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Morocco’s US$1.3b Atlantic trade corridor aims to bridge Africa’s divides, but security and politics remain hurdles
Malay Mail
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June 29, 2025
EL ARGOUB, June 29 — A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The “Atlantic...
Minister warns against economic dependence on former colonial powers
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has warned against continued economic dependence on former colonial powers. Tuggar gave the warning at the...
International Forum of Ministers of Education starts in Russia
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The 3rd International Forum of Ministers of Education, titled “Shaping the Future,” officially opened on Wednesday in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic. The two-day event has brought together top education officials from...
Bagre Dam Spillage: AV-STEC Project to tackle climate risks
Ghana News Agency
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July 16, 2025
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, July 16, GNA – Communities along the Volta Basin in Ghana and Burkina Faso are set to benefit from a new climate resilience initiative aimed at addressing the recurring devastation caused by the annual Bagre Dam spillage....
Religious, political leaders have failed Nigeria – Bishop Okonkwo
The Sun Nigeria
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June 28, 2025
Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo, has expressed disappointment at the socio-political, economic and security situation in Nigeria, blaming it largely on the failure of both political and religious leaders...
Nigeria’s Leadership Crisis
Kpomkwem News
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July 16, 2025
Nigeria’s Leadership Crisis:Why we need statesmen and not politicians In a nation where trust has become an endangered value, where politics often reeks of rot in the heart of citizens and where public offices have been reduced to empires of...
Over 1,000 Burkinabe refugees to get dignified shelter in Upper West
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 16, 2025
1,100 refugees from Burkina Faso are set to receive dignified shelter and improved social support in the Upper West Region as part of a new multi-agency humanitarian initiative. The project, launched by the European Union (EU) in partnership with...
Amnesty International Ghana calls for decisive action to bring lasting solution to Bawku crisis
Ghana News Agency
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June 27, 2025
By Dennis Peprah Fiapre, (Bono), June 27, GNA – Amnesty International Ghana (AI Ghana) on Friday called on the Government to ‘end the silence’ and act decisively on the Bawku conflict to bring lasting peace to the area, and thereby protect the...
Education Revolution: Namibian President declares free university tuition
Sunday Independent
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June 27, 2025
Tswelopele Makoe|Published 6 minutes ago 6min “WE have heard your cries, the fees have fallen,” announced Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. A mere month into her presidency, the first female president of the sub-Saharan nation made waves...
Hunger In Nigeria, Threat To Tinubu’s Re-election, Says Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Daily Independent
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June 27, 2025
1 Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo Socio-cultural organization said that if the Federal Government continues to do nothing about the alarming warnings concerning extreme poverty, pervasive hardships, and escalating insecurity, the consequences will be...
Tackle hunger, insecurity before talking about 2027 election – Ohanaeze youth wing tells Tinubu
Daily Post
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June 27, 2025
Youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the hunger, poverty and insecurity ravaging the country before talking about 2027 politics. According to the...
Africa Corps Maintains Russia’s Presence in Africa After Wagner’s Departure From Mali
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: The Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) announced its departure from Mali on June 6. The PMC’s operations in Africa enabled Russia to establish a network of influence on the continent and secure access to natural resources....
2027: Forget re-election if you can’t address hunger, Ohanaeze tells Tinubu
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 26, 2025
Igbo apex group, Ohanaeze, on Thursday, informed President Ahmed Tinubu to forget his Presidential second tenure ambition if he fails to address the economic hardship facing the country, saying that Nigerians are wiser now. In a statement in...
US government explains inclusion of Ghana on 36 country visa ban
Ghana Business News
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June 26, 2025
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa – Minister of Foreign Affairs The United States authorities have given in detail reasons for including Ghana on a list of additional 36 countries banned from travelling to the US. A report by the Washington Post citing an...
Africa’s Addiction to Aid
Pressenza
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July 17, 2025
by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu Is it the beginning of the end of Africa’s overreliance on foreign aid? Trump’s decision to end the flow of aid going to the developing world, notably Africa, which has been channeled through the USAID over the past...
Mali Junta Continues War Against Free Speech, Multiparty Politics
Africa Defense Forum
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June 24, 2025
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing trend of jailing Malian critics of regional juntas. Traoré, who had just returned from an...
Liberia: Weah Congratulates President Bio on Election as ECOWAS Chair
Front Page Africa
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June 26, 2025
Weah described Bio as “the right man for the moment,” citing his leadership experience and understanding of regional dynamics. MONROVIA — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has extended congratulations to Sierra Leonean President Julius...
How schools are being built for extreme heat – without airconditioning
The Indian Express
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July 16, 2025
When prize-winning architect Francis Kere was growing up in Burkina Faso he spent his schooldays in a gloomy classroom that was so stifling he says it would have been better suited to making bread than educating children.Years later, while...
Ndume: Tinubu’s Government Filled with Yes Men, Dependants, Not Truth Tellers
Arise News
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June 25, 2025
Ex-Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday told President Bola Tinubu to surround himself with people who will tell him the truth, rather than having ‘yes men’ all around him, having been a kingmaker for years before he became...
Ali Ndume to Tinubu: As Kingmaker Who Became King, You Need People That Can Tell You the Truth
This Day
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June 25, 2025
•Says what happened to el-Rufai was payback for what he did to Amaechi •Urges president to fire aide who compiled June 12 honourees list •Insists senate no longer a place of deliberation, but place of approval Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Ex-Chief Whip...