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IMF projects Ethiopia’s growth...
Capital Ethiopia
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June 29, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects that Ethiopia’s rapidly growing economy will increase activity at Djibouti’s ports, strengthening the vital trade partnership between the two nations. However, Djibouti is facing significant fiscal...
Russia Increases Fertilizers and Agricultural Exports to Africa
The News Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
With geopolitical developments shaping the world, Africa is expectedly changing with the times. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opened new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also time...
The magic of travel: Three Ukrainian women writers of the 1930s
Global Voices
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July 6, 2025
Portrait of Daria Vikonska. Screenshot of YouTube Channel Запорожская ОУНБ. Fair use. By Julia Stakhivska This story is part of a series of essays written by Ukrainian artists entitled “Regained Culture: Ukrainian voices curate Ukrainian culture.”...
Shettima: We Will Embark on Massive Tree Planting Campaign from Next Season
This Day
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June 29, 2025
DejiElumoye in Abuja Vice President KashimShettima has disclosed that Nigeria will embark on massive tree planting in the upcoming rainy season as part of its national reforestation and environmental sustainability drive. He said the initiative...
AP News Summary at 12:36 p.m. EDT
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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Sheriff says 11 campers, camp counselor are still missing from floods inundating central Texas KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha says that 11 campers and a camp counselor are still missing after powerful floods inundated...
Egypt Strengthens Cooperation with Africa to Tackle Water Challenges
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 28, 2025
Egypt is continuing to strengthen its cooperation with African nations to confront the pressing challenges of water and food security. “Water issues are a shared challenge that grows more severe due to climate change and resource scarcity,...
Nigeria to launch tree-planting campaign next rainy season, says Shettima
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 28, 2025
Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that Nigeria will launch a nationwide tree-planting campaign during the upcoming rainy season as part of its commitment to reforestation and environmental sustainability. He said the initiative takes...
Dirty Deeds, Judicial Ping Pong, and the BBB
American Thinker
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July 6, 2025
What a week! The 2016 and 2020 plots against Trump are now confirmed; the Supreme Court is finally acting to restore judicial integrity; and the ballooning welfare state finally is punctured. Dirty Deeds Done Down Low The perfidious acts of...
Africa must not miss the boat on the WTO fishing subsidies deal
Premium Times
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June 27, 2025
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is on track to be adopted this year, with Ghana the latest African country to ratify. Nine more ratifications are needed to reach the total of 111, which activates the treaty. The...
Turkey, Spain transport agreement and Infrastructure cooperation
ARY News
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June 28, 2025
ISTANBUL: A pivotal Turkey-Spain transport agreement has been signed between Turkey and Spain during the Global Transport Connectivity Forum held in Istanbul. Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu and Spain’s...
Seven Things Tom Cotton Needs to Learn About China
Dissident Voice
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July 4, 2025
US Senator Tom Cotton recently published a book titled Seven Things You Can’t Say About China. I decided to put myself through the aggravated torture of reading it, just to see what he had to say, and now mourn hours of life that I’ll never get...
Losing the long game: China advances as U.S. refocuses on Middle East
WorldNetDaily
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July 5, 2025
A Chinese navy vessel For more than a decade, American defense and foreign policy leaders have declared China the top long-term competitor — what the Pentagon refers to as the “pacing threat” — and the Indo-Pacific the priority theater. From the...
A Community Unites To “Support The Troops”
Jersey Shore Online - New Jersey
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June 26, 2025
BERKELEY – Soldiers are trained to endure the harshest environments and deal with issues that we couldn’t even fathom. But that doesn’t mean they don’t need a little help from time to time. Lloyd Mullikan has been shipping boxes of supplies to...
AP News Summary at 8:37 p.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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15 children are among the dead from Texas flash floods as rescuers search for the missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 49 people. Officials say the death toll is 43...
AP News Summary at 5:39 p.m. EDT
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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14 children in Texas are among the 37 dead from flash floods as the search continues for the missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Devastating flash floods and a storm that continues to pound Texas has killed at least 37 people across the state....
AP News Summary at 5:17 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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At least 32 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for people still missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Officials say the death toll from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 32. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a...
AP News Summary at 3:33 p.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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At least 27 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the many missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff says the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 27 people. Among those confirmed dead are children....
AP News Summary at 12:24 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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At least 27 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the many missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff says the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 27 people. Among those confirmed dead are children....
On the Fence Line: We must unite now to resist ICE and Trump’s fascism, or our fates are already sealed
International Examiner - Washington State
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July 5, 2025
Community members demonstrate with the #BringTuanHome campaign on June 18, 2025. Photo courtesy Devyn Pedrano-Snow, Studio 7117. (Editor’s note: On July 3, Governor Bob Ferguson denied the pardon application from Tuan Thanh Phan, refusing one of...
Regional bloc warns of heavy rainfall in Horn of Africa from July to September
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The period from July to September is expected to bring heavy rainfall across the larger part of the Horn of Africa region, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on...