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UAE’s port presence in Africa: Strategic infrastructure & influence
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Seade CAESAR Over the past decade the UAE has become one of Africa’s most consequential maritime partners. Two Abu Dhabi and Dubai based operators DP World and AD Ports Group now anchor long-term concessions, greenfield ports, inland logistics...
The US has China surrounded with bases, and yet is still fixated on 'deterrence'
The National News
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At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore at the end of May, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that “we are reorienting towards deterring aggression by Communist China” and that “China’s behaviour towards its neighbours and the world is a...
Reclaiming African identity: Grounding Pan-African Unity in cultural and ethnic authenticity
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Ben Brako Pan-Africanism, as a political and cultural ideal, has long sought to unify the continent’s diverse peoples under a shared vision of liberation, development, and solidarity. Yet despite decades of effort, the dream of continental...
FIFA Arab Cup important for Bahrain: Al Humaidan
The Peninsula
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August 21, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Bahrain forward Mahdi Al Humaidan has described the upcoming FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025, scheduled from December 1 to 18, as a crucial opportunity for his national team to bounce back after failing to qualify for the 2026 World Cup....
FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 really important for us, says Bahrain’s Al Humaidan
Qatar Tribune
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August 21, 2025
Tribune News Network Doha Bahrain forward Mahdi Al Humaidan has described the upcoming FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025, scheduled from December 1 to 18, as a crucial opportunity for his national team to bounce back after failing to qualify for the 2026...
Tokyo TICAD meet a golden opportunity for Kenya's maritime sector
The Standard
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August 21, 2025
On Monday this week, President Ruto departed Nairobi for Japan to attend the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), a platform that has shaped Africa’s development agenda since 1993. This summit, co-hosted by Japan,...
Time for Lamu port to shine in Mombasa decongestion plan
The Standard
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A container being off loaded from a cargo ship at Lamu Port.9th November 2022.[FILE/Standard] From next month, French shipping giant CMA CGM will shift all its transhipment cargo from Mombasa to Lamu. This will mark the first large-scale...
Japan, Turkey discuss defense ties, drone use
GCN
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August 20, 2025
Japan’s historic defence cooperation talks with Turkey mark a strategic pivot toward advanced unmanned warfare capabilities and expanded military partnerships beyond traditional allies. This groundbreaking diplomatic engagement represents Tokyo’s...
Beyond borders: Global migration crisis
Sabah
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August 20, 2025
The complexity of international relations and law in the 21st century presents a dilemma in migration governance. While many continents are dealing with the issue of refugee and migration crisis, there are certain regions where the refugee crisis...
Love or hate Abiy Ahmed, you can’t ignore his work
Independent (Uganda)
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August 20, 2025
COMMENT | MAHLET AYELE BEYECHA – CONNECT2AFRICA | On the occasion of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s 49th birthday (August 15), Ethiopia’s leader finds himself as one of the most praised and criticized figures in contemporary Africa. Few African...
Science AFP Geological report taken out of context to claim that new ocean has emerged in East Africa
Yahoo News
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Last May, a US magazine reported on a geological change taking place in Africa that could be very slowly splitting the continent apart. A video post recently circulating on Facebook uses a screenshot from the report to claim that a new ocean has...
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
Friends of Socialist China
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August 20, 2025
In the opinion piece below, originally published in Al Jazeera, Jason Hickel and Dylan Sullivan argue that Western hostility towards China is not driven by serious concerns over China’s putative threat to the “international rules-based order” but...
Japan, Turkey agree to begin discussions on defense exchanges
The Mainichi
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August 20, 2025
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, left, holds talks with his Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Kyodo) ANKARA (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler agreed...
US diplomat Warns Against Recognition of Somaliland, Cites Risks to Regional Stability
Shabelle Media Network
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August 20, 2025
MOGADISHU — Larry André, former US ambassador to Somalia, has urged the Trump adminstration to exercise caution before recognizing Somaliland’s independence, warning that any unilateral move could threaten stability in the Horn of Africa and...
Infrastructure sharing deal to boost digital connectivity in three African countries
Biometric Update
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August 20, 2025
Two major telecommunications companies operating in Africa, Airtel Africa and Vodacom Group, have agreed to share common infrastructure in a collaboration that is expected to boost digital connectivity in some of their markets on the continent,...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on Trump's return and Al Shara's debut at UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
Agreement to host AUSC Region 4 Secretariat
Daily News Tanzania
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August 20, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: The Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports of Tanzania, Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi, together with Uganda’s Minister of Sports, Ongwang Peter, have signed a hosting agreement for the Secretariat of the African Union Sports...
SECAM Official Lauds Eastern Africa Catholic Bishops for Innovation in Unveiling New Communication Policy, Digital App
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
He expressed hope that the newly launched AMECEA communication policy 2025-2035 and the digital App would bear abundant fruits for the Church and society across member and affiliate countries. According to AMECEA, the 10-year policy document “sets...
Kenya: Police bust illegal electricity ring fuelling khat farms
ESI Africa
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August 20, 2025
Kenya Power and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have uncovered a vast illegal electricity network in Meru County that was secretly powering dozens of boreholes on local miraa farms. Miraa is another name for khat, a shrub whose...
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Capital Ethiopia
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August 17, 2025
DESCRIPTION: Provision of Overland (cross-border) Transport Services from Djibouti to Ethiopia CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOIs: 22 August 2025, 12:00 hrs REFERENCE: EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-08 The United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia (WFP...