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Africa Travel Shows take a transformational step
The Voice
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August 12, 2025
AFRICA Travel Shows has taken a transformational step. Against the backdrop of renewed global focus on the United Kingdom – Africa relations this July, including Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s historic trade mission across Lagos, Accra,...
Why are the BRICS countries not condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza?
CADTM
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August 7, 2025
In the final declaration of the BRICS summit published on 6 July 2025, the BRICS countries do not use the term genocide to describe what is happening in Gaza. Yes. In the final declaration of the BRICS summit published on 6 July 2025, the BRICS...
Marvel's First Family Meets America's Finest During Secret "Fantastic Four" Screenings
Laughing Place
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August 13, 2025
The Walt Disney Company, in a special collaboration with the U.S. Navy, gave thousands of American military service members a heroic surprise: screenings of Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. What’s...
Why United States picked Zambia for $15, 000 Visa bond pilot project
Zambian Eye
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August 14, 2025
This past week, Zambia was in the news here in the United States and then across the world. This is because the U.S. State Department announced that it had initiated a pilot program requiring citizens applying for B1/B2 tourist and business visas...
Caricom payment system aims to reduce US dollar reliance
St. Vincent Times
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August 11, 2025
Caribbean central banks testing payment system to reduce reliance on US banks Four Caribbean central banks are launching a pilot project to develop an alternative payment system, aiming to reduce reliance on the US dollar for trade and...
Living in the shadows: Stateless people face unique perils during Trump's crackdown
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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August 21, 2025
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — After decades without a country, Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough finally has a home she can call her own. Last November, she and her husband, Kevin Clough, closed on a charming, single-family home in the beachside city of Asbury...
Letter from the USAVolume V- Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba
Zambian Observer
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August 14, 2025
Letter from the USA Volume V By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba This past week, Zambia was in the news here in the United States and then across the world. This is because the U.S. State Department announced that it had initiated a pilot program requiring...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to...
Geopolitics throttles East African aviation
Independent (Uganda)
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August 19, 2025
A Gemini-generated image depicting how geopolitics has choked East African aviation How regional disputes create the perfect storm for regional airlines ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | East African skies are open, but the politics on the ground are...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on Trump's return and Al Shara's debut at UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
Reclaiming African identity: Grounding Pan-African Unity in cultural and ethnic authenticity
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Ben Brako Pan-Africanism, as a political and cultural ideal, has long sought to unify the continent’s diverse peoples under a shared vision of liberation, development, and solidarity. Yet despite decades of effort, the dream of continental...
Japan, Turkey discuss defense ties, drone use
GCN
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August 20, 2025
Japan’s historic defence cooperation talks with Turkey mark a strategic pivot toward advanced unmanned warfare capabilities and expanded military partnerships beyond traditional allies. This groundbreaking diplomatic engagement represents Tokyo’s...
Kenya: Police bust illegal electricity ring fuelling khat farms
ESI Africa
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August 20, 2025
Kenya Power and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have uncovered a vast illegal electricity network in Meru County that was secretly powering dozens of boreholes on local miraa farms. Miraa is another name for khat, a shrub whose...
Gov't to Pour Billions Into Horticulture Dream With Stakes as High as the Harvest
Addis Fortune
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The government, development partners and the private sector will share financing. Private investors are expected to develop over 48,000hct, up from about 14,000hct currently under cultivation. Smallholder farmers, particularly those producing...
Experts predict resurgence of...
Capital Ethiopia
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August 10, 2025
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced its readiness to license foreign banks wishing to operate in the country, with approvals anticipated within three months of application submission. This initiative follows the central bank’s...
Abiy Ahmed controversy sparks new fear in Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 10, 2025
In this guide, we’ll look at: The timeline of key events and peace efforts The main controversies and security changes Regional risks and what they mean for civilians The economy, aid access, and what to watch next These issues shape today’s...
Beyond borders: Global migration crisis
Sabah
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August 20, 2025
The complexity of international relations and law in the 21st century presents a dilemma in migration governance. While many continents are dealing with the issue of refugee and migration crisis, there are certain regions where the refugee crisis...
Bandaru Wilsonbabu appointed as India’s next ambassador to Turkmenistan
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday announced that Bandaru Wilsonbabu (IFS:2004), presently Ambassador of India to Madagascar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan. "He is...
Crew of seized vessel confirm Houthi weapon smuggling routes
Lloyd's List
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THE crew of a vessel seized by the Yemeni National Resistance Forces, a paramilitary group loyal to the Yemeni government, claim that Iran transports weapons to the Houthis via Somalia and even Djibouti. Their vessel, Al-Sharwa, was intercepted...