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Timothy Sibasi HOW CHINA'S CNNOC LOST ON THE LUCRATIVE OIL BUSINESS IN EAST AFRICA TO FRENCH AND AMERICAN OIL AND GAS COMPANIES
Kampala, Uganda • Business • 28 Apr 2018
By Timothy Sibasi-Kampala,Uganda China’s National Oil Company has finally lost its major interests in benefiting from the lucrative oiland gas business in East Africa’s trading hub of Uganda to French and American multinational oil companies, despite controlling some of the oil field in the rich... Read more
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Sahan Basnayake Artifacts discovered at the archaeological excavation site at "Giant's Tank", in northern Sri Lanka.
Mannar, Sri Lanka • Current Affairs, Technology, Science & Environment, Research, Social, Cultural • 30 Apr 2018
Several artifacts including three bowl furnace used for the production of beads, “slags” used to extract glass, Blue and green colored glass pieces and large pieces of oars used for refining glass, found at the Archaeological excavations site near the “Giant Tank” (Yodha Wewa) In Mannar. The... Read more
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Steve Lubetkin Video interview with former NJ Gov. Jim Florio
Cherry Hill, United States of America • Politics • 30 Apr 2018
In-studio interview with former NJ Gov. Jim Florio. Available for licensing on other news sites. Depending on license level chosen, we can make a custom version with your graphic dress and logos. Interview was shot on green screen and can be keyed into your own backdrop. See... Read more
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Chima Nwankwo Chibok Girls kidnap- 4 years after-113 girls still missing
Abuja, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 30 Apr 2018
Chibok Kidnap Anniversary TITLE: Chibok Kidnap Anniversary Date of event: 14/04/2018 Backstory : On April 14, 2018, it will be exactly 4 years since 219 girls were kidnapped from Chibok, in Nigeria’s North East. Pitch: I intend to anchor the story around Aisha Yesufu who has been the... Read more
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Chima Nwankwo Shiites Shutdown Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 30 Apr 2018
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria have staged a massive rally in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. They demand the release of their supreme leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El Zak Zaky who was incarcerated by the Nigerian government in December 2015. The Nigerian government also killed thousands of... Read more
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Tom Carstensen Verdict in the Submarine Murder Case
København, Denmark • Current Affairs, Breaking News • 30 Apr 2018
The submarine case where Peter Madsen is charged with murdering and dismembering Swedish journalist Kim Wall will have its guilty/not guilty verdict on the 25th of April. I have covered this for RTE, BBC Radio Scotland and am covering it for BBC World Service. I live very close to where the torso... Read more
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Chima Nwankwo Exclusive Interview With Chibok Parent
Abuja, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 30 Apr 2018
On the 14th of April,2018 it will be 4 years since 276 girls were kidnapped by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram from a town called Chibok in Nigeria’s north East. While 167 of the girls have escaped or been released, 113 are still in captivity. I intend to secure an exclusive interview with... Read more
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Zaheer Cassim Africa's first ATM pharmacy launched at a township in South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa • Technology • 30 Apr 2018
What if filling a prescription was as easy as withdrawing money from an ATM? A South African company has set out to do just that. The Pharmacy Dispensing Unit can dispense chronic medications within minutes. In a continent burdened with overcrowding in hospitals and government facilities, this new... Read more
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Christian Dormedzui The crossroads to food security: the nexus of global agenda,waste and profitabilty
Accra, Ghana • Investigative Reporting • 30 Apr 2018
When you wake up in the middle of the night for lack and want of food in your stomach, you would understand why the whole world is racing against time to improve food security given the extra 2.3 billion populations to feed by 2050.Farming has been a way of life, but you see, it is being transformed... Read more
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Marah Rayan Talented refugees and how to find them
Barcelona, Spain • Investigative Reporting • 01 May 2018
We've reached 2018 and refugee crisis is still in full force. Many countries are still struggling with the amount of refugees they have without being able to find a way to incorporate them into the society or integrate them. We also have the debate about economic refugees and what is right and wrong... Read more
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Aymara Defeche Haley Viloria Surprising the world With its extraordinary body flexibility in the Cirque Du Soleil
Liège, Belgium • Cultural • 11 May 2018
Viloria is a young talented American artist daughter of Venezuelan father and American mother, at 25 years of age, has seven surprising the world with its extraordinary body flexibility. He has worked in important circuses of international renown, such as Cirque du Soleil. The secret of her... Read more
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Yasser Abu Wazna Gaza's Avatar encounters Israel
Gaza • Breaking News • 15 May 2018
The Palestinian lawyer Mohammed, 30 years old, participates in the events of Great Return March on his way. Despite the injury made by an Israeli bullet in his leg while he was protesting in Santa Claus' clothes, he keeps protesting but this time disguised in Avatar character, which symbolizes... Read more
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Jonathan Ward 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Littlehampton, United Kingdom • Cultural • 26 May 2018
Bespoke story and/or images about the flower show, from Celebraty apperances to the best of the gardens. This year the RHS have made three smart moves for 2018: first, a new evening opening on Friday 25 May (8-10pm) which will give more people a chance to enjoy a balmy (fingers crossed)... Read more
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Bud Wichers Naqba commemoration MAY 15 in GAZA.
Gaza • Social • 14 Jun 2018
Als available for Breaking News, lives and phoners may the 15 from Gaza. The proposed video report will be about Ramadan and the subsequent Eid al-Fitr celetration in Gaza during the period between the 15th of May and the 14th of June, 2018. My central theme will be the personal experience of... Read more
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Jackie Guigui-Stolberg The Right Snuff!
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Jun 2018
Bavaria: The Snuff Capital of the World. Bavarians are wonderfully fun-loving, traditional-culture-loving people who enjoy all manner of sensual delights, among them beer, folk music, and snuff. Snuff has a centuries-old tradition here and there are quite a few different words for it in the local... Read more
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Al Emid CALCUTTA RESCUE: SAVING LIVES AND MORE
Toronto, Canada Story Location is India • Medical, Social • 30 Jun 2018
The story of Calcutta Rescue will resonate with readers who (appreciate that a sincerely well-intentioned non-governmental organization can work wonders when given the opportunity and when its organizers have unparalleled determination. Calcutta Rescue has operated in Kolkata and parts of rural... Read more
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Mohammad Zubair khan campaign to free Kaavin, a male elephant in the Islamabad zoo.
Islamabad, Pakistan • Social • 03 Jul 2018
After the tragic tic death of the female elephant suzi in Lahore zoo, the animal right group is now running the campaign to free Kaavin, a male elephant in the Islamabad zoo. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1408796/lahore-zoos-darling-suzi-dies-31/ The worldwide right group appeal of the Pakistan... Read more
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Business • 04 Jul 2018
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Sharon Braithwaite The restoration of Buffalmacco's famous fresco "The Triumph of Death" is complete
Pisa, Italy • Arts & Books • 12 Jul 2018
On the 17th of June "The Triumph of Death" by Buffalmacco will return in the Camposanto in Pisa. A long restoration was completed a few days ago. The news was announced on the 7th of April in Pisa during a press conference held by the director and chief restorators, who discovered new details on the... Read more
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BRIAN AREMOH ELECTIONS AFTERMATH
Kibera,Nairobi, Kenya • War Reporter • 01 Aug 2018
Today morning a group of women in Kibera took it on the streets at Olympic kibera area to call for peace and the stoppage of violence against women and all forms of extra judicial killings .This has been happening as the result of the unrest that erupted in parts of the slums in Nairobi Kenya... Read more
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faten omar Denied a future – ‘Illegal Syrian resident children attend ‘free’ school’
Salmiya, Kuwait • Current Affairs • 01 Aug 2018
free-schoolSyria’s civil war is one of the worst ongoing humanitarian disasters, and is showing no signs of abating anytime soon. Innocent Syrian civilians are suffering everywhere, and not only in Syria. Syrian children in Kuwait fled the war hoping for a better life here, but little did they know... Read more
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Isha Sharma Yoga Instructor Training
Pune, Maharashtra India • Health & Fitness • 08 Aug 2018
The oldest Yoga Institute in the world, founded by Swami Kuvalayananda. Yoga instructor course available with training and certification. Contact Now. http://www.kdham.com Read more
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Badebye Godfrey BLIND BEAUTICIAN
Kampala, Uganda • Social • 01 Dec 2018
Aisha Bahati is undoubtedly an inspiration to many people especially those with sight impairment At the age of seven, she suffered an ailment that later left her blind but many years later, the loss of sight couldn't be loss of a dream. Today she runs a salon and she is a sought after... Read more
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bayo akinpelu israel godson George weah prepares to be liberias first legalmale president after the war...........
Monrovia, Liberia • 360 Videography • 07 Dec 2018
George weah prepares to be liberias first legalmale president after the war........... Read more
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Thurea Mwadzaya HEALTH FITNESS TO THE DISABLED
Mombasa, Kenya • Health & Fitness • 18 Dec 2018
A 54 year old man uses physiotherapy to heal disabled child .Through exercises ranging from walking ,enhancing good sitting positions . Peter has enabled more than 5 disabled children who were admitted at a disabled hospital in portrieze in Mombasa where the mother had to discharge them as they... Read more
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steve lefophana Duduza community cry foul over high crime
Johannesburg South, South Africa • Current Affairs • 29 Dec 2018
Residents of Duduza informal settlement in Tshwelopele , Tembisa have given a stern warning to criminals who carry on stealing from the community while they are away at work and have seen that as a opportunity. This is after more than 15 sharks in Block D were broken and more goods and chattels... Read more
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Charles Doke The Almajiri Child
Yola, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 31 Dec 2018
The Almajiris are basically children whose parents send them to far flung parts of Northern Nigeria to acquire Islamic education. The irony is that these kids, sometimes as young as 4 have to fend for themselves by begging on the streets and sleeping anywhere they find shelter. The rise of suicide... Read more
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Julius Mugambwa Uganda's little punches with Olympics dreams
Kampala, Uganda • Business • 31 Dec 2018
A boxing club in Uganda's capital is helping children as young as ten in slums to pursue professional boxing careers Uganda's biggest boxing achievement at Olympics is 3 silvers with the last one won in 1980 Since then, several boxers have been at the games but with not much to celebrate but... Read more
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steve lefophana Amabherete makes a sudden come back
Johannesburg South, South Africa • Politics • 01 Dec 2019
Known for their brutal approach, heavy amination and bullet proofs embodied in them, the notorious Police tactical response team normally known as Amabherete have made a sudden come back after few years of disappearance. In a Press conference Police Minister Fikile Mbalula “South Africa has been... Read more
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Marc Figuerola Delgado BREAKING NEWS IN CATALONIA
Barcelona, Spain • Breaking News • 31 Dec 2019
I am available to radio and TV stations to report about the latest breaking news about Catalan affairs. English and Spanish. I am also available for scouting if you send a reporter. Read more