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Africa adopts unified health strategies to address climate and zoonotic crises
China Daily Global
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By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-07-09 20:58 Africa has launched two strategies that will help in tackling the interlinked challenges of zoonotic disease and climate change that have been posing a significant...
Africa must act now to safeguard coastal waters — Chief of Staff
Graphic
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July 9, 2025
Africa’s maritime future hangs in the balance unless urgent, coordinated and technology-driven action is taken to combat the growing threats along the continent’s coastal waters, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has said. He said maritime...
'Africa must free itself from economic dependence' — Dr. Jos...
Modern Ghana
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Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, has issued a bold call for African investors and entrepreneurs to take charge of the continent’s economic liberation. Speaking to the Modern Ghana News Network, he...
Biya-Ngoh Ngoh sets election date as October 12
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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July 11, 2025
Cameroon’s national elections will take place on October 12, the country’s president and president-in-waiting announced Friday. The vote is expected to be another closely watched affair in a nation with a history of violent and disputed elections....
Greece Suspends Migrant Asylum Applications From Africa
Balkan Insight
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July 11, 2025
Refugees and migrants outside the port authority in Lavrio, Greece, 10 July 2025. Photo: EPA/YANNIS KOLESIDIS, The Greek parliament on Friday voted to stop processing asylum applications from migrants arriving by sea from Africa for three months....
"It’s a heavy task": South African man breaks down Mkhwanazi’s Special Task Force uniform
Briefly
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July 11, 2025
A South African man shared insights into the distinctive uniform worn by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sparking admiration and interest online This comes after the South African law enforcement official made serious allegations of...
‘SAPS leadership rot’ | Police expert says Senzo Mchunu lacked authority to disband political killings task team
IOL
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The leadership of the South African Police Service is rotting at the head and the public deserves to know why there were so much heightened levels of mistrust between the operational and political leaders of the law enforcement agency. Police...
Undocumented Migrants From Africa To Be Expelled From Greece
teleSUR
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Migrants from Africa in the Mediterranean Sea. X/ @FamagustaG July 11, 2025 Hour: 8:16 am On Friday, the Greek Parliament approved a legal amendment that bars migrants arriving irregularly from North Africa from applying for asylum, and provides...
South Africans raise R38k to gift cows to General Mkhwanazi: “He deserves everything and more”
Briefly
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July 11, 2025
Social media users this week showed appreciation to the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, for his anti-corruption stance South Africans on social media raised over R30,000 on Backabuddy to gift two cows to General Mkhwanazi,...
African Union congratulated Algeria on 63 years of independence
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 5, 2025
In a statement, Youssouf “pays tribute to the unwavering courage and immense sacrifice of the Algerian people in their historic struggle for freedom, dignity and self-determination”. He expressed that the liberation of Algiers remains one of the...
UNESCO Removes Three African Sites From Danger List In Major Conservation Win
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) UNESCO has removed three African sites-from Madagascar, Egypt, and Libya-from the List of World Heritage in Danger, marking a major success in global heritage preservation and restoration efforts In a significant...
One US Letter Promotes Peace and Economic Growth in Africa
Borgen Magazine
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July 11, 2025
MONETA, Virginia — On June 17, 2025, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast wrote a letter to President Trump supporting the U.S. administration’s diplomatic efforts in assisting the engagement of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Africa’s Tech Boom is Being Built on Fragile Foundation | Smartcomply Says it Has the Fix
TechEconomy
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July 9, 2025
Advertisements For the past decade, the story of African tech has been one of exponential growth. A fintech explosion, a burgeoning e-commerce scene, and a wave of digital transformation have attracted billions in venture capital. But beneath this...
Trump’s African leaders summit focuses on deportation deals
Semafor
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The US pushed five West African countries whose leaders were invited to a special summit in Washington this week to accept migrants deported from America, The Wall Street Journal reported. Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal...
Nagy: Why President Trump is focusing on Africa
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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On July 9 President Trump hosted five West African leaders to a White House lunch. This closely follows the June 27 signing in Washington of an accord between the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), witnessed by...
How Russia resorted to cleverly messaged communications targeting Africa after Wagner
The Standard
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and several African leaders attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023. [AFP] On September 11, 2024, a social networking app was launched at the University of Nairobi, which now appears to be...
Not wanted here: Why Africa is turning away from US military might
Oklahoma City Sun
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For Africa, the retreat of a long-standing security partner opens a strategic vacuum to be filled by other global actors A shift appears to be underway in US-Africa relations, judging by the remarks of Vice President J.D. Vance and AFRICOM...
STATEMENT: 8 African Nations Commit to 100% Sustainable Ocean Management
World Resources Institute
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YAOUNDÉ (July 11, 2025) – Yesterday, eight African nations — Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria — adopted the Yaoundé Declaration, committing to sustainably manage 100% of ocean areas...
Youth of SA call for structural reform and applauds Minister Nkabane’s bold leadership
IOL
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July 10, 2025
Young people of South Africa wish to reaffirm their commitment to the transformation of the post-school education and training sector, and in doing so, acknowledges the crucial and courageous role being played by Minister of Higher Education...
Sundry Markets Limited- Owners of Marketsquare Supermarkets, listed as one of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies for 2025 by the Financial Times
Pulse
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July 11, 2025
Sundry Markets Limited (SML) has been honored by the Financial Times (FT) as one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year. In its 2025 edition, which is the fourth in the series, FT, in collaboration with Statista,...