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US, Africa summit yields $2.5bn in new trade deals
Punch
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July 1, 2025
The United States says the 17th US -Africa Business Summit yielded more than $2.5bn in new deals and commitments between US and African partners. The US Department of State said the summit, which held from June 22 to 25, attracted more than 2,700...
China-Backed EV boom powers Kenya’s shift to electric motorcycles
Switch TV
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July 1, 2025
NAIROBI – On the edge of Nairobi National Park, within sight of Mombasa Road traffic, a quiet shift is taking place inside the Roam electric motorcycle plant. The facility, staffed by over 300 workers, is churning out up to 20 electric motorcycles...
Blood and its components can be transported safely with drones by following guidelines: ICMR study
The Hindu
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June 30, 2025
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Blood and its components can be transported safely using drones by following standard guidelines, which can be particularly helpful in ensuring the availability of blood in emergencies...
Mass graves everywhere, but where are the killers?
Lanka News Web
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July 1, 2025
*This article was originally published on 30.09.2017 Dr. Lionel Bopage Introduction Sri Lanka’s armed conflicts have touched the whole Island, affecting all its ethnicities and faiths. By 2013, Sri Lanka recorded the second highest number of...
Before the bell, across the sea, behind the wall: Expanding Nigeria’s electoral reach
The Cable
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July 1, 2025
BY TOLULOPE OLOLADE FAMOROTI Democracy requires all eligible persons to vote and fully participate in the political process. Despite Nigeria’s 26-year history of democracy, systemic and administrative barriers continue to disenfranchise major...
Why Ghana’s Creative Industry Needs Bold Investment – and How Fidelity Bank is Stepping In
CNR Citi Newsroom
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June 30, 2025
INTRODUCTION Ghana’s creative industry is fast becoming a vibrant engine of culture and commerce. From music and film to digital content, fashion, and visual arts, this sector is contributing significantly to jobs and economic activity despite...
Why Ghana's creative industry needs bold investment and how Fidelity Bank is stepping in
GhanaWeb
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June 30, 2025
Introduction Ghana’s creative industry is fast becoming a vibrant engine of culture and commerce. From music and film to digital content, fashion, and visual arts, this sector is contributing significantly to jobs and economic activity despite...
Bigger role than ever for Jack Animam as Gilas Women aim for greater heights
FIBA Basketball
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SHENZHEN (China) - Jack Animam will have to embrace a responsibility far greater than what she has been used to as the Philippines hope to break new ground in the upcoming FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2025. At 26, the well-travelled center is now seen to...
2027: NNPCL’s Positivism And Gathering Of Termites
New Telegraph
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June 29, 2025
As politicians realign and strategise for the 2027 general election, now is the worst time for any patriotic citizen to be appointed to lead a government agency in Nigeria, especially the major organisations that are critical to the success of...
$3.5bn Nigeria’s Services Account Deficit Highlights Weakness In FX Generation
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
0 LAGOS – Nigeria’s services account recorded a net deficit of $3.5 billion in the latest quarter, equivalent to 7.0 percent of GDP, rising from $3.2 billion (6.8% of GDP) in the previous quarter. The persistent deficit underscores long-standing...
The Latest: Trump terminates trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms
Newsday - New York
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After a divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, President Donald Trump told reporters he’d “promptly file” to advance policies blocked by judges, including birthright...
AP News: The Latest: Senate votes on amendments to Trump’s big bill ahead of July 4 deadline
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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Possible changes to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts are being considered in what’s called a vote-a-rama, though most of the amendments are expected to fail. After a weekend of setbacks, the Senate is rushing...
Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza: Talking with Francesca Albanese
CounterPunch
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June 30, 2025
Photograph Source: Syeda Amina Trust – CC BY 2.0 There is not much more that can be said about the unfathomable levels of devastation the genocide in Gaza has reached. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied...
No, we cannot cut down trees for concrete. Forests must stand in a growing Nairobi.
Greenpeace International
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June 30, 2025
In any developing world, people construct in forests, people do whatever they can do. You can’t say, ‘I’m keeping this tree here’ when development is taking place. The population of Nairobi is growing. — Francis Atwoli, June 2025 This statement by...
Tending to youths tender innocence
Nashville Herald - Tennessee
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June 30, 2025
A series of events in recent days offers insights into how societies might be squaring their obligations toward children. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification to access websites with largely adult...
Trump does UN’s job on world stage, leads on peace while secretary-general earns more at anti-US body
Fox News
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President Donald Trump touted his administration’s progress achieving peace deals across the globe, which he said is possible because world leaders "respect our country again." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Following President Donald...
Tending to youth’s tender innocence
Christian Science Monitor
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June 30, 2025
A series of events in recent days offers insights into how societies might be squaring their obligations toward children. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification to access websites with largely adult...
Collaboration aids Kenya's EV adoption
China Daily
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Taxi drivers in Mombasa, Kenya, try out a new Chinese brand electric vehicle on Aug 16. WANG GUANSEN/XINHUA Just off Nairobi's busy Mombasa Road, beside the untamed beauty of Nairobi National Park, a quiet revolution is gaining momentum — one that...
Twice-a-year shot could transform HIV prevention, but can the world afford it?
The Nation
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June 30, 2025
Around 40 million people across the world are currently living with HIV, a virus that has claimed more than 42 million lives since the beginning of the epidemic. But for the first time in decades, scientists and public health officials are daring...
Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations
American Renaissance
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July 1, 2025
U.S. diplomats in several overseas missions received an urgent cable from Washington this spring. They were told to ask nine countries in Africa and Central Asia to take in people expelled from the United States who were not citizens of those...