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ECOWAS and its survival
Daily Trust
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July 4, 2025
Let me begin by congratulating the government and people of Ghana on the occasion of this year’s Republic Day celebrations. I must also commend the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Teshie, for organising this lecture. As you may be...
India Defers 'Cosmetic Changes' Over Mercury Threat, Even As Anti-Ageing Craze Grows
News18
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July 5, 2025
Last Updated:July 05, 2025, 07:30 IST An expert panel has warned that cosmetic products, often not subjected to toxicological scrutiny, pose significant danger when laced with mercury, especially through prolonged use The expert panel, DCC,...
NHRC boss, Tony Ojukwu, emerges president of West African human rights body
Tribune Online
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July 4, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nigeria, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has been elected President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA). Ojukwu’s election took place during...
Africa World Airlines takes off to Ouagadougou on July 1
Business and Financial Times
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July 2, 2025
Africa World Airlines had its first scheduled flight from the Kotoka International Airport in Accra to Dosin International airport in Ouagadougou on July 1 at 10am. Before take-off, Africa World Airline had a press briefing during which the...
What is BRICS and why does it matter?
Deutsche Welle
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July 3, 2025
Leaders of the world's fast-growing BRICS economies gather in Rio de Janeiro this weekend, promising to strengthen trade and technology exchange within the bloc in the shadow of US President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Brazilian President Luiz...
How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game of handshakes and photo-ops, but as a strategic extension of his domestic agenda to stabilise the economy, protect national...
Why Wagner’s exit poses grave consequences for Mali — Ex diplomat
Daily Trust
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July 4, 2025
The recent announcement by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group of its withdrawal from Mali has ignited fresh concerns about security, sovereignty, and humanitarian access across West Africa. The paramilitary force announced the move on June 6,...
A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries
Mail & Guardian
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July 4, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year. (X) A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz,...
Middle East peace is still for the dreamers as it is a delusion
Weekly Blitz
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July 4, 2025
As at the time of writing Hamas are considering a peace proposal put forward by the Trump Administration, Egypt and Qatar, to which the Israeli government have agreed. Naturally there are dissenting voices within Israel’s government who may yet...
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How India-Ghana ties can guide Delhi’s Africa strategy
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ghana, en route to the Brics summit, stands out as a strategic use of an intercontinental journey. On the return leg, the Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit Namibia. With these visits, the PM will...
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Mail & Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A vigil remembering journalists killed in Palestine held at St.Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on 28 January 2024. Photo by Leanne Brady Imperialism is on a genocidal offensive in Gaza, and has recently bombed its way through Syria, Yemen, Lebanon...
West African Compliance Officers Convene in Lomé for 2nd Grand Meeting, July 8-9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - For the second consecutive year, Lome, Togo's capital, will host West African compliance and anti-money laundering experts on July 8 and 9. The GRCRO, organized by the Togolese Association of Compliance Officers (ATCO), brings...
Drone Warfare And Its Impact On Africa, Ukraine And Beyond
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) From the deserts of Sudan to the streets of Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, drones are reshaping modern warfare. Once limited to counter-terrorism by a select few powers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now ubiquitous, with...
More Hearts transfers to come as Derek McInnes reveals his plans - plus a loan deal
Edinburgh Evening News
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July 4, 2025
Tynecastle squad are in Spain preparing for an EFL friendly Hearts play the final friendly of their Spanish training camp against Crawley Town on Friday, after which head coach Derek McInnes will re-evaluate the first-team squad. He brought 28...
IUCN launches LOGMe II to scale up land restoration, livelihood interventions
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 4, GNA – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched Phase II of Ghana version of its flagship land restoration sustainable livelihood intervention project, LOGMe II, in...
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
Africa's Great Green Wall gets 222 mln USD in FAO grant to strengthen resilience
Xinhua News Agency
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NIAMEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Niger have signed an agreement on a 222-million-U.S.-dollar grant for stronger resilience of Africa's Great Green Wall project. The agreement was...
Africa World Airlines launches Accra–Ouagadougou route, expands into Sahel region
Joy FM
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July 1, 2025
Africa World Airlines (AWA) has officially launched a new direct flight route between Accra, Ghana and Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, marking a significant step in its expansion into the Sahel region. The inaugural flight was announced at a...
AS PRESIDENT BIO HEADS ECOWAS
This Day
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July 3, 2025
If there is renewed commitment to leadership, West Africa can surmount its pressing issues, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE The 67th Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States ended last...
Mali’s promise of democracy fades as junta extends Assimi Goita’s rule
Modern Ghana
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Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic transition, extending his military rule for at least five more years without an election. Goita, 41, burst onto the public...