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African Democratic Congress youth wing warns Tinubu against manipulating INEC leadership
Alexa.ng
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August 20, 2025
…Vows to defeat APC in 2027 The youth wing of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against attempting to influence the appointment of the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Minister advocates innovative funding model for agric sector
Punch
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August 19, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Mohammed Kyari, has called for a rethinking of the financing model for the agric sector to achieve food sovereignty. Kyari made this call on Tuesday at the 2025 FirstBank Agric and Export Conference,...
Stakeholders push for agriculture, non-oil exports at FirstBank summit
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 20, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has said that Nigeria’s journey to economic survival and global competitiveness lies in breaking away from oil dependency and building a robust non-oil export economy anchored on...
Advancing digital inclusion in Africa
The Brookings Institution
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[music] SIGNÉ: Hello, I am Landry Signé, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution. Welcome to the Foresight Africa podcast, where I engage with distinguished leaders...
Erdogan uses Turkish NGOs to project power, advance political Islamist goal
Nordic Monitor
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August 19, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter signed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sheds light on how Ankara systematically leverages nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) abroad to advance its foreign policy agenda and promote divisive Islamist...
Il gasdotto Nigeria-Marocco è uno dei progetti più ambiziosi della storia africana
Strategic Culture
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August 20, 2025
Il suo obiettivo iniziale è collegare le risorse della Nigeria con il Marocco e trasformarlo in un hub regionale chiave, ma si tratta, in effetti, uno dei progetti energetici più costosi e ambiziosi nella storia dell’Africa. Segue nostro Telegram....
Mali’s former prime minister charged with embezzlement, remanded in custody
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 20, 2025
Mali’s former prime minister, Choguel Maiga, has been charged with embezzlement and remanded in custody as the West African country’s military leaders intensify a crackdown over allegations of a coup plot. The charges against Maiga were revealed...
Global Threat of an Africa Tilt in Russia and China's Favor
JAPAN Forward
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August 19, 2025
このページを 日本語 で読む Blessed with abundant natural resources and a rapidly growing population, Africa has been dubbed the "Final Growth Frontier." It is also a core region of the Global South, a group that is gaining more international clout, consisting...
Ex-Benin Republic International Omotoyossi Dies
Complete Sports
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August 19, 2025
Former Cheetahs of Benin Republic star striker Razak Omotoyossi has passed away at the age of 39. Razak Omotoyossi’s death was confirmed by his former Swedish club Helsingborgs. “Helsingborgs IF is in mourning,” the club said in a statement on...
8,900 students in North-West benefited from education loans: Minister
Peoples Gazette
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August 19, 2025
About 8,971 students at federal universities in the North-West zone have benefitted from the Federal Government’s Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The scheme was introduced to expand access to higher education and reduce the financial...
Julius Debrah Backs 163-Day Trans-African Unity Tour, Urges Caution and Preparedness for Borderless Africa Campaign
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has assured the Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign of government support, along with backing from other partners, as the team embarks on a 163-day journey around the continent...
13% derivation legal battle: Coalition of Niger state support groups back government
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 19, 2025
A Coalition of Niger state support groups has thrown its weight behind the state government’s legal action against the Attorney-General of the Federation over exclusion of the state from the 13 per cent derivation The President General of...
Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
CovertAction Magazine
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August 19, 2025
[Source: bbc.com] There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the Western-backed corrupt, brutal regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the 2019 Nobel...
Ghost of the Caliphate: How Africa Became the Global Epicenter of the Islamic State
Geopolitical Monitor
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August 19, 2025
While global attention has begun to splinter across the Ukraine war, renewed tensions in Gaza, and ongoing great power competition, Islamic State (ISIS) has executed one of the most successful strategic transformations in modern jihadism: it has...
Geopolitics throttles East African aviation
Independent (Uganda)
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August 19, 2025
A Gemini-generated image depicting how geopolitics has choked East African aviation How regional disputes create the perfect storm for regional airlines ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | East African skies are open, but the politics on the ground are...
Massacre de l'armée coloniale au Niger : derrière le mea culpa de Macron, la continuité d’un récit historique biaisé
The Conversation
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August 19, 2025
Le 19 juin 2025, le représentant permanent de la France auprès des Nations unies a reconnu que Paris était ouvert au dialogue avec le Niger et prêt à collaborer avec des chercheurs spécialisés afin de mettre en place une coopération patrimoniale...
Uganda completes final piece in East Africa’s jigsaw puzzle in Chan quarter finals slots
NTV Kenya
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Uganda on Monday evening joined co-hosts Kenya and Tanzania in booking a ticket to the quarter-finals stage of the 2024 African Nations Championship (Chan). And just like Kenya and Tanzania, Uganda qualified as the top team in Group ‘C’ after...
CHAN 2024: Uganda edge out South Africa as Algeria squeeze into quarter-finals
Premium Times
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August 19, 2025
Uganda sealed a historic spot in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024 after a gripping 3-3 draw with South Africa in Kampala on Monday night. Algeria also pulled through into the last eight...
The Hidden Price of Exclusion: Why the Gender Digital Gap Is Costing Liberia—and Sub-Saharan Africa—Billions
Liberian Observer
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As the world accelerates into the digital age, one glaring gap threatens to hold entire nations back. In Liberia—and across much of Sub-Saharan Africa—millions of women and girls are being left behind, excluded from the digital economy. This isn’t...
CHAN: Uganda sail to quarters to complete East Africa sweep
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 19, 2025
Niger's goalkeeper #22 Mahamdou Tandja (R) punches the ball clear under pressure from Algeria's forward #21 Mehdi Merghem (C) during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) group stage football match between Algeria and Niger at Nyayo Stadium in...