growing strength of China-Africa economic ties. An exhibitor (R) introduces African products to...
GRA generates D13B in 6 months, launches e-invocing project
The Point
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He thanked Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe and the team for foresight in introducing the digitalisation drive and other reforms that have impacted positively the works of GRA in revenue collection. The finance minister made the revelation...
Le Directeur de la MCA déclare que quatre sirops contre la toux importés d’Inde étaient contaminés
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
Par: Nicholas Bass Le directeur exécutif par intérim de l’Agence nationale de contrôle des médicaments (MCA), Essa Marenah, a révélé jeudi que quatre sirops contre la toux importés d’Inde étaient contaminés, comme l’indiquent les résultats...
Nigeria ranks third in Africa for ransomware threat detections in 2024 – INTERPOL
Nairametrics
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June 29, 2025
Ransomware attacks continue to escalate across Africa, and Nigeria has been ranked third on the continent with 3,459 ransomware threat detections in 2024. This is according to the newly released 2025 Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report by...
I Go Dye Wears Named Global Peace and Development Ambassador
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
Celebrated Nigerian comedian and humanitarian, Ambassador Francis Agoda, better known as I Go Dye, has added a new feather to his illustrious cap with his recent appointment as a Global Peace and Development Ambassador. The prestigious recognition...
Breakthrough for babies: Novartis Coartem Baby approved as first Malaria drug for Infants
Medical Dialogues
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July 9, 2025
Basel: Novartis has received approval from Swissmedic for Coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) Baby, a first malaria medicine for newborns and young infants.The new treatment, also known as Riamet Baby in some countries, was developed in...