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A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries
Mail & Guardian
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July 4, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year. (X) A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz,...
WAFCON 2024: A tournament in Morocco nearly forgotten could be the best one yet
The Athletic
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July 4, 2025
Three years ago, the world welcomed African women’s football with a roar. Close to 60,000 Moroccans squeezed into the 53,000-seater Stade Moulay Abdellah in Rabat to watch the women’s national team play in their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations...
Trump to notify countries of tariffs up to 70% as trade talks reach critical stage President Trump had set a July 9 deadline for countries to reach deals with the U.S. to avoid higher import duties he has threatened. Read More »
Yahoo News
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(Bloomberg) -- Most Read from Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said his administration will probably start notifying trading partners Friday of the new US tariff on their exports effective Aug. 1, while reiterating a preference for simplicity...
Banyana Banyana settle in Oujda ahead of WAFCON opener
SABC News
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July 4, 2025
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations defending champions, Banyana Banyana, have successfully relocated to Oujda in Morocco, where they’ll be based for the group stage of the WAFCON tournament. Banyana will kick off the defense of their title against...
FNE Market Analysis 2024: SLOVENIA
The Film New Europe
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The 2024 cinema attendance was a little lower than in 2023 (with around 8% drop in admissions, and 5% drop in box office). Regarding domestic titles, the drop in admissions was the same, 8%, but the box office increased by 1%. The Slovenian Film...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Sokoto State: 2 years of transformative governance by Gov Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto
The Sun Nigeria
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July 4, 2025
Prior to the emergence of His Excellency, Dr. Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, FCNA, as the Governor of Sokoto State in May 29, 2023, he came with a vision to transform the State with a 9-Point Smart Agenda. This was designed to lift Sokoto to higher grounds....
Uncle Sam urges US citzens to avoid visiting these countries
AS
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June 30, 2025
With geopolitical tensions on the rise, the US State Department has issued a travel advisory for American citizens planning to visit other countries this summer, urging them to avoid certain regions. Stay Updated: Subscribe to STEP The State...
African countries without a functional national airline as of June 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 3, 2025
Emirates instantly brings the UAE to mind, and Qantas proudly flies as 'The Spirit of Australia. These national carriers are symbols of national pride, identity, and ambition. But while many countries have them, some African countries are still...
Paying tribute to Sebastião Salgado
Amateur Photographer
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July 3, 2025
Legendary documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado took amazing photos whatever camera he used. Former AP editor Damien Demolder pays tribute to this hugely influential artist, who drew attention to the injustice and suffering of the world’s...
Around Berkeley: Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’ in the park, matcha workshop, Blake Garden tour
Berkeleyside - California
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July 3, 2025
Never miss local events! Sign up for Berkeleyside’s arts and culture newsletter, The Scene. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley. Around Berkeley The Reflection Pool at Blake Garden in Kensington features...
Honorary Amount Of ₹2 Lakh To The Best Guide Under TGRS; 72 Guides Are Providing Their Services In MP
Free Press Journal
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Honorary Amount Of ₹2 Lakh To The Best Guide Under TGRS; 72 Guides Are Providing Their Services In MP | Pexels Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Principal Secretary Tourism, Sheo Shekhar Shukla has said that an honorary amount of Rs 2 lakh will be given to...
Agencies race to prevent new food crisis as locusts return to northern Africa
Mongabay
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July 3, 2025
Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa after following ideal breeding conditions in late 2024 and early 2025, raising fears of major locust infestations moving south into the Sahel later this year. The Commission for...
Navi Mumbai News: Khopoli Police Arrest Hotel Manager In Gurugram For Embezzling ₹11.5 Lakh; Full Amount Recovered
Free Press Journal
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Khopoli Police arrest hotel manager in Gurugram for embezzling ₹11.5 lakh; money recovered | Representational Image Navi Mumbai: Khopoli Police have successfully arrested a hotel manager accused of embezzling Rs 11.5 lakh from his employer and...
Dubrovnik’s Summer Comes Alive with Music: Weekly Concerts and Klapa Performances Across the Region
The Dubrovnik Times
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The City of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board are continuing their beloved summer cultural programs, bringing music to the streets and seaside villages through the ongoing events “Ulicama našeg Grada” (Through the Streets of Our City) and...
Art meets perfume in cross-disciplinary fragrance series Nez 1+1
Wallpaper*
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July 3, 2025
What happens when an artist and a perfumer are given the freedom to develop a perfume together? What would the overlap of their creative universes smell like? And what would it be like to be a fly on the wall for this process? With her olfactory...
WAFCON 2024: Black Queens head to Siaida in style as tournament nears start
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
The Black Queens have travelled to their base in Morocco ahead of the start of the delayed 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The team will be based in Siaida during the group stages of the tournament with Ghana in Group C alongside...
The World's Largest Sand Desert Isn't Actually The Sahara
The Travel
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June 16, 2025
There has been war for as long as people have walked the earth, with even the first human settlements showing signs of defensive infrastructure to protect the people within from invading tribes. Civilizations have always invested heavily in...
Kevin Okoth: The Pessimist’s Optimist
London Review of Books
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July 10, 2025
Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony, first published in French in 2000, changed the direction of postcolonial studies. Since then, he has gained a loyal readership across the political spectrum (his admirers include Emmanuel Macron and Judith...
Earth, Sun, and Water: The Elements that Fuel Hamas’s Tunnels
Small Wars Journal
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July 3, 2025
How did Hamas manage the longest underground warfare campaign in history? A lawsuit recently filed in the District Court for the District of Columbia tells the untold story of how Hamas’s tunnels were sustained by and intertwined with civilian...