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Senegal Shuts Down Akon City Project Over Lack Of Progress
Naija News
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July 10, 2025
According to Bloomberg, the plan was to build a high-tech smart city in Mbodiène, a coastal town located about 80 kilometres from Dakar. Naija News reports that after years of little progress and missed deadlines, the government has taken back...
Trump Seeks Deal With African Leaders on Deported Migrants
Mint
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July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration discussed sending deported migrants to Africa with five of the continent’s leaders holding a summit with the US President in Washington. The topic, one of Trump’s top priorities since returning to the White...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Road Engineers And Transport Experts Conduct Working Field Visit To Dakar-Diamniadio-Thies Highway & Dakar Ter
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The ECOWAS Commission, as part of the final technical review workshop for the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan Corridor Technical Studies, conducted Regional Road Engineers and Transport Experts drawn from ECOWAS Member States to a day's...
President Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%
The Daily News - Michigan
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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import...
Akon’s Plans to Build a ‘Real-Life Wakanda’ in Senegal Have Been Scrapped
Robb Report
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July 10, 2025
Turns out Akon’s real-life Wakanda wasn’t meant to last forever. Senegal just ditched its plans for the singer’s multibillion-dollar smart city in the country, reminiscent of Marvel’s fictitious nation in its Black Panther franchise. Instead, Akon...
IOM report highlights sharp rise in unaccompanied minors, human trafficking victims in Morocco
Hespress
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July 10, 2025
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released new data revealing a significant presence of unaccompanied minors in Morocco, rising numbers of migrants requesting voluntary return, and ongoing efforts to assist victims of human...
Media reports more African nations facing US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to broaden its controversial visa restrictions to include citizens from 36 more countries—25 of which are in Africa—according to an internal State Department memo cited by The Washington Post over...
Prebendal Rule and the Democracy Challenge in Africa, By Jibrin Ibrahim
News Diary Online
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July 10, 2025
The post 1990 return of democracy in Africa skipped many countries that had established successful dictatorships that stood firm. In Equatorial Guinea, the 82 years old dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has been in power since 1979, making...
Akon’s Futuristic Senegal City Project Scrapped
Okayplayer
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July 10, 2025
Akon’s plans for a multibillion-dollar city development on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast has been scrapped. According to Bloomberg, the West African country has instead opted for a scaled-back project that will rely on private funding. Most of the land...
Exporting Borders: Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa
Statewatch
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Topic Country/Region 10 July 2025 The EU is pushing its migration control far beyond Europe’s borders. This report, co-published with the Transnational Institute, exposes how Frontex operates in West Africa under the cover of cooperation,...
Trump hails Africa’s mineral wealth
Kuwait Times
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July 10, 2025
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hailed West Africa’s rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Trump’s...
Trump asks Liberian president where he learnt English – it’s Liberia’s official language
Pink News
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July 10, 2025
Donald Trump met with African leaders at the White House (Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Donald Trump praised his Liberian counterpart for his “beautiful English”, during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday (9 July) – seemingly, and...
Treating Africa as a 'resource reservoir,' can the US project an image of being a 'better partner'？
Global Times
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Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times According to reports, US President Donald Trump met with the leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, saying that the US approach to the continent was shifting from aid to...
Watch: Trump praises English-speaking country's president on his 'good English'
RNZ
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July 10, 2025
By Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, CNN US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language, but the African leader was educated in Liberia, where English is the official language. As...
Trump’s humiliation is a wake-up call for African leaders
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
BY OLU ALLEN What unfolded recently between former US President Donald Trump and African leaders was not diplomacy—it was ritualised subjugation. A spectacle of dominance broadcast to the world. And the most damning part? The silence. The sheepish...
President Donald Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against Bolsonaro
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader’s use of...
Outrage with Trump after praising the president of Liberia for his “good English”...the official language of the African country
Metro World News
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July 10, 2025
Donald Trump caused an awkward moment on Wednesday during a meeting in Washington with the presidents of Liberia, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, and Gabon, by publicly praising Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s “good English,” apparently...
Morocco Women vs Senegal Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 12th 2025
Sportskeeda
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July 10, 2025
Morocco Women will face Senegal Women at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Saturday in the final group-stage game of their 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations campaign. The host nation have enjoyed a positive continental campaign so far and...
African Leaders Agree: Trump Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize
CNSNews
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President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, the leaders of five African nations agreed during a White House economic summit on Wednesday. When the meeting on commercial cooperation among the nations was opened up to questions from the...