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Exim Bank @28: A story of growth, innovation and progress
Daily News Tanzania
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August 18, 2025
Dar es Salaam: Exim Bank Tanzania, one of the leading financial institutions in the region, is today celebrating its 28th anniversary under the theme, ‘28 Years of Progressing with You.’ The celebratory event, held at the bank’s head office Exim...
Luanda summit targets Africa's $100 billion infrastructure funding gap
The Standard
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A section of Narobi Expressway as captrured from Westlands on April 23, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] African heads of state will gather in Luanda from October 28-31 for a high-stakes summit aimed at closing the continent’s $100 billion annual...
United Republic of Tanzania charts roadmap for info-sharing centre to boost maritime security
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
Progress has been made towards operationalising the National Maritime Information Sharing Centre (NMISC) in the United Republic of Tanzania to advance the country’s maritime security capabilities. A national workshop in Dar Es Salaam (4-7 August)...
Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre and cable landing station
Mobile Europe
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August 18, 2025
Ooredoo has inaugurated a combined data centre and submarine cable landing station in Salalah, the first such facility in southern Oman. The site has launched with space for 125 server racks and is designed to expand to 500 in phases, supporting...
Ethiopian migrants face kidnappings and death, leaving behind heartbroken families
WSLS - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
ADDIS ABABA – When 19-year-old Nigus Yosef told his parents he was going to leave home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and try to get to Saudi Arabia, they begged him not to go. Two of their children had already made the crossing, via the Gulf of Aden...
Crew of seized vessel confirm Houthi weapon smuggling routes
Lloyd's List
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THE crew of a vessel seized by the Yemeni National Resistance Forces, a paramilitary group loyal to the Yemeni government, claim that Iran transports weapons to the Houthis via Somalia and even Djibouti. Their vessel, Al-Sharwa, was intercepted...
Afrik Allianz To Lead The Next Wave Of Global Investments In Africa
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
United States and Ghanaian registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
Curry and Price
Times Aerospace
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China's investment in African mining has fueled its growing demand for these resources, especially for electric vehicles and other technologies. Developing its Silk Road initiative sea ports to control strategic trade routes has also been at play...
Are China's Aircraft Carriers Nuclear-Powered?
SlashGear
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August 17, 2025
In today's modern naval landscape, where aircraft carriers reign supreme, nuclear propulsion technology defines the geographic scope of a country's strategies. Offering extended range, larger carrier capacity, and greater speeds, nuclear-powered...
Lamu Port roars to life as nine mega ships scheduled to call
The Standard
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A cargo ship off loads containers at Lamu Port. [File, Standard] At least nine ships are scheduled to dock at the Lamu Port in August, signifying its growing importance in East Africa's seaborne trade as the region's small ports struggle with...
How an Air Force veteran became a life-saving double organ donor
We Are The Mighty
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August 17, 2025
U.S. Air Force veteran Lindsay Gutierrez went above and beyond the “service after service” mentality when she volunteered to donate life-saving organs not just once, but twice. In a rare and heroic act, she donated one of her kidneys to save the...
IGAD warns member states are underutilizing...
Capital Ethiopia
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August 17, 2025
The Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) has issued a warning that member states in the Greater Horn of Africa are not fully leveraging their fisheries resources, leading to a substantial loss of economic and food security...
Foreign Office puts 72 countries on 'do not travel' list with UK tourists warned
Birmingham Live
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August 17, 2025
Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to security issues, health risks and legal differences with the UK. The Foreign Office has placed a string of countries on a "do...
President Pezeshkian calls for action against Israeli crimes in Gaza
Iran Front Page
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August 11, 2025
Speaking during the ceremony for the presentation of credentials for new ambassadors from Ethiopia, Estonia, Djibouti, Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Latvia, Myanmar, and Nepal, the president highlighted the alarming continuation and escalation of...
New trail of hope
Daily News Tanzania
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August 17, 2025
TANZANIA and Burundi marked a significant milestone yesterday with the launch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) construction, connecting Uvinza in Kigoma Region to Musongati in Burundi. The 300-kilometre railway line is poised to boost regional...
Ethiopia: We Are Here To Resist, Strive and Purge
Eritrea Digest
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August 16, 2025
Resist. Strive. Purge. According to the Ethiopian ruling party’s self-assessment, since it came to power Seven (7) Years Ago, it has brought about tangible changes on Three (3) National Agendas, despite the fact that, over the Last Two (2) Years,...
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...
Pezeshkian urges world states to stop Israeli crimes in Gaza
Mehr News Agency
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August 10, 2025
Speaking in the ceremony of receiving credentials of new ambassadors of nine countries including Ethiopia, Estonia, Djibouti, Laos, Cambodia, Burundi, Latvia, Myanmar and Nepal on Sunday, Pezeshkian wished evermore success to the newly-appointed...
Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, OIC, GCC slam so-called 'Greater Israel Vision'
Gulf Times
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August 16, 2025
The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, and the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), condemned in the strongest terms the statements made by...
51 martyred in Zionist war of extermination
Kuwait Times
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August 16, 2025
RAMALLAH: Health authorities in the Gaza Strip announced Saturday that 51 Palestinians were killed and 369 others wounded in the past 24 hours amid the ongoing Zionist military campaign. In a press statement, the authorities said 17 of those...