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3 Indians abducted amid terror attacks in Mali: Was Al Qaeda-linked JNIM behind it?
Firstpost
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July 3, 2025
Three Indian citizens have been taken hostage in western Mali following a terrorist assault that hit multiple locations in the region on July 1. The attack occurred at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, where a group of armed men entered the...
How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game of handshakes and photo-ops, but as a strategic extension of his domestic agenda to stabilise the economy, protect national...
The Real Cost of Cheap Imports and Why Food Security Isn’t About Yield Alone
News Ghana
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June 20, 2025
Tomatoes from Burkina Faso, onions from Mali, rice from Vietnam, frozen chicken from Brazil. Ghanaian markets are flooded with food imports that, on paper, are cheap. They stabilise supply, offer variety, and often undercut local prices. But what...
Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish in Bolgatanga marks 100 years
Ghana News Agency
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July 3, 2025
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 3, GNA – The Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish in Bolgatanga has climaxed its year-long centenary celebration with a call for spiritual renewal, a change in mindset, and national unity as vital foundations for...
Democracy Dominoes: When neighbours fall, who stands last? – IMANI
3News.com
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June 19, 2025
In an increasingly precarious West African neighbourhood, Ghana appears outwardly calm—but the tremors at its borders raise urgent questions. Military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have overthrown constitutions with ease, while civilian...
The Harshest Critic of AI Might Be Pope Leo XIV
The Walrus
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July 3, 2025
What does the new pope think of artificial intelligence? Curiosity led me to ask the technology itself, in this case a program called Perplexity. Here’s part of its answer, at least on an afternoon in early June 2025: Pope Leo XIV, the new pope as...
Tanzania ready for CHAN 2024 kickoff as teams set to arrive
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) are progressing smoothly, with teams scheduled to arrive in Tanzania seven days before kickoff. The matches will be hosted at two major venues: the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...
India and Ghana deepen security, economic ties as Modi visits
The Manila Times
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July 3, 2025
ACCRA, Ghana — India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ghana's President John Mahama agreed on Wednesday to deepen security and mining ties during the first visit by an Indian leader in three decades. Resource-rich Ghana, seen as a beacon of...
Global Childhood Vaccination Uptake Stalls
Technology Networks
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The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening disease since WHO established the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1974. Despite the progress of the past 50 years, the last two decades have...
Anxious residents re-emerge after Mali jihadist attacks
Macau Business
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July 2, 2025
People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian. Jihadist fighters staged early-morning strikes on military...
India urges Mali to secure release of three nationals kidnapped amid militant violence
Mint
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July 2, 2025
India on Wednesday (July 2) expressed deep concern over the abduction of three of its citizens working at a cement factory in Mali, as the West African country reels from a wave of coordinated jihadist attacks that left one civilian dead and...
New Goodwill Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University
GNN Liberia
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July 2, 2025
On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
Ghana-India trade hits $3 billion amid strong bilateral ties...
Modern Ghana
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Trade between Ghana and India has reached an impressive $3 billion with Ghana maintaining a favourable balance, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed on Monday ahead of the historic state visit of Indian Prime Minister Mr Shri...
Do leaders take undue credit for successful team achievements?
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
Is the role of leaders in the attainment of successful outcomes by teams often overstated? Not if you go by Prof Stephen Adei’s well-publicised dictum. Leadership is cause, after all. Everything else is effect, he says. Ideally, the leader casts...
France's nuclear giant says its Niger uranium mine is nearly bankrupt
Business Insider Africa
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July 2, 2025
French uranium miner Orano has warned that its majority-owned joint venture in Niger, SOMAIR, is nearing bankruptcy following nearly a year of export restrictions imposed by the country’s military-led government. Niger, responsible for...
Act decisively on Bawku conflict to save lives - Amnesty International to govt
Graphic
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July 2, 2025
Amnesty International (AI) Ghana, has called on the government to act more decisively on the Bawku conflict to save lives and property. It urged the government to deploy transparent mediation efforts, rebuild trust among the factions and protect...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles begin preparations for WAFU B U-20 tournament
Premium Times
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July 2, 2025
As Nigeria’s Flying Eagles return to camp in Abuja, Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has made it clear that fine-tuning the team’s attack will be a major focus ahead of the WAFU B U-20 Boys Tournament set to kick off in Ghana this July. The tournament,...
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet | Part 3
The Voice
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July 2, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet It was always just a matter of time before Saint Lucia’s political opposition, ahead of an election it can’t see any way of winning by the ballot, would choose to take advantage of...