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WFP Warns of Looming Hunger Catastrophe in West Africa Amid $620 Million Funding Gap
teleSUR
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Photo: World Hunger Studios July 28, 2025 Hour: 1:54 pm The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for $620 million to prevent the suspension of food and nutrition assistance to more than two million people across...
India has highest rate of wasting in the world, despite 30% decrease in undernourishment since 2006: UN food security & nutrition report
Down to Earth
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As much as 18.7 per cent of Indian children under the age of five suffered from wasting in 2024, the highest rate in the world, according to the United Nations’ 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report released on July...
Al-Baour receives newly appointed Mauritanian ambassador in Tripoli
The Libya Observer
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Foreign Minister, Al-Taher Al-Baour, received Mauritania’s newly accredited ambassador, Weddady Ould Sidi Heiba, on Monday at the ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...
Cities Vs. Climate Change: Global Exhibition In Paris Inspires Action
Forbes
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Bold artworks by Shepard Fairey (OBEY) adorn the Hôtel de Ville façade in Paris.Brent Toderian A free, child-friendly exhibition staged in the City Hall, Paris, on how large cities around the world are fighting back against climate change has...
Dozens of West African migrants rescued off Mauritania coast
African Insider
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July 28, 2025
Nouakchott – Around 75 West African migrants have been rescued off the coast of Mauritania after their boat suffered an engine failure, Mauritanian and Guinean security sources told AFP on Sunday. Thousands of would-be migrants have died in recent...
ADEKEYE ADEBAJO: Trump’s banquet for Africa’s Lilliputians
BusinessLIVE
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The US president’s theatre of the absurd is totally detached from reality 28 July 2025 - 05:00 by Adekeye Adebajo The presidents of five west and central African states — Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberia’s Joseph Boakai, Guinea-Bissau’s...
As France's Africa policy collapses how do companies adjust?
Deutsche Welle
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July 27, 2025
The disruption is now in full swing, with more and more African countries, particularly in the Sahel region of northern and western Africa, rejecting the so-called Francafrique policy by their former colonial power, France. The term refers to a...
Libya win African minifootball title after shootout victory over Morocco
The Libya Observer
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Libya secured their first-ever African Minifootball Championship title with a dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout victory over Morocco following a goalless draw in regulation and extra time. The final, held on Friday in the eastern city of Derna, marked...
President Droupadi Murmu completes 3 years in office
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 25, 2025
Murmu, 67, was sworn in as India’s 15th President on July 25, 2022, becoming the first tribal leader to hold the country’s highest constitutional post. In her address, the President stated with pride that the Rashtrapati Bhavan has become more...
AFRICA/SENEGAL AND MAURITANIA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Fides
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July 23, 2025
Vatican City – On June 23, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , appointed Fr. Raphaël Ndiaye, of the diocesan clergy of Kaolack, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Senegal...
Mauritania's new US friendship group fuels anger amid Gaza war
The New Arab
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July 24, 2025
The US has provided Israel at least $17.9 billion in military aid since 7 October 2023. [Getty] In Mauritania, a newly launched parliamentary friendship group between Nouakchott and the United States has ignited outrage in the Northwest African...
Senegal Bans Motorbikes Near Mali Border
News Central TV
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July 26, 2025
Authorities in Senegal have enacted a nighttime restriction on motorcycles in an eastern area following recent attacks by terrorists who used bikes in assaults in towns just beyond the border in Mali. A decree released this week indicated that the...
President Samia pledges Sh1 billion reward for Taifa Stars if they win CHAN 2024
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pledged a generous reward of Sh1 billion to the players and technical bench of the Tanzania national football team, Taifa Stars, if they win the coveted 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN)...
Menfi receives credentials of new Mauritanian ambassador
The Libya Observer
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The Presidential Council (PC) head, Mohamed Menfi, received the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Wadadi Ould Sidi Heiba, in an official ceremony held Saturday in...
Alaska tops world in mineral potential
North of 60 Mining News
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Alaska surged to No. 3 in the Fraser Institute's 2024 Annual Survey of Mining Companies, the highest of any North of 60 jurisdiction. While the 49th State climbed from 11th place last year, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and...
Morocco positioned as green hydrogen leader with $300 billion planned projects
Hespress
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July 23, 2025
Morocco is accelerating its green hydrogen ambitions, with planned projects valued at nearly $300 billion, according to Gi2, a consultancy specializing in renewable energy. Leveraging its rich solar and wind resources and extensive coastline, the...
Behind bars and beyond scrutiny: Ohio jails deny migrant detention records
WLWT 5 - Ohio
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July 30, 2025
Newly released records reveal the Butler County Jail has become a key holding site for immigration-related detentions in Ohio, with more than 1,100 people held this year alone, according to documents obtained by WLWT through an Ohio open records...
Fatal police chase crash on Brady Street leaves rideshare driver dead, community questioning pursuit policy
TMJ4 - Wisconsin
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July 30, 2025
A police chase ended in tragedy on Brady Street when a fleeing driver crashed into a rideshare vehicle, killing a 28-year-old immigrant who was working to build a new life in America. RELATED CONTENT: Innocent man killed in Brady Street crash...
At Trump’s recent summit, the US talked trade. But West Africa wants security first.
Atlantic Council
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July 21, 2025
While it is still early in the term of the second Donald Trump administration, July has already proven to be another eventful month for both the White House and Congress. For one, the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act coincided with...
Is Trump using Africa as a ‘dumping ground’ for criminals?
Al Jazeera
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July 25, 2025
Activists and human rights groups have accused United States President Donald Trump of using African countries as a “dumping ground” for criminals he wants to deport after five men were deported from the US to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini. On July...