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Wockhardt’s Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala appointed health advisor to Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister
Pharmabiz.com
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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...
Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, Niger Republic PM, Others In Attendance As Buhari Is Buried
Naija News
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July 15, 2025
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...
Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, Niger PM pay last respect to Buhari
Punch
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July 15, 2025
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...
Buhari’s burial: Tinubu, Guinea-Bissau President, others attend in Daura
News Diary Online
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July 15, 2025
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...
G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list
TerraDaily
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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...
MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power Conference & Exhibition Returns To Senegal In December 2025
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power Conference&Event returns to Dakar, Senegal in December at the Centre International de Conférences Abdou Diouf. The pre-conference will take place on December 8 and the main event will take place on...
West African communities facing crisis as fishing industry under strain
Vatican News
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July 11, 2025
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
Fides
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July 10, 2025
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...
A Primer for the White House Visit by Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal
Front Page Africa
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July 10, 2025
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
Yahoo Finance
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(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...
Feature: Trump’s African summit was a masterclass in modern colonial theatre
The Chronicle News Online
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July 16, 2025
To dodge Trump’s tariffs and wrath, five African presidents played the role of loyal colonial subject, and left their dignity behind. On July 9, United States President Donald Trump opened a three-day mini summit at the White House with the...
African tea estates planted by Scots named as world heritage sites
The Times
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At the turn of the 20th century, planters with seedlings from Edinburgh would have crawled among the sacred trees and waterfalls of Malawi’s towering Mount Mulanje, establishing Africa’s first commercial tea plantations. Tea from Mulanje can still...
Works Minister Admits Bissau Embassy Project Flaws
The Voice Gambia
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July 2, 2025
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,...
America on a War Footing: Implications as US Mineral Strategy Turns to Africa
Fat Tail Daily
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July 14, 2025
Geologist James Cooper examines the potential implications of America’s heavy focus on West Africa. Why is the US becoming deeply involved here? And what could the consequences be? What do Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal all...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Media Monitors Network
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July 14, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat. “I commend Senegal for freeing its population...
Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) And International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Launch Second Phase Of The Africa Phytosanitary Programme
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, represented by the Department of Agriculture,...
Leaders, friends, politicians unite in stately farewell for Buhari
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
• Military honours, massive crowd, tight security mark State funeral • Event unites dignitaries from across political spectrum • Buhari’s impact may not be replicated in thousand years, says Emir of Daura • Late leader’s famed 12 million-vote...
Buhari Buried in Blaze of Glory With Full Military Honours
This Day
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July 16, 2025
•Tinubu goes above and beyond to honour his predecessor, creating new presidential precedent DejiElumoye, ChuksOkochain Abuja, Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa, Francis Sardauna in Katsina and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos Two days after he passed away at a...
U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
For decades, Nigeria, the country that is home to the largest black population in the world, has proudly carried the epithet: ‘Giant of Africa.’ For this, it has often been in the forefront in the defense and propagation of the sovereignty and...
WAES: Turn West Africa’s Demographic Strength, Mineral Wealth Into Jobs, Industry – Tinubu Tells Leaders
The Will
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June 21, 2025
June 21, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has called for urgent collective economic transformation across the region, saying West African nations must turn their mineral wealth into domestic economic value chains for jobs and technology. Tinubu...