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What Nigeria, Cameroon must do to stop ISWAP’s expansion in Lake Chad basin
Premium Times
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July 1, 2025
Since 2021, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has intensified its footprint in Cameroon’s Far North Region through increased extortion of communities and a spate of brutal attacks on military barracks in Borno (Nigeria) and...
Lake Chad Basin governments should redouble efforts against ISWAP
Institute for Security Studies
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Lake Chad Basin governments should redouble efforts against ISWAP ISWAP’s hunt for resources is eroding the ability of communities in northern Cameroon to withstand economic hardship. Since 2021, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has...
Africa Unites to Save Donkeys as PADCO-2 Validates Historic Strategy
Capital FM Kenya
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July 1, 2025
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Jul 1 – The Second Pan-African Donkey Conference (PADCO-2) closed with a strong continental call to action, delivering three historic outcomes to preserve Africa’s rapidly declining donkey population. Held under the theme...
Enterprise native Chad Martin; Hoover reverend announce gubernatorial bids
The Troy Messenger - Alabama
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July 1, 2025
Recently, Enterprise native Chad “Chig” Martin and Hoover reverend Dr. Will Boyd both announced their bids in the 2026 Alabama Governor’s race, both as Democrats. Martin is an Enterprise native that founded Thunder Industrial Supply Company in...
Pak–Africa Relations: Historical ...
The Nation
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s historical ties with Africa provide a strategic foundation to enhance engagement through mutually beneficial partnerships in trade, development, and security. Since 1947, Pakistan has supported colonised nations, particularly in Africa,...
Detained Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra ends hunger strike
Africanews
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July 1, 2025
Chadian opposition leader and former Prime Minister Succès Masra, who has been in detention since mid-May, has ended his hunger strike after about a week of fasting, his lawyers announced Monday. " President Masra, physically weakened but morally...
Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in Chad as refugees find little help
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 29, 2025
Published: 29 Jun. 2025, 16:58 Refugees loads their belongings into trucks as they leave the Tine transit camp in Chad's Wadi Fara province for Iridimi refugee camp on May 3. [AP/YONHAP] Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
Study unveils water danger in S-African schools
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) A recent investigation by a South African environmental group has revealed that 43% of schools participating in a national water testing project found dangerous bacteria in their water samples. The results were published on Wednesday. The...
Wounded Sudanese refugees in Chad brace for impact of U.S. foreign-aid cuts
The Globe and Mail
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June 27, 2025
Arbab Sharif Ahmad, 33, survived a massacre during an ethnic cleansing campaign, but his five-year-old son was executed in front of him. As Mr. Ahmad fled from the Arab-led Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in...
Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighbor Chad as refugees find little help
Associated Press
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June 29, 2025
ADRE, Chad (AP) — Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two years. She did not expect Sudan’s civil war to displace her for so long into neighboring Chad. “There is nothing here,”...
One injured, bridge destroyed as IED ‘planted by ISWAP terrorists’ explodes in Borno
The Cable
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July 1, 2025
One person has been reportedly injured after suspected ISWAP terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at the entrance of Wulgo town in Ngala LGA of Borno state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake...
Africa moves to validate first-ever continental strategy to protect donkeys
TUKO
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June 26, 2025
The wellness of donkeys across Africa has been under a big threat as the meat and skin business booms with a target on the animals Stakeholders are convening in Côte d'Ivoire to deliberate on the measures to safeguard the well-being of donkeys and...
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
Scientific American
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July 1, 2025
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote...
African Immigrants Feel Targeted by ICE, Despite Following Rules
L.A. Focus - California
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June 26, 2025
Get More of the Stories That Matter! Stay informed with the latest in politics, community news, entertainment, and more – delivered straight to your inbox Sign up now! African migrants say they are unfairly being targeted for detention and...
UNICEF ED: Children bearing brunt of Sudan war, refugee life in Chad
Radio Tamazuj
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June 24, 2025
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Monday concluded a three-day mission to Chad, warning of the worsening crisis affecting children in the eastern part of the country that has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from...
South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Placing African Concerns on the Global Table
International Banker
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June 27, 2025
4 By Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs South Africa took over the presidency of the G20 (Group of Twenty) at a moment when the tensions and contradictions that had been evident in the global...
Chad's Secretary Of State For Petroleum, Mines And Geology Joins African Mining Week (AMW) 2025
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Khadidja Hassane Abdoulaye, Secretary of State for Petroleum, Mines and Geology at Chad's Ministry of Mines and Geology, has joined the upcoming African Mining Week conference as a speaker. Taking place from October 1-3, 2025,...
IMF ranks South Sudan poorest country in 2025
The City Review
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July 1, 2025
By James Chatim South Sudan has been ranked as the world’s poorest country in 2025, according to new data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), estimating the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita at $251. In the list, the...
World News | Sudanese Fleeing War Are at Risk of Worsening Hunger in Neighbouring Nations, UN Warns
Latestly
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July 1, 2025
Cairo, Jul 1 (AP) Millions of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan risk falling deeper into hunger as they seek refuge in countries already grappling with food insecurity, the United Nations warned. The World Food Programme, the UN's food agency,...