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Women entrepreneurs hold the potential to transform Africa’s economic future. Across the continent, women-owned businesses are creating jobs, lifting families out of poverty and reshaping communities, thanks to their resilience, creativity, and belief in succeeding against all odds. Justina Opit, the CEO of Omega Foods in Zambia, is just one example. “I created Omega Foods because I saw an opportunity. It wasn’t only my son that needed healthy grain – there were so many women out there who also wanted to feed their children. I started out selling in markets. My dream is to run a multi-million-dollar business,” she reflects…

Monrovia — Alieu Kiadii, Secretary-General of the Indomitable National Youth Congress-ANC and political activist, has called on the United States Embassy near Monrovia to urgently intervene in Liberia’s escalating drug crisis. Speaking at a press conference in Monrovia today, Kiadii warned that the nation’s youth are “chemically enslaved” as communities collapse under addiction, while government response remains inadequate. “From the ghettos of Montserrado to the slums of Buchanan, the spread of narcotics–especially kush and tramadol–is not just a health crisis. It is a national security threat. It is a generational betrayal,” Kiadii said. He urged the U.S. Embassy to support…

Ending a summerlong stalemate, restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million deal to return to the Golden State Warriors, agent Aaron Turner of Verus Basketball told ESPN on Tuesday.The deal includes a team option in the second year that is designed for the Warriors — or another team if and when Kuminga is traded during the upcoming season — to rip up and complete a fresh new contract after the 2025-26 campaign, sources said.Also Tuesday, the Warriors agreed to a one-year deal with free agent Seth Curry, sources told ESPN, teaming Stephen Curry with his…

Israel military to close last remaining route from southern Gaza to the northThe Israeli military said it will close on Wednesday the last remaining route for residents of southern Gaza to access the north, as it presses its offensive on Gaza City.The military’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X: Al-Rashid Street will be closed to traffic from the southern sector area at 12:00 (0900 GMT). Movement southward will be allowed for those who were unable to evacuate Gaza City. At this stage, the [Israeli military] permits free movement southward without inspection. In figures reported less than two weeks ago,…

Chilean production shingle Clara Films has set up operations in Spain and boarded its first feature film as local producers, “An Imaginary Kingdom” (“Un Reino Imaginado”), the directorial feature debut of Chilean Madrid residents, Belén Abarza and Eduardo Bunster. “We’re excited to join ‘An Imaginary Kingdom,’ which feels especially fitting as our first production in Spain,” said Clara Films head Clara Larraín, an actress-producer who has been residing in Madrid since 2022. “We believe in its artistic strength and in the relevance of the themes it explores, but above all, we’re drawn to how the directors use tenderness and humor…

Thomas NaadiBBC Africa, AccraPhotothek via Getty ImagesTogo’s capital city, Lomé, is near the Ghanaian borderA Nigerian man deported from the US to Ghana has told the BBC that he is now stuck in a hotel in Togo, after he and five others were secretly transferred to the neighbouring country by Ghanaian officers.The man said they were informed they would be moved from a military camp to better accommodation, but were then “dumped” in Togo. The BBC has approached Ghana’s government for comment.The US government deported the Nigerian man – along with other West African nationals – as part of its…

Sinner rebounds from his recent US Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz with a third title of the season in Beijing.Published On 1 Oct 20251 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareJannik Sinner won the 21st title of his career by thrashing American teenager Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open final.The Italian lifted the trophy for the second time on Beijing’s hard courts on Wednesday, having done so on his tournament debut in 2023, and is eyeing a return to world number one.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe 24-year-old’s only loss on Beijing’s centre Diamond…

The Leonids’ radiant is the constellation Leo, which rises around midnight local time and is highest in the sky around dawn.The Geminids (December)The Geminids are active from about December 4 to December 17, peaking overnight from December 13 to December 14. They have a sharp peak, so the night of the 13th is the best time for skywatching.The Geminids are the most spectacular meteor shower of the year. In addition to boasting up to 120 or even 150 meteors per hour during its peak, this meteor shower is also the brightest and most colorful of the year.The Geminids are bright,…

Donald Trump’s framework agreement for ending the Gaza war and reconstructing the devastated territory has momentum behind it. Much of it comes from the president himself. Momentum comes too from leading Arab and Islamic countries who have supported the plan, including Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkey. And Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, standing next to Donald Trump, accepted it too, despite the fact it contains talk of a pathway to a Palestinian state that he has repeatedly denounced.To keep the pace up, Trump says that Hamas has “three to four days” to decide whether…

A sunscreen scandal in Australia is continuing to grow, with 18 products now pulled from shelves in the skin cancer hotspot over safety concerns.Analysis by a consumer advocacy group in June found several popular and expensive sunscreens did not provide the protection claimed by their makers.One product, Ultra Violette’s Lean Screen Skinscreen, is supposed to offer a skin protection factor (SPF) of 50+ but instead returned a result of SPF 4 and was voluntarily recalled in August.An investigation by the medicines regulator has now warned about 20 more sunscreens from other brands, which share the same base formula, and raised…