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Mali Junta Continues War Against Free Speech, Multiparty Politics
Africa Defense Forum
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June 24, 2025
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing trend of jailing Malian critics of regional juntas. Traoré, who had just returned from an...
CBN Governor urges unity as Afreximbank hits $40bn in Assets, eyes stronger Africa trade
Nairametrics
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June 25, 2025
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, has called for strategic cohesion among African states amid the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) over $40 billion capital asset expansion as of 2024. Cardoso made the call on...
Donald Trump demands Nobel Peace Prize: Here's list of 4 US presidents who actually won it
Asianet Newsable
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June 25, 2025
Four U.S. Presidents have received Nobel Peace Prize — each for shaping global diplomacy in unique ways. As Donald Trump calls for his own nomination, we revisit legacies of Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter, Obama to understand what the prize truly...
Necaxa's Sylla fled Guinea as a refugee. Now he's living 'Mexican dream'
ESPN Africa
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June 25, 2025
It's been a long road for Ibrahime Sylla, who escaped persecution in Guinea. Now, at Liga MX club Necaxa, he's 'the happiest man in the world'. ESPNIbrahime Sylla is one of nearly 120,000 people who sought asylum in Mexico in 2022. His journey...
Minister warns against economic dependence on former colonial powers
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has warned against continued economic dependence on former colonial powers. Tuggar gave the warning at the...
Prominent Critic of Guinean Junta Abducted, Tortured
Human Rights Watch
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June 24, 2025
In Guinea early on Saturday morning, at least a half-dozen heavily armed men broke into the home of Mohamed Traoré, a prominent lawyer and former bar association president, assaulted him and his daughter, and then forced him into a car and drove...
Guinea secures US$131M to fund to invest in its fisheries sector
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 16, 2025
GUINEA – Guinea is receiving nearly US$131 million from several international development partners to support a new project aimed at increasing climate resilience in its fisheries and aquaculture industries. The funding package was unveiled during...
GUINEA INSURANCE, ELLAH LAKES lead gainers as All-Share Index dips 0.15%
Nairametrics
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June 17, 2025
The Nigerian All-Share Index closed lower on Monday, June 16, 2025, slipping by 170.77 points to settle at 115,258.77. This marks a modest 0.15% decline from Friday’s close of 115,419.54, as bearish sentiment in the banking sector weighed on the...
Gender Minister hosts regional dialogue on shelter operationalisation
Business Ghana
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The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), through its Human Trafficking Secretariat, has hosted a four-day regional experience-sharing mission on trauma-informed care and shelter operationalisation in Accra. Organised in...
International Big Cat Alliance holds its first assembly in Delhi
Hindustan Times
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June 17, 2025
New Delhi: The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) held its first assembly at its Delhi headquarters on Monday. A pair of Asiatic lion and lioness, seen in their enclosure on a hot summer day, at Sarthana Nature Park in Surat, India. (PTI) The...
Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over ECOWAS Chairmanship, sparking questions
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja. The first...
Guinea Establishes New Election Body Ahead of September Referendum
News Central TV
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June 16, 2025
Guinea’s military-led government has created a new electoral authority ahead of a scheduled constitutional referendum on September 21, a move that has drawn criticism over its credibility and impartiality. The new body was established by a...
In conversation | Grandson of Haitian president ousted by CIA breaks family silence in ‘Talk to Me’
Haitian Times
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June 23, 2025
Overview: Rich Benjamin, grandson of ousted Haitian president Daniel Fignolé, unpacks family secrets and U.S. intervention in Haiti in his memoir Talk to Me. The anthropologist explores identity, exile, and the legacy of political trauma across...
Tourism, trade & ties: 11 envoys present credentials to President Dr. Muizzu
Maldives Voice
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In a ceremony held this morning at the President’s Office, several non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners officially presented their Letters of Credence to President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. Each diplomat was escorted from Republic Square to...
Sierra Leone Government to Include Yenga in 2026 Census Test
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has confirmed that Yenga will be included in the ongoing small-scale test to record the location of buildings and households ahead of the 2026 Population and Housing Census. This was announced during a...
Guinea: Lax permit allocation behind mining permit withdrawals
Global Voices
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June 16, 2025
Image of mining site in the Republic of Guinea. Screenshot from the video “Guinea withdraws mining permits from dozens of mining companies” on the RFI YouTube Channel Guinea is an African country with vast mineral resources, especially bauxite (...
Brian Burke: Government has no iron grip on debt levels
The West Australian
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June 22, 2025
If a hungry horse asks for a fillet steak, don’t give it one. Horses eat hay. And if a politician tells you he or she is motivated by anything except self-preservation, don’t believe that. Not a day goes by when politicians from all parties don’t...
Guinea: Junta leader announces creation of “General Directorate of Elections”
Sene News
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June 15, 2025
The head of Guinea’s ruling junta, General Mamadi Doumbouya, has announced the creation of a “General Directorate of Elections” with a view to organizing a referendum on a new constitution on September 21. This announcement was made in a decree...
Guinea’s military junta sets up election body for upcoming votes
Associated Press
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June 15, 2025
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea’s military junta has created a new institution that will be responsible for managing elections, including a constitutional referendum in September and the general and presidential elections set for December. Guinea is...
Guinea’s military junta sets up up election body for December vote
WTOP - District Columbia
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June 15, 2025
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea’s military junta has created a new institution that will be responsible for managing elections, including… DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea’s military junta has created a new institution that will be responsible for...