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Through an African Lens: The Israel-Iran Conflict and a Call for Peace
Black Agenda Report
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Western cameras frame this as Israel vs. Iran, but African analysts see through the script: another case of ‘rules for thee, not for me’ in a system built to punish the Global South. Originally published in Raïs Neza Boneza. The escalating...
Dead on arrival
EurActiv
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July 17, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta. Sign up here. Feedback is welcome and do forward us to a friend or colleague. In the capital Ursula von der Leyen’s €2 trillion budget power grab has gone down like a bucket of cold sick...
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CFO Dive
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China’s ‘green great wall’ in Inner Mongolia traps three more deserts
The Malaysian Star
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July 14, 2025
China has completed a sand control belt spanning three deserts in Inner Mongolia, marking yet another milestone in the creation of a “green great wall” across the arid northern region. The last piece of straw checkerboard, a widely used method in...
Secret Abu Dhabi Meeting Between Syrian Interim President and Mossad Chief Signals Push for Damascus-Tel Aviv Normalization
Watan
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July 17, 2025
Watan-High-level Arab diplomatic sources revealed a secret meeting recently held in Abu Dhabi between Syrian interim president Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea, marking a significant development that brings the Damascus-Tel...
Liberia Enters Carbon Market
Liberian Observer
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The Liberian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading the country's entry into the carbon market, aiming to sell carbon credits to companies and individuals seeking to offset their emissions. Dr. Emmanuel Yarpolowo, EPA Executive Director,...
Africa told to unite amid debt crisis, donor retreat
New Business Ethiopia
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July 18, 2025
Rising debt, geopolitical instability and declining aid flows are intensifying external pressure on African economies. In a briefing to the Africa Group of ambassadors at United Nations (UN) headquarters, Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the...
NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
Consortium News
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July 15, 2025
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...
Five years on, the Abraham Accords need a multilateral mission
Atlantic Council
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July 17, 2025
MENASource July 17, 2025 • 11:07 am ET Print this page Five years on, the Abraham Accords need a multilateral mission By Joseph Epstein Five years after the Abraham Accords normalized relations between four Arab nations and Israel, the historic...
Calls Grow for Kenyan President to Step Down
Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Public anger in Kenya grows as President William Ruto calls for police to shoot protesters in the leg, U.S. President Donald Trump looks to strike migrant deals with African...
Jordan Lifts Ban On Brazilian Chicken
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Jordan has lifted restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat exports to its market, which had been in place due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) reported in the city of...
The lamp of compassion ignites West Africa: Dr Pir Syed Lakhte Hassanain Charts a Sufi-inspired path of sacred service
The Standard Gambia
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July 14, 2025
- Advertisement - By Professor Dr Atif Amin Al Hussaini “He gave his wealth in charity to purify himself. Not as payment for favours received, but longed for the pleasure of His Lord, the Highest…”(Al-Layl: 18-21) Under the celestial guidance of...
Panda progress: biodiversity protection and wildlife conservation in China
Friends of Socialist China
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July 11, 2025
In the week before the start of our recent delegation, Carlos Martinez joined fellow Friends of Socialist China co-founder Danny Haiphong on a tour of Chongqing and Chengdu organised by Beijing Review. One of the visits organised by our hosts was...
Africans accuse Trump of chasing minerals and mocking their presidents
Modern Ghana
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People across Africa have hit out at this week's high-profile summit between Donald Trump and five African leaders, saying the US president showed little respect during a White House lunch and is only chasing the continent's minerals. Five heads...
Beyond The English: The Media Missed Liberia’s Moment
Liberian Observer
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When President Donald J. Trump recently praised President Joseph N. Boakai’s “beautiful English” at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, social media lit up. The video clip went viral. Amid the noise, journalists in both the U.S. and Liberia failed to...
U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
For decades, Nigeria, the country that is home to the largest black population in the world, has proudly carried the epithet: ‘Giant of Africa.’ For this, it has often been in the forefront in the defense and propagation of the sovereignty and...
Family Ties: Siblings strengthen readiness, relationships during African Lion 2025
US Army
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July 14, 2025
Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) DODJI, Senegal — For many service members, participating in an international military exercise can feel like joining a larger, multinational family. For U.S. Army Maj. Carolyn...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Media Monitors Network
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July 14, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat. “I commend Senegal for freeing its population...
The Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline is taking its first steps
Atalayar
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July 14, 2025
Morocco has begun the preliminary phase of an ambitious gas pipeline project with Nigeria that is expected to be 5,600 kilometres long. The initial plan is based on connecting the port of Nador, in the north of the country, with the port of...
Trump sends tariff letters to seven more countries
Yahoo Finance
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July 9, 2025
A group of African countries have said they will cut their tariffs on US goods, Donald Trump has claimed. He told reporters: “We treat Africa great in many different ways, including with tariffs. “Parts of Africa charge us tremendous tariffs, as...