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Akinwumi Adesina
The Cable
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August 5, 2025
Dear friends, colleagues and partners with Africa, I wish to thank you for inviting me to speak at the Standard Chartered Bank Africa Summit. When I was approached to consider delivering the keynote speech, I did not hesitate. How can someone...
Kenya becomes 10th African nation to eliminate sleeping sickness
Down to Earth
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Kenya has successfully eradicated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed August 8, 2025. This marked the country's second victory over a neglected tropical disease following the...
Nine new envoys present credentials to Iran’s foreign minister
Tehran Times
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August 9, 2025
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received copies of credentials from the newly accredited ambassadors of Ethiopia, Estonia, Djibouti, Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Latvia, Myanmar, and Nepal in a Saturday ceremony, signaling Tehran’s...
The Global Inflation Outlook
Zero Hedge
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After the policy prescriptions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused accelerated inflation all over the world, what do those numbers look like in 2025? Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports...
Repression, poverty, propaganda : the Iteka League issues an indictment against the Ndayishimiye regime
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 8, 2025 — When he came to power in June 2020, following the unexpected death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, Évariste Ndayishimiye raised hopes. Hopes of a new lease of life, a break with the dark years...
KTDA factories earn Sh772 million as weekly tea sales decline
The Standard
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Ngere tea factory in Murang'a performing better at the Mombasa Tea Auction. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] The 70 small-scale tea holder factories last week netted Sh772.7 million at the Mombasa tea auction, following the sale of 3,219,852kgs. The...
TCRA: Tanzanians’ call costs to EAC member states drop 61pc in three months
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The cost of phone calls from Tanzania to other East African Community (EAC) member states fell by 61 percent between April and June this year, following the implementation of a regional agreement to make communication more...
Kenya Pushes for Ban Affecting 21 Countries
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 8, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called upon the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to enforce a ban on hazardous pesticides across its member states. Speaking on Friday, August 8, Kagwe warned that the continued...
Kenya urges uniform Comesa ban on hazardous pesticides
The Standard
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe during the 9th Joint Comesa ministerial meeting on agriculture, natural resources and environment in Lusaka on Friday. [Courtesy] Kenya is now calling for a regional crackdown on hazardous pesticides...
Pezeshkian: World must strive to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza
Press TV
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says all countries in the world must make serious efforts to end Israel’s crimes in Gaza and lift the blockade of the Strip. Pezeshkian made the remarks on Sunday as he received the credentials of new...
Tanzania commits to allow sea access to landlocked neighbours
Zawya
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Tanzania this week assured landlocked neighbours of unfettered sea access for their commerce, adding its voice to calls for sea routes, a point that has sometimes been contentious in the region. Prof Godius Kyaharara, Permanent Secretary in...
What next after Tanzania shuts ‘alien’ stalls?
The Citizen
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On July 28, 2025, Tanzania’s Industry and Trade minister Selemani Jafo dropped a bombshell: foreigners will be banned from operating in 15 types of small businesses. It’s a sweeping move that could dim the East African Community (EAC)’s dream of...
Serious Collective Efforts Needed to Curb Israeli Crimes: Pezeshkian
Tasnim News Agency
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August 10, 2025
The Iranian president on Sunday received the credentials of nine incoming foreign ambassadors to Tehran. In the meetings, Pezeshkian deplored the escalation of Israeli atrocities against the defenseless people of Gaza. He said it is necessary for...
Round Table in Awaza Highlights Science and Technology as Key to Prosperity for Landlocked Nations
News Central Asia
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August 6, 2025
On 5 August 2025 the first interactive thematic round table was held on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The event was themed “Structural transformation, diversification, and science, technology and...
Translating peace into shared prosperity in the Great Lakes region
Mail & Guardian
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August 8, 2025
In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP After more than three decades of conflict in eastern Congo, fuelled by over 100 armed groups, there is finally a glimmer...
Top 10 African countries with the least recovery in GDP from the COVID year to 2025
Business Insider Africa
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August 7, 2025
While some African economies have recovered well, others have struggled due to debt, inflation, political instability, and overdependence on a small number of businesses. For countries that have failed to restore economic momentum, the penalty is...
Tanzania targets LPG bulk procurement to cut costs, boost supply
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The government has embarked on major infrastructure upgrades at key seaports as it moves to bring liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) under the Bulk Procurement System (BPS), in a strategic move aimed at improving fuel security and...
“Wake Up or Perish”: Muluzi Sounds Final Warning as Malawi’s Donor Dependency Era Ends
Nyasa Times
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August 7, 2025
United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi has delivered a blunt and sobering message to Malawians: the age of aid is over—and unless the country radically transforms how it views economics, leadership, and its own potential, it will...
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy in the Eyes of Foreign Officials
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Gosaye Feyisa Launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2019, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) has grown into one of the world’s largest reforestation efforts. With over 40 billion seedlings planted and a target of 54 billion by...
Bukhungu stadium ready for FEASSSA games, Barasa says
The Standard
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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa during the inspection of the ongoing works at Bukhungu stadium in preparation for East African Secondary Schools Games. [Benard Lusigi, Standard] Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has given a clean bill of...