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Tabreed teams up with CVC DIF to buy Abu Dhabi’s PAL Cooling in $1bn deal
The National News
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The UAE's National Central Cooling Company − also known as Tabreed − is boosting its presence in the country by teaming up with Netherlands-based fund CVC DIF to acquire Abu Dhabi’s PAL Cooling in a Dh3.8 billion ($1.03 billion) deal. As part of...
Sierra Leone’s Bio Succeeds Nigeria’s Tinubu as Chair of ECOWAS Authority
GNN Liberia
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June 23, 2025
West African leaders at their 67th Ordinary Summit in Abuja on Saturday, 22 June 2025 chose Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio as the new rotational Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for the next one year. He...
Tinubu Expresses Concern Over Slow Pace Of ECOWAS Standby Force
New Telegraph
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June 22, 2025
Share President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force, urging West African leaders to expedite efforts in the collective fight against terrorism and transnational crimes. The President raised...
A Strong Support for Democracy: An Afrobarometer study survey reveals
Business Ghana
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It is no secret that some African countries like Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea have welcomed military coups as a potential escape from economic hardship and political instability, raising concerns about the stability of democracy in the...
Ghana now hosts over 100 Chinese-owned manufacturing firms – Julius Debrah
GhanaWeb
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June 23, 2025
Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has revealed that Ghana is now home to more than 100 manufacturing entities owned by either the Chinese government or private Chinese investors. Speaking at the Ghana-China Business Summit 2025 on Monday, June 23,...
Tuaregs in Mali and Burkina file ICC complaint against armies, Russian allies
Modern Ghana
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Tuareg associations in Mali and Burkina Faso have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against their nations' armies and the Russian paramilitary group, Africa Corps. Several Tuareg community organisations filed a complaint with...
Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...
How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man, By Ademola Oshodi
Premium Times
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June 28, 2025
Presidents Tinubu and Macron in Paris. Some may ask: What is Tinubu’s foreign policy really about? It is about results. Nigerians are seeing cheaper food, more stable currency, safer borders, and new jobs. These diplomatic missions have yielded...
Court asked to investigate Wagner
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 23, 2025
DAKAR, Senegal -- The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal brief arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner Group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa on social media,...
'Israel's' aggression against Iran through the prism of the conflict in Ukraine
Al Mayadeen
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June 28, 2025
Ukraine and "Israel" are being openly recognized for what they are, instruments of Western imperialism. The world's attention has been focused during June 2025 on "Israel's" aggression against Iran, overshadowing the Western proxy war in Ukraine,...
Nigeria’s worsening hunger crisis
The Sun Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
It is disturbing that Nigeria has, once again, been classified as one of the countries facing acute hunger in the world. In a recent report, the United Nations (UN) listed it and 12 other countries as hunger hotspots of the world. The Lagos...
Sahel suffers most from terrorism, latest report says
TASS
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June 23, 2025
NAIROBI, June 23. /TASS/. Africa’s Sahel region remains the epicenter of global terrorism, accounting for more than a half of all terrorism-related deaths worldwide, the Africanews media outlet reported, citing the 2025 Global Terrorism Index...
DCGI responds on clarifications sought by Pharmexcil on export NOC guidance document
Pharmabiz.com
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In order to ensure smooth implementation of the recently released Guidance Document for Export No Objection Certificates (NOCs), the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has responded on certain specific queries raised by the Pharmaceuticals...
What is the worldwide caution alert? See travel advisories for US
Treasure Coast Palm - Florida
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Following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, tensions escalate between the two nations and their allies. The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide cautionary advisory for U.S. citizens abroad. President Trump's travel ban remains in...
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....
Sierra Leone’s Bio is new ECOWAS Chair amid regional challenges
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was made at the 67th Ordinary Summit of the...
Julius Malema commits to building houses for families of fatal bus accident
IOL
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At a mass funeral in Vryheid, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema vowed to build houses and boreholes to the families of the ten young victims who lost their lives in a bus accident. The tragedy occurred last Monday night near...
Jamaican travellers reminded to get Yellow Fever vaccine
Loop News
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The Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding Jamaicans of the importance of getting vaccinated and showing proof of Yellow Fever vaccination when travelling to and from affected countries. All persons older than one year, who are travelling from...
ECOWAS Commission urges speedy reforms amid member exit, organisational crisis
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 15, 2025
The Vice President, Commission for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission), Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, on Sunday, disclosed that the official exit of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc has taught the...
ECOWAS leaders meet in Abuja amid regional tensions and leadership transition
Africanews
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June 22, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Regional heads of state gathered to evaluate the bloc's current state, which continues to grapple with internal instability...