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Shanxi to expand decades-long medical aid in Africa
China Daily
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Zhang Bo Shanxi province is expanding its overseas medical aid efforts as it promotes a Sino-African health community while continuing to advance high-quality development in its own health sector, according to Zhang Bo, director of the provincial...
German Surveillance Plane Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser In Red Sea Points To Disturbing Pattern
The Drive
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July 8, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A Chinese warship targeted a German surveillance aircraft operating over the Red Sea with a laser, according to a...
Is America Prepared for a War with China?
[your]NEWS
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July 1, 2025
World War III may be just over the horizon; the signs are everywhere. Our foe has been preparing to fight us for decades. Yet the most powerful military in world history may have as little as three weeks of supplies to fight a years-long war. And...
Iran Update, July 8, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability...
ISSI marks Somalia’s Independence Day, reaffirm commitment to strengthen bilateral ties
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 1, 2025
- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 01 (APP):The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the Pakistan Africa Institute for Development and Research (PAIDAR),...
A currency stability that is unique in Africa
Zawya
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Ahmed Osman Ali,Governor of the Central Bank of Djibouti What are the main competitive advantages of Djibouti’s banking and financial framework? Djibouti offers a liberal framework, with no exchange controls, and a strong and stable currency...
Ethiopia, an unlikely outpost for France’s petanque
Taipei Times
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June 27, 2025
In an unlikely Ethiopian outpost of one the most French of pastimes, four men are leaning over their petanque balls, arguing over who is winning. Petanque, the bowling game also known as boules, is more readily associated with French village...
Academy Becoming Preferred Training Hub for Africa: Ethiopian Civil Aviation Training Academy
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 1, 2025 (ENA) - The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Training Academy is increasingly becoming the top choice for numerous African countries seeking aviation training, Acting Academy Director of Leulseged Gulelat told ENA. According to...
How Middle East instability could rattle African nations
Deutsche Welle
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July 1, 2025
European analysts worry conflict in the Middle East could be a destabilizing factor in already volatile regions of the African continent. "If the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates further, there is a risk that the various interconnected...
How Middle East instability could influence African nations
Deutsche Welle
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July 1, 2025
European analysts worry conflict in the Middle East could be a destabilizing factor in already volatile regions of the African continent. "If the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates further, there is a risk that the various interconnected...
African trade in a changing global financial architecture
CNBC Africa
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June 27, 2025
As Africa stands at the cusp of monumental economic transformation, the continent is embracing digital innovation and regional integration to bolster intra-continental trade. At the core of this transformation is the African Continental Free Trade...
President Ilham Aliyev congratulates President of Djibouti
APA
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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh on the occasion of Djibouti’s national holiday – Independence Day, APA reports. The letter reads:...
African Union and international community complicit in the Somali catastrophe
Daily Maverick
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June 26, 2025
Alan Paton’s classic South African novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, exposed how tyranny produced injustices and social rot in that beautiful and blessed land: South Africa. We may not agree with Paton’s diagnosis of the malady, but most will...
President Ilham Aliyev sends congratulatory letter to President of Djibouti
AzerNews
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June 27, 2025
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, on the occasion of the national holiday of the Republic of Djibouti - Independence Day. According...
Africa must not miss the boat on the WTO fishing subsidies deal
Premium Times
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June 27, 2025
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is on track to be adopted this year, with Ghana the latest African country to ratify. Nine more ratifications are needed to reach the total of 111, which activates the treaty. The...
President Ilham Aliyev Sends Congratulatory Letter To Djiboutian President
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, Trend reports. The letter reads: "Dear Mr....
Ethiopia, an unlikely outpost for France's beloved 'petanque' game
Modern Ghana
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In an unlikely Ethiopian outpost of one the most French of pastimes, four men are leaning over their petanque balls, arguing over who is winning. Petanque, the bowling game also known as boules,is more readily associated with French village...
Türkiye to connect Africa to global trade corridors with new pacts
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye will connect seven African countries to the Development Corridor Project and the Middle Corridor trade route through recently signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) at a transport forum held in Istanbul. Transportation and...
Türkiye to connect Africa to global trade corridors through new pacts
Yeni Safak
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Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu poses for a group photo with participants at the conclusion of the Global Transport Corridors Forum at Istanbul Congress Center in Istanbul, Türkiye, on June 29, 2025. Türkiye...
Israel-Iran war: Will Trump’s truce hold?
Tehelka
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July 1, 2025
With Israel pressing ahead despite Trump’s ceasefire appeal, the spotlight now shifts to Russia and China, whose growing influence may prove decisive in easing tensions—and containing escalation. A report by Gopal Misra In spite of US President...