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Reinvigorating intra-African trade amid global tensions
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 11, 2025
The golden triad of domestic, regional, and international trade catalyzes markets and, by extension, economic growth and productivity – in an ideal state. The significant counterpoint however, is that geoeconomics, geopolitics, and overriding...
Peter Menzies: The media must end its obsession with unnamed sources
The Hub
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June 3, 2025
If I spun you a tale about my life as a mercenary in the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d’etat, I’d probably get your attention. It would be a ripping good yarn, filled with evil masterminds, hints of Bond villains, precious relics, and blood diamonds. I...
18 New Countries Ratify High Seas Treaty at 2025 UN Ocean Conference
EcoWatch
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June 10, 2025
Humpback whales and a flock of birds off the coast of Massachusetts on Feb. 1, 2015. Eric Kulin / Design Pics Editorial / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper,...
UNOC opportunity for nations to ensure protection, sustainable use of ocean
The Hans India
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June 10, 2025
Nice (France): With five years left to meet the world's "30 by 30" conservation goal and an urgent need to improve the management of marine ecosystems, the underway 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) presents an opportunity for governments to make...
World edges closer to historic ocean deal as Macron predicts High Seas Treaty will take effect in January
Monaco Life
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June 10, 2025
The UN Ocean Conference in Nice opened with a decisive move toward global ocean governance, as 18 countries formally ratified the High Seas Treaty, marking the biggest single-day advancement for the agreement since its adoption. French President...
Over 100 cashew sector actors receive training to boost
Business and Financial Times
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June 2, 2025
A total of 103 participants from eight African countries have benefited from the flagship Master Training Programme (MTP), aimed at strengthening the cashew value chain across the continent. Drawn from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana,...
Love Island 2025: Meet the cast of ‘bigger’ and ‘bolder’ new summer series
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Tapping new fund
Business and Financial Times
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June 10, 2025
By Abdul-Jalil IBRAHIM(Dr) [email protected] Ghana’s economy has recently experienced a positive upturn, marked by a notable 16 percent appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar since January 2025. This encouraging development presents an...
Five-Year Study Suggests Chimpanzees Strike Stones Against Trees As Form of Communication
Slashdot
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May 31, 2025
A five-year study by Wageningen University and the German Primate Research Center found that wild chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau repeatedly strike stones against trees, presumably as a form of communication. Phys.Org reports: Over the course of a...
Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author
The Times
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While working for Reuters in East Berlin in 1964, Frederick Forsyth discovered a column of Russian tanks and missile carriers clattering around the streets in the dead of night and thought he was witnessing the start of World War Three.He filed an...
Videos Show Chimpanzees Using The Forest as Their Drumkit
ScienceAlert
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June 9, 2025
Chimpanzees are a musical lot, and percussion is an important part of their repertoire. But one particular behavior continues to fascinate zoologists: every so often, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are caught on camera, yelling and throwing rocks...
Freedom libraries: Liberating minds for action against oppre...
Modern Ghana
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The civil rights movement in US saw the phenomenon of the so-called freedom libraries. There is an inspiration and learning from this that can be useful in the Global South. Or any place where people are exploited and under the yoke of capitalism...
UN treaty to protect high seas gains global support, but falls short of ratification
The Globe and Mail
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June 10, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Only 1.5 per cent of the high seas is safeguarded with marine protected areas.Annika Hammerschlag/The Associated Press A landmark international treaty to protect biodiversity in international waters saw a surge in the...
Weep not for Ngugi, our ancestor deserves petals not tears, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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May 31, 2025
The eternal bow of Ngugi from the world stage at 87, after 60 years of prodigious literary output, political activism and fight to make the world a better place, does not elicit tears. We await the celebration of a legend, and wherever in the...
Casahew value chain promotion. . .
Ghana Districts
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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) in partnership with the Market Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS region (MOVE), Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) with funding...
How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020
Pew Research Center
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June 9, 2025
How we did this This report describes the world’s religious makeup in 2020 and how it changed from 2010. We focus on seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other religions, and those who are...
It’s time to talk about weaponising visas against Africans
Mail & Guardian
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June 7, 2025
The anti-migration regulations in Europe and the US against Africans continue to affect the sociopolitical and economic development of Africa. Thousands of Africans who apply for visas continue to have their applications rejected. Moreover, most...
Weep not for Ngugi, Our Ancestor Deserves Petals not Tears
The News Chronicle
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May 30, 2025
I was in my early teens when I came across the slim novel, Weep Not, Child, by the then James Ngugi. Actually, the novel laid around as it was part of the school syllabus in senior secondary school, and the seniors read it. I found it simple, easy...
Students force Israeli ambassador to leave university
University World News
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SENEGAL Students at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, in a protest to express their solidarity with Palestine, have forced Israel’s new ambassador to flee the campus. Israel’s ambassador to Senegal, Yuval Waks, was forced to leave the...
Pentecost Sunday: When the Spirit Speaks
Independent (Uganda)
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June 8, 2025
A drawing celebrating Pentecost. PHOTO VIA @VaticanNews Pentecost, Possession, and Sacred Language COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Pentecost marks the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples, fifty days after the resurrection and ten days...