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Malawi caught in fake ship registry storm as shadow fleet expands
Malawi 24
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June 22, 2025
The landlocked African nation of Malawi has been thrust into the centre of a growing maritime scandal after being identified as the latest hub for a fraudulent ship registry operation. According to an investigation by Lloyd’s List, a fake Malawi...
Will Trump's travel bans, student visa crackdowns hit home in Brevard?
Florida Today
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New restrictions on student visas and an expanded travel ban are impacting international students' ability to study in the U.S. Florida Tech is working to support its international students by advising them to keep their paperwork accessible and...
How Guinea became a gateway for Russian weapons to reach the Sahel
Modern Ghana
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Despite the departure of the Wagner Group from Mali, Russia is continuing to strengthen its military presence in the country through its Africa Corps. Using satellite imagery, shipping logs and eyewitness reports, journalists from RFI have...
Cars, cash and a tycoon stirring debate in Zimbabwe
BBC
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Shingai NyokaBBC News, Harare ShareSave "Sir Wicknell", who started out as a wages clerk for a bus firm, has become such a celebrity that his face is decorating minibus taxis A flashy tycoon in Zimbabwe has a nation entranced - some beguiled,...
FG seeks collaboration to avert stranded gas amid infrastructure concerns
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 19, 2025
• Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea to advance Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project The Federal Government has renewed its call for innovation and regional collaboration to avert the risk of stranded gas in Nigeria as investors raise growing concerns over...
Southern Provinces, Strategic Link between North Africa & Morocco’s African Depth - Laayoune Declaration
Hespress
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June 21, 2025
Participants in the Parliamentary Forum on Economic Cooperation between Morocco and the CEMAC highlighted on Friday in Laayoune, the strategic importance of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom and the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region as a vital...
E Guinea’s Golden Swan Sets Benchmark
Business Ghana
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The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) proudly supports the recent visit of Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema to Equatorial Guinea’s Golden Swan industrial complex, marking a defining moment for Africa’s oil and gas sector....
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
FDI in Tunisia nears the one-billion-dollar mark
African Manager
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June 21, 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tunisia increased by 21% in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching $936 million, according to the latest *World Investment Report published Thursday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...
Trump’s Foreign Student Crackdown Puts These 16 Struggling Colleges At Risk
Forbes
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St. Francis College is trying to turn things around. After operating in a deficit since fiscal year 2017, the 166-year-old Roman Catholic college in Brooklyn, New York, ended fiscal 2023 with $66 million in net income, thanks largely to the $160...
China-Africa trade prosperity grows to US$295.6 billion
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 20, 2025
By Lincoln G. Peters Beijing, China, June 20, 2025 – The People’s Republic of China, Director-General for African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that China-Africa trade prosperity has increased to US$295.6 billion, while...
Why do African leaders flee to foreign hospitals instead of fixing theirs at home?
The Zimbabwean
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June 20, 2025
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Once again, Africa finds itself watching in stunned silence as one of its most powerful monarchs, King Mswati III of eSwatini, reportedly battles a deteriorating health condition that has stirred growing concern within and...
2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Scouting Haiti
Stars and Stripes FC - Washington D.C.
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June 20, 2025
The 18th edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup is well underway, with 16 nations vying to take home the trophy at the region’s premier competition, an honor currently claimed by a mere three programs. The United States Men’s National Team opened the...
Ukraine Seeks Auctioneer to Sell Seized Turkish Cargo Ship
The Maritime Executive
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Ukraine’s National Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) is calling for proposals to manage the sale of a Turkish cargo ship it seized in 2024 on charges that it looted grain from Crimea. It is the latest step in efforts by Ukraine to...
Recycling e-waste an elusive dream
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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THOUSANDS of tonnes of hazardous plastic and electronic waste (e-waste) is routinely dumped on the African shores in countries like Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Mozambique, before trickling further inland into some of...
US May Ban Entry to Citizens of 36 More States: Rubio Memo
Asia Financial
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June 16, 2025
The Trump administration is considering scaling up its travel restrictions and could potentially ban citizens from 36 more countries from entering the United States – including two more from Asia: Cambodia and Bhutan. Earlier this month, the...
ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...
Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows
KARRYON
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June 16, 2025
The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Al Jazeera
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June 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump could significantly expand his travel ban list in the next few weeks to include 36 more countries, 26 of which are in Africa, US media reports say, citing internal government documents. With 10 countries...
Trump invites China to make itself at home in Africa
African Business
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June 20, 2025
Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump’s Africa ‘strategy’ has been even more short-sighted and tin-earned than his most trenchant critics might have feared. Never one to show much of an interest in the continent, Trump appears...