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Infamous Events That Never Actually Happened
Grunge
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July 18, 2025
War, famine, pestilence, and death: The four horsemen of the apocalypse, or just another day in global news? With doomscrolling practically an Olympic sport, it's easy to fall into the pattern of thinking the end of the world is just around the...
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...
‘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...
EGA: subsidiary redundancies
Aluminium International Today
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More than 2000 people will lose their jobs after an agreement between Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Guinea fell through. EGA said its subsidiary in Guinea is in the process of making the mass redundancies after the termination of a basic...
France's Orano says its Niger uranium mine on verge of bankruptcy
Sowetan
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July 3, 2025
In its decision to nationalise the mine, the junta, which seized power in 2023, said Orano had been extracting 86.3% of uranium production since 1971 despite holding a 63% stake in the mine. The country's main mineworkers union, which said...
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...
Freight Rate: Nigeria Loses N7.2trn Annually To Foreign Firms – Report
Leadership
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July 8, 2025
Nigeria loses N7.2 trillion out of N9 trillion ($6billion) annual freight rate to foreign shipping companies over a lack of indigenous capacity. In the National Policy of Marine and Blue Economy launched by the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue...
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%...
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...
France’s Orano says its Niger uranium mine on verge of bankruptcy
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 2, 2025
French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture with Niger, SOMAIR, is on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of export restrictions imposed by Niger’s military government. Orano was forced to suspend production at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Spike in armed robbery incidents raises concerns for vital Singapore Strait trade route – ICC – Commercial Crime Services
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 9, 2025
Critical shipping route handling 30% of global trade flows sees surge in armed robbery incidents. The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre is urging caution following a rise in armed robbery incidents in the Singapore...
Cameroon Now Equipped with Advanced Defensive, Offensive Intelligence Capabilities – Dr. Guy Gweth
Business in Cameroon
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July 8, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - In preparation for establishing a National Center for Economic and Strategic Intelligence in Cameroon, agents from the General Directorate of External Research, one of the country's primary intelligence agencies, received...
Scouting the Grove: From Boots on the Ground to AI in the Sky
UF/IFAS
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July 9, 2025
In today’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, staying ahead of grove health issues is more important than ever. Traditional methods of scouting for pests, diseases, and irrigation problems are effective but labor-intensive, especially on...