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Cameroon vs Angola Prediction and Betting Tips | October 13th 2025
Cameroon will host Angola at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on Monday in the final round of their CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. The home side have enjoyed a positive qualification campaign so far and will secure back-to-back World...

Cheap oil, high stakes: Can India do without Russia?
First came the tariffs in August - 50% duties on Indian goods, dressed up as punishment for buying Russian oil. Then came US President Donald Trump's claim on Wednesday that Indian PM Narendra Modi had privately agreed to end those purchases...

Africa’s debt and development take centre stage at G20 meeting in Washington
Addressing the media on Thursday night after the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Washington, DC, the South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, observed that several key measures had been realised...

Africa’s debt and development take centre stage at G20 meeting in Washington
Addressing the media on Thursday night after the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Washington, DC, the South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, observed that several key measures had been realised...

TAAG to Transfer All International Flights to New Luanda Airport
TAAG Angola Airlines has confirmed the full transfer of its international flight operations to the new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (NBJ), effective October 19, 2025. The new airport, located in Bom Jesus, Icolo, and Bengo...

Universities must seize Global Gateway opportunities
EUROPE It’s been four years since the creation of the EU Global Gateway – the European Commission’s flagship trade and development strategy towards lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To reflect on progress made, the second Global Gateway...

Check Point Research shows Africa most targeted region for cyber attacks in September with Gen AI...
Continent's organisations face an average of 2, 902 attacks per week, with telcos, government and consumer goods and services among the most targeted industry sectors. Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point® Software...

Major UK rare earths refinery scrapped in favour of US
Plans for a groundbreaking rare earths refinery in East Yorkshire have been abandoned, after the company behind the project decided to seek investment in the United States instead. Pensana has spent the past seven years developing a rare earths...

Cuban health professionals leave prints in Cuanza Sur, Angola
Comprised of 22 collaborators from different medical specialties such as surgery, dermatology, cardiology, anesthesiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and anesthesia technicians, it is the largest among the Cuban groups of cooperators...

The Astonishing Reign of Joshua Abraham Norton, ‘Emperor of the United States and Protector of...
Joshua Abraham Norton (1818-1880), known almost universally after 1859 as “Emperor Norton,” is undisputedly one of the more singular figures in nineteenth-century American urban history in general and in Jewish history in particular. For two...

How economic development ambitions and a global tech war are shaping the rise of resource nationalism
In 2022, a panel from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) sided against Indonesia in a case brought against it by the EU. Indonesia had, over the previous years, enacted a series of policies aimed at increasing local processing of nickel, a...

World News | Kirti Vardhan Singh Calls for Fair Global Practices, Legitimate Aspirations of Global South at NAM Meet
Kampala [Uganda], October 16 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Thursday called for advancing the "legitimate aspirations" of the Global South and urged the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to collectively push...

WFF 2025: Rome Water Dialogue advocates for concrete solutions to the global water crisis
Rome - The high-level segment of the Rome Water Dialogue 2025 took place today at FAO headquarters, gathering governments, experts and communities from around the world to advance collective action on sustainable water management for resilient...

CineEco kicks off in Seia with a day dedicated to the Angolan musician Victor Gama
Victor Gama will perform at the Cineteatro de Seia with his project “tectonik.Tombwa,” continuing the interrupted research of Angolan anthropologist Augusto Zita N’Gonguenho. The show, which blends African polyrhythm, electronics, and contemporary...
Agogo Integrated West Hub Project: FPSO/subsea offshore Angola
Agogo Integrated West Hub Project: FPSO/subsea offshore Angola September 2025 System Integration & Control Systems Design Moore Process Controls integrated existing brownfield assets with newly developed fields for the Agogo Integrated West Hub...

Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation
By Richard Heinberg Gen Z is a generation born into a world full of anxieties—from school shootings to climate Armageddon, to a pandemic and political violence. But I’m here to give you one more thing to worry about! A high-stakes debate about the...

New energy corridor to strengthen regional energy diplomacy
By Merve Safa Akıntürk The strong diplomatic ties between Ankara and Islamabad are now extending into the energy sector, as the two nations have signed a landmark cooperation agreement set to reshape their strategic partnership. Under the newly...

New research reveals rising human rights risks in Africa’s transition minerals sector
As the world races to meet ambitious climate goals, mineral-rich countries in Africa find themselves in an important position as the provider of critical elements needed to power the global energy transition to renewable energy. However, data from...

SETAF-AF tests translation tech during Angola crisis response training
LUANDA, Angola — As U.S. Army medical professionals concluded a week-long knowledge exchange with the Angolan Military Health Division, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) medical and public affairs personnel conducted a...

Arkestro Announces Customer Expansion with Chevron
Arkestro, a leading predictive procurement platform accelerating enterprise scale, announces the expansion of its adoption within Chevron Corporation, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. To date, Chevron has used Arkestro's...