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Morocco Women vs Senegal Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 12th 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...

Flutterwave secures full license to empower businesses in Senegal
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has recently secured a Payment Institution (PI) license from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). With this license, Flutterwave is positioned to help businesses in Senegal...

Top 10 most followed African Footballers on Social Media in 2025
Amid the growing use and adoption of social media, attention is drawn to African footballers’ following across major social media platforms. While the performance on the field of play always receives the loudest attention, the player’s fan base...

Trump talks ‘incredible commercial opportunity’ with his African lunch guests
Trump talks ‘incredible commercial opportunity’ with his African lunch guests Africa Confidential Was the invitation from United States President Donald Trump to the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal to lunch at the...

SMRs 'hold immense promise' for Africa
Thursday, 10 July 2025 The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says that participants at the recent Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa agreed "that small modular reactors hold immense promise for accelerating Africa's energy...

Senegal, Gabon, Liberia…Trump hosts five African leaders at White House
United States President Donald Trump has met with his counterparts from Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Gabon. The African leaders had lunch with Trump at the White House on Wednesday and discussed expanding commercial...

Senegal's leader flatters Trump with comments…
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called Trump a 'tremendous' golfer with skills in 'concentration and precision' that 'make for a great leader.' The compliments came as Trump met at the White House with five African leaders to discuss...

Harmattan hazards: How coastal west Africa can escape the Sahel’s fate
Summary Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo, are under pressure from two threats: jihadists and putschists. In these west African coastal states, armed Islamist groups increasingly cross northern borders, wreaking havoc. Civilian governments are...

Akon’s $6 Billion Senegal City Project Officially Scrapped
Senegalese authorities have officially abandoned Akon’s ambitious $6 billion smart city project. The government has reclaimed most of the land that was allocated for the proposed futuristic “Wakanda” city. Instead, officials have approved a...

Jasmine Crockett accuses Trump of being ‘racist’ toward Liberian president
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) mocked President Donald Trump for asking Liberian President Joseph Boakai where he learned English. Boakai joined the presidents of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Gabon in a Wednesday meeting at the White...

Flutterwave Secures License to Operate in Senegal
Advertisements Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company from Africa, has recently secured a Payment Institution (PI) license from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). With this license, Flutterwave is positioned to help...

First Trump Africa Summit; DRC Tensions; Shabaab Momentum: Africa File, July 10, 2025
To receive the weekly Africa File or tri-weekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Ellery White and Edie Tesfaye Key Takeaways: US-Africa Summit. The United States will...

Ghana ranked 76th in latest FIFA rankings, missing out on Africa’s top 10
Ghana’s Black Stars have been ranked 76th in the latest FIFA World Rankings published on Thursday, July 10, 2025, leaving them outside Africa’s top ten national teams as they continue the push to rejoin the continent’s elite. At the global level,...

Abeokuta ready to host 3rd African U-18/U-20 Athletics Championships
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA With just one week to go, excitement is building as Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, prepares to host the 3rd Edition African U-18/U-20 Athletics Championships from July 16th to 20th. This prestigious event will bring together...

Trump praises Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his English, Liberia’s official language
Trump knows nothing about Africa... or anywhere else in the world Washington, July 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders of five African nations he said were likely to be spared by tariffs: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,...

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing a ‘witch hunt’ trial against the country’s former president
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 are a driving force in the U.S....

Jasmine Crockett Accuses President Trump of Being ‘Racist’ Toward Liberian President
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) got swift criticism when she tried to accuse President Donald Trump of being “racist” and “embarrassing” during his meeting with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday. In her social media post, Crockett...

Nigeria has Africa’s worst record on women representation – PLAC
The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has expressed dissatisfaction over the low level of women representation in government, both at the state and national level. PLAC Executive Director, Clement Nwankwo, who made this observation in Abuja...

Trump's 'bored' body language during African leaders meeting hints at 'internal struggle'
President Donald Trump gave off the impression he was "struggling inside" during a White House lunch with leaders from five African nations yesterday, according to one expert. Judi James, a leading authority on body language, noticed that at one...
Sports Minister calls on Asantehene, seeks support to complete stalled projects
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