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Nimba By-Election Campaign Heats Up
Liberian Observer
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The campaign for the Nimba County District Five By-Election is intensifying as the election day approaches on August 12, 2025. Following the final vetting by the National Election Commission (NEC), 10 candidates were confirmed to contest the...
Côte d'Ivoire strengthens its natural resource management system in the Volta Basin
GWP
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The Prefect of the region, Mr Yacouba DOUMBIA, highlighted the context for the establishment of this coordination body in the following terms: "Our country, like the five other riparian states of the basin, faces major environmental challenges:...
How Trump’s tariffs could affect your grocery bill
WANE - Indiana
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July 30, 2025
(The Hill) – President Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs scheduled to go into effect Friday could raise food and grocery prices by several percentage points, according to analyses by two think tanks. The Yale Budget Lab estimated Monday that food...
UNICEF Reports: 80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West, Central Africa
Fresh Angle
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An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, reports. According to UNICEF, the heightened risk of cholera...
FEATURE | Clairefontaine – the key to Les Bleus’ success
Get French Football News
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July 30, 2025
4What is the most productive football academy in France? There are a handful of clubs that lay claim to that title. Paris Saint-Germain’s academy has developed a number of France internationals like Kingsley Coman, Adrien Rabiot and Presnel...
528 MLRS Systems: The Backbone of Egypt’s 2,018-Piece Artillery Force
24/7 Wall St.
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July 30, 2025
Key Points Egypt boasts an arsenal of over 2,000 total artillery units at the ready Over a quarter of that firepower is represented by multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), which are some of the most sophisticated military assets Are you ahead,...
Pan-Africanism or Petty Nationalism? A Rebuttal to the Self...
Modern Ghana
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In this sequel to our article on the Igbo king saga in Ghana, we are now solely focusing on the xenophobic hysteria it has descended into. How the folly of the fanciful, delusional grandeur of one man could be used to condemn a whole ethnic group...
President Mahama attends Liberia’s 178th independence celebr...
Modern Ghana
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President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday joined his Liberian counterpart, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to mark the country’s 178th Independence Day celebration in Monrovia. A statement issued by Ghana’s Presidency said the event, which was held...
President Mahama graces Liberia’s 178th independence celebration
Ghana News Agency
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July 27, 2025
By Iddi Yire Accra, July 27, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday joined his Liberian counterpart President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to mark the country’s 178th Independence Day celebration in Monrovia. A statement issued by Ghana’s...
African borrowers are regaining access to international capital markets - Citigroup
Business Insider Africa
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July 28, 2025
African governments and companies are beginning to regain access to international capital markets, offering a renewed chance to diversify funding sources after years of being effectively shut out, according to Citigroup Inc. “With rates coming...
Ivory Coast denies journalists at risk ahead of presidential vote
African Insider
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July 24, 2025
Abidjan – Ivory Coast on Wednesday denied that members of the press were at risk, a day after an advocacy group called on authorities to “protect journalists” ahead of presidential elections. The west African nation, just three months away from...
What We’re Watching: Pressure mounts on Bibi, Ivorian leader announces another run, China’s top property firm to delist
GZERO Media
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July 30, 2025
Netanyahu faces the squeeze Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under criticism from both sides of the political spectrum amid the desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza. Far-right US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) declared...
The British Empire never ruled over only these 22 countries, including Belarus, Ivory Coast, Congo, Vatican City, check full list here
India.com
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July 25, 2025
Home News The British Empire never ruled over only these 22 countries, including Belarus, Ivory Coast, Congo, Vatican City, check full list here Here are the names of 22 countries where the British Empire never ruled. Check out there names. The...
Zijin Emerges as Lead Bidder for Barrick’s Ivory Coast Tongon Mine
The Assay
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July 25, 2025
Zijin Mining is reportedly leading the race to acquire Barrick Gold’s Tongon gold mine in northern Côte d’Ivoire, with bids said to be approaching US$500M. The move comes as Barrick looks to offload the asset, which represents around 5% of its...
Alaska tops world in mineral potential
North of 60 Mining News
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Alaska surged to No. 3 in the Fraser Institute's 2024 Annual Survey of Mining Companies, the highest of any North of 60 jurisdiction. While the 49th State climbed from 11th place last year, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and...
Government of Sierra Leone begging bowl mentality is crippling the economy
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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July 26, 2025
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: The question that has lingered in the minds of many Sierra Leoneans for far too long: what exactly does Sierra Leone produce that is needed by the world; that is bought by other nations;...
Côte d'Ivoire: three months ahead of the presidential election, RSF calls on authorities and political parties to protect journalists
Reporters Without Borders
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Sunglasses, a cap and a microphone without media logos… on 14 June, France 24 journalist and regional coordinator M'ma Camara took care to conceal her identity while covering a meeting of the main opposition party, Parti démocratique de Côte...
Azerbaijan Parliament Speaker meets counterparts in Geneva
News.Az
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Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, held meetings with the heads of parliaments from various countries during her working visit to Geneva, Switzerland, on July 30. During the meeting with Verona Murphy, Speaker of the Parliament...
Small Ivory Coast cocoa firms say EU deforestation rules might bankrupt them
KDAL - Minnesota
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Small players in Ivory Coast’s cocoa industry say they fear they will go out of business due to the cost of complying with new European Union regulations on the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The proposed law,...
Zijin Mining Leads $500M Bid for Barrick’s Ivory Coast Gold Mine
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 24, 2025
KEY TAKEAWAYS Zijin Mining is front-runner to acquire Barrick’s Tongon gold mine in Ivory Coast. The asset is valued up to $500M, with operations likely ending by 2027. China’s mining investments in Africa exceed $50B since 2010. Barrick is...