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Chinese investment advances labor rights and prosperity in Africa
CGTN
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Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial Park on the northwestern outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, May 27, 2025. /Xinhua Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial...
Africa’s Maritime Security Relations and the Global Responsibility to Protect the Sea
Center for International Maritime Security - Washington D.C.
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June 18, 2025
African Maritime Forces Week By Dr. Christian Bueger, University of Copenhagen Maritime security is a global responsibility. All nations, including those without coastal waters, depend on the sea for trade, food, energy, and digital communication....
Abrao Group, Rushabh Sealink launch A&R Africa to boost trade ties
Logistics Update Africa
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June 26, 2025
In a move to reshape regional trade dynamics, Abrao Group and Rushabh Sealink and Logistics have entered into a 50:50 joint venture to launch A&R Africa, a company focused on building more resilient and efficient supply chain corridors connecting...
Somalia—Iran’s Next Puppet State?
theTrumpet
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Al-Shabaab is stronger and more emboldened than ever. On June 11, the terrorist group seized al-Hareeri, a strategic village where a network of roads that lead to major Somali areas overlap. Eight days prior, al-Shabaab took Hawadley, a village...
How will the Iran crisis impact Africa?
Institute for Security Studies
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How will the Iran crisis impact Africa? The conflict in Iran may seem far away, but it’s creating volatility that African leaders must act on urgently. Israel, Iran and the United States’ (US) escalating hostilities have sent geopolitical tremors...
Somaliland’s Rising Strategic Role in U.S. Oil and Military Policy
Oil Price
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June 17, 2025
Oil bulls have finally found some relief as crude prices rallied to multi-month highs, driven by escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, which continue to trade attacks in one of the region's most volatile periods in recent years. As of...
Protestors urge WA governor to pardon Vietnamese man deported to Africa
KING 5 - Washington State
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June 26, 2025
Family and advocates seek gubernatorial pardon for man sent to East Africa despite Vietnamese origin. SEATTLE — Protestors gathered outside Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Downtown Seattle office on Tuesday, demanding he intervene in the case of a Vietnamese...
Trump to deport migrants to conflict-torn African states
Daily News Tanzania
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June 25, 2025
USA: THE US Supreme Court has authorized the White House to deport immigrants to third countries, including conflict-stricken South Sudan and Libya, regardless of where the individuals are originally from. The decision handed down on Monday lifts...
African Nations Witness US Visa Ban
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to widen its controversial travel limitations to encompass nationals from 36 additional countries, according to a report by a news agency over the weekend, which referenced a confidential...
Cameroon’s ST Digital Ranks Among Africa’s Leading Digital Investors, Says UNCTAD
Business in Cameroon
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June 25, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - ST Digital, a Cameroonian IT services company led by Anthony Same, ranks among the most dynamic digital firms investing in Africa over the past five years. This is according to the 2025 Investment Report by the United...
Cuban delegation strengthens education ties with Djibouti
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 25, 2025
Upon arrival at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, the Cuban delegation was received by Mohamed Abdallah Mahyoub, Secretary General of Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, and Havana’s Ambassador to this nation,...
Why China’s sitting on the Iran war sidelines
Asia Times
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June 25, 2025
On a visit to Shanghai some years ago, I asked a leading Chinese strategist how Beijing would view a war between the US and Iran, which even back then seemed a high probability. I thought he would opine on how higher oil prices could threaten...
GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa Convene Global South Leaders Ahead of INC-5.2
Pressenza
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June 25, 2025
GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical...
Trump administration accuses district judge of defying Supreme Court in case of migrants held in Djibouti
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case...
Breaking the Silence: “1 Degree of Separation” Brings Suicide Prevention and Awareness to Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 25, 2025
Naval Station Rota hosted the final performance of the suicide prevention and awareness show “1 Degree of Separation,” for Commander, Navy Region, Europe, Africa, Central (Region EURAFCENT) on June 17. The production, funded by CNIC N91 and...
Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1)
Premium Times
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June 25, 2025
Qosim Suleiman, Abdullah Tijani, Amma Moussa & Gaston Sawadogo Five years ago, Aliyu Garba, 45, was summoned to his village head’s palace to receive some exciting news: He would now participate in a massive tree-planting project commissioned by...
ETHIOPIA BACK ON TENNIS MAP: ITF EVENTS RETURN AFTER 17-YEAR ABSENCE
Zehabesha
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20 FEB 2023 Ross McLean Following an absence of nearly two decades, the ITF World Tennis Tour has returned to Ethiopia with the staging of two junior tournaments in Addis Ababa – the nation’s capital city. It was 2006 the last time an ITF World...
President Trump Weighs Travel Ban On Nigeria, 35 Other Countries +Full List
Lagos Post Online
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June 15, 2025
The United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering new travel restrictions on Nigeria and 35 other countries, most of which are African nations, due to what officials describe as a failure to meet new US entry requirements....
Bankable projects, capital mobilisation, and derisking Africa: A glimpse
Business Day
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June 24, 2025
Africa holds some of the world’s most underutilised energy and agricultural resources, home to vast solar potential, the largest untapped hydropower and geothermal reserves, and the second-largest share of arable land. Yet, the continent continues...
El Gobierno de Trump acusa a un juez de desafiar a la Corte Suprema en el caso de los migrantes detenidos en Djibouti
KESQ-TV - California
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June 24, 2025
Por John Fritze, CNN El Gobierno del presidente Donald Trump instó este martes a la Corte Suprema a permitir la deportación inmediata a Sudán del Sur de un grupo de migrantes que se encuentran actualmente detenidos en una base militar...