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How Buhari was honoured, buried
Daily Trust
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July 16, 2025
The president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló and the Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, yesterday joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders for the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari at his...
America’s Plan To Send Deportees To Africa Needs A Rethink
Front Page Africa
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July 14, 2025
THINGS ARE STILL a bit murky amid chatters and uncertainty surrounding a purported plan by the United States of America to offload scores of deportees, many of who are victims of the country’s aggressive crackdown on immigrants and a ragedy policy...
ICE may deport migrants to countries they aren't from with just six hours' notice
Farmers' Advance - Michigan
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BOSTON ‒ U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. U.S....
At Trump’s recent summit, the US talked trade. But West Africa wants security first.
Atlantic Council
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July 21, 2025
While it is still early in the term of the second Donald Trump administration, July has already proven to be another eventful month for both the White House and Congress. For one, the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act coincided with...
ICE can deport migrants to a ‘third country’ with just six hours’ notice, memo says
The Globe and Mail
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July 14, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Alex Brandon/The Associated Press U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours’ notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo,...
Qatar Fund for Development signs 16 agreements worth QR 1.92 billion to support humanitarian & development initiatives
I Love Qatar
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July 22, 2025
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed 16 strategic agreements worth QR1.92 billion to support a wide range of humanitarian and development initiatives for more than 17 million beneficiaries around the world. QFFD has signed 16 strategic...
Portugal expresses its full support for Morocco's Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
Atalayar
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July 23, 2025
Portugal has reached a new milestone in Moroccan foreign policy with the announcement of its full support for the Moroccan Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara proposed by King Mohammed VI of Morocco in 2007. With this announcement, more than 120...
The Latest: Trump hosts African leaders at the White House
News4Jax - Florida
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” as the region reels from the impact of U.S. aid cuts. The surprise meeting with leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and...
Trump insegue vanamente l’Africa, il continente guarda a Cina e Russia e al multipolarismo
Strategic Culture
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July 17, 2025
Si è concluso l’11 luglio 2025 l’incontro alla Casa Bianca tra il presidente statunitense Donald Trump e cinque capi di stato del continente africano, che tuttavia di nazioni ne conta ben cinquantaquattro, insomma avanti adagio, quasi indietro....
Third-Country Deportations in Legal Limbo Under Trump
The Cipher Brief
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July 22, 2025
OPINION — “Government has assured emaSwati [the Swazi people] that the arrival [in southern Africa Wednesday in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland] of five third-country deportees from the United States of America poses no security threat to the Nation....
Trump, Nobel Peace Prize winner? The president and his allies are maneuvering to achieve it
El País
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July 22, 2025
A new trick has been added in recent weeks to the repertoire available to international leaders visiting the White House to win over Donald Trump: asking for him to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Benjamin Netanyahu did it during his recent trip...
New Unesco heritage sites: Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje
Malay Mail
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July 12, 2025
PARIS, July 12 — Two cultural sites, in Cameroon and Malawi, were added Friday to the Unesco World Heritage List, said the organisation, which has made boosting Africa’s representation a priority. The Diy-Gid-Biy landscape of the Mandara...
Diddy's Case Re-Exposes the Sexual Devolution of The West Fo...
Modern Ghana
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The Western world comes with a lot of mysteries, mixed blessings, and very complex tests. When I claim something about the western world or any group, please note that I am referring to the average. The west and any major group like race, gender,...
Trump’s African summit was a masterclass in modern colonial theatre
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
On July 9, United States President Donald Trump opened a three-day mini summit at the White House with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal – by subjecting his distinguished guests to a carefully staged public...
Historian says MPLA lost Moscow's support before the end of the Portuguese colonial regime
Ver Angola
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According to the historian, the reason for the suspension of Soviet aid was "a complicated relationship" between the leader of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and Angola's first president, Agostinho Neto, and the Soviets,...
AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis
Fides
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July 10, 2025
photo nigrizia.it by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the United Nations...
U.S. visa restriction tied to Nigeria’s refusal to host asylum seekers — Report
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
The recent tightening of U.S. visa restrictions for Nigerian citizens is linked to Nigeria’s refusal to accept third-country asylum seekers as part of a broader immigration agreement proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, a report on...
Harvard and Trump admin. face off in court. And, Texas seeks new congressional map
WPRL - Mississippi
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July 21, 2025
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Harvard University's lawyers will argue in...
The world has a research gap. Philanthropy can help close it.
Alliance Magazine
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July 21, 2025
Research remains an activity marked by significant global disparities. How can philanthropy contribute to increased scientific autonomy in African countries? G20 countries account for nine-tenths of researchers (88.8 percent), research spending...
Fugitive Solidarities
Parapraxis
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Over the course of his incarceration, which lasted over a decade until his 1971 assassination at the hands of San Quentin prison guards, Jackson wrote dozens of letters—to his mother, his father, his comrades, his attorney, and later an...