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Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
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Guinea-Bissau President, Niger Republic PM, others in Daura for Buhari’s burial
President Bola Tinubu, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau, and Niger Republic Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine were among thousands of high-profile dignitaries who attended the funeral rites of the late former President Muhammadu...

Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, Others, Attend Buhari’s Funeral Rites In Daura
News Investigators/ President Bola Tinubu, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Niger Republic Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, were among thousands of people who attended the funeral rites of the late former President Muhammadu...
Wockhardt’s Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala appointed health advisor to Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister
Wockhardt executive director and CEO of Wockhardt Foundation Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala has been appointed health advisor to the prime minister of Guinea - Bissau, Rui Duarte Barros. This appointment recognizes Dr. Khorakiwala’s expertise and...

Wockhardt’s Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala appointed health advisor to PM of Guinea-Bissau
New Delhi: Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Executive Director, Wockhardt and CEO of the Wockhardt Foundation, has been appointed health advisor to the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Rui Duarte Barros. It is indicated that in this...

Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, Niger PM pay last respect to Buhari
President Bola Tinubu, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Niger Republic Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, were among thousands of people who attended the funeral rites of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in...

Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau Leader, others attend Buhari’s funeral rites at Daura
President Bola Tinubu, alongside President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Niger Republic’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine, joined thousands in Daura, Katsina State, to pay their final respects at the funeral of former President...

Buhari’s burial: Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, others attend in Daura
By Zubairu Idris Daura (Katsina State), July 15, 2025 (NAN) President Bola Tinubu, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Niger Republic Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, were among thousands of people who attended the funeral rites...

Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, Niger Republic PM, Others In Attendance As Buhari Is Buried
The late president’s remains arrived at Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport in Katsina around 2 p.m., aboard a Nigerian Air Force flight FGT 001, accompanied by Vice President Kashim Shettima and Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila. President...

G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list
G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list by AFP Staff Writers Bissau (AFP) July 13, 2025 The Bijagos Archipelago off the coast of west Africa was declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural agency on Sunday, in...

West African communities facing crisis as fishing industry under strain
In West Africa, traditional fishing communities are facing a profound crisis as industrial fishmeal production, driven by foreign fleets and global demand, destroys local stocks and livelihoods. By Janina Eddy In recent years, the fishing industry...

AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis
photo nigrizia.it by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the United Nations...

Obituaries | Week of July 28, 2025
JACQUELINE “JACKIE” CRAFT EDWARDS Jacqueline (Jackie) Craft Edwards, age 86, of Auburn, Alabama passed away on July 27, 2025. She was born Jan. 4, 1939, to the late L. T. Craft and Mary Eunice Sego Craft. Funeral service will be held on Friday,...

A Primer for the White House Visit by Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal
A few months ago, the Chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz, hosted a roundtable discussion that tackled energy and critical mineral partnerships with the...

Trump Shifts Focus ‘From Aid to Trade’ at Africa Summit
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump welcomed leaders of five African nations, hailing the continent’s economic potential as his administration seeks to expand US access to critical minerals and other natural resources. Most Read from Bloomberg...

Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways There are...

Works Minister Admits Bissau Embassy Project Flaws
By: Fatou Krubally The Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, has admitted before lawmakers that serious lapses in procurement and supervision led to costly setbacks in The Gambia’s embassy project in Guinea-Bissau,...

U.S. and Russia Shift Focus from Nigerian Ports, Seek Access to Togo Port
Despite ongoing reforms and infrastructure upgrades across West Africa, the Port of Lomé in Togo has emerged as a critical maritime hub, drawing intense interest from global powers like the United States and Russia. The surge in trade volume...

U.S., Russia bypass Nigerian ports, pivot to Togo’s Lomé hub
Despite Nigeria’s ongoing port reforms and expansion projects, global powers like the United States and Russia are turning their focus to the Port of Lomé in Togo, which has rapidly evolved into a key maritime gateway in West Africa. A surge in...

As Drugs Slam Nigeria, Christians Push Back
Behind a dense bush near Biraidu Community Secondary School in Abocho, Nigeria, students smoked marijuana. One was Samson Ocholi. He was 19. Ocholi grew up in a devout Christian home, learning Bible stories in Sunday school and serving in The...