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Tinubu Has Failed, Nigeria Sidelined By Trump – Atiku
Naija News
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July 3, 2025
Naija News reports that U.S President, Donald Trump, will next week host five African leaders in a summit focused on trade, investment and economic cooperation. The African countries are Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Liberia....
Fifty years of Gowon’s overthrow
The Cable
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July 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
ECOWAS Urged to Accelerate Praia-Dakar Maritime Link Project
News Ghana
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July 3, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission must expedite operational and technical preparations for the Praia-Dakar maritime corridor, following resolutions adopted at a Dakar workshop ending July 2, 2025. Key directives...
Trump dey host five African leaders - which kontris dey di list
GhanaWeb
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July 3, 2025
President of di United States Donald Trump go host five leaders from African nations for Washington next week. According to White House official wey tok on Wednesday, e say di discussion wit Trump na to tok 'commercial opportunities'. Dis dey come...
Tinubu snubbed as Trump invites five African leaders to White House
Daily Post
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July 3, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has not been invited to the White House to discuss “commercial opportunites”. US President, Donald Trump, is set to host leaders from Senegal, Mauritania, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Gabon next week, Reuters reports. According...
ECOWAS and its survival
Daily Trust
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July 4, 2025
Let me begin by congratulating the government and people of Ghana on the occasion of this year’s Republic Day celebrations. I must also commend the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Teshie, for organising this lecture. As you may be...
Trump snubs Tinubu: Nigeria left out as US hosts African leaders
Pulse
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July 3, 2025
The exclusion of Nigeria from a high-profile US-Africa summit hosted by former President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures, who call it a damning indictment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and its...
NHRC boss, Tony Ojukwu, emerges president of West African human rights body
Tribune Online
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July 4, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nigeria, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has been elected President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA). Ojukwu’s election took place during...
West African Compliance Officers Convene in Lomé for 2nd Grand Meeting, July 8-9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - For the second consecutive year, Lome, Togo's capital, will host West African compliance and anti-money laundering experts on July 8 and 9. The GRCRO, organized by the Togolese Association of Compliance Officers (ATCO), brings...
Trump Announces Summit with Five African Nations
News Central TV
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for meetings from July 9 to 11. This gathering might seem like a surprise, but some analysts view it as a clear sign of America’s...
Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security...
First summit: Trump to meet with five African presidents next week
Africanews
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July 3, 2025
US president Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal from 9 to 11 July. The meeting comes as a surprise, although some analysts have taken it as a continuation of intensifying American...
Trump to host five African leaders next week
SABC News
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July 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump will host leaders from five African nations in Washington next week to discuss “commercial opportunities,” a White House official said on Wednesday. Trump will host leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania...
First Trump-Africa summit to hold next week
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
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 Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The news was first reported by African...
5 African leaders are set to meet with Trump - report claims
Business Insider Africa
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July 2, 2025
According to media sources confirmed by Semafor and first reported by Africa Intelligence, the summit will bring together heads of state from various Western and Central African countries for high-level discussions on trade, regional security, and...
Trump to host first African leaders’ summit of his second term
BusinessLIVE
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Bengaluru — The first African leaders’ summit of US President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Mauritania, Senegal and Liberia, Semafor reported on Wednesday. The...
First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week
Semafor
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The first African leaders’ summit of US President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The news was first reported by African Intelligence...
Trump to meet 5 African leaders in Washington next week: report
The Peninsula
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July 2, 2025
Houston: US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal in Washington, D.C. next week, Semafor reported on Wednesday. If confirmed, the gathering will mark the first...
Nigeria has lost global relevance under Tinubu, says Phrank Shaibu
The Cable
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July 4, 2025
Phrank Shaibu, special assistant on public communication to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria has lost its global relevance under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Shaibu said Nigeria’s exclusion from a forthcoming...
Portuguese Africa
Mauritius Times
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July 4, 2025
Mauritius Times – 70 Years The brutality of Portuguese colonialism is well attested by independent writers who have visited these black spots By Peter Ibbotson There has been a lot of childish talk and thought about the tragedy of Congo....