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Venomous Snakes, Freshwater Fish Among Legally Traded Species Most Likely To Become Invasive in Us
By Spoorthy Raman The U.S., the largest importer of wildlife products in the world, brings in nearly 10,000 species of plants and animals into the country legally, some of which have a high potential to become invasive species. A recent study...

TVS Motor Company Launches HLX 150 5G Motorcycle in Congo
TVS Motor Company announced the launch of its HLX 150 5G motorcycle in the Republic of Congo on June 23, 2025, at 3:30 PM in Lubumbashi. The Indian two-wheeler manufacturer introduced the new version with enhanced features including LED headlamp,...

President Federation Cup: Chelle storms Lagos to scout players for CHAN 2024
Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle will be in attendance when Kwara United and Abakaliki FC clash in the final of the President Federation Cup, DAILY POST reports. The President Federation Cup final will hold at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena,...

Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace deal, a major step in ending fighting in eastern Congo
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said. Congo has accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in its...

TVS Motor Company Ltd launches all new TVS HLX 150 5G in Repbulic of Congo
TVS Motor Company - a leading global automaker in the two and three-wheeler segments - today announced the launch of the all new TVS HLX 150 5G in the Republic of Congo. This new version introduces advanced features like LED headlamp, an...

Congo Brazzaville reinstated in CHAN tournament
Congo Brazzaville have been reinstated as African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers after winning an appeal against disqualification, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Wednesday. They replace Equatorial Guinea, who had...

TVS Motor launches HLX 150 5G motorcycle in Congo market
TVS Motor Company announced the launch of its HLX 150 5G motorcycle in the Republic of Congo on Monday, expanding its presence in the African market with an upgraded version of its popular commuter bike. The new model features a 150cc Eco Thrust...

Congo to resume World Cup qualifiers after missing their matches
Congo will be allowed to continue participating in the World Cup qualifiers despite missing two fixtures in March when they were banned, world football's governing body FIFA said on Wednesday. Congo were suspended from February to May because of...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election for a seventh term in polls due early next year, according to a senior official from the ruling party. Museveni was widely expected to run again but this is the first confirmation from his...

Congo and Rwanda sign preliminary peace agreement in Washington
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Representatives from Congo and Rwanda have signed the text of a peace agreement between the two countries in Washington, according to a joint press release from the two nations and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday....

Uganda’s Museveni to seek re-election for seventh term
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will be seeking re-election for a seventh term in polls due early next year. Tanga Odoi, electoral commission chief of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), said on Monday that Museveni would pick up...

President of Congo congratulates President Ilham Aliyev on Independence Day

Congolese asylee Gratien Milandou-Wamba faces legal limbo in NH
Gratien Milandou-Wamba, who fled political persecution in Congo, remains in ICE detention as he awaits an asylum hearing, according to his attorney. PORTLAND, Maine — Former Cumberland County Jail employee Gratien Milandou-Wamba, who arrived in...

President Trump issues new travel/visa restrictions on 19 countries
Key takeaways President Donald J. Trump imposes full travel/visa bans on certain foreign nationals from 12 countries (with some exceptions) and partial travel/visa restrictions on seven other countries focusing primarily on students. The new...

General International Travel Advisory
If you are not a U.S. citizen, travel outside the United States entails some chance that you will not be allowed to re-enter. This chance is quite small for permanent residents and, keeping in mind that about 100,000 foreign nationals enter the...

Congolese justice minister resigns amid corruption charges

International Attendance at U.S. Meetings at a Critical Crossroads
The impact of the Trump Administration’s new policies has begun to be felt by international trade shows and business events. Several countries have posted travel advisories, warning their citizens about traveling to the U.S., including China,...

Brian Burke: Government has no iron grip on debt levels
If a hungry horse asks for a fillet steak, don’t give it one. Horses eat hay. And if a politician tells you he or she is motivated by anything except self-preservation, don’t believe that. Not a day goes by when politicians from all parties don’t...

‘Get ready to sweat!’ The animal mega-marathon stampeding from the Congo to the Arctic
Wide-eyed, a child peers at the metre-long corkscrew horns rising above the crowd. She takes in the enormous raggedy hide and the strangeness of the wild creature stomping through her streets. Up ahead, a giraffe peeks warily through a first-floor...
uMkhonto weSizwe Party criticises US military strikes on Iran
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has issued a stern condemnation of the United States’ recent military assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities, describing it as an unjustifiable act of aggression that threatens global peace and sovereignty. In a...