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Africa Is at the Forefront of a Digital Revolution — Hon. Seedy S.K. Njie
The Voice Gambia
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July 4, 2025
By: Haddy Touray Seedy S.K. Njie, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, has said Africa is at the forefront of a digital revolution but warned that the continent is increasingly exposed to cyber threats that transcend borders, compromise...
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
Sports Minister officially opens second edition of African Air-Badminton Championship
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Rihana Adam Accra, July 4, GNA – Mr Kofi Iddie Adams, the Minister of Sports and Recreation, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, officially opened the second edition of the African AirBadminton Championship held at the Laboma Beach Resort. The event...
On recent heatwave in Africa!
The Point
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Scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Climate Central found that climate change had also doubled the number of heatwaves in the world. The research also identified 67 extreme heat events that...
Gambia’s deputy Speaker calls for unified African security front amid rising threats
The Point
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Speaking at the official opening of the African Forum for Chairpersons of Defence and Security Committees in Abuja, Nigeria, Njie stressed that regional collaboration is essential to counter escalating insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. “Our people...
Africa News Live Updates: Two South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea after two years in detention
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Africa News Live Updates: Welcome to our live blog covering the latest from across Africa. Follow real-time updates on political transitions, security and peacekeeping operations, regional integration efforts, economic innovation, climate impacts,...
Ex-Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief with over 400 sextapes faces 18-year jail term
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
The embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is set to face 18 years imprisonment after he appeared in the Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga had been...
Equatorial Guinea Sextapes: Baltasar Engonga risks 18 years jail term
Premium Times
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July 3, 2025
Remember Baltasar Ebang Engonga? The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight, this time over allegations of financial fraud. On 7...
Prosecutors Seek 18-Year Jail Term For Ex-Equatorial Guinea Anti-Corruption Chief, Engonga
The Will
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July 3, 2025
July 03, (THEWILL) — A former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Edjo, may spend the next 18 years behind bars as his high-profile corruption trial continues at a court in...
Intrigues, Interstate Rivalry Undermine Actualisation of Single African Air Transport Market
This Day
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July 4, 2025
Chinedu Eze The plan to expand African air travel market is currently being hindered by intrigues and inter-state rivalry by countries that do not want the actualisation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). These countries, it was...
Baltasar Engonga: Controversial Equatorial Guinea Gov’t ex-official with over 400 sextapes faces 18 years in jail
TV47
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, a controversial former government official in Equatorial Guinea, is facing a potential 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court on Monday, June 30, for a corruption trial. The 54-year-old economist by...
Former Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief faces 18-year jail term amid embezzlement trial, sextape scandal
Prompt News Online
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, is facing an 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court over serious corruption allegations. Engonga has been in...
Baltasar Engonga: Ex-Equatorial Guinea Anti-graft Chief With Over 400 Leaked S3xtapes Faces 18-year Jail Term
Naija News
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July 3, 2025
The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is facing a possible 18-year prison sentence as his corruption trial continues before a court in Malabo. Naija News reports that...
Baltasar Egonga: Controversial Equatorial Guinea govt official sentenced to 18 years in prison for embezzlement
The Standard
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Baltasar Egonga Ebang [Courtesy] Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for embezzling over Sh 230 million (1 billion CFA...
Catholic Church’s Role in Education, Healthcare Discussed at Pope Leo XIV’s Audience with Equatorial Guinean President
ACI Africa
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July 2, 2025
Vatican, 02 July, 2025 / 4:46 pm (ACI Africa). The Catholic Church’s role in promoting formal education and healthcare in Equatorial Guinea was one of the topics discussed during the June 28 meeting between Pope Leo XIV and the President of the...
Gabon offers free tourist e-Visa for international visitors between July and September 2025
Nairametrics
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July 3, 2025
The government of Gabon has announced the introduction of a free electronic tourist visa (e-Visa) for international travellers visiting the country between July 1 and September 30, 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference in...
Cuba advocates for global financial justice at international summit
Cuban News Agency
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July 3, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, July 2 (ACN) Speaking at the IV International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Seville, Spain under the theme “Achieving a sovereign debt architecture oriented toward development”, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Inés...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha
NTV Kenya
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Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha After naming a 30-man provisional squad for the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya has now shifted its focus to preparing for the 19-team tournament reserved for players plying...
Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa...
Modern Ghana
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A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...