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Trump’s Pacific and Africa strategies: A critical minerals gamble to counter China
Natural News
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October 7, 2025
Trump’s Pacific and Africa strategies: A critical minerals gamble to counter China Trump’s executive order prioritizes seabed mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) through partnerships like Nauru to reduce reliance on China. U.S. summit...
International News Briefs for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Havana Times
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July 10, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Gaza’s Doctors Warn Hospitals “Will Become Graveyards” as Fuel Supplies Dwindle Jul 10, 2025 Israel’s unrelenting slaughter in...
“Peanuts for Schools, Millions for Politicians”
Liberian Observer
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Monrovia, Liberia – A prominent education advocate has sharply criticized the Liberian government for underfunding the country’s education sector while allocating massive resources to lawmakers and political officials. Dr. Shalom M.S. Nimere, Sr.,...
Roaming Charges: Heckuva Job, Puppy Slayer!
CounterPunch
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July 11, 2025
Central Texas floods. Still from video posted to X. “Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it’s a right fucking pain in the arse.” – Ricky Gervais While offering his “thoughts and prayers” for the families of those...
Healing Mental Health Through the Arts
Women's eNews
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July 10, 2025
In the aftermath of grant cuts from the National Endowment of Arts (NEA) and its consequent trickle down to other arts organizations along with more recent cuts to Medicaid coverage there is more reason than ever to support and endorse the arts...
Freeman flags gov’t’s wasteful expenditures
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 30, 2025
Liberian Businessman turned politician, Mr. Simeone Freeman, has accused the Joseph Boakai regime of wasteful spending, arguing that it is not making any meaningful impact on Liberians. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, June 30, 2025: The Movement...
Rockefeller Foundation Supports BRAC To Empower Smallholder Farmers Across Asia and Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation
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July 2, 2025
Through the 300,000 USD grant, BRAC will develop a program that aims to empower three million women smallholder farmers across Bangladesh, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda to lift themselves and their families out of vulnerability by 2030. BANGKOK |...
Crew abandons ship in Red Sea after Houthi attack
Lloyd's List
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THE crew of a Greece-operated bulker was forced to abandon the vessel in the Red Sea after it was struck by Houthi projectiles and began taking on water, maritime security sources said on Sunday. The Liberia-flagged Magic Seas (IMO: 9736169) was...
Africa Scales Up Mineral Mapping To Attract Exploration Investment Ahead Of African Mining Week (AMW) 2025
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo Across Africa, mineral-rich nations are intensifying nationwide geological surveys to gain a deeper understanding of their mineral resources. These initiatives aim to attract new investment in...
LRA Digitizes Rural Customs Posts, Launches Online Duty-Free Platform
Liberian Observer
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The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has taken a major step toward modernizing the country’s customs and trade infrastructure with the full digitization of six customs business offices (CBOs) and the launch of a new online duty-free application...
Africans accuse Trump of chasing minerals and mocking their presidents
Modern Ghana
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People across Africa have hit out at this week's high-profile summit between Donald Trump and five African leaders, saying the US president showed little respect during a White House lunch and is only chasing the continent's minerals. Five heads...
Fifty years since Gowon’s overthrow
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
TUESDAY, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Dakuku Peterside: The Emergence of ADC Coalition Is A Welcome Development, But They Must Distinguish Themselves
Arise News
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July 11, 2025
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Peterside, has said that the emergence of a new opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) pol is “a welcome development” for...
It all started with a comment on Delay’s Instagram post!: This is how Rev. Dennis Gyamfi Bediako, as told by the man himself, built one of the nation’s top web design agencies
Business and Financial Times
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July 5, 2025
In 2009, I graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as a civil engineer. While volunteering in my church’s media ministry, I immersed myself in designing graphics, editing videos, mixing audio files and producing...
Nigeria rejects US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees — Tuggar
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria and other African countries have been increasingly pressured by the US to accept Venezuelan deportees. According to the minister, the recent 10 per cent tariff imposed on Nigeria by...
Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says
Capital FM Kenya
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria’s foreign minister says the country will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the US, following visa curbs and threats of tariff hikes. Yusuf Tuggar told privately-owned Channels TV that...
Again, Trump’s way or the highway
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
It’s hard not to love US President Donald Trump. He is the world’s most powerful president and wears his preeminence on his sleeve. Not for him the crooked modesty of the Chinese or the boring self-effacement of the British. Six months after his...
US condemns attacks on ships in strategic Red Sea waters
The National News
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The US on Wednesday condemned this week's attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, which reignited a crisis that had been dormant since a ceasefire between Washington and the Iran-supported Houthi rebels in April. "The United States condemns the...
INTERVIEW: Universities should be at the forefront of solving many of our problems — Ex Vice Chancellor Eghosa Osaghae
Premium Times
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July 4, 2025
Eghosa Osaghae, a professor and the director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), is widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s leading political scientists and public intellectuals. A former Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion...
Will Nigeria bow to Trump to further complicate its security?, By Olanrewaju Adigun
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump According to sources, the security threats being experienced in the country, which could be worsened by the Venezuelan deportees, if accepted, will not only undermine national stability and the rule...