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Liberia: As US Shifts from Aid to Trade, Liberia, Others Offer Invite to Explore Minerals, Push Investment
Front Page Africa
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July 10, 2025
Washington – Barely 24 hours before President Donald Trump sat down for a lunch dialogue with African heads of state from Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Gabon, the five African leaders gathered for a Tete-a-Tete to prepare for...
WATCH LIVE: President Trump Hosts Multilateral Meeting with African Leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu – 12 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
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July 9, 2025
President Trump is scheduled to participate in a lunch with the leaders of five African nations and the Prime Minister of Israel this afternoon. The meeting with the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal will focus...
Trump's remark on Liberian President sparks row
News Today Net
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July 10, 2025
During a White House lunch with leaders from five African nations: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, US President Donald Trump drew online attention after praising Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai for speaking “such good...
Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China
The Brookings Institution
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Introduction In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a three-day summit in Washington, D.C....
Boakai Seeks Investment Opportunities at U.S. Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is seeking to attract increased American investment in Liberia's abundant mineral resource sector, urging U. S. President Donald Trump to look Liberia’s way when it comes to investment. During a luncheon hosted by...
Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa
KION - California
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July 9, 2025
By Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language on Wednesday. But the African leader was educated in Liberia, where English is the...
Such good English: Trump's remark on Liberian President sparks row
India Today
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July 9, 2025
During a White House lunch with leaders from five African nations: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, US President Donald Trump drew online attention after praising Liberia's President Joseph Boakai for speaking "such good...
Trump hosts W. African leaders as region reels from US aid cuts
Nagaland Post
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” at the White House as the region reels from the impact of US aid cuts. The leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau are...
Daily World Briefing, July 10
Colorado Star
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Trump says U.S. shifting Africa policy "from aid to trade" U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday, noting the United States is shifting its policy toward the continent "from aid to trade." Meeting with...
Trump hosts West African leaders as region reels from US aid cuts
Naharnet
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U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a "multilateral lunch" at the White House as the region reels from the impact of U.S. aid cuts. The leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau...
Nigerians face new US visitor visa restrictions
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
The US State Department has announced new visa rules for Nigerians wishing to travel to the US in the non-immigrant and non-diplomat categories. The US embassy in Nigeria posted to its website on July 8 that the US would issue single-entry visas...
Trump humiliated as Fox News cuts away from key meeting to discuss pearl earrings
Irish Star
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July 9, 2025
13:26 ET, 09 Jul 2025Updated 13:33 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Fox News abruptly cut its coverage of the meeting between Donald Trump and African leaders to discuss pearl earrings. "Immigration will also be on the agenda, and I hope we can bring down the high...
How Global Fund is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, & HIV across Africa
Inter Press Service
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July 7, 2025
Africa, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke NEW YORK, Jul 7 2025 (IPS) - In Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, a...
Sites vie for UNESCO world heritage list spot
eNCA
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BRUSSELS - The United Nation's cultural organisation announces its choice of sites for inclusion in its world heritage list this week, with pre-historic caves, former centres of repression, forests, marine bio-systems and others vying for the...
Mercer Island Rotary: Giving back to our community and world | Hamer
Mercer Island Reporter - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
At Summer Celebration on July 12, the Rotary Club of Mercer Island had an information table that we staffed for several hours. It’s always surprising to me how many people stop by and ask: “What is Rotary anyway? What do you guys do?” Well, we...
Dozens of sites vie for UNESCO world heritage list spot
RTL Today
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The United Nation's cultural organisation announces its choice of sites for inclusion in its world heritage list this week, with pre-historic caves, former centres of repression, forests, marine bio-systems and others vying for the coveted spots....
Mauritania set to resume relations with Israel at Trump White House meeting
Semafor
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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is set to take a step toward resuming ties with the state of Israel at a White House meeting brokered by US President Donald Trump later Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the plans. Mauritania...
The Reservoir Knows No Border: But Senegal’s Silence Draws One
The Fatu Network
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July 20, 2025
- Advertisement - Editorial Commentary On 24 June 2025, formal letters were dispatched to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, raising urgent concerns regarding the potential extension of the...
Settler Colonialism in light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today... (Part 2)
Black Agenda Report
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As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolution. Originally published in Saïd Bouamama's blog. Resistance by the colonized The...
From Damascus to Gaza… Arab heritage caught between the flames of war and a silent world
Tunisie Numerique
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July 8, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The 47th extended session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee officially opened this Monday in Paris. On the agenda: reviewing the nominations of nearly 30 new natural, cultural, and mixed sites submitted by...