Once a Nation, now just Postcodes

For most of our species’ history, human life was organised around small, mobile bands and village communities. Before civilisation, human groups were rule-governed but local: kinship, ritual and customary norms regulated life; enforcement rested...

GC, MICAT, LNTA dialogue on tourism sector

By Lewis S. Teh Monrovia, Liberia; October 15, 2025 – In bold steps to attract tourists, the Government of Liberia, through the Governance Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and the newly established Liberia National...

Africa Faces ‘Epic’ Jobs Crisis as Population Booms, World Bank Warns

- Advertisement - By Hadram Hydara Sub-Saharan Africa is grappling with the largest and fastest demographic shift in modern history, a transformation that presents an unprecedented jobs challenge which current economic models are failing to meet,...

Central Africa Pushes Ahead

Equatorial Guinea has signed new multi-billion-dollar agreements to sustain its Gas Mega Hub over the next two decades, as Central African leaders outlined ambitious gas projects and discussed measures to safeguard energy assets and meet rising...

Gabon looks to expand oil and gas development

Gabon is signaling renewed interest from major international energy companies as it looks to expand oil and gas development across the country’s largely untapped reserves, according to remarks from Minister of Oil & Gas Sosthène Nguema Nguema at...

Illegal quarry ‘boss’ falls ill, taken to private hospital

News Gregory Mc Burnie 6 Hrs Ago Police vehicles including a mobile detention unit on site at the illegal quarrying plant in Manuel Congo, Guanapo on October 9. - Photo by Faith Ayoung The man described by police the "main boss" in a multi-million...

UNESCO board backs Egyptian ex-minister for chief after US row

UNESCO executives voted on Monday to make an Egyptian ex-antiquities minister the UN culture body’s next leader, as it grapples with accusations of anti-Israel bias that prompted the United States to say it would quit the organisation. The board...

Tariffs, chips, rare earths & US

Beijing has now struck back. On Oct 9, it imposed sweeping export controls on rare earths. World trade has entered a very volatile phase as US and China – the two pillars of the global economy – clash over technology, resources, and power. On Oct...

Alexander commends TTPS on bust at illegal quarry

Ke­jan Haynes Lead Ed­i­tor - News­gath­er­ing ke­jan.haynes@guardian.co.tt Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has com­mend­ed the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice for what he de­scribed as “good work” dur­ing Thurs­day’s mul­ti-agency raid...

How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World

In the spring of 2024, Lighthouse found a vast archive of data on the deep web. It contained thousands of phone numbers and hundreds of thousands of locations from nearly every country in the world. The data came from a little-known surveillance...

Tucson Meet Yourself events highlight 'the ways we come together'

Tucson Meet Yourself is back for another year of traditional arts and performances celebrating the many vibrant cultures and communities of Tucson. The festivities start at 11 a.m. Oct. 17 and run all weekend long. As always, this year's schedule...

Eni, YPF Move Closer To Final Decision On Major Argentina LNG Project

ENI S.p.A. (NYSE:E) shares fell Friday as the Italian energy major advanced plans for a large-scale liquefied natural gas hub in Argentina following high-level meetings in Buenos Aires. The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, met with Claudio...

Give refugees lives, not just camps

BY DION WATUNGWA & SIBONGILE NJOVO “THE world has moved on, but we are still here. It feels like we do not exist outside this camp,” said a young woman from Rwanda. “We eat once a day…when I feed my children, I pretend I am not hungry so that they...

19 held in quarry raid

A major illegal quarrying and mining operation in the Manuel Congo community of Guanapo was shut down early yesterday morning following a pre-dawn raid led by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). The multi-agency operation, executed just...

KALW Almanac - Tuesday October 14, 2025

Today is Tuesday, the 14th of October of 2025, October 14 is the 287th day of the year 78 days remain until the end of the year 68 days until winter begins Sunrise at 7:17:53 am and sunset will be at 6:32:10 pm. We will have 11 hours and 14...

Wale Tinubu honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

Wale Tinubu CON, Group Chief Executive, Oando PLC, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, in recognition of his unwavering commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s foremost integrated...

Prime's Shocking Collapse: Logan Paul & KSI's Sales Down 75% Globally

The hype that launched Prime is now colliding headfirst with harsh business reality. When Logan Paul and KSI launched Prime in 2022, it felt like a textbook case of influencer marketing done right: social buzz, scarcity drops, celebrity tie-ins....

Liberia: Monrovia’s Citizens Beg for Quiet as Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown on Noise Pollution

Mid-afternoon in Monrovia, a megaphone blasts a vendor’s message in a busy neighborhood, one of the city’s most common sources of noise pollution. Photo: Manon Verchot/New Narratives By Aria Deemie, environmental reporter with New Narratives At 3...

Afriland First Bank Poised for Regional Expansion After Cobac Approval

(Business in Cameroon) - The Central African Banking Commission (Cobac), the banking regulator of the six-nation CEMAC zone (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, CAR, and Chad), has issued its first authorizations to open new bank branches...

Liberia: Pay Rise for Private Sector Workers as MOL Begins Nationwide Minimum Wage Consultations

Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. Monrovia – Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. has said the minimum wage of workers in Liberia’s Private Sector, comprising thousands of the country’s youthful population, which now stands at a...