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Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao to speak at Ubuntu Awakening Summit in Sao Tome

November 13, 2025

Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao has accepted the invite of Umoja Generational Wealth, one of the largest, most influential African Diaspora Organisation, to speak at their second Summit on Alkebulan Socio-Economic solutions, for global african diaspora, in São Tomé and principe (7th – 14th August 2025).

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Burkina-Ghana border study unlocks trade opportunities

November 13, 2025

GENEVA, Switzerland, — Burkina Faso relies on trade with Ghana to access the sea, so it can export its minerals and cotton abroad. Onerous bureaucracy has always slowed down the border crossing. Since an insurgency erupted a decade ago, traders – especially women – are threatened by hijackings and theft as well.

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African Leaders meet in Uganda to Push Back Against Foreign Influence on Family

November 13, 2025

Top political leaders, parliamentarians and faith-based actors from across Africa and beyond have this week convened at State House, Entebbe for the Third African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, issuing a strong call for an African Charter that defends traditional values, strengthens national sovereignty and resists external ideological pressure.

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US Monastir, Petro de Luanda and Kriol Star Advance to the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs in South Africa

November 13, 2025

With 3 wins and 3 losses, both teams qualified to the BAL Playoffs in Pretoria – Petro finished second and the Star finished third in the Sahara Conference.

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São Tomé & Príncipe to host the Ubuntu Awakening Summit this August

November 13, 2025

The Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe is hosting the second annual Ubuntu Awakening Summit from 7th to 14th August, 2025 at the University of São Tomé & Príncipe in São Tomé. The event is being organize by Umoja Generational Wealth (UGW), the global community for African and African Diaspora entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals.

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Africa’s coffee culture comes home

November 13, 2025

GENEVA, Switzerland — South Africa, Uganda and Kenya topped the podium at this year’s Africa Barista Championship. But the real winner at this year’s Africa Barista Championship was African coffee culture itself.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

November 13, 2025

Stigma, fear, and insecurity means many cases go unreported, creating a hidden epidemic of sexual violence that should “shake us to our core”

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Dutch sculptor to create Windrush Generation sculpure in Central London

November 13, 2025

Dutch sculptor Nelson Carrilho has been granted the commission to erect a permanent art structure in Central London, that will celebrate the Windrush generation, a community of economic migrants from the Caribbean who relocated to the U.K. after the Second World War ended in 1945.

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UN experts: Suriname must listen to and act upon the concerns of people of African descent

November 13, 2025

UN experts* today urged the Government of Suriname to address structural discrimination and underlying forms of racism rooted in the legacies of enslavement of people of African descent and colonialism.

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Basketball Africa League Season Tipping off

November 13, 2025

DAKAR, Senegal –The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced that 156 players from a record 28 countries across five continents will compete in the league’s milestone fifth season, which will tip off on Saturday, April 5 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco.