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WATCH LIVE: Trump holds White House summit with African leaders
The Gazette - Colorado
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President Donald Trump is participating in a multilateral lunch with African leaders on Wednesday. The working lunch in Washington will begin around noon with the presidents of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Gabon for a...
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...
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Retires Early, Calls It “a Personal Choice,” Denies U.S. Pressure on Deportees
Front Page Africa
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July 11, 2025
Mark Toner, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, retires early citing “a personal choice” Toner also denies U.S. news media that the reason for President Trump’s meeting with President Boakai and four African leaders was to pressure them to take third...
WHO honors global leaders for driving Pandemic Agreement adoption
Medical News
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July 12, 2025
The World Health Organization has formally recognized the pivotal role of a number of heads of state and government in securing the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2025. At a special event...
Trump Ridiculed for Asking to Move a 'Bit Quicker' While Meeting With African Leaders: 'How Rude'
International Business Times
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump is being criticized by social media users after telling an African leader to keep their remarks brief during a meeting with multiple leaders, encouraging them to stick to the schedule for the event. Trump met with the...
'Sulking' Trump reveals sign he's 'struggling inside' during meeting with world leaders
Irish Star
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July 9, 2025
President Trump appeared to be "struggling inside" when he hosted leaders from five different African nations for lunch at the White House on Wednesday. Body language expert Judi James noted that the US President seemed to be “sulking” at one...
Int’l travel restrictions spark fresh row over absence of ambassadors
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 10, 2025
The diplomatic community yesterday rued the brewing spat between Nigeria and the United States, partly blaming it on poor handling in the absence of full-fledged ambassadors in Nigeria’s various foreign missions overseas. This is just as the...
Aston Villa monitor Chelsea and Manchester United stars as transfer window heats up
talkSPORT
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July 16, 2025
Aston Villa are monitoring both Nicolas Jackson and Alejandro Garnacho, talkSPORT understands. Unai Emery previously managed Chelsea forward Jackson during his tenure in charge of Villarreal. 4 Villa are monitoring Jackson's situation at Chelsea...
Chelsea will "immediatly" move for Morgan Rogers is Aston Villa make Nicolas Jackson offer
Tribal Football
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Aston Villa's pursuit of striker Nicolas Jackson would reportedly "immediately trigger" a move for Morgan Rogers from Chelsea. Chelsea are understood to be increasingly open to letting Jackson, 24, leave the club this summer following the arrivals...
Trump pressing African leaders to take deported migrants, sources say
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
MONROVIA, Liberia - The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters on July 10. The plan was...
Trump targets Brazil for 50% import taxes
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 10, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, breaking...
No Nation Is Immune To Maritime Insecurity – CDS
Daily Guide
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July 11, 2025
Service Chiefs in a group photograph during the closing ceremony of IMDEC 2025 CHIEF OF Army Staff, Lt. General William Agyapong, has called on African leaders to take a second look at the existing security strategies that govern the maritime...
Nigeria rejects US pressure to accept deported Venezuelans
Deutsche Welle
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July 11, 2025
Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar on Friday said that his country would not bow to increasing US pressure to accept deported Venezuelans as President Donald Trump wants them to do. Tuggar said Trump was attempting to strong-arm...
U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
For decades, Nigeria, the country that is home to the largest black population in the world, has proudly carried the epithet: ‘Giant of Africa.’ For this, it has often been in the forefront in the defense and propagation of the sovereignty and...
History imposes a burden on us to speak out in defence of the Palestinians
Daily Maverick
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July 4, 2025
President Nelson Mandela said in December 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” These words are more than the rhetoric of solidarity, and are not merely a statement of fact. They are also...
Second rocket launch from Oman's spaceport called off but momentum builds
The National News
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Oman's ambitious mission to develop a commercial rocket launch site to put the country at the centre of the region's growing space sector is taking shape, even after a recent test mission setback. Oman's plans to carry out a second rocket launch...
Valor makes Namibia move
TPH News
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July 9, 2025
International hotel management group Valor Hospitality Partners has signed a three hotel deal that will see it adding Namibia to its growing list of country markets where it has a presence. The additions come at a busy time for Valor, as it works...
Man Utd Want to Sign £100m Striker in Garnacho Swap Deal
GiveMeSport
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July 16, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your GiveMeSport account Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has turned his attention towards recruiting Nicolas Jackson and could end up luring the Chelsea star to Old Trafford in a deal which would see...
African Atlantic Gas Pipeline's Technical Committee, Steering Committee Hold Meetings
Hespress
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July 12, 2025
As part of the project’s governance and in accordance with the memoranda of understanding signed among national oil companies, meetings of the Technical Committee and the Steering Committee were held on July 10-11 in Rabat to assess the project’s...
Nigeria says US pressuring Africa to accept Venezuelan deportees
The Gazette - Colorado
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria's foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa's most populous country could not accommodate them...