Latest News for: African countries

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Dismantling USAID could boost African self-reliance

Arab News 02 Apr 2025
An Afrobarometer survey of 34 African countries found that 65 percent of respondents wanted their governments to finance development with their own resources, rather than with external loans.
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Parks Tau plans US meeting to address Agoa tariff threat

Business Day 02 Apr 2025
Agoa provides duty-free access to the US market for most agricultural and manufactured products, such as cars and parts exported by eligible African countries.
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McEva Temofe: Transforming Africa’s Economy through Innovation, Empowerment 

This Day 02 Apr 2025
... the United Nations Headquarters and World Trade Centre in New York, is expected to attract global investors, development and trade partners, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from 54 African countries.
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Green transition must not undermine global food security – Dr Ali tells UN agency

B & FT Online 02 Apr 2025
The maritime expert said, “As a developing African country, which is already climate vulnerable and with an economy that is highly susceptible to shocks, there is no doubt that we will experience ...
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Trump’s second term: A rare opportunity for real African energy independence

Independent online (SA) 02 Apr 2025
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) believes Africa must seize this fleeting opportunity. For decades, international pressure has pushed African nations to abandon fossil fuels in favour of renewables, often ignoring the continent’s immediate needs.
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Market diversity is essential for SA's agricultural exports amid geopolitics and trade risks

Independent online (SA) 02 Apr 2025
... impact on that country's economy ... The main point being made by South African agricultural economists is that the country's agricultural exports should be diverse without seeming to minimise anymarkets.
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Market inquiries are regulators’ tool of choice in African digital markets

Mail Guardian South Africa 02 Apr 2025
Global digital players are entering African ... The Economic Community of West African States’s Regional Competition Authority published a cross-country report on its Digital Market Study in early 2025.
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Guinea junta says constitutional referendum to be held on September 21

Urdu Point 02 Apr 2025
... country to democratic rule.</p><p> The junta, which took power in a 2021 coup and suspended the constitution, made the announcement in a presidential decree read out on state television.
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100 Chinese electric buses hit streets of Ethiopian capital

People Daily 02 Apr 2025
ADDIS ABABA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Addis Ababa City Administration has introduced 100 electric buses across Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as part of an effort to promote electric mobility in the East African country.
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Guinea sets a date in September for a key referendum that would launch a return ...

Killeen Daily Herald 02 Apr 2025
Guinea’s military junta has set Sept. 21 as the date for a long-promised referendum on the adoption of a new constitution. The referendum would set the west African country on the path of a return to democratic rule. Secretary-general of ....
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Congo's leader commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup plot

Times Union 02 Apr 2025
Department of State announced late Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s new senior advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, will travel to Congo and three other African countries — Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda — starting April 3.
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DARYL SWANEPOEL: Climate finance mechanisms must not deepen inequalities

Business Day 02 Apr 2025
... countries ... African nations should push for significant reform that will ensure developing countries are at the table when critical financial decisions that affect their futures are decided.&nbsp;.
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Algeria shoots down military drone near border with Mali

The New Arab 02 Apr 2025
... saw a junta take control of the country ... The North African state is also concerned about the escalating situation in Libya, its eastern neighbour—another country where Wagner is reportedly active.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are about to be announced. Here’s what to expect

CNN 02 Apr 2025
These tariffs could hit developing countries particularly hard, especially India, Brazil, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian and African countries ... However, countries that follow in Israel’s footsteps may not be shielded entirely from tariffs.
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When profits matter more than lives | Editor For A Day

Chico Enterprise Record 02 Apr 2025
Over the past three decades, he has lived in various African countries, including Kenya, Angola, Malawi, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, relocating his family every 2-4 years ... This was achieved in just one small country.
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