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First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week, Semafor reports
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 2, 2025
(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
The Florentine
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July 2, 2025
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
The Citizen
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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...
Modern Ghana
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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
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(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
News Ghana
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July 5, 2025
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
Enab Baladi
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July 5, 2025
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
The European Sting
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July 1, 2025
(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
Mehr News Agency
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July 5, 2025
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
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 5, 2025
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
Visual Capitalist
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July 5, 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
Leadership
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July 5, 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...
Privileged thrill-seeking teen travels the world broke to find adventure — and altruism
The Times of Israel
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July 5, 2025
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
The Times
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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
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 5, 2025
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 Times
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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?
University World News
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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
Forests News
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July 4, 2025
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
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...
A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries
Mail & Guardian
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July 4, 2025
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,...