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Telesurgery in Nigeria: Ready or not?
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
In the quiet early hours of Wednesday morning in Zamfara, seven-year-old Amina fusses in her hospital bed. Her grandmother, Hajiya Fatima, has traveled three days by bus, carrying prayers and her life savings, hoping against hope. Amina needs...
Liberia: Govt, Ivanhoe Atlantic Set to Sign Landmark Rail Access Agreement
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 6, 2025
In a remarkable breakthrough for Liberia’s mining and logistics sectors, the Government of Liberia and Ivanhoe Atlantic (formerly High Power Exploration/”HPX”) are set to sign a long-awaited Concession and Access Agreement (CAA) on Friday, July 4,...
LETTER: Israel’s global role in repression
BusinessLIVE
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Benji Shulman’s response (“Author overlooks Iran threat”, July 2) to my letter is not only hypocritical, it’s historically blind. As a cheerleader for a state committing genocide in Gaza, he ignores Israel’s long, well-documented global role in...
Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye, SPECIAL REPORT: “President” Sekeramayi , the coup and Mugabe’s manic phone call to Zuma,
The Zimbabwean
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July 6, 2025
By Luke Tamborinyoka Kasukuwere left Mugabe’s suite around 2am with clear instructions to help mobilise party structures, particularly the youth, to support Sekeramayi for President at the party conference in December 2017. According to...
Russia Unlocking Africa’s Food Security: Model of Connectivity and Collaboration
Pressenza
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July 6, 2025
With geopolitical developments shaping the world, Africa is expectedly to change with the times. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opening new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also...
Africa Rail Infrastructure Powers Mineral Trade Growth
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Africa rail Infrastructure is getting a new lease of life. Important transportation lines are swiftly increasing to make the continent’s natural resources more accessible and improve trade linkages across the globe. The Italian development bank...
Mitrelli Group eyes energy investment in Namibia
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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A multinational firm, Mitrelli Group, known for delivering large-scale, sustainable infrastructure and development projects across Africa, is looking to expand its footprint into Namibia, with a particular focus on the energy sector. Its founder...
Russia Increases Fertilizers and Agricultural Exports to Africa
The News Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
With geopolitical developments shaping the world, Africa is expectedly changing with the times. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opened new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also time...
Washington Agreement masks complex regional dynamics
IOL
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Dr. Sizo Nkala|Published 2 hours ago 6min Dr. Sizo Nkala Earlier this year, the DRC President Felix Tshisekedi reached out to US President Donald Trump for security assistance in the form of training and equipment supplies for his forces to enable...
Why The US Air Force Secretly Flew Soviet MiG Combat Jets During The Cold War
Simple Flying
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July 6, 2025
During the Cold War, the United States operated a range of Soviet fighter jets procured in secret for an operation known as Project Constant Peg. These fighter jets were used to train American pilots, although exactly how some were procured...
João Lourenço closes EurAfrican Forum in Portugal at the end of the month
Ver Angola
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"The eighth edition of the EurAfrican Forum 2025, an annual event promoted by the Portuguese Diaspora Council, will close with a 'Conversation with the Presidents' between the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the...
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Reaffirms Support For West African Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 Delegation Heads To Aberdeen
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( ) – the leading voice of Africa's energy industry – is proud to reaffirm its support for the West African Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled for November 18-19, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. In...
Rangers in the Red
The Good Men Project - California
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July 6, 2025
By Joe Figel National parks and other protected areas around the world went from being understaffed to entirely neglected after the Trump administration abruptly froze foreign aid in January 2025. The announcement generated grim headlines from...
Landmark effort launched at Beijing conference to democratize digital processes
Beijing Review
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This photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows a sign of the Global Digital Economy Conference 2025 in Beijing, capital of China (XINHUA)As the digital economy reshapes societies, a critical question emerges: how can its benefits move beyond privileged...
Africa must lead, not follow –Nandi-Ndaitwah
New Era
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LUANDA, ANGOLA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on African nations to shift from being raw material suppliers to becoming global leaders in industrialisation, innovation and food security. Speaking at a high-level breakfast dialogue...
In Havana continues on sessions of Environmental Convention
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 4, 2025
Seven congresses feature the program for this biennial event, which will bring together more than 500 Cuban and foreign delegates from nearly twenty countries until July 5. As part of the first meeting of the scientific sector, Cuban residents...
IS AFRICA READY FOR THE SUPPLY CHAINS WAR?
This Day
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July 5, 2025
Supply chains are no longer just economic arteries but potential vectors of attack, warns CHETA NWANZE The ongoing military confrontation between Iran and Israel marks a dangerous new strategic era with far-reaching implications for the African...
Emulating Norway’s Triumph: How Ghana Can Transform the Eban...
Modern Ghana
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On July 3, 2025, Ghana marked a historic milestone with the Declaration of Commerciality for the Eban-Akoma oil and gas discoveries in the Cape Three Points Block 4 (CTP-B4). This breakthrough, confirmed by the Ministry of Energy and Green...
Trine University receives contribution from Honda toward Pellegrino Center
KPC Media Group - Indiana
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ANGOLA — Trine University has received a $100,000 contribution from Honda toward its new John and Mary Pellegrino Student Design and Training Center. "We're extremely grateful for Honda's generous support of the Pellegrino Student Design and...
US-Africa Business Summit Prepares Nigeria, others Ahead $2.1 Trillion Consumer Spending Boom
This Day
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July 2, 2025
Raheem Akingbolu The Chairman of the Economic Council on Africa (CCA), John Olajide, has said the just-concluded US-Africa Business Summit, held in Luanda, Angola provided a credible opportunity for Nigeria and the rest of Africa, to map out...