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Ending Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Crusade to Protect Girls and Women - Jokpeme Joseph Omode
Alexa.ng
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August 27, 2025
Female Genital Mutilation, the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons, is deeply rooted in cultural beliefs across Nigeria’s 36 states, particularly in the South-West and South-East, where prevalence reaches...
Ethiopia, China in Talks to Upgrade Ethio-Djibouti Railway
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 2, 2025
World Bank approves USD 700mln for Mieso-Dire Dawa Expressway Ethiopia and China are in talks over a proposal to make major upgrades to the Ethio-Djibouti Railway, with officials looking to Beijing for financial backing. The proposed extensive...
Russia and China's expanding Red Sea footprint – a geopolitical crossroads
Israel Hayom
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August 26, 2025
Russia's naval ambitions in the Red Sea Moscow has long eyed the Red Sea as a gateway for global influence and trade. In recent years, the Kremlin revived Soviet-era plans for warm-water ports along this strategic corridor. A 2020 agreement to...
McCloskey International welcomes My Wish Enterprise to its global network
Rock to Road
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August 1, 2025
CLONOE, U.K. – McCloskey International, a global leader in mobile crushing, screening, and conveying equipment, adds My Wish Enterprise as its newly authorized dealer in Ethiopia and Djibouti. This partnership strengthens McCloskey’s presence in...
Which Superpower is Helping Africa Economically: China or the USA?
Our Time Press - New York
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August 1, 2025
By Jeffery Kazembe Batts IG: @kazbatts China has been the African continent’s largest trading partner for the last 16 years. The United States is third, also trailing India. How are the policies of the current Trump administration and the...
Ethiopia and Djibouti enhance military cooperation
Garowe Online
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Ethiopia and Djibouti enhance military cooperation ADDIS ABABA - The governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have reinforced their ties through strategic military cooperation, at a time the Horn of Africa is facing existential threats from rising...
Bangladesh, Djibouti keen to enhance ties
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Bangladesh, Djibouti keen to enhance ties DHAKA, July 29, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh and East African country Djibouti are keen to further strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The interest was expressed when non-resident...
Bangladesh, Djibouti eye stronger relations
United News of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh and the Republic of Djibouti on Tuesday expressed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral relations, particularly by enhancing cooperation in areas such as trade, maritime, shipping, healthcare, pharmaceuticals,...
Africa’s climate adaption: Ethiopia is charting a bold course to resilient green economy
Down to Earth
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Ethiopia’s energy strategy plays a central role in its climate ambitions. Under the CRGE, the country plans to generate electricity using 70 per cent hydropower, 20 per cent wind and solar and 10 per cent geothermal. According to the Ethiopian...
EAC spurs African trade amid integration push
Daily News Tanzania
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July 29, 2025
ARUSHA: THE 11th edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA XI) report has recognised the East African Community (EAC) for making significant strides in advancing intra-African trade. Published on July 13th, this year, by the...
How far have francophone African nations come since 1960?
Deutsche Welle
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"Sixty-five is a ripe age" – that is how Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara congratulated his country on 65 years of independence. "It's a moment to reflect together how far we have come, a chance to cement what we have learned, and look to...
Kenya Secures EU’s Sh2.3 Billion Boost to Expand Broadband Access and Bridge Digital Gaps
TechTrendsKE
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August 26, 2025
Kenya has secured a place in a new European Union-backed programme designed to plug Africa’s most persistent internet gaps. The country is one of 11 set to benefit from €15 million (Sh2.3 billion) committed to the Africa Broadband Mapping Systems...
Ethiopia Investment Hotspots & Emerging Opportunities 2025
New Business Ethiopia
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August 25, 2025
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Ethiopia is opening up its economy by liberalizing sectors that were previously closed to foreign investors, including financial services, insurance, and telecommunications, creating unprecedented investment...
Year of Africa 1960: How far have francophone African nations come?
Deutsche Welle
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August 26, 2025
"Sixty-five is a ripe age" – that is how Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara congratulated his country on 65 years of independence. "It's a moment to reflect together how far we have come, a chance to cement what we have learned, and look to...
FM says Gaza crisis ‘at point where words fail’
Hurriyet Daily News
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JEDDAH Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is at a "point where words fail" and urged stronger international action following an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). "From now...
Netanyahu aims to gain time, develop military strategies: FM Fidan
Sabah
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August 26, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not seek peace agreements but rather aims at gaining time and developing its military agenda, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday. Speaking to the press, evaluating the 21st Extraordinary...
Quickest way to end suffering in Gaza is reaching conclusion in talks: Turkish foreign minister
Yeni Safak
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August 25, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday that the quickest way to end the suffering in Gaza is to reach a conclusion in the ongoing negotiation processes. "We are at a point where humanity has completely failed the test on the Palestinian...
The neem trees of Maiduguri (II)
Daily Trust
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It was by a quirk of fate that neem trees came to Borno and spread to the rest of Nigeria. It is this much that was related by Musa Daggash, a first-generation forester of the old Northern Region, to his biographer, Yakubu Mukhtar and published in...
The best tours for solo travellers, whether you’re a newbie or not
The Times
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There’s something about “going solo” that still feels a little renegade, so that when people return with tales of their time alone abroad, we sit and listen with a little awe — and so we should. It pops the protective bubble you’d keep if...
Amendment INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Capital Ethiopia
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August 24, 2025
DESCRIPTION: Provision of Overland (cross-border) Transport Services from Djibouti to Ethiopia CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOIs: 29 August 2025, 12:00 hrs REFERENCE: EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-08 The United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia (WFP...