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Why 'pan-Africanist' influencers pushed rumours of a coup
BBC
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Chiagozie Nwonwu, Mungai Ngige & Olaronke AloBBC Global Disinformation Unit ShareSave There have been real protests in Ivory Coast about upcoming elections, but in May the country was hit with false claims about a coup In May, Mafalda Marchioro...
UAE President sends letter to German Chancellor
The National News
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President Sheikh Mohamed on Friday sent a written message to Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany, regarding bilateral relations and ways to enhance co-operation. The message was delivered by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced...
Moo Deng: Why is the internet obsessed with a viral baby hippo?
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Africa: Digital transformation accelerates with investment, innovation
Business Day
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July 16, 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is accelerating, with growing investment, innovation, and expanding access. But infrastructure and investment gaps impede the scale and scope of progress. Expanding the continent’s digital future requires urgent and...
Iowa Corn Fosters Global Trade Relationships in Africa
River Cities' Reader - Iowa
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July 8, 2025
JOHNSTON, IOWA (July 7, 2025) — In early June, Mark Mueller, Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) Vice President and farmer from Waverly, Iowa, attended the US Grain Council (USGC) Buyers and Sellers Conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Roughly...
Okowa confirms Dynamic meet test ahead of African Junior Champs
Punch
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July 9, 2025
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, has confirmed that Nigeria’s junior relay teams will compete at the AFN/Dynamic Athletics Meet scheduled for today (Thursday) at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in...
Why Evolution Mining, Orthocell, Platinum, and Turaco shares are charging higher
The Motley Fool Australia
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July 10, 2025
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Send App by Flutterwave resumes transfers
Business Ghana
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After a pause, Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, has announced the return of Send App to Europe, offering Africans in the diaspora a faster, more secure, and convenient way to send and receive money back home. This...
The World Humanist Forum invites you to participate in its Third Open Assembly
Pressenza
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July 6, 2025
The Third Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place virtually on Saturday, July 19, 2025, starting at 10 a.m. Argentina/Brazil (1 p.m. GMT, 7 a.m. Mexico/Central America, 9 a.m. Chile/U.S. East Coast; 1:00 p.m. Ivory Coast, 2:00...
West Africa facing 10 per cent drop in cocoa output in 2025/26
Asian Trader Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Summary Cocoa-leading region coming off two below-average harvests Industry researchers downgrading their earlier 2025/26 forecasts Flower, young pod mortality rates high, despite improved weather West African cocoa production, which has faced two...
Africa’s plants: a database project has recorded 65,000 species – and is still growing
The Conversation
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July 10, 2025
The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and Madagascar has been included in the massive online...
Maritime Resources: A Low-risk Path to Gold Production in One of the World’s Top Mining Jurisdictions
Investing News Network
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July 10, 2025
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710272213/en/ Figure 1: Road Cut Zone Drill Hole Locations and Simplified Geology The Company also completed an initial test of the gap...
Singer Akon’s $7.7 billion ‘Wakanda’ futuristic city dream crumbles in Senegal
The Straits Times
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July 9, 2025
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – Senegal scrapped R&B singer Akon’s plans for a US$6 billion (S$7.7 billion) futuristic city on the country’s Atlantic Coast, and opted for a scaled-back project in the debt-stricken country that will rely on private...
VAALCO Energy Scales Up African Operations, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Platinum Partner
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 4, 2025/APO Group/ -- U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has begun refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast. The modernization is...
Motsepe's CAF reign of cash
MMEGI
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July 11, 2025
Cash has been the glue that has kept Motsepe's reign as football's top man going. Actually, the cash approach has been the cornerstone of the billionaire's reign as member associations, national teams and clubs start to reap the benefits of having...
ATIDI: De-Risking Africa’s Growth Trajectory Through Innovation, Impact and Integration
Capital Finance International
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July 15, 2025
15 Jul, 2025 As Africa’s leading provider of credit and investment insurance, the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) continues to shape the continent’s economic trajectory. Under the stewardship of CEO Manuel Moses, the...
How Termites and Ants Built the Tropics’ Best Soil
Green Prophet
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July 6, 2025
Part of the egress complex of a mound of Macrotermes michaelseni termites from Namibia, D. Andréen Biomimicry looks to nature for helping us engineer human products such as vernacular design For years, scientists believed the exceptional fertility...
Incoming Hershey CEO faces wall of challenges, not least cocoa
Just Food
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July 11, 2025
Fresh perspective might just be what the doctor ordered – in this case the board of Hershey bringing in a new CEO almost a year before incumbent Michele Buck was due to retire from the confectionery and salty snacks maker. Buck’s hands have...
Fifty years since Gowon’s overthrow
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
TUESDAY, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Kobo Resources Confirms Additional High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Kossou with 15.5 m at 2.3 g/t Au, incl. 8.3 m at 3.43 g/t Au; Outlines Next Phase of Exploration at Kossou
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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QUEBEC CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2025-- Kobo Resources Inc. (" Kobo” or the " Company ") ( TSX.V: KRI ) is pleased to report additional diamond drill results from the Road Cut Zone at its 100%-owned Kossou Gold Project (“ Kossou ”) in Côte...