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Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa name squad for Netball World Youth Cup
RNZ
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July 30, 2025
Fiji under-21 squad members competing in their trials in Suva. 8 July 2025 Photo: Netball Fiji Three of the Pasifika teams that will compete at the Netball World Youth Cup 2025 in Gibraltar have announced strong squads for the event. Cook Islands,...
What Happens When You Motorcycle Around the World With Someone You Just Met on a Dating App
Explorersweb
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July 29, 2025
BY CAYLA VIDMAR In Sept. 2017, Heather Lea stepped off her BMW G 650 GS in Magadan, Russia, the final stop in a 93,740km motorcycle ride through 40 countries. Seven years later, her book about the journey will soon be released, detailing the...
Bees guard grave sites for the living in Salima
The Nation Malawi
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July 24, 2025
Malawi is losing trees faster than they are being replenished, with the remaining natural forests mostly confined to graveyards. As forests shrink, nearly every lush spot in sight could be a communal burial place. Volunteers inspect one of the...
‘Silver gave us a tough game, but our experience pulled us through’—Peter Mponda
Maravi Express
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July 21, 2025
* It’s painful, but we’ll regroup — I’m proud of the fight we showed—Peter Mgangira Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express A balanced high-profile final that ended into a nerve-wracking post match penalty shotout proved a familiar script for...
Bullets Seal Record K192 Million Transfer Deal for Captain Lloyd ‘Banega’ Aaron
Face of Malawi
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July 21, 2025
Published on July 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM by Edgar Naitha 208 words • approx. 2 min read FCB Nyasa Big Bullets have confirmed a record-breaking deal worth K192 million with Qatari club Muaither FC for the transfer of team captain Lloyd ‘Banega’...
Limestone miner set to create 200 jobs
The Nation Malawi
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July 29, 2025
African Minerals and Steel Limited, a subsidiary of Rukuru Holdings Limited, has been awarded a 15-year medium-scale mining licence for limestone extraction at Uliwa in Karonga District and will create at least 200 jobs. According a letter from...
Potholes put damper on festive season
Zimbabwe Independent
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POTHOLES THE festive season is gradually upon us with hotels and lodges reporting brisk bookings while all sorts of special discounts are being thrown around as individuals and families have already identified suitable destinations to spend their...
Anyeze scaling mountains
The Nation Malawi
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July 26, 2025
On most local hikes involving various groups, he is one of the leading teams. His voice bellows as he leads morale songs during difficult trails. The songs, to say the least, make it easier for the weakest to scale to the highest of heights. One...
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla declares only one rental property in latest MP disclosure
IOL
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uMkhonto weSizwe’s MP, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, has declared no financial or material interests in almost all categories in the most recent Member of Parliament (MP) declaration, but revealed only one rented property in Waterfall, Cape Town. The...
David Livingstone funeral photo, Buffalo Bill gold watch and Chelsea medal among bizarre lots at Sworders
Suffolk News
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July 30, 2025
An extremely rare photo from the funeral of Victorian explorer David Livingstone comes to auction in Stansted Mountfitchet this summer. It is part of Sworders’ Out of the Ordinary sale on Tuesday August 19 that also includes a dodo bone, a gold...
FULL LIST: Your Nigerian passport gives you access to these 45 countries
Pulse
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July 22, 2025
With your Nigerian passport, you can travel to at least 45 countries.According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, the Nigerian passport ranks 43rd in Africa and 94th globally, marking its highest position in four years. This ranking is based on...
Mount Mulanje added to prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List
The Maravi Post
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July 15, 2025
Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape in southern Malawi has been officially inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List. This is the latest addition of Africa’s underrepresented sites and is a milestone that not only celebrates the mountain’s...
Masamba heads to Tanzania for international bout
Malawi 24
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July 23, 2025
Malawi’s top super welterweight boxer, Limbani ‘Lion’ Masamba, is set to face Tanzanian opponent Iddy Pialali in an international non-title bout this Saturday at the Posta Kijitonyama Club in Dar-es-Salaam, with support from the Malawi Gaming and...
Young people of influence list
Keep The Faith
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July 30, 2025
Young Christians can be found in every sector of society: at school, at work, setting up charities, establishing businesses, hosting empowering events, excelling in music, and, of course, preaching the Gospel. Keep The Faith has compiled its...
Questions arise over Zimbabwean Wicknell Chivayo rubbing shoulders with African presidents
Maravi Express
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July 16, 2025
* Met Chakwera yesterday and is reported to have unfettered access to power, with his interactions with presidents including his own Emmerson Mnangagwa * He has before met former Malawi President Peter Mutharika, Kenya’s William Ruto, Uganda’s...
Yabwanya launches Sportswear firm, signs deal with Blue Eagles
The Times Group Malawi
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July 21, 2025
Malawian-owned Yabwanya Sportswear firm announced its arrival on the country’s domestic sports scene during a colourful launching ceremony in Lilongwe on Friday. The firm, owned by Canada-based Malawian football administrator Willy Yabwanya Phiri,...
Inflation declines for the fourth consecutive month—RBM Deputy Governor Kisu Simwaka
Maravi Express
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July 18, 2025
Kisu Simwaka * It continues to descend slowly, reaching 27.1% in June 2025 — supported by softening food prices * Food inflation — “which accounts for more than half of the country’s inflation basket — dropped to 31.6% from 44.9% in January 2024 *...
Harare drug kingpin convicted over 175kg of mbanje
The Masvingo Mirror
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July 26, 2025
SIMBARASHE MTEMBO MIRROR REPORTER MASVINGO – Drug kingpin, Ali Allan Mamudu (55) found with a trailer load of 175kg of mbanje imported from Swaziland enroute to Malawi through Zimbabwe has been convicted of the crime and will be sentenced on...
Campaigns should focus on realisation MW 2063
The Nation Malawi
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July 26, 2025
Official campaign period has started and our Leader of Delegation, the Most Venerable Ms Joyce Befu, MG 33 and Mega-1 has reminded us to remind politicians not to forget what is in the Malawi 2063. We know women have their own manifesto, the youth...
True Love on Two Wheels? What Happens When You Motorcycle Around the World With Someone You Just Met on a Dating App
GearJunkie - Minnesota
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July 28, 2025
In Sept. 2017, Heather Lea stepped off her BMW G 650 GS in Magadan, Russia, the final stop in a 58,247-mile motorcycle ride through 40 countries. Seven years later, her book about the journey will soon be released, detailing the trials and rewards...