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Top 10 African countries with the lowest IMF debt in June 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 30, 2025
However, amidst this challenging economic landscape, a select group of African countries is beginning to reveal a distinct strategic advantage: those that have meticulously managed to maintain relatively low IMF debt profiles. The primary and most...
Climate crisis and cash crunch: 10 countries at breaking point by 2050
Asianet Newsable
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June 29, 2025
A new index from Columbia Climate School reveals the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries by 2050. Many face rising disaster risks and shrinking access to finance, trapping them in a cycle of crisis and recovery. A new index called the Climate...
MAADA BIO SNUBBED AGAIN : President Trump refuses to invite him to the White House for major summit on Africa
Cocorioko
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July 3, 2025
Screenshot By Kabs Kanu U.S President Donald Trump has cast aspersion and scorn on President Maada Bio as done by his predecessor President Joe Biden. Bio’s chairmanship of ECOWAS had counted for nothing as President Trump has refused to invite...
Liberia: JNB Among Five African Presidents Invited to Trump Summit, Motives Unclear
Front Page Africa
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July 2, 2025
The meeting, reportedly being coordinated through the U.S. State Department in collaboration with the respective embassies in Washington, will mark a significant diplomatic engagement with Africa by Trump’s camp. Monrovia – FrontPage Africa has...
'This drug is evil': The addictive and deadly substance ruining lives in Africa - and made from ingredients shipped from UK
Sky News
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July 3, 2025
A red shipping container sits on the tarmac of Sierra Leone's Queen Elizabeth II Quay, under swinging cranes and towering stacks of similar steel boxes. This one will likely be parked at the port permanently. The contents are suspected to be the...
Trump to host five African leaders next week, reports say
The Gazette - Colorado
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(Reuters) -The first African leaders' summit of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from western and central African nations, media reports said on Wednesday. The news was first...
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...
United Capital group expands into Francophone West Africa
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 15, 2025
United Capital Plc, (UCap) has established a new investment management business in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in fulfilment of its strategic Pan African expansion. The Group obtained a license from the Financial Markets Authority of the West African...
RFK Jr. singled out one study to cut funds for global vaccines. Is that study valid?
WKYU - Kentucky
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July 1, 2025
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pronouncement that stunned the global health world. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — which has vaccinated more than half the world's children in many of the world's...
Tanger Med, Port Said only African ports ranked among global top 100 – Report
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
Tanger Med in Morocco and Port Said in Egypt are the only African ports ranked among the world’s top 100, according to the 2025 State of Africa’s Infrastructure report by the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). Tanger Med placed 4th globally, while...
New index reveals countries in the ‘red zone’ of climate vulnerability - including two in Europe
Euronews
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June 26, 2025
By Euronews Green Published on 26/06/2025 - 17:59 GMT+2 A new index has identified the countries most vulnerable to climate shocks. More than two billion people live in ‘red zone’ nations, where the risk of a major hazard or disaster is high...
Africa moves to validate first-ever continental strategy to protect donkeys
TUKO
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June 26, 2025
The wellness of donkeys across Africa has been under a big threat as the meat and skin business booms with a target on the animals Stakeholders are convening in Côte d'Ivoire to deliberate on the measures to safeguard the well-being of donkeys and...
Francisco cycled 20,000 kilometers from Lisbon to Maputo, stopping in Angola
Ver Angola
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"I wanted to go on a long trip, a trip where I wanted to understand what it's like to be so far from home for so long, I wanted it to be by bike," Francisco França told Lusa in Maputo, his destination for this adventure that is a mix of "madness...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
Social Listening 27 June 2025: More Nigerians were kidnapped in one year than the populations of 15 countries
Business Day
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June 27, 2025
This NBS report shows that more people were kidnapped in Nigeria (2.2 million) in the past year than the populations of: Lesotho – 2,120,000 Slovenia – 2,118,697 Latvia- 1,871,871 Equatorial Guinea – 1,669,000 Guinea-Bissau – 1,663,000 Estonia-...
Kaizer Chiefs star defender Aden McCarthy shows off his R1 million VW-R
Briefly
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July 2, 2025
Kaizer Chiefs star defender Aden McCarthy showed off his luxurious Volkswagen R-Line on Instagram and got netizens raving Mzansi and fellow footballers reacted to the stylish ride, praising the young defender's lifestyle and choice The top-tier VW...
Angola is the main reason for the new record of Chinese exports to Portuguese-speaking countries
Ver Angola
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According to information from China's Customs Service, goods sold to Portuguese-speaking markets through May reached 34.6 billion dollars. This is the highest figure for the first five months of a year since the Forum for Economic and Trade...
Barcelona’s ‘next Lionel Messi’ was first to inherit his shirt but now joins Paul Pogba and ex-Premier League stars in Monaco revolution
talkSPORT
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July 1, 2025
Monaco is usually a place where the rich and successful come to relax, but instead, for Ansu Fati, it's where the hard work truly begins. The Spaniard was once seen as the heir to Lionel Messi's throne, but won't be afforded the royal reception...
ECOWAS: As Tinubu’s two-year leadership comes to an end
The Cable
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June 25, 2025
BY LINDA NWABUWA AKHIGBE Only last month, on May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, celebrated its 50th anniversary with huge fanfare, commemorating the event with official ceremonies in Ghana and Nigeria. Back in...
These Are The 50 Poorest Countries By GDP Per Capita In 2025
Zero Hedge
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GDP per capita offers a quick litmus test of how wealth is generated per person within a country. By dividing total economic output by population, it levels the playing field between nations of very different sizes. The infographic, via Visual...