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The Latest: Trump hosts African leaders at the White House
News4Jax - Florida
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” as the region reels from the impact of U.S. aid cuts. The surprise meeting with leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and...
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
United States President Donald Trump is meeting with leaders from five African nations as he escalates a trade war that could impact developing countries reliant on commerce with the US. On Wednesday, Trump hosted leaders from Gabon,...
Democrat blasts ‘racist’ Trump Liberian remarks as it’s revealed African leaders were pressed to take random migrants
The Independent
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July 10, 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...
Daily World Briefing, July 10
Colorado Star
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Trump says U.S. shifting Africa policy "from aid to trade" U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday, noting the United States is shifting its policy toward the continent "from aid to trade." Meeting with...
Qatar Fund for Development signs 16 agreements worth QR 1.92 billion to support humanitarian & development initiatives
I Love Qatar
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July 22, 2025
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed 16 strategic agreements worth QR1.92 billion to support a wide range of humanitarian and development initiatives for more than 17 million beneficiaries around the world. QFFD has signed 16 strategic...
President Trump meets with African leaders
KNWA - Arkansas
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump met with the leaders of five African nations on Wednesday for a multilateral lunch. Trump is hosting leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for a discussion about business...
Revealed: The 26 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2025 - from a sunken 'Pirate City' to the original Disney Castle
Daily Mail
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July 21, 2025
From the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal, UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites protects some of humanity's most treasured historical monuments. Now, 26 new sites have been added to this prestigious list. This year's additions include the...
Historian says MPLA lost Moscow's support before the end of the Portuguese colonial regime
Ver Angola
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According to the historian, the reason for the suspension of Soviet aid was "a complicated relationship" between the leader of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and Angola's first president, Agostinho Neto, and the Soviets,...
Africa sharpens food security focus with US$9.4M grant for climate...
Food Ingredients First
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The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) has received a US$9.44 million grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) to strengthen the climate resilience of rice value chains across West Africa, a region increasingly affected by climate change due to...
UNESCO Unveils New Sites, Including German Fairy-Tale Castles, France’s Stonehenge, and a Brazilian Rainforest
AFAR
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July 21, 2025
A new list of World Heritage Sites has been named for 2025, ranging from opulent Bavarian palaces in Germany to a wildlife-rich ecological area in Sierra Leone. Each summer, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...
Trump, Nobel Peace Prize winner? The president and his allies are maneuvering to achieve it
El País
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July 22, 2025
A new trick has been added in recent weeks to the repertoire available to international leaders visiting the White House to win over Donald Trump: asking for him to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Benjamin Netanyahu did it during his recent trip...
Settler Colonialism in the Light of Fanon
Black Agenda Report
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A century after their birth, the ghosts of Cabral, Malcolm, Lumumba, and Fanon still haunt the western empire, demanding not remembrance, but revolution. Originally published in Said Bouamama's blog. The year 2024 was the centenary of the birth of...
Ghana’s ECOWAS Parliament delegation approved with last-minute changes
Ghana News Agency
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July 22, 2025
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, July 22, GNA- Parliament has approved the composition of Ghana’s Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament delegation with some last-minute amendments to ensure compliance with the 30 per cent female...
How Australia will be 'begging for migrants' as the nation's birth rate crashes to new low
Daily Mail
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July 20, 2025
Australia is hurtling towards a population crisis, with birth rates plummeting so fast experts warn the country will soon be begging for migrants just to keep the economy afloat. The nation's birth rate is at an all-time low, according the...
AfDB Grants US$9.4M for Climate-Resilient Rice Farming in West Africa
News Ghana
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July 20, 2025
The African Development Bank’s concessional arm has approved a $9.44 million grant to bolster climate resilience in rice production across 13 West African nations. The funding, allocated through the African Development Fund’s Climate Action...
Fugitive Solidarities
Parapraxis
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Over the course of his incarceration, which lasted over a decade until his 1971 assassination at the hands of San Quentin prison guards, Jackson wrote dozens of letters—to his mother, his father, his comrades, his attorney, and later an...
The Reservoir Knows No Border: But Senegal’s Silence Draws One
The Fatu Network
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July 20, 2025
- Advertisement - Editorial Commentary On 24 June 2025, formal letters were dispatched to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, raising urgent concerns regarding the potential extension of the...
African Development Fund Supports Climate-Resilient Rice Value Chains Across West Africa
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) ( ), the concessional funding window of the African Development Bank Group ( ), on 17 July 2025 approved a $9.44 million grant for the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)...
African Development Fund supports climate-resilient rice value chains in West Africa
Africa Business Communities
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional funding window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $9.44 million grant for the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) to strengthen the climate resilience of...
UNESCO just announced 26 new 'World Heritage' sites — here's the 2025 list
AOL
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We just got 26 new reasons to pack our bags. UNESCO recently unveiled its latest additions to the World Heritage List, bringing the total to 1,248 extraordinary locations that represent "cultural and natural properties of outstanding universal...