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Maroc Telecom and IFC partner to enhance digital connectivity in Africa
SatelliteProME
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June 23, 2025
As part of the agreement, IFC will extend two loans totaling $424.54m to improve mobile connectivity and enhance the quality of mobile internet in Chad and Mali. Maroc Telecom and IFC have announced a long-term partnership to support the...
Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) And International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Launch Second Phase Of The Africa Phytosanitary Programme
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, represented by the Department of Agriculture,...
Commentary | Living with the Long Emergency by Tim Stevenson: Eco-Fascism: The climate crisis and the rise of populist nationalism
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 23, 2025
Eco-fascism: “the weaponization of climate change by far-right populist political parties and white supremacist groups.” — European Commission It is no coincidence that at the same time we are entering the advanced stages of a rapidly unfolding...
Climate and Conflict Are Straining Minds in Nigeria’s North East
HumAngle
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June 16, 2025
Kaka Ali once came close to ending his life. The 27-year-old farmer, displaced by conflict in North East Nigeria, said he lay restless on a thin mat in the ‘Water Board’ displacement camp in Monguno, Borno State, his mind crowded with unpaid debts...
Maroc Telecom IFC Partner Through €370M In Loans To Boost Digital Connectivity In Africa
MENAFN
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June 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) RABAT, Morocco – Maroc Telecom and IFC are building a long-term partnership to support the subsidiaries of Maroc Telecom in Chad and Mali. Through this partnership, IFC will provide two loans for a total amount of...
Senegal tops the Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa 2024
ESI Africa
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June 23, 2025
Senegal and Kenya have jointly claimed the top spot in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) latest Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) for Africa 2024. Uganda, Namibia and Tanzania round out the top five performers, with Niger (number 10 on the...
Nigeria’s Push for Sustainable Economic
This Day
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June 22, 2025
Growth Through Natural Capital Accounting Nigeria needs to get everything ready for an economic boom, and one of the avenues to this is to get its environment ready and working for the benefit of all, which the Natural Capital Accounting stands...
Africa: Unlocking The Power Of Women And Building Strong Movement For Peace In The Sahel
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) NEW YORK, United States of America, June 13, 2025/APO Group/ -- Since the outbreak of crises in Libya in 2012, then in Mali and the entire central Sahel, as well as the proliferation of Boko Haram in the...
Southern Provinces, Strategic Link between North Africa & Morocco’s African Depth - Laayoune Declaration
Hespress
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June 21, 2025
Participants in the Parliamentary Forum on Economic Cooperation between Morocco and the CEMAC highlighted on Friday in Laayoune, the strategic importance of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom and the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region as a vital...
Violence And Herding In The Central African Republic: Time To Act
The Nigerian Voice
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What’s new? Ten years of crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) have fostered new dynamics in the livestock sector, exacerbating conflict between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers. The government, which has treated transhumance primarily...
ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...
Visit Smart Bird Feeders Connect Us to Wildlife —and Each Other—Like Never Before page
Audubon
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Though I moved away from my home state 30 years ago, I still miss the noise of a Georgia backyard. We’ve got plenty of bird sounds to enjoy here in Oregon, but come spring, I find myself dialing up my Atlanta kin and hoping they answer from the...
Trump invites China to make itself at home in Africa
African Business
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June 20, 2025
Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump’s Africa ‘strategy’ has been even more short-sighted and tin-earned than his most trenchant critics might have feared. Never one to show much of an interest in the continent, Trump appears...
UNHCR reports record displacement in West and Central Africa
Deutsche Welle
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June 20, 2025
About 12.7 million forcibly displaced and stateless people are in West and Central Africa, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). "From conflict to climate shocks, protection risks are rising — particularly for women and children, who...
100 Best Movies of 2010, Ranked by Tomatometer
Rotten Tomatoes
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July 9, 2025
(Photo by Fox Searchlight/ Courtesy Everett Collection. BLACK SWAN.) 2010 included unforgettable award-winning movies, iconic animation, visual effects delights, gritty action, and unconventional comedy in its motion picture roster. The list of...
Why so many tornadoes in MS in 2025 and what's next for the weather?
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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Mississippi experienced 72 tornadoes in the first five months of 2025, exceeding the annual average of 33-35. The early start to tornado season, with occurrences in January and February, contributed to the high number. A La Niña weather pattern,...
Juneteenth remains joyous at African American Museum’s block party in Center City
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Across the nation, some cities scaled back their Juneteenth celebrations this year. But in Philadelphia, the spirit remained defiant and joyous. More than 1,000 people flocked to an afternoon block party at the African American Museum in...
Three of five global hunger hotspots of highest concern in Africa: UN
Down to Earth
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In Sudan, famine was declared in 2024, and the situation is expected to continue because of conflict and ongoing displacement. Approximately 24.6 million individuals were anticipated to experience Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or higher) levels of...
Zoomlion Showcases Advanced Equipment And Localized Solutions At The 4Th China-Africa Economic And Trade Expo To Drive Development In Africa
MENAFN
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June 18, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Zoomlion highlighted a wide array of products including construction cranes, agricultural equipment, aerial work platforms and earthmoving machinery, which are specially designed to meet the unique performance, quality and...
Crop Comments: Africa Forwards Phosphorus Fertilizer Freight-Free to New World
Country Folks
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June 18, 2025
According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune (nola.com), “A large Saharan dust plume will soon blanket Gulf Coast.” That was the headline on June 6. The brown haze over the central and western Caribbean is a Saharan dust outbreak that left the...