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Top 10 African countries with the lowest leap in government debt from 2024 to 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 26, 2025
While borrowing is sometimes required to promote development, the capacity to sustain a minimal year-on-year increase in government debt indicates good economic management, maintains macroeconomic stability, and fosters long-term resilience. As...
African Renaissance?
Radio Jamaica
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By Bumpy Walker “Nuclear fission energy will be commercial in thirty years” is the oft repeated truism on the promise of low cost, carbon free, endless energy. This has been the statement taught to every student of nuclear physics for the last...
How will the Iran crisis impact Africa?
Institute for Security Studies
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How will the Iran crisis impact Africa? The conflict in Iran may seem far away, but it’s creating volatility that African leaders must act on urgently. Israel, Iran and the United States’ (US) escalating hostilities have sent geopolitical tremors...
Nation and world at a glance
The Vindicator - Ohio
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Oil rises, US stock futures slip as markets react to US strikes NEW YORK — The price of oil rose and U.S. stock futures fell as global markets react to the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran. The price of Brent crude oil, the...
'Best place to eat near Oxford station' named in Good Food Guide
Oxford Mail
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The Good Food Guide has named Lula's Ethiopian Restaurant in Frideswide Square as the best place to eat near Oxford train station, in its definitive guide to eateries for rail travellers in Britain. The restaurant opened in 2021 in the central...
Between Recognition and Realignment: Ethiopia Treads Lightly in Somaliland
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
Ethiopia’s pursuit of strategic maritime access entered a potentially pivotal phase last week, following the introduction of the ‘Somaliland Independence Act’ by US Congressman Scott Perry. The move signals a potential shift in Washington’s...
33 new books you’ll want to read this summer from independent publishers
Orange County Register - California
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June 24, 2025
It’s the perfect time of the year to celebrate our independents. By that, we mean independent presses — the small publishers powered by literary true believers, committed to putting out curated works that challenge the mainstream, and that are too...
My journey through Graphic 10
Graphic
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June 23, 2025
This was after I had joined a fairly long queue of people who had also suffered the same predicament. So how was I going to cope with the situation? It was not my first time though, but it had been a long time since I last lost my luggage. On two...
The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) A Blue Economy Framework
Zehabesha
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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad September 18th, 2023 The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) is generally marked by conflicts, tribal/clan competition for power, and shallow nationalism, and seemingly hollow conditioned aid. Some of the states have collapsed...
Cleaner energy for displaced lives
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Hilina was born in the Ali-Addeh camp in Djibouti. It is the only home she has ever known. 17 000 people live in this camp alone. ©FAO/Nick Oloo 20/06/2025 Squatting next to a compact and energy-efficient stove, Hilina stirs her soup, smiling....
Breaking barriers in Ethiopian Athletics
Capital
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June 22, 2025
Elias Abi Chacra, a 75-year-old retired academic with a PhD in Geography and a master’s in Sport Science, has dedicated his post-retirement years to transforming Ethiopian athletics. Drawing from decades of experience as an athlete, coach, and...
US-Africa summit calls for commercial diplomacy - and respect
African Business
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June 24, 2025
The United States of America’s commercial strategy in Africa is evolving in line with the needs of its business community, according to Troy Fitrell, a senior bureau official at the Bureau of African Affairs in the US Department of State. Fitrell,...
Between Liberalization and Geopolitics: Ethiopia’s Quest for Economic Stability, Sea Access
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
Tsegaye Degineh (PhD) is a prominent economist, management expert, and public diplomacy researcher whose life journey has spanned continents and careers. Born in Addis Ababa, he left Ethiopia for East Germany in 1988 at the age of 20, driven by a...
Flutterwave boosts Cameroon’s businesses with 34th country licence
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Flutterwave has officially launched its digital payment services in Cameroon after securing a Payment Service Provider licence from the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC). This milestone, achieved through a technical partnership with...
A Voice Between the Banks: A Letter from Sumaya
Awate
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June 20, 2025
Narrator of I & Eye: The Mirror, Exile & the Nile Editor’s Note: The following letter comes from Sumaya, the narrator of Beyan Negash’s forthcoming novel I & Eye: The Mirror, Exile & the Nile. As “The River Remembers” continues its literary...
From reformers to rulers: Why today’s revolutionaries become tomorrow’s tyrants — Khoo Ying Hooi
Malay Mail
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June 22, 2025
JUNE 22 — It is one of the most tragic paradoxes in political history: yesterday’s reformists become today’s authoritarians. From liberation leaders turned autocrats to anti-corruption crusaders accused of graft, the world has witnessed the slow...
South Africa leads Africa in the latest global press freedom ranking
Business Insider Africa
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June 21, 2025
In the newly released 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), South Africa has been ranked as the most press-friendly country in Africa, placing 27th out of 180 countries globally, a notable jump of 11 positions from its...
10 African countries where press freedom is on the decline
Business Insider Africa
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June 21, 2025
At the core of this attack on press freedom as seen in some African countries is a complex interplay of factors, including political regimes tightening control over information, inaccessible legal systems, and the exertion of state and corporate...
Solidus Techno Power Partners with Sol-Bright to Launch Robotic Cleaning at 28.7 MWp Plant
Energetica India
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June 21, 2025
The collaboration begins with the deployment of dry-type robotic cleaning systems at Solidus’ 28.71 MWp solar PV project in Kitasar, Rajasthan—but it is designed to extend across Solidus' expanding national portfolio in the coming years. June 21,...
Highly Anticipated Nile River Basin Commission to Be Formed in September
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
“Egypt is actively working to prevent the reorganization”- NBI Advisor A new institution, tentatively called the Nile River Basin Commission, is set to be formed in September, according to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). A special committee has...