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First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week, Semafor reports

First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week, Semafor reports

(Reuters) -The first African leaders’ summit of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Mauritania, Senegal and Liberia, Semafor reported on Wednesday. The...

Armando Barucco appointed Secretary General of the European University Institute

Armando Barucco appointed Secretary General of the European University Institute

Armando Barucco has worn many hats over the years: Italian Consul General in Mumbai, Director of Italy’s Policy Planning Unit, Italian Ambassador to Mauritania and Morocco, and, effective Monday, the European University Institute’s new Secretary...

Ibenge signs with Azam FC, eyes domestic and continental glory

Ibenge signs with Azam FC, eyes domestic and continental glory

Dar es Salaam. In a bold and strategic move, Azam FC has officially appointed experienced Congolese coach Florent Ibenge as their new head coach on a one-year deal. The appointment is seen as a statement of intent from the Ice Cream Makers as they...

Green Climate Fund and UNEP boost climate adaptation with US...

Green Climate Fund and UNEP boost climate adaptation with US...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over USD 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania. The projects, developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at the request of the three countries...

Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme

Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...

An Open Letter To The President On Coastal Protection Works At Agavedzi And Salakope

Thank You for Awarding the Blekusu Phase 2 Project — But Let’s Get it Right This Time. Your Excellency, Warm greetings from the people of the Anlo enclave, especially those living along the vulnerable stretch of the coast from Blekusu through...

Highest Fees for Iranians: Syria Sets Entry Visa Fees for Foreigners

Highest Fees for Iranians: Syria Sets Entry Visa Fees for Foreigners

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad al-Shibani, has issued a decision setting new visa and transit fees for citizens of Arab and foreign countries, effective Sunday, July 6. According to the decision, which Enab Baladi...

Spain: EIB Group and CaixaBank to provide small businesses and mid-caps with access to €900 million of new financing to promote investment, cover liquidity needs and back the agricultural sector

Spain: EIB Group and CaixaBank to provide small businesses and mid-caps with access to €900 million of new financing to promote investment, cover liquidity needs and back the agricultural sector

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. €20 million loan will support seafood value chains, a strategic pillar of cooperation between Mauritania and the European Union 30% of financing specially...

Araghchi’s message handed over to his Nicaraguan counterpart

Araghchi’s message handed over to his Nicaraguan counterpart

Zare, met with Valdrack Jaentschke, Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister on Saturday. During the meeting, Zare presented a letter from Araghchi, regarding the crimes committed by the US and the Israeli regime against Iran. Earlier, Iranian ambassadors in...

Atiku’s Mockery Of Nigeria Over Trump’s Invitation To 5 African Countries, A Clear Display Of Poor Knowledge Of Contemporary Global Affairs – TDF

Atiku’s Mockery Of Nigeria Over Trump’s Invitation To 5 African Countries, A Clear Display Of Poor Knowledge Of Contemporary Global Affairs – TDF

News Investigators/ The Democratic Front (TDF) has described as embarrassing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu over the invitation by the US President Donald Trump to leaders of 5 African countries for a...

Mapped: The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025

Mapped: The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025

The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Finland has the...

50 Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow

50 Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow

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...

Privileged thrill-seeking teen travels the world broke to find adventure  — and altruism

Privileged thrill-seeking teen travels the world broke to find adventure — and altruism

After he graduated from a fancy private high school, Tal Dooreck Aloni was living it up on a yacht off the coast of southern France with friends, all expenses paid, when he realized he wanted to do something different with his life. “I looked...

My eye-opening trip through El Salvador

My eye-opening trip through El Salvador

The sun was setting on the Pacific as I ate grilled lobster and watched families stroll along the sand, trees twinkling with fairy lights, past thatched bars and boutiques buzzing with international customers. El Salvador was among the world’s top...

Task Force makes arrests in Upshur

Task Force makes arrests in Upshur

BUCKHANNON — The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force performed a felony arrest operation in Buckhannon Wednesday, a press release from the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office stated Thursday afternoon. The operation took place “after a...

The hidden history of slavery in the Islamic world

The hidden history of slavery in the Islamic world

Beshir Agha was born in Abyssinia in 1655, seized by slave traders, castrated as a boy and sold for 30 piastres. When he died in 1746 he left a fortune of 30 million piastres, 800 jewel-studded watches and 160 horses. When he was a slave to the...

Plan for doctoral schools gets nod. Will they be realised?

Plan for doctoral schools gets nod. Will they be realised?

MAURITANIA Mauritania will establish four new doctoral schools in several universities and higher education institutions to strengthen scientific capacity for sustainable development, Yacoub Ould Amine, the country’s minister of higher education...

Great Green Wall: Upaya bersama Afrika menghijaukan kembali Sahel dan melawan degradasi lahan

Great Green Wall: Upaya bersama Afrika menghijaukan kembali Sahel dan melawan degradasi lahan

Mulai dari makanan berbahan dasar tanaman lokal yang sebelumnya kurang dimanfaatkan, tas tangan dari rumput liar, hingga alat sederhana seperti tali untuk mencegah kebakaran hutan, beragam inovasi yang lahir dari komunitas kini mengubah cara...

Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola

Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola

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...

A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries

A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries

President Cyril Ramaphosa with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year. (X) A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz,...

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