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Gnassingbé Dynasty, (ECOWAS) and the (AU) partly to be blame...
Modern Ghana
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Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of the Gnassingbé family. Since 1967, the dynasty has dominated Togolese politics, with limited democratic reforms and...
An Open Letter to the ECOWAS Chairman: On the Ongoing Repres...
Modern Ghana
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Your Excellency, Before I begin this letter, permit me a moment of mourning. Oh sons of courage, daughters of resistance — your names echo in the winds of Lomé. You rose not with guns, but with grit — not with hatred, but with hope. Now your blood...
DOGE Issues Fourth of July Cuts Update
Newsweek
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July 5, 2025
In an update issued on the July 4 public holiday, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it had saved taxpayers $804 million by canceling "54 wasteful contracts." These included one held by the U.S. Agency for International...
MOWAA Announces Public Opening in Benin City, Inaugural Exhibition, and Artist Council During Nigeria’s Arts Season This November
Bella Naija
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July 4, 2025
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) is pleased to announce the official public opening of the first phase of its Campus and the Institute in Benin City, Nigeria, on 11 November 2025. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the...
Dangote Refinery To End Crude Importation By Year-end – Report
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote Refinery may end crude oil import as it considers sourcing the entire crude required for the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery capacity in-country. According to a Bloomberg report, the refinery will rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil by...
The Largest Russian Oil Trader: What Is Known About Murtaza Lakhani
Business Matters
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July 7, 2025
63-year-old billionaire Murtaza Ali Lakhani holds British and Canadian citizenships. He entered the top circles of global commodity trading decades ago by taking risky bets. Back in the early 1990s, Lakhani helped Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein...
Global Service Leader Sese Ntem to Head Rotary Club of Montecito
Noozhawk - California
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July 5, 2025
Sese Ntem, a community leader with more than a decade of service experience and a global outlook, has taken the helm as president of the Rotary Club of Montecito. Ntem succeeds Kim Stone, who steps down after serving the club the past two years....
2027: North solidly behind Tinubu’s re-election – APC
Eagle Online
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July 8, 2025
Senator Ajibola Bashiru, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the North firmly supports President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in spite of rumours of a gang up. He made this known on Monday in Ibadan, the Oyo State...
Ghana’s peace must not be taken for granted – Mahama warns amid regional instability
Joy FM
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July 1, 2025
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to remain vigilant and not take the country’s peace and stability for granted, particularly in light of growing political tensions and unrest in neighbouring West African states. Speaking at...
EBID Approves Landmark Investment to Supercharge West Africa's Growth
African Business
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July 4, 2025
This article was produced with the support of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development During its 92nd Ordinary Session held on 30 June 2025, the Board of Directors gave the green light to fund initiatives valued at €174 million and $125...
What a Difference a Day Makes: Rapper Raphael Olympio on the man who changed everything
Irish Examiner
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June 26, 2025
We’d moved from Togo, West Africa – first to a direct provision centre in Clonakilty, then Cork City. Togher Boys’ NS was my fourth school, including in Togo, which I’d left when I was five. It was a lot of moving, not a lot of stability. I don’t...
Ghana bets on Mahama to crack whip on corruption
Joy FM
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June 29, 2025
Ghana’s new government says it aims to retrieve more than US$21 billion allegedly stolen by public officials from national assets as it moves to crack down on corruption. Within six months of assuming office, President John Dramani Mahama’s...
ECOWAS Bank approves $100m for Lagos-Calabar highway project
The Cable
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July 4, 2025
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved $100 million in funding for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. The approval was part of a broader financing package announced by the bank at its 92nd...
New Goodwill Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomono...
Modern Ghana
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On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
Kenya On Fire Again, By Dimeji Macaulay & Nikos Anastasiadis
Sahara Reporters
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On June 6, 2025, 31-year-old teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang was arrested by the police in Kenya. Two days later, his father received the dead, tortured body of his son from the police. They claimed that he had died of “self-inflicted wounds,”...
Face of Defense: Congo Native Expands Horizons in U.S. Military
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.07.2013 Courtesy Story At 15 years old, a young man who spoke no English left Africa on a journey to America that would change his life. Born and raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Air Force Staff Sgt....
Names of first batch of President Mahama's Ambassadors out, Kojo Bonsu for China, Kulsoume Sinare Baffoe for Spain
Graphic
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June 21, 2025
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ECOWAS Bank approves €174m for investment, $125m to boost trade
News Diary Online
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July 3, 2025
By Rukayat Moisemhe The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), development finance institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has approved funding to boost trade, strengthen infrastructure and support social...
UHAS, partners launch Continental Nurse Leadership in Oncology programme
Ghana News Agency
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July 7, 2025
By Maxwell Awumah Ho, July 7, GNA – The University of Health and Allied Sciences of Ghana (UHAS) and its partners have evolved a new post graduate certificate programme to advance nurse leadership in Oncology (Cancer care delivery). The partners,...
ECOWAS development bank approves $100 million for 47.7km stretch of Lagos-Calabar project
Nairametrics
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July 3, 2025
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved $100 million in funding for the construction of a 47.7-kilometre stretch of Nigeria’s Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. This segment, designated as Section 1, Phase 1 of the project,...