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ICC-IMB: World-Wide incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships report from Jan to Mar 2025
MaritimeCyprus
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June 12, 2025
(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed a rise in global piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2025 – driven by a spike of incidents in the Singapore Straits. A total of 45 cases of...
Wars without winners
Panay News
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July 3, 2025
YOU DON’T need to be in a warzone to feel how close you are to something the planet will regret. These days, it feels like pain is everywhere. Somewhere, a war rages. Somewhere else, families are picking up what’s left or waiting for the next hit....
Letter to FIFA Re. Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup
Human Rights Watch
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July 2, 2025
July 1, 2025 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Gianni Infantino President Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044 Zurich, Switzerland Re: Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026...
Blinken Ordered the Hit. Big Tech Carried It Out. African Stream Is Dead.
MintPress News
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July 3, 2025
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, African Stream published its final video, a defiant farewell message. With that, the once-thriving pan-African media outlet confirmed it was shutting down for good. Not because it broke the law. Not because it spread...
Late Presentation of Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava with Absent Right Superior Vena Cava Manifesting as Heart Failure: A Case Report
Dove Medical Press
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July 3, 2025
Introduction Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common congenital anomaly of the thoracic venous system, occurring in approximately 0.3–0.5% of the general population and up to 12% in individuals with congenital heart disease....
Trump’s bill of tax and welfare cuts passes step in House | First Thing
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Good morning. Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill passed a procedural step in the House of Representatives at close to 4am local time, paving the way for the possible passage of the legislation later today as lawmakers continue to...
OPINION | From Aid to Agency: Rethinking Refugee Response in the Horn of Africa
Capital FM Kenya
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June 25, 2025
By Richie Olaka As the Horn of Africa faces a worsening crisis of forced displacement, a new approach is urgently needed. Protracted conflicts in Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Sudan have driven over 4.5 million people from their homes—many...
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report
The Guardian
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July 2, 2025
Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown. More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are facing...
The Contemporary African Renaissance: Africa’s Lions Are Building with Their Own Hands, Voices, and Vision
Ammon News
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July 3, 2025
Dr. Mohannad Al Nsour Can we finally agree that the outdated image of Africa as a continent defined by conflict and poverty no longer reflects its reality? It’s time we acknowledge a different story, one of countries quietly rising and ambitiously...
Alliance of 8 countries promotes tax on wealthy airline passengers
Tornos News
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July 2, 2025
A new international alliance of eight countries has announced an initiative to impose a tax on wealthy airline passengers, with the aim of financing climate adaptation in the most vulnerable countries. The announcement was made by the French...
Africa Spain Summit: epicentre of Euro-African political and economic dialogue
Atalayar
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July 3, 2025
Event programme Promoted by the Spanish Government in collaboration with the European Union and organised by One Africa Forums, the Africa Spain Summit will be held in Madrid from 6 to 8 July. This platform for action is in line with Africa's...
From Fragility to Resilience: Organizing the Inaugural Pan-African Architecture Biennale
ArchDaily
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June 25, 2025
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Matawalle to Military: Embrace Innovation, Strategic Foresight in Tackling Insecurity
This Day
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July 2, 2025
•Troops kill 10 terrorists, recover cache of arms, ammunition in northeast •Police apprehend three wanted bandits, kidnappers in Abuja, Kaduna Linus Aleke in Abuja The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has urged military authorities...
Nuggets from AfDB’s 2025 annual meetings, by Femi Adesina
Eagle Online
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June 23, 2025
For five days (May 26-30), over 5,000 delegates and participants from 81 countries gathered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The venue was the Sofitel Hotel in that country’s commercial...
Addressing crime and insecurity: A prerequisite for accelerated GDP growth in Africa
Business Day
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June 23, 2025
As Africa strives to unlock its immense economic potential, one critical barrier continues to undermine growth across the continent: insecurity. While much focus is rightly placed on infrastructure, financial inclusion, and industrialisation, the...
Deni and Madobe Reunite in Garowe to Counter Federal Overreach
The Somali Digest
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June 23, 2025
Garowe, Puntland — Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam “Madobe” arrived in Puntland’s capital yesterday for high-stakes discussions with President Said Abdullahi Deni, recreating an alliance that three years ago proved instrumental in...
UN-backed report warns of escalating global drought risk, calls for ur...
The Morung Express
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Berlin, July 2 (IANS) Girls pulled from school and forced into marriage. Hospitals plunged into darkness. Endangered dolphins floated lifeless in the shrinking Amazon... These are not scenes from a horror film, but real consequences of some of the...
Matawalle commissions 84 CNG powered vehicles for armed forces
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 1, 2025
The minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Matawalle, Tuesday, commisioned 84 Compressed Natural Gas powered vehicles for the armed forces of Nigeria. Blueprint report that the vehicles were converted in collaboration with...
UN drought report offers grim picture
Energy Live News
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July 2, 2025
The silent catastrophe creeping across the globe isn’t a war or pandemic – it’s drought. While we’ve had a heatwave during the spring and early summer, parts of Europe are in full on drought under a ‘heat dome.’ But is this just part of the new...
UN-backed report warns of escalating global drought risk, calls for urgent action
Xinhua News Agency
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BERLIN, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Girls pulled from school and forced into marriage. Hospitals plunged into darkness. Endangered dolphins floated lifeless in the shrinking Amazon... These are not scenes from a horror film, but real consequences of some...