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AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis
Fides
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July 10, 2025
photo nigrizia.it by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the United Nations...
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Goma: Relics of Blessed Floribert transferred to the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament
Fides
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July 10, 2025
Thursday, 10 July 2025 Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a month after the beatification ceremony at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, the mortal remains of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi were transferred from the city cemetery...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Box overboard! World Shipping Council’s 2025 report shows increase in lost cargo with conflict around major shipping lanes
JD Supra - California
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July 10, 2025
The World Shipping Council (“WSC”) recently released its Containers Lost at Sea Report 2025 compiling global data on cargo lost at sea from the previous year and promoting loss prevention recommendations for the maritime industry and governing...
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Road Engineers And Transport Experts Conduct Working Field Visit To Dakar-Diamniadio-Thies Highway & Dakar Ter
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The ECOWAS Commission, as part of the final technical review workshop for the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan Corridor Technical Studies, conducted Regional Road Engineers and Transport Experts drawn from ECOWAS Member States to a day's...
US President’s confidence appears unfounded after militants sink two vessels on critical Red Sea shipping route
The New Zealand Herald
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July 11, 2025
The attacks – broadcast to the world in slick Hollywood-style videos – have once again led to traffic dropping and insurance costs surging in one of the world’s main marine arteries. Between November 2023 and December 2024, the Houthis targeted...
Bahrain EDB Hosts an Event on Manufacturing and Logistics in Collaboration with Financial Times in the UK
bizbahrain
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July 11, 2025
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB), in partnership with the Financial Times Live, hosted two insightful panel discussions in the United Kingdom on manufacturing and logistics that tackled value-adding strategies to build...
China earns praise for Africa's green transition
China Daily
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Vegetable seedlings grow at the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania. SI YUAN/XINHUA As momentum builds around green finance and climate cooperation between China and Africa, experts are emphasizing the significance of mutual...
Malawi’s Alex Chakhota set to shine at African Aviator Legends tourney
The Maravi Post
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July 10, 2025
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi’s very own Alex Chakhota has been named the country’s representative at the prestigious African Aviator Legends tournament, following his impressive win at the Aviator Legends Tournament in Malawi. Chakhota’s...
Passenger traffic records 5% growth in latest report
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest passenger traffic report has estimated a five per cent increase in global passenger traffic demand. The surge, reported for May 2025, is not unconnected with the start of summer travels,...
Xi (Re)Thought : China’s Strategic Surge in West Asia, North Africa
StratNews Global
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July 11, 2025
China’s engagement with West Asia and North Africa is undergoing a significant transformation—one that is no longer confined to oil shipments or infrastructure projects. A May 2025 research paper by the International Institute for Strategic...
Report stresses the need for Effective Service Delivery in Africa.
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 11, 2025
MONROVIA, July 11, 2025 – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for...
Poor governance offsetting reform gains in Africa – World Bank
Business Day
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July 10, 2025
… warns against lagging service delivery, weak transparency eroding trust Despite isolated progress in fiscal discipline and digital transformation, poor governance is eroding reform gains across Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank’s...
Israel-Iran conflict: South Africa can’t remain silent
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 11, 2025
As Israel and Iran settle into an uneasy truce, South Africa faces mounting pressure to reassess its stance on global conflicts and its selective silence on human rights abuses. Late last month, after nearly two weeks of intense military...
Lekki Port Eyes 500,000 TEUs in 2025, Ramps Up Transshipment to West Africa
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Oluchi Chibuzor The $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport is fast establishing Nigeria as a maritime hub for West and Central Africa, with expanded international transshipment operations to key regional destinations including Togo, Benin Republic,...
EDITORIAL | Trump tariff tactics are a jolt to jump ship
Times LIVE
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The writing is on the wall: South Africa must look beyond the US as its most stable economic trading partner 11 July 2025 - 04:30 The letter addressed to President Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump announcing 30% punitive tariffs...
South African doctor offers ‘pay what you can’ healthcare for all
Cape Town ETC
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July 10, 2025
In a world where quality healthcare often comes at a steep price, one South African doctor is breaking barriers and offering hope to those in need. Dr Paulo de Valdoleiros, popularly known as the Walk-In Doctor, opened a groundbreaking clinic in...
South Africa’s most common (and ridiculous) car battle scars
East Coast Radio
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Let’s be honest — if you drive in South Africa, chances are your car has a scratch, dent, or a story to tell. Some of us have kissed a pavement while trying to parallel park. Others have watched helplessly as a rogue trolley aimed straight for our...
Rwanda invests USD500 million more in Bugesera Airport as it promotes an African sporting nirvana
Routes
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Rwanda's new Bugesera International Airport is a teenager already - and it hasn't even been built yet. The government has been forced into a further USD500 million cash injection in it for this fiscal year, supported by a Development Bank loan,...
Lekki port trans-shipment operations increased over stronger naira, says deputy MD
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
Daniel Odibe, the deputy managing director of the Lekki deep seaport says its trans-shipment operations have increased substantially due to a stronger naira. Odibe spoke during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Thursday. He said...