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"Beijing Summit: China-Africa Cooperation Outcomes"
Sada Elbalad
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June 11, 2025
Press ReleaseIn September 2024, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was successfully held, opening a new chapter of China and Africa building an all-weather community with a shared future for the new era. President...
US warns of expanded travel ban that could affect key African markets
ICEF Monitor
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June 19, 2025
"The United States is considering restricting entry to citizens of an additional 36 countries in what would be a significant expansion of the travel ban announced by the Trump administration early this month," reports The Washington Post. The...
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Al Jazeera
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June 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump could significantly expand his travel ban list in the next few weeks to include 36 more countries, 26 of which are in Africa, US media reports say, citing internal government documents. With 10 countries...
FIFA once again deals with New World TV for World Cup and WWC rights
Sportcal
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June 19, 2025
New World TV (NWTV), the Togo-based satellite television network operating across sub-Saharan Africa, has snapped up rights to soccer's next two FIFA World Cups – one men's edition and one women's. Both the men's 2026 World Cup (to be held across...
FG worried about planned US visa ban- Amb. Tuggar
New National Star
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June 18, 2025
The federal government has expressed concern over the move by the United States government to place a visa ban on Nigeria and other West African countries. This was even as the government said it would be unfortunate if it comes to pass, saying...
ECOWAS Reacts To US Visa Restrictions, Says It’s A Blow To Regional Prosperity
Leadership
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June 18, 2025
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed deep concern over reports suggesting that all ECOWAS member-states may be affected by a new wave of United States...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Woos US Govt With Mineral Resources In Exchange For Visa Access For Government Officials, Businessmen
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has signalled a strategic offer to the United States: access to critical earth minerals in exchange for easing visa restrictions on government officials. Speaking during the 54th...
BREAKING: US visa restrictions on ECOWAS countries threaten regional prosperity — Minister
Punch
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June 18, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Economic Community of West African States Mediation and Security Council, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has raised concerns over the apparent inclusion of all ECOWAS member states in a new wave of United...
PALOPs should take advantage of the advantages and think regionally, argues Sérgio Pimenta
Ver Angola
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In an interview with Lusa on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa, which is being celebrated this year, Sérgio Pimenta said that the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)...
Shell confirms it paid Nigeria $5.34bn in taxes, charges in 2024, its highest government payout globally
Nairametrics
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May 16, 2025
Energy major Shell Plc paid $5.34 billion to the Nigerian government in 2024, the largest amount it remitted to any country, even as it continues to divest from its onshore oil operations in Africa’s largest crude producer. According to data...
4 Caribbean islands face potential US visa restrictions
Virgin Islands News Online
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WASHINGTON D.C., USA- According to a leaked United States (US) State Department memo, four Caribbean islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, are being considered for travel restrictions as part of the US'...
OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025: A Global Call for Inclusive Growth, Equitable Transition and ...
Business Ghana
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The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) will convene global leaders, policymakers and innovators for its fourth Development Forum on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, under the theme A Transition...
How A 48-Country Travel Ban Could Suppress U.S. Tourism In A World Cup Year
Forbes
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors...
At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal
The Straits Times
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June 15, 2025
NICE, France – Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia. These are some of the stretches of water now...
US mulls travel ban, Gonzales warns region about selling passports
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 16, 2025
News Sean Douglas 4 Hrs Ago US President Donald Trump, front, at a business meeting and roundtable at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on May 16. At right is Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
A Roadmap for Capitalizing on AI Transformation Opportunities in the Banking Sector
Banking Dive
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Int’l infrastructure forum concludes with USD 10 bln in cooperation agreements
Macau Business
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June 13, 2025
Thirty-one cooperation agreements worth USD 10.1 billion were signed during an infrastructure forum in Macau, with one-third involving companies from Portuguese-speaking countries and the Special Administrative Region, it was announced on Friday....
Donald Trump may take BIG decision, plans to extend US travel ban to 36 more countries; check full list here
DNA India
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United States President Donald Trump's govt is considering extending its travel restrictions to nationals from 36 more countries, according to a report by Reuters. Authorities in the US have raised a range of issues concerning the three dozen...
These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita
Zero Hedge
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GDP per capita is a rough proxy for a country’s average living standards. A higher GDP per capita usually reflects more economic resources available per person, a signal for prosperity. However, like all statistical measures there are caveats: it...
Bottom trawling bans and the High Seas Treaty: 8 of the biggest announcements from the UN Ocean Conference
Edie
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The UN Ocean Conference is hosted every three years and, for the third iteration this June in Nice, it was the turn of the French and Costa Rican Governments to co-host more than 170 other nations. Around 60 heads of state attended, and more than...