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“He Was Treated Very Unfairly and He Prevailed”: Trump Meets Senegal’s Faye, Four African Leaders at U.S.-Africa Summit
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington today, 9 July, during a high-level summit with four other African leaders focused on trade,...
Trump to host five African presidents at White House
Punch
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump will welcome five African leaders to a White House lunch on Wednesday, with commerce and trade expected to feature prominently amongst a mixed bag of potential agenda items. The presidents of Senegal, Liberia,...
Why Trump invited five African leaders to the White House
BBC
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July 9, 2025
Abdou Aziz Diédhiou & Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Brandon DrenonBBC News, Dakar & Lagos & Washington DC ShareSave Donald Trump wants to do business in Africa - and is not interested in aid US President Donald Trump began a three-day summit in Washington DC...
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
United States President Donald Trump is meeting with leaders from five African nations as he escalates a trade war that could impact developing countries reliant on commerce with the US. On Wednesday, Trump hosted leaders from Gabon,...
Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China
The Brookings Institution
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Introduction In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a three-day summit in Washington, D.C....
Trump’s ‘African lunch’: Trade, tensions & travel bans on the menu
African Insider
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July 9, 2025
The presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon – five nations located along Africa’s Atlantic Coast – will convene at Trump’s behest.Officials from the countries have told AFP that they expect talks to centre on trade,...
NOCAL awards scholarship to 20 students
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 3, 2025
Twenty university students from across Liberia have benefited from full scholarships from the National Oil Company of Liberia to complete undergraduate studies in the sciences. By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh Monrovia, Liberia; July 3, 2025 – The National...
President Boakai Champions Regional Economic Integration and Growth at West Africa Economic Summit
GNN Liberia
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June 23, 2025
Abuja, Nigeria – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., today delivered a compelling address at the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), reaffirming Liberia’s unwavering commitment to regional economic integration, sustainable development,...
Peace is everything
The Point
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If we lose peace, we lose everything. Look around us at our brothers and sisters in nations once full of promise, now broken by the scourge of war, political strife, and lawlessness. Look at the shattered streets of Liberia, the blood-soaked soils...
Two Missing, two injured after ship attacked off Yemen
Al Bawaba
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ALBAWABA- At least two crew members were injured and two remain missing after a Liberia-flagged commercial vessel was attacked near the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, Reuters reported, citing a maritime security source. The incident occurred...
Self Help Africa to implement a demand-side subsidies project
Malawi 24
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July 9, 2025
One of Malawi’s largest distributors of cook-stoves- Self Help Africa (SHA) will implement a-21 21-month Malawi Demand-Side Subsidies project, which is aimed at increasing access to improved energy technologies in Dowa district. The project is...
Chamber of Mines Lauds GOL for US$1.8B Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal
Liberian Observer
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The Liberia Chamber of Mines has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Government of Liberia and U.S.-owned Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc. following the signing of a landmark US$1.8 billion concession and access agreement, describing the deal as a...
Second ship attacked by grenades as Red Sea crisis intensifies
LBC
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7 July 2025, 22:00 Container ship at sunrise. Picture: Alamy A second merchant ship has been attacked by men launching five rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) from small boats in the Red Sea. Listen to this article Two crew were injured and two...
Gov’t increases gasoline and fuel prices
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 7, 2025
The Government of Liberia increases prices of petroleum products amid rising economic hardship across the country. By Stephen G. Fellajuah Monrovia, Liberia; July 7, 2025 – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) in collaboration with the...
How Houthis have mounted terrifying return to scourge Red Sea again months after Trump said they ‘don’t want to fight’
The U.S. Sun
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July 11, 2025
THE Houthis have mounted a terrifying return to scourge the Red Sea after seven months. Despite Donald Trump's recent Yemen blitz to thwart the group, they appear to have come back fighting stronger - hammering two cargo ships within days of one...
India's Kerala state seeks $1.1 billion in compensation from MSC over oil spill
KDAL - Minnesota
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By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation after one of its container vessels sank and leaked fuel into the Arabian Sea in...
Oil Climbs 2% as Houthi Rebels Hit Second Greek Vessel in Red Sea
Oil Price
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July 7, 2025
A Greek-operated bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday in the second Houthi strike on commercial shipping in less than 24 hours, stoking fears of a renewed escalation in one of the world’s most critical oil transit corridors, Arab and...
Kerala state seeks $1.1 billion in compensation from MSC over oil spill
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 8, 2025
New Delhi: India's southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation after one of its container vessels sank and leaked fuel into the Arabian Sea in May. The high court in Kerala...
Nigeria: NMCN inducts 365 foreign-trained nurses
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 3, 2025
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has inducted 365 foreign-trained nurses into the profession. Nursing graduates from 15 foreign institutions completed their adaptation program in 10 Nigerian universities in Bachelor of Nursing...
Two crew dead after second ship attacked off Yemen
The National News
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Three crew members of a Greek-operated bulk carrier have been killed in an attack by sea drones and speedboats off Yemen, an EU mission and a delegation from Liberia told a meeting of the UN shipping agency IMO on Tuesday. The Eternity C, a...