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What will Uganda gain from accepting US deportees?
Al Jazeera
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August 23, 2025
Uganda is the latest of several countries to strike a deportation deal with the United States as President Donald Trump ramps up controversial efforts to remove migrants from the country. In a statement on Thursday, Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign...
From dreams to danger: The need for safer migration pathways for Ethiopian youth
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 23, 2025
The tragic death of aspiring Ethiopian migrants – especially those who have drowned in the Red Sea, while trying to reach Saudi Arabia through war-torn Yemen – have become increasingly common over the past decade. Known as the Eastern Route, this...
Chinese-contracted expressway starts construction in eastern Ethiopia
Xinhua News Agency
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ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The construction of the Mieso-Dire Dawa Expressway, a major infrastructure project within the Ethio-Djibouti Transport Corridor, was launched on Tuesday in Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia. During the...
Opinion: The American car industry can’t go on like this
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Ford F-150 trucks are assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant in 2024 in Dearborn, Mich. (Carlos Osorio/AP) Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley commuted in a car that wasn’t made by his own company. In an effort to scope out the competition, Farley spent...
UAE’s port presence in Africa: Strategic infrastructure & influence
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Seade CAESAR Over the past decade the UAE has become one of Africa’s most consequential maritime partners. Two Abu Dhabi and Dubai based operators DP World and AD Ports Group now anchor long-term concessions, greenfield ports, inland logistics...
Capitalist China and socialist revolution
AntiCapitalist Resistance
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August 11, 2025
Capitalist China and socialist revolution by Simon Hannah [Published by Resistance Books in 2023] The economic and political growth of China and its transformation into a world power is one of the defining features of the modern age and will have...
Africa steps forward to combat climate change
Sabah
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August 18, 2025
Climate change poses enormous challenges to the survival of human beings and economic development. The issue has become an important talking point of governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and academics for about half a...
APT SideWinder Actor Profile – Recent Attacks, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Cyber Security News
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August 18, 2025
APT SideWinder, also known as Rattlesnake, Razor Tiger, and T-APT-04, is a nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2012 and believed to originate from India. Noted for targeting military, government, and strategic...
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Capital Ethiopia
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August 17, 2025
DESCRIPTION: Provision of Overland (cross-border) Transport Services from Djibouti to Ethiopia CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOIs: 22 August 2025, 12:00 hrs REFERENCE: EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-08 The United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia (WFP...
Why does a US senator want to recognize Somaliland?
GZERO Media
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August 21, 2025
Last week, US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the latest American conservative to voice support for Somaliland, as he publicly urged the Trump administration to recognize it as a country. “Somaliland remains committed to forging closer ties with the...
Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre and cable landing station
Mobile Europe
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August 18, 2025
Ooredoo has inaugurated a combined data centre and submarine cable landing station in Salalah, the first such facility in southern Oman. The site has launched with space for 125 server racks and is designed to expand to 500 in phases, supporting...
New trail of hope
Daily News Tanzania
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August 17, 2025
TANZANIA and Burundi marked a significant milestone yesterday with the launch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) construction, connecting Uvinza in Kigoma Region to Musongati in Burundi. The 300-kilometre railway line is poised to boost regional...
Lamu Port roars to life as nine mega ships scheduled to call
The Standard
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A cargo ship off loads containers at Lamu Port. [File, Standard] At least nine ships are scheduled to dock at the Lamu Port in August, signifying its growing importance in East Africa's seaborne trade as the region's small ports struggle with...
What’s in Store for Africa: Russia’s Policy Strategies for Africa
The News Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
For African countries, more and more diverse economic opportunities have opened up primarily due to the changing geopolitical dynamics around the world today. These changes are obviously influencing Africa’s development landscape. While it has...
Interview Waiver No Longer Available for Most Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants, Starting September 2, 2025
National Law Review
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August 21, 2025
Quick Hits Most applicants for nonimmigrant visa interview waivers will be required to attend in-person interviews after September 2, 2025. For certain nationalities, these changes are effective immediately and without exception. These changes may...
Unveiling the GERD:A Symbol of Collective Resilience and Pathway Out of Poverty
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 16, 2025
History unfolds on the banks of the Blue Nile as Ethiopia inaugurates the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD)inSeptember,culminatingafourteen-yearjourneythathastransformed not just a river, but a nation’s destiny. This monumental achievement,...
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
Friends of Socialist China
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August 20, 2025
In the opinion piece below, originally published in Al Jazeera, Jason Hickel and Dylan Sullivan argue that Western hostility towards China is not driven by serious concerns over China’s putative threat to the “international rules-based order” but...
IGAD warns member states are underutilizing...
Capital Ethiopia
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August 17, 2025
The Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) has issued a warning that member states in the Greater Horn of Africa are not fully leveraging their fisheries resources, leading to a substantial loss of economic and food security...
This Country Offers More Than 40 Days Of Annual Statutory Paid Leave
24/7 Wall St.
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August 21, 2025
Key Points Statutory paid leave policy varies widely around the world. While the United States is the only country with both zero guaranteed paid leave days and zero paid public holidays, some countries offer more than eight weeks of paid time...
Salem parish honors Sister Pauline Fortin's 70th jubilee
The Boston Pilot - Massachusetts
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August 22, 2025
SALEM -- Sister of St. Chretienne Pauline Fortin went to the hospital for the first time in her life this year. The 89-year-old sister missed the Easter Triduum at St. Anne Parish in Salem, where she has worshiped and volunteered for nearly five...