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Forests, Fossil Fuels, and the Fight for the Future: DRC’s Oil Expansion Sparks Global Alarm
Inter Press Service
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July 29, 2025
Africa, Biodiversity, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Development & Aid, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations...
China faces off against US for domination of DR Congo’s critical minerals
South China Morning Post
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July 28, 2025
After years of largely unchallenged control over the DR Congo’s critical minerals, China now faces growing US competition – a battle that Beijing is determined to win. Now, a US consortium – including firms led by ex-military executives – has bid...
DR Congo accord with M23: fragile step toward peace
Taipei Times
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July 27, 2025
A recent ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, set to take effect this week, ranks as a tentative step toward peace in the country’s conflict-wracked east. Signed on July 19 in Doha,...
Minerals-for-security deals gain popularity
Winnipeg Free Press
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August 22, 2025
Opinion “If I were named Obama I would have the Nobel Prize given to me in 10 seconds,” Donald Trump complained at a rally in Detroit last year. The president’s fixation on the award has recently produced hastily organized, high-level talks to...
Exploring Psychosocial and Economic Support for Children with HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Health and Community Workers in the Katuba Health Zone, Lubumbashi
Dove Medical Press
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August 22, 2025
Introduction The global response to HIV, which has spanned several decades,1,2 is currently at an inflection point. By 2023, the number of individuals receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy had reached nearly 31 million, while the number of...
Visa-Free policy will double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah
MyJoyOnline
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
Visa-free policy would double Africa’s US$190bn tourism revenue – Julius Debrah
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
The six (or seven) wars Trump claims he ended from the White House
The Economic Times
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August 20, 2025
Donald Trump has always known the power of a good boast. The US president regularly tells supporters he accomplished what no one else could: that he ended multiple wars during his time in office, often rattling off the number. Sometimes it’s six,...
Visa-Free policy would double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah
The Herald Ghana
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?
BNE Intellinews
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When US President Donald Trump hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peace summit on August 8, the statement issued by the White House not only highlighted Trump’s role as peacemaker in the bitter decades-long conflict, but also...
Decades after genocide, Rwanda emerges as aggressive regional power
Mint
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August 24, 2025
Outside of one hangar were piles of Congolese military helmets, jetsam of an army that lost its nerve and tried to slip away when Rwanda-backed M23 rebels attacked the airfield in January. Along the runway sat burned-out military trucks and...
The new geography of stolen goods
The Economist
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August 17, 2025
Aug 17th 2025 | Felixstowe The MSC Ruby is almost ready to leave Felixstowe. Seven remote-controlled gantry cranes are still at work, stacking containers in the ship’s bays. Some 11,000 containers pass through this port each day, making it...
Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...
Ruto nominates UK High Commissioner, 19 other envoys
Star
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President William Ruto at a past event/PCSPresident William Ruto has announced a significant realignment in the Foreign Service, nominating and redeploying 20 diplomats to strategic positions worldwide. This move is aimed at enhancing the...
Latest from Mormon Land: LDS Church tackles tricky topic — Book of Mormon translation
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Join us on Patreon and receive the full newsletter, podcast transcripts and access to all of our...
Mpox cases declined; cholera outbreaks recorded in 23 African countries: CDC
Peoples Gazette
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August 8, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reported a significant drop in mpox cases across the continent, marking a 58 per cent decline between epidemiological week 19 and week 30 of 2025. However, the agency raised...
A Canada-Japan-Korea Trilateral Framework for Arctic Defence and Critical Minerals
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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August 21, 2025
With geopolitical tensions and friction with the United States rising under the Trump 2.0 administration, Canada is recognizing the need for greater self-reliance in producing military equipment and seeking to diversify its defence partnerships. A...
ARDA warns Africa could grind to a halt within 30 days without fuel imports
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 11, 2025
African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) has raised concerns over continuous reliance on Europe and other continents for petroleum products, warning that a 30-day halt in fuel imports would cause severe disruption across Africa,...
The origins of COVID-19 and the politics of the “lab-leak” myth: A discussion with science writer Philipp Markolin
World Socialist Web Site
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August 22, 2025
The lab-leak narrative, the concocted right-wing theory that China deliberately created the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been elevated to the level of conventional wisdom in many political and media circles, despite being scientifically...
Public disconnect on wild meat narratives in Central Africa during COVID-19
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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In Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, wild meat awareness campaigns are broadcast on the radio. Photo by Axel Fassio / CIFOR-ICRAF Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 29 July 2025 – A new study published by researchers from the...