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ECOWAS: As Tinubu’s two-year leadership comes to an end
The Cable
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June 25, 2025
BY LINDA NWABUWA AKHIGBE Only last month, on May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, celebrated its 50th anniversary with huge fanfare, commemorating the event with official ceremonies in Ghana and Nigeria. Back in...
Naval operations facilitate increase in crude oil production – FOC
Eagle Online
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June 27, 2025
The Nigerian Navy says its operations have restored near normalcy in the production of crude oil across the nation. The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) of the Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Saheed Akinwande stated this during a farewell...
World CNN More than a third of this country’s population has applied to relocate
Yahoo News
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More than a third of the population of Tuvalu has applied to move to Australia, under a landmark visa scheme designed to help people escape rising sea levels. The island nation – roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia – is home to about...
More than a third of this country’s population has applied to relocate
CNN
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June 27, 2025
Sydney, Australia CNN — More than a third of the population of Tuvalu has applied to move to Australia, under a landmark visa scheme designed to help people escape rising sea levels. The island nation – roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia...
How Africa is cushioned from shocks of geopolitical crises?
Zawya
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Africa’s sluggish participation in global trade is turning out to be the thing protecting it from the full force of economic shocks resulting from President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, and the wars in the Middle East, which risk...
W&M’s AidData a driving force behind report on lending practices of Chinese creditors
William & Mary
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June 26, 2025
This figure from the report shows the percentages of China’s public and publicly guaranteed lending volume to emerging market and developing economies that are collateralized. An international team of lawyers, economists and political scientists —...
Embrace investment-driven partnerships
Business Ghana
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African leaders have called on Monday for an urgent review of U.S. tariffs on African exports, urging a shift towards transformative partnerships and investment in Africa’s economic potential. Addressing more than 2,000 government and business...
US business leaders need to understand the opportunities in doing business with Africa – Senior State Dept Bureau Official
3News.com
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June 24, 2025
US business leaders need to understand the opportunities in doing business with Africa, Senior State Department Bureau Official, Troy Fitrell, has said. Responding to the call for deeper engagement, U.S. officials acknowledged Africa’s growing...
AU Commission Chair calls for removal of punitive tariffs and visa restrictions on African countries
3News.com
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June 24, 2025
The African Union Commission Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has called for the removal of punitive tariffs and visa restrictions on African countries. He noted that Africa’s 1.3 billion people and abundant resources remain among the world’s...
African leaders urge U.S. to embrace investment-driven partnerships and review tariffs
3News.com
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June 24, 2025
African leaders have called on Monday for an urgent review of U.S. tariffs on African exports, urging a shift towards transformative partnerships and investment in Africa’s economic potential. Addressing more than 2,000 government and business...
African leaders urge U.S. to embrace investment-driven partnerships, review tariffs
Business Hallmark
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June 24, 2025
African leaders on Monday issued a strong call for the United States to rethink its approach to the continent by prioritizing strategic investments and revising punitive trade tariffs, moving away from aid-centric relationships toward...
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
ECOWAS: As Tinubu’s two years of robust leadership comes to an end, By Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
President Tinubu handing over the chairmanship of ECOWAS to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone The exit of President Tinubu as ECOWAS chairman will be profoundly felt. His contribution to making ECOWAS a stable, peaceful and united...
Flutterwave boosts Cameroon’s businesses with 34th country licence
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Flutterwave has officially launched its digital payment services in Cameroon after securing a Payment Service Provider licence from the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC). This milestone, achieved through a technical partnership with...
Nation and world at a glance
The Vindicator - Ohio
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Oil rises, US stock futures slip as markets react to US strikes NEW YORK — The price of oil rose and U.S. stock futures fell as global markets react to the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran. The price of Brent crude oil, the...
US-Africa summit calls for commercial diplomacy - and respect
African Business
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June 24, 2025
The United States of America’s commercial strategy in Africa is evolving in line with the needs of its business community, according to Troy Fitrell, a senior bureau official at the Bureau of African Affairs in the US Department of State. Fitrell,...
I'm the First Person to Travel to Every Country in the World Without Ever Getting on a Plane–How I Did It
Travel + Leisure
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For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking to travelers about what it’s like to explore the world through their unique perspectives. We chatted with Thor Pedersen of Denmark, who spent nearly a decade on a single journey to 203...
I'm the first person to travel to every country in the world without getting on a plane — how I did it
AOL
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Clockwise from right: Selena Wright; Mike Douglas; Pavel Toropov Clockwise from right: Thor Pedersen in New Zealand, 2022; Sri Lanka in 2023 and Hong Kong in 2020.For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking to travelers about what...
Top 10 stories of the day: Shivambu appeals for volunteers | US strikes Iran | Record price for Clifton apartment
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 22, 2025
Here’s your daily news update for Sunday, 22 June 2025: An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. News today includes Floyd Shivambu making a public appeal for progressive volunteers just a day after being snubbed from his party’s...
When Will Genetically Modifying Our Children Go Mainstream?
Gizmodo
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June 22, 2025
In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline...