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Actors cut from major movies, from Simone Ashley in F1 to Harrison Ford in ET
The National News
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It’s every actor’s worst nightmare. You’re attached to a project for months if not years, it finally gets greenlit and you film your scenes – only to end up on the cutting room floor. Case in point: Simone Ashley, the Bridgerton star due to appear...
Germaine Acogny, pioneer of African contemporary dance, leads new generation at 81
Malay Mail
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July 5, 2025
DAKAR, July 5 — A group of performers stepped and swayed in the sand at an open-air studio on the Senegalese coast as Germaine Acogny, known as the mother of contemporary African dance, called out to them. “Walk! Take in the energy of the earth”,...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
Geremi Njitap handed five-year football ban by Cameroon FA amid row with Eto’o
GhanaWeb
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June 23, 2025
Cameroonian football icon Geremi Njitap has been banned from all football-related activities for five years by the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT), following a disciplinary standoff with the body’s president, Samuel Eto’o. The former...
Cameroon suspends Geremi Njitap for five years amid feud with Eto’o
Cameroon Online
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June 18, 2025
Former Cameroonian international Geremi Njitap has been handed a five-year suspension from all football-related activities by the Cameroon Football Federation (Fécafoot). The sanction, which also includes a fine of 10 million CFA francs...
Cameroonian Soldiers Enticed to Fight for Russia in Ukraine
Africa Defense Forum
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June 17, 2025
Regardless of whether Awamo Mitterrand was tricked or coerced into enlisting in the Russian Army, he was sent to the front lines in Ukraine and killed in battle on February 26, his body abandoned by the Russians in a forest. CamerounWeb, a news...
WATCH: Trailer for 2002 World Cup movie "Saipan" released
IrishCentral
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June 23, 2025
The official trailer for "Saipan", the upcoming film exploring the events surrounding Roy Keane’s dramatic departure from Ireland’s 2002 World Cup squad, has been released. Directed by award-winning filmmakers Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn...
All you need to know about the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco
Graphic
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July 4, 2025
The delayed Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 tournament will take place in Morocco from July 5-26, 2025. South Africa will be looking to defend their title, which they won in the same host country in 2022. Morocco, who lost the last...
Cameroon Beats African Internet Average Despite Broadband Gap
Cameroon Online
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June 16, 2025
Business in Cameroon | Over 40% of Cameroon’s population used the internet individually in 2023, excluding business and collective entity connections. This figure, highlighted in the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) April 2025 report,...
Chelsea target sparks Man United transfer frenzy with Bryan Mbeumo update as deadline revealed
Football London
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July 4, 2025
Chelsea may have just been dealt a blow to their hopes of signing Mike Maignan. The AC Milan goalkeeper was heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge ahead of the Club World Cup, but a deal collapsed when the two clubs couldn't agree a fee....
The fight for fair treatment: Unionisation and regulations in South Africa's film and television industry
IOL
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Calls for improved regulations in the film and television (TV) sector have once again emerged amid allegations of abuse, exploitation, and a lack of formal union. It comes after filmmakers and TV producers have shared their frustrations regarding...
Of Dr Patience Abangma, Nyeme Mawn and a certain social media activist
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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June 21, 2025
In many parts of rural Africa in the past, communities gathered every evening in the village square for elders to share wisdom through folk tales. One of the lessons I took away from these gatherings with numerous senior citizens was that, in...
Afrofest opens today and continues through the weekend at Woodbine Park
Beach Metro Community News
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July 4, 2025
Afrofest 2025 takes place at Woodbine Park from Friday, July 4, through to Sunday, July 6. Celebrating 37 years of championing African music in the city, not-for-profit community-based organization Music Africa brings Afrofest back to Woodbine...
World Cup Host Nations: How Have They Performed?
The Analyst
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July 4, 2025
All eyes are on the hosts at the World Cup, but how have host nations fared with home advantage? We look at every World Cup to see if it made a difference. People say a World Cup loses some of its magic when the host nation gets knocked out....
FIFA once again deals with New World TV for World Cup and WWC rights
Sportcal
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June 19, 2025
New World TV (NWTV), the Togo-based satellite television network operating across sub-Saharan Africa, has snapped up rights to soccer's next two FIFA World Cups – one men's edition and one women's. Both the men's 2026 World Cup (to be held across...
Matheus Cunha Named As New No.10 For Manchester United; Sparks Rumours Of Rashford Exit
News18
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July 4, 2025
Last Updated:July 04, 2025, 21:40 IST Manchester United gave Marcus Rashford's No. 10 shirt to new signing Matheus Cunha. Manager Ruben Amorim focuses on attacking reinforcements. Rashford's future is uncertain. Matheus Cunha for Manchester United...
Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola
Prompt News Online
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July 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
‘Drag is Art’ Minnesotan and first Drag Race winner BeBe Zahara Benet to perform Saturday
Minnesota Public Radio News
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June 18, 2025
NINA MOINI: This weekend, legendary drag performer BeBe Zahara Benet will headline a show at the Capri Theater in north Minneapolis. Marshall Ngwa first took the stage as BeBe at a pride party in 2000, dancing alongside Cyndi Lauper-- wow. That...
Njitap Hit With Five-Year Ban By Cameroon FA After Row With Eto’o
Complete Sports
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June 19, 2025
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon legend Njitap has been banned from football for five years by his country’s FA and fined £13,000 after a row with president Samuel Eto’o. Njitap, 46, who is Cameroon’s players’ union Synafoc, got into trouble during...
So, after visiting Art Basel, you want to move to Switzerland—what next?
The Art Newspaper
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June 19, 2025
Uncertain times have always been Switzerland’s forte. During the Reformation, the Swiss cantons offered refuge for Protestants fleeing hostilities in neighbouring Catholic states. In the 19th century, Russian exiles including Vladimir Lenin and...