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AEC Reaffirms Support for WAES 2025 Delegation Heads to Aberdeen
Business Ghana
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Ahead of WAES 2025, NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, AEC, will visit Aberdeen on July 11 to deliver a keynote on African energy opportunities for the UK supply chain. The African Energy Chamber (AEC) – the leading voice of Africa’s energy industry –...
Esther Dyson to keynote 12th Angel Fair Africa at Google NYC
Business and Financial Times
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July 7, 2025
The 12th Angel Fair Africa (aka AFA@12) will be held at Google’s 9th Avenue offices in New York City on September 12. Angel Fair Africa is an event that brings entrepreneurs and investors together to do deals. This marks the first time the event...
CCECC: Powering Malawi’s Infrastructure Boom with Excellence and Innovation
Nyasa Times
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July 7, 2025
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Malawi Ltd. is rapidly transforming the country’s infrastructure landscape—winning national recognition and public praise for its impactful, high-quality work. Recently crowned Malawi’s...
Vision remains committed to Tongaat deal despite latest litigation
Engineering News
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Vision Investments subsidiary Vision Sugar South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to the acquisition of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett despite various litigation efforts having been made by a rival bidder. Vision says it remains fully...
The Story of a Storm Part II: Visualising Conflict and Displacement Data
Bellingcat
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July 4, 2025
Extreme weather events are increasingly forcing millions of people from their homes. Last year, floods and storms caused more people to be internally displaced around the world than war or violence. Driving food insecurity and competition for...
How Dior’s Women At Dior Initiative Is Supporting Young Female Talent
Forbes
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Dream for Change 2025 finalists at the Women At Dior and UNESCO partnership event in ParisEric Mercier On the occasion of the fifth Women At Dior and UNESCO Global Conference in Paris, falling just a week after Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Menswear...
Opinion: Gas to Power a wrong turn in South Africa’s energy transition
Engineering News
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In this opinion article, Dr Jonty Cogger and Paul Wani Lado, attorneys at the Centre for Environmental Rights, argue that the ‘gas cliff’ should not be used as a justification for building large-scale gas-to-power infrastructure without fully...
Dior Renews Partnership With UNESCO to Support Female Students
WWD - New York
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July 4, 2025
PARIS — Dior has extended its partnership with UNESCO to provide opportunities for young women through its Women@Dior mentoring and educational program. Olivier Sastre, deputy managing director in charge of human resources and sustainable...
Zimbabwe, Neighbours Face HIV/AIDS Crisis as US Freezes Key Funding
NGO Africa Watch
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe and its southern African neighbours are bracing for a severe HIV/AIDS funding shock after the United States abruptly froze its foreign aid programme, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The halt to US...
Rangers in the Red
The Good Men Project - California
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July 6, 2025
By Joe Figel National parks and other protected areas around the world went from being understaffed to entirely neglected after the Trump administration abruptly froze foreign aid in January 2025. The announcement generated grim headlines from...
Samia restates economic message as Comoros marks 50 years of independence
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has renewed her call for Africa to shift its focus from political liberation to full economic independence, telling Comorians that true sovereignty can only be achieved when African nations build...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Red Sea, Biofuture Platform and more (Week 117)
The Indian Express
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July 6, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
New Study Reveals Major Progress and Ongoing Gaps in Global Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays
Newswise
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July 3, 2025
Download Photo Download Infographic Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (July 3, 2025) – A new global study led by Florida International University (FIU), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and partners reveals strong conservation progress in...
Robbers threaten to behead Religious Sisters
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 4, 2025
Religious Sisters in northern Mozambique who were robbed at gunpoint have recounted their ordeal, describing how they were threatened with decapitation during a night-time raid. The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament broke their silence...
DD goes down to the grave with darkest political secrets: families of slain officials speak out
IOL
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The passing of former deputy president David Dabede Mabuza has prompted a wave of tributes across South Africa — but in Mpumalanga, where he once ruled as premier, it has also reopened painful memories for families who believe the province’s...
Russia Unlocking Africa’s Food Security: Model of Connectivity and Collaboration
Pressenza
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July 6, 2025
With geopolitical developments shaping the world, Africa is expectedly to change with the times. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opening new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also...
Aiteo’s Strategic Investments to Boost Production, Industry Stability
The Will
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July 6, 2025
July 06, (THEWILL) — The strategic investment in frontier energy infrastructure by the Aiteo Group will contribute towards achieving the Nigerian government’s objective of boosting production and stabilising the oil and gas sector. The Nigerian...
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Reaffirms Support For West African Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 Delegation Heads To Aberdeen
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( ) – the leading voice of Africa's energy industry – is proud to reaffirm its support for the West African Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled for November 18-19, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. In...
The World Humanist Forum invites you to participate in its Third Open Assembly
Pressenza
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July 6, 2025
The Third Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place virtually on Saturday, July 19, 2025, starting at 10 a.m. Argentina/Brazil (1 p.m. GMT, 7 a.m. Mexico/Central America, 9 a.m. Chile/U.S. East Coast; 1:00 p.m. Ivory Coast, 2:00...
Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South Afri...
Modern Ghana
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Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo...