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List of African countries affected by Trump Tariffs
Star
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US President Donald Trump/SCREENGRABA new wave of US tariffs is poised to reshape trade relations with Africa. President Donald Trump has implemented a tiered system of import taxes, in a move seen as a way to correct trade deficits. Since they...
Tourism leaders to converge in Mumbai for Skål India Congress 2025
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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August 12, 2025
Skål India National Congress 2025 in Mumbai will gather tourism leaders for high-level discussions, networking, and cultural experiences this September. MUMBAI, INDIA – Skål International India announced the Skål India National Congress 2025, to...
Gigantic waves of mud formed the Atlantic Ocean 117 million years ago
Earth.com
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The Atlantic Ocean did not spring into existence in a sudden tectonic snap; its earliest pulse can now be traced through a set of one-kilometer-long mud waves lying more than 3,000 feet below today’s seafloor some 250 miles west of Guinea-Bissau....
French-speaking citizens of these countries have a direct study to permanent residence pathway
CIC News
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August 7, 2025
The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) provides a study to permanent residence (PR) pathway for French-speaking students who are citizens of select countries. If you’re admitted to study in Canada under the FMCSP, you can apply...
Ramping up African trade seen as key coping strategy as Agoa-extension prospects fade
Engineering News
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With the continuation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) beyond its expiry next month in serious doubt as the administration of re-elected US President Donald Trump shifts decisively towards reciprocal trade arrangements over...
Traffickers Exploit War Zones to Drive Illicit Drug Use
Africa Defense Forum
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August 5, 2025
Africa accounted for 57% of the total quantity of pharmaceutical opioids seized worldwide between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The estimated use of opioids on the continent was...
‘This Drug is Evil’: Synthetic Kush Use Ravages West African Communities
Africa Defense Forum
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August 5, 2025
A man in Freetown, Sierra Leone, inhaled from a kush cigarette, a synthetic drug that looks like marijuana but can be 25 times more powerful than fentanyl. He was one of dozens of people smoking the drug under a bridge, where trash and blankets...
AfDB approves $5.3m PPP grant for four countries, backs Zambia’s private sector growth
Business Hallmark
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August 8, 2025
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has announced a series of significant interventions across the continent, including the approval of a $5.3 million grant to strengthen public-private partnerships (PPPs) in The Gambia,...
Mizrachi Leads Field into Day 2 of $10,400 GG Million$ at Onyx SHRS Cyprus
Poker News
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The inaugural 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series Cyprus presented by Onyx Club is off to a blistering start, with the $10,400 GG Million$ drawing some of poker’s biggest names to the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. After two full starting...
H1: United Capital Shows Resilience, Extends Five-Year Profit Streak
This Day
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August 11, 2025
Despite the prevailing macroeconomic challenges and market volatility, United Capital Plc has recorded impressive growth in its financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2025, writes, Goddy Egene The business operating environment is...
First picture of student who ‘decapitated man and wrapped head in tin foil’
Metro
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August 5, 2025
Jonathan Uno (left) is accused of killing Mussa Balde (right) (Picture: SolarPix) An engineering student accused of decapitating a man he just met has been pictured for the first time. Jonathan Uno, 29, from Nigeria, has been living in Lisbon for...
Government reinstates customs duties, leading to a rise in ordinary broken rice?
Sene News
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August 5, 2025
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced the end of the suspension of customs duties on imported ordinary broken rice. This decision marks a turning point in the policy of supporting purchasing power put in place to counter the effects...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Who’s who at the plastics treaty talks, from delegates to lobbyists
Grist Magazine
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August 8, 2025
As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector. Some countries have banded together in...
Civil society, democracy and governance reforms: Building sustainable partnership for national development
The Sun Nigeria
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August 3, 2025
The civil society in Nigeria took a bold step on unification of their energy to enable them continue to hold the government accountable to the people. On 31st July, 2025, the civil society organised a “Civil Democracy and National Development”...
More oxygen for Africa-China higher education collaboration
University World News
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AFRICA-CHINA China and Africa are deepening collaborations between their universities and they have resolved to increase the number of institutions of higher learning involved in partnerships between the two regions across various fields of study....
Moving food across West Africa: The Good, the Bad & the Promise
Business and Financial Times
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July 30, 2025
By Earl ANKRAH, Ashwini Rekha SEBASTIAN & Allswell OKINE Intra-regional trade in agricultural and food products is crucial for West Africa’s food system resilience, but persistent challenges result in lower official trade flows compared to other...
Tannos, golden passports and the price of impunity
The Jakarta Post
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or years, fugitive businessman Paulus Tannos has managed to evade justice in Indonesia despite being a key suspect in the multi-trillion-rupiah e-ID project, one of the country’s most egregious corruption scandals. His prolonged freedom is not...
New York Film Festival Sets Main Slate With Jafar Panahi & Joachim Trier Cannes Winners, Ulrich Köhler’s ‘Gavagai’ World Premiere
Deadline
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August 5, 2025
The New York Film Festival has unveiled the main slate of its 63rd edition, featuring prize winners at top fests like Cannes’ Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (Palme d’Or) and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (Grand Prix), Oliver Laxe’s...
Africa: The Club of Five and the Sociopath
International Viewpoint
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On 9 July 2025, President Trump received five African leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for a working lunch. Countries, according to Trump, "all very vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, and...