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Ban On Transgender Women: Time For Africa FAs To Act, By Harry Awurumibe
Prompt News Online
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May 3, 2025
With two months to the start of the premier women’s football competition in the continent, the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in the North African country of Morocco, the news of the ban of transgender women from playing women’s football...
Another African country is making an aggressive push to become a major oil player
Business Insider Africa
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May 13, 2025
Strategic infrastructure initiatives, international alliances, and regulatory reforms are helping to establish the country as a vital energy center in southern Africa. Partnerships with other oil-producing African countries As recently reported,...
African Petroleum Producers Organisation: Experts begin work ahead of 46...
The Guardian Post
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Focus is to lay the groundwork for the 19th Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Council of the body, to hold on Wednesday October 30. The 19th Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Council is also to prepare the ground for the 46th Ordinary Session of...
Pope Leo’s challenge: How to build unity in a fragmenting world
Christian Science Monitor
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May 9, 2025
The selection of Robert Francis Prevost as the first American pope stunned Vatican watchers around the world. Many had long believed that an American would never be chosen to lead an institution with 1.4 billion followers because the United States...
Trump tariffs in full: Every country hit on ‘Liberation Day’ – and the surprising exemptions
The Independent
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April 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Which European country is best for Limerick people to retire to?
Limerick Leader
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May 10, 2025
I’VE been watching the excellent Cheap European Homes TV programme on RTE for the last couple of weeks. And for me it’s a great watch. Two great presenters with Maggie Molloy and Kevin McGahern and great participants looking to purchase a property...
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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May 7, 2025
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript May 6, 2025 Kosmos Energy Ltd. misses on earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $-0.22 EPS, expectations were $-0.15. Operator: Good day, everyone. Welcome to Kosmos Energy’s First...
Trump officials halt billions in fresh Harvard grants unless university bows to demands – as it happened
The Guardian
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May 6, 2025
Trump administration freezes all federal research funding for HarvardThe US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school concedes to a list...
Russia’s False Euphoria
Foreign Affairs
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May 9, 2025
For years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the annual Victory Day celebration on May 9, commemorating the Soviet victory over Hitler in World War II, to mark his own greatness. The Soviet triumph in 1945, has always been and remains one...
The 10 richest countries in Africa
Techpoint Africa
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March 20, 2025
Have you ever wondered how a tiny island can top Africa’s wealth charts? I dug into the numbers and found that countries like Seychelles and Mauritius lead the pack with smart policies and diverse industries. You’ll discover how these nations mix...
From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy
Literary Hub
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April 25, 2025
In 2016, Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced, “We have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.” This was an understatement; the modern state was created solely by oil, its economy financed by oil. Prince Mohammed’s announcement came...
Angola is one of the CPLP countries with a negative rating in the Corruption Perception Index
Ver Angola
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In turn, Cape Verde is the best-ranked CPLP country and Equatorial Guinea has the worst ranking in the 2024 CPI, published by the non-governmental organization Transparency International. According to the report – in which 180 countries were...
Over 15 million people in need of urgent assistance in Sudan
Angola Press Agency
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Addis Ababa - The Head of State of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, expressed concern on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, over the humanitarian situation in Sudan, where more than 15 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian aid....
A Hands-On Guide to AI Adoption in Corporate Finance & Accounting
CFO Dive
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ConocoPhillips beats first-quarter profit target, announces CFO retirement
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) - ConocoPhillips beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday and said Chief Financial Officer Bill Bullock will retire after 39 years with the Texas-based oil and gas producer. The company's $22.5 billion acquisition...
Jonathan Urges African Leaders to Ease Credit for Farmers, De-Risk Lending to Boost Food Security
Arise News
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June 12, 2025
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on African governments to implement policies that ensure farmers’ access to affordable credit, aiming to enhance food production and security across the continent. A statement by his media aide,...
Jonathan Urges African Leaders to Prioritise Policies that Promote Lending to Farmers
This Day
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June 12, 2025
ChuksOkocha in Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on African governments to implement policies that ensure farmers’ access to affordable credit, aiming to enhance food production and security across the continent. A statement by...
PwC to Cut 1,500 US Jobs, Shuts Offices in Nine African Countries
Business Hallmark
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May 6, 2025
Global accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is set to lay off around 1,500 employees in the United States, equivalent to about 2% of its American workforce, the firm confirmed on Monday. PwC, which employs over 75,000 people in the U.S.,...
Paul Biya, the last Kaiser
Africa is a country
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To understand Paul Biya’s seemingly interminable tenure, one must first understand Cameroon, its neighbors, and Biya himself. Despite over four decades in office, he remains an enigmatic figure to many Cameroonians, including his own ministers—an...
Nigeria must turn gas potential into prosperity – Ekpo
National Accord Newspaper
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May 7, 2025
Nigerian government has called for decisive and unified action to unlock the country’s vast natural gas reserves. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, disclosed this while delivering a keynote address at the ongoing...