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Road to shared prosperity
China Daily Global
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WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY China and African nations are consolidating the cooperation during challenging times As the world sleepwalks toward a new and dangerous regional conflict provoked by Israel's brazen attacks on Iran with the backing of...
From Cape To Cairo
Africa is a country
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On a warm April afternoon in 2024, Keith Boyd, 57, strolled through Cairo’s Zamalek district with the South African and Egyptian flags knotted across his shoulders. The late sun cast a dull gold sheen over the Nile as curious onlookers and...
HIV/AIDS Fast Facts
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 3, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the origins, treatments and global response to HIV and AIDS. Facts HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV/AIDS is spread through sexual...
History Today: When ex-Indian Army chief Sam Manekshaw breathed his last
Firstpost
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June 27, 2025
One of the most decorated officers of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw bid adieu to the world on June 27, 2008. Revered as ‘Sam Bahadur’, Manekshaw served the Indian Army for over four decades and played a...
China’s expanding strategic presence in Indian Ocean Region is a challenge for India: Parliament Committee Report
The Hindu
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June 28, 2025
Xinjiang, China, 12 July 2024: China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is more or less the Gateway to the Belt and Road Initiative as the region shares international borders with eight countries. Photo: Radhika Santhanam | Photo Credit: The Hindu...
Council of Ministers Approves Long-awaited Startup Act
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 7, 2025
Ehiopia’s Council of Ministers has unanimously approved the long‑delayed Startup Proclamation, signalling a major policy shift towards supporting the country’s nascent technology sector. The draft law, which provides a dedicated framework for...
Wingu.Africa secures $60m from RMB to fuel data center build-out
Data Center Dynamics
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Pan-African data center firm Wingu.Africa has secured new funding to fuel its roll-out. The company this week announced it has secured $60 million in funding from Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to support the development of digital infrastructure in...
Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1)
Premium Times
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June 25, 2025
Qosim Suleiman, Abdullah Tijani, Amma Moussa & Gaston Sawadogo Five years ago, Aliyu Garba, 45, was summoned to his village head’s palace to receive some exciting news: He would now participate in a massive tree-planting project commissioned by...
Chinese investment advances labor rights and prosperity in Africa
CGTN
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Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial Park on the northwestern outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, May 27, 2025. /Xinhua Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial...
China and Africa consolidate dynamic partnership
Friends of Socialist China
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June 16, 2025
On June 11, 2025, the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Changsha, capital of China’s Hunan Province. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
Trump deploys National Guard to crush ‘riots and looters,’ Marines ‘on alert’ amid anti-ICE protests in LA
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 8, 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...
Liberia Named on Proposed U.S. List of Countries for Third-Country Deportations as Funding is Cut for Global Vaccine Program
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
Immigrants looking out the windows of a plane after arriving in Costa Rica on a deportation flight from the United States in February. Costa Rica took 200 deportees in February, including citizens of China, India and Nepal. Credit: Reuters...
African trade in a changing global financial architecture
CNBC Africa
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June 27, 2025
As Africa stands at the cusp of monumental economic transformation, the continent is embracing digital innovation and regional integration to bolster intra-continental trade. At the core of this transformation is the African Continental Free Trade...
Less than 10% control Nigeria’s wealth, says ex-INEC commissioner
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 27, 2025
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu, has lamented the extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few in Nigeria. While revealing that less than 10 per cent of...
India Seeks to Enhance Bilateral Ties with Uganda
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 27, 2025
By Faridah N Kulumba Recently the government of India invited 47 journalists, media professionals and editors from 23 countries from East Africa, Southern Africa, West Asia and North Africa for a familiarization tour in India. The East and...
Modi’s Landmark Africa-Caribbean Tour Targets China’s Influence
StratNews Global
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June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing for a landmark diplomatic visit to Ghana, Namibia, and Trinidad and Tobago, set to begin on July 2, 2025. This multi-nation tour marks Modi’s first official trip to these countries and underscores India’s...
Supreme Court Abets Trump’s Defiance of Court Orders
TPM – Talking Points Memo
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June 24, 2025
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. As Josh Kovensky reported yesterday, the Supreme Court’s order pausing a preliminary injunction against Trump’s policy of...
How China’s New Warships Matter And Why The World Should Worry
Zee News
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New Delhi: Forget the days when China was just a continental giant. Today, it is dreaming in deep blue. From rusted Soviet leftovers to high-tech steel beasts, the dragons’ navy is undergoing a transformation – one that is setting off alarm bells...
Big Chinese and Egyptian builders team up for African megaprojects
Global Construction Review
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June 4, 2025
Egypt’s Arab Contractors has teamed up with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to jointly bid for work in Egypt and the rest of Africa. Egyptian prime minister Mostafa Madbouly said the deal supported a strategic partnership...
GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa Convene Global South Leaders Ahead of INC-5.2
Pressenza
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June 25, 2025
GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical...