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Centers of Excellence Offer African Military Leaders Space to Study Security Challenges
Africa Defense Forum
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July 15, 2025
Ask experts for solutions to Africa’s myriad security challenges, and many are likely to call for greater cooperation, training and professionalism among the continent’s armed forces. For many military and security personnel, the path toward that...
MoneyBadger secures R7m to bolster crypto adoption
ITWeb
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July 15, 2025
Carel van Wyk, CEO, MoneyBadger. South African Bitcoin and crypto payments solution provider MoneyBadger has closed a $400 000 (roughly R7 million) pre-seed funding round. The funds will be used to drive up adoption of Bitcoin and crypto among...
Tariffs, Transformation And The Time To Lead
News Americas Now
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July 14, 2025
By Dr. Isaac Newton News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. July 14, 2025: With President Donald J. Trump back in office, his administration has begun re-imposing and expanding tariffs on key imports. Among the most affected are Caribbean economies,...
"If the change we seek is not now, Then when?"
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is poised to end Liberia's long struggle to achieve transparency, accountability, patriotism, and national reconciliation—an effort that has persistently been stalled for decades. His recent moves are likely a turning...
3 projects exemplifying the uptake of digital solutions in Africa
ESI Africa
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July 14, 2025
Beninese, Nigerian and Kenyan projects have been selected among The Elites nominees into how digitalisation forms the backbone of smart solutions, changing the way that people in Africa interact with power, energy and water. Planning and...
Liberia: War Crimes Court Office Submits Roadmap to President Boakai With 2026 Start Date for Economic Crimes Court
Front Page Africa
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July 11, 2025
Jallah Barbu, executive director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court of Liberia at a national transitional justice stakeholders’ meeting. Credit: Anthony Stephens/New Narratives. The Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court has...
Energy America Launches AstroVolt to Power Africa’s Solar Future
AZoCleantech
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July 4, 2025
Energy America, a U.S.-based leader in next-generation solar technologies and sustainable infrastructure, is proud to announce the official launch of AstroVolt, its global flagship solar module brand, dedicated to accelerating Africa's renewable...
GC, Ducor Institute converse on WECC
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 10, 2025
By Lewis S. Teh The Governance Commission, or GC, in collaboration with the Ducor Institute for Social Justice and Economic Research, has convened a one-day policy dialogue that focuses on the significance of the Liberian civil conflict, which...
US Amb. Bridgewater to launch memoir, ‘Bridging Troubled Waters’
Business Ghana
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Three-time United States Ambassador, Pamela E. Bridgewater has announced the launch of her anticipated memoir, Bridging Troubled Waters, written to include anecdotes from her success stories against all odds, and the key figures in her life...
LWSC Launches $1.49M Water Connection Project To Serve 2,500 Households In Montserrado
GNN Liberia
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July 2, 2025
By Amos Harris Monrovia, Liberia – In a significant move to enhance access to safe drinking water, the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), in partnership with the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) and the World Bank, has officially launched a...
Moo Deng: Why is the internet obsessed with a viral baby hippo?
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
IAEA Ramps Up Commitment to Advance Development and Cancer Care Across Africa
IAEA
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July 11, 2025
Mr Grossi visited Monrovia, Liberia, marking the first time an IAEA Director General has ever been to the West African country. “Today, with Rays of Hope support, we celebrated the groundbreaking of the country’s only radiotherapy facility. We are...
Echoes from Trump’s meeting with African presidents
The News (Nigeria)
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July 13, 2025
Trump meets with African leaders Tunde Asaju I watched with admiration yesterday as videos of selected presidents of some African nations meeting with the first American King, His Highness Donald J Trump emerged. A lot of ungrateful Africans and...
The Road to Full National Healing
Liberian Observer
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Monrovia – Liberia recently witnessed a poignant national moment: the reburial ceremonies of two former presidents, William R. Tolbert Jr. and Samuel Kanyon Doe. Their deaths, ten years apart, are emblematic of our country’s tumultuous history....
NCHE Shuts Down 31 Illegal Higher Education Institutions
GNN Liberia
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June 27, 2025
MONROVIA, June 26 – In a significant move to safeguard educational standards, the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) has ordered the immediate closure of 31 unaccredited higher education institutions operating illegally across Liberia....
GenKey banned from World Bank projects for 18 months over documentation failure
Biometric Update
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July 10, 2025
The World Bank has censured GenKey over a disclosure failure related to its involvement in Liberia’s social safety net project in 2017. The penalty is an 18-month debarment with conditional release. Commissions that were “paid or to be paid to an...
Brazil’s president rebuffs demand to cease inquiry into Bolsonaro after Trump tariffs – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 10, 2025
Brazil’s president rejects Trump's effort to use tariffs to extract political concessionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, firmly rejected Donald Trump’s demand that legal proceedings against former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped...
At least four crew members dead and others missing after Houthi rebels sink cargo ship in Red Sea
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
LRA Reports US$22 Million Shortfall In Q1, Cites Reforms, Digital Rollout As Foundations For Recovery
GNN Liberia
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July 9, 2025
By Amos Harris The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has reported a US$22.03 million revenue shortfall for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2025 (January to March 2025), collecting US$179.63 million against a target of US$201.66 million. This 11%...
LRA Digitizes Rural Customs Offices, Rolls Out Online Duty-Free Platform
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Monrovia, July 6, 2025 – The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) is stepping up its game in modernizing trade and customs operations across the country, with the digitization of ports and border operations. Through its Customs Department, the LRA has...