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MRU Parliament to Launch in Monrovia
Liberian Observer
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The House of Representatives will this weekend host a high-level sub-regional meeting in Monrovia, from Friday, July 18 to Sunday, July 20, 2025, for the official launch of the Mano River Union (MRU) Parliament. The gathering, which is expected to...
The Surprising Durability Of Africa’s Colonial Borders
NOEMA
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July 17, 2025
Credits Alden Young is an associate professor of history and global affairs at Yale University. He was a 2021-22 Berggruen Institute Fellow. In 1993, the American journalist Robert D. Kaplan penned a famous article, “The Coming Anarchy,” in which...
Goldstar Air’s 24-hour Cargo Services To Drive Ghana’s Trade Globally
News Ghana
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July 7, 2025
Unique private international airline Goldstar Air, Ghanaian and United States-registered company with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across...
Liberia: Fishermen Smuggling Timber in Canoes
Front Page Africa
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July 18, 2025
People at a canoe landing in Greenville, Sinoe County in 2023. One of the canoes, marked, “The Lord is my Shepherd” transports timber to Buchanan. There the timber are uploaded to a larger canoe to Ghana. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue BIG...
Buhari’s Death In London Hospital: Addressing Nigeria’s Quest For Reverse Medical Tourism
Daily Independent
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July 18, 2025
2 The death of former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London Clinic on July 13, 2025, has again brought to the fore the need to build and upgrade the nation’s health infrastructure across the country. The hope of a better healthcare service in the...
Promote innovation, strategic leadership in fight against flooding, coastal erosion – Gilbert Adjei
Business Ghana
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The Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Mr Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has charged the newly inaugurated Board of three agencies under the ministry to enforce professional standards, promote innovation, and strategic leadership in the...
University of Minnesota will honor 86 families at annual Farmfest ceremony Thursday, Aug. 7, at Gilfillan Estate
Radio Mankato - Minnesota
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July 16, 2025
Families and growers from across Minnesota will be represented as the University of Minnesota honors them in the 2025 Farm Family of the Year ceremony at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest near Redwood Falls. The event...
‘The deserts of Africa will bloom again’: Israel deepens African ties
Ynet
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July 15, 2025
Six new Israel Allies Caucuses were launched this month in Africa, marking a strengthening of diplomatic ties—a momentum not witnessed since before the Six-Day War. The caucuses—in Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Seychelles, Gabon and...
West Africa can’t be ignored for investors looking to play the gold boom
Stockhead
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July 16, 2025
West Africa's gold scene continues to defy the naysayers. Pic: Getty Images West Africa has been the best place to explore for gold in the past 15 years And if you can handle the risk, the rewards remain rich according to SCP Resource Finance Many...
Live: ASX drops as Trump tariff worries rattle markets
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 15, 2025
3m agoWed 16 Jul 2025 at 3:29am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.8% at 8,557 points (live values below) Australian dollar: +0.2% to 65.26 US cents Asia: Nikkei -0.1%, Hang Seng +0.3%, Shanghai -0.3% Wall Street: S&P500 -0.4%, Dow -1.0%, Nasdaq -0.3%...
Reward outweighs risk for these West African gold miners
Cairns Post
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July 16, 2025
West Africa has been the best place to explore for gold in the past 15 years And if you can handle the risk, the rewards remain rich according to SCP Resource Finance Many Peaks among the smallest stocks to catch SCP's eye Despite a higher...
Jackson Lears: The Righteous Community
London Review of Books
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July 24, 2025
Six weeks after President George W. Bush launched what the White House called a Global War on Terror, in October 2001, the journalist Bob Woodward asked the vice president, Dick Cheney, when the war would end. ‘Not in our lifetime,’ Cheney said....
AngloGold Ashanti strengthens its position in North America's gold district with Augusta Gold acquisition
IOL
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July 16, 2025
AngloGold Ashanti plans to acquire all of Canada-based gold exploration company Augusta Gold’s shares at a price of C$1.70 per share, or about R1.99 billion, in cash. The price, which implies an equity value for Augusta Gold of about C$152...
Astronomers witness new planetary system forming beyond our solar system
Ann Arbor Times - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
Laurie McCauley Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | University of Michigan-Ann ArborLaurie McCauley Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor An international team of...
Chinese tycoons are turning Indonesia into an aluminium giant
The Business Times Singapore
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July 10, 2025
[LONDON/SINGAPORE] Chinese tycoons are turbo-charging Indonesia’s aluminium industry with multi-billion dollar projects that rival the vast bets made on the country’s nickel riches roughly a decade ago, and threaten to shake up the global market...
Module 3: Just transitions
Dialogo Chino
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July 10, 2025
In this third and final module, we will explore how human rights can help advance the just dimension of green energy transition projects in the Global South that involve Chinese investments or finance. A number of participants highlighted the...
Is “Swatting” Rooted in a Prank Craze from the 1800s?
JSTOR Daily
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July 16, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. No. 54 Berners Street was an unremarkable house in a quiet corner of London, until in 1810 it became the site of one of the most chaotic pranks in history. It started with a simple...
Firstbank partners UNGC to drive sustainable finance and unlock capital for development
Nairametrics
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July 17, 2025
FirstBank, the West Africa premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider, has strengthened its partnership with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to reaffirm its commitment to driving sustainable finance and...
Stages & Other Stuff: events July 17-23
NUVO - Indiana
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STAGES Fonseca Theatre Company: “Micah Meets a Mami Wata” Inspired by African mythology, marine life, and the environment, “Micah Meets a Mami Wata” by Prentiss Matthews III is a magical, heartfelt story about a little Black boy named Micah who...
York County Road Back Open After Suspicious Object Identified
Pure Oldies 105.5 - Maine
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Traffic is back to normal on Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon after it was closed for several hours on Thursday because of a suspicious object on the roadside. York County deputies brought in the State Bomb Squad to investigate the object. It appeared...