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Train your lawn, plants to have deep roots
The Panolian - Mississippi
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June 25, 2025
Published 12:52 pm Wednesday, June 25, 2025 1/3 Swipe or click to see more 2/3 Swipe or click to see more 3/3 Swipe or click to see more Here it is early Summer, and I’m looking to avoid extra garden work in this heat and humidity while going...
FG to hold manufacturers, importers responsible for plastic pollution
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 26, 2025
EPR to become mandatory in 2025 Federal Government has announced plans to begin full enforcement of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework by 2025 in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal,...
Mpox in Sierra Leone: what’s behind the recent surge and why west Africa is at risk
The Conversation
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June 23, 2025
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighbouring countries and spark a larger outbreak throughout the densely populated region...
FG to sanction manufacturers for plastic waste pollution, says EPR to be effective soon
The Sun Nigeria
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June 25, 2025
From Okwe Obi, Abuja The federal government has announced plans to begin full enforcement of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework before the end of 2025 to reduce plastic pollution and transition Nigeria towards a circular economy....
As gold prices rise, West Africa mine operators use drones to detect illegal miners
African Mining Market
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June 23, 2025
Three men launch a drone in the clear skies above Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine, a sprawling 210 square kilometer gold mine located in southwest Ghana. The drone’s cameras scan the area for any intruders as the sun beats down. A drone detected...
Soaring demand for commodities opens up mining and shipping investment opportunities across West Africa
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- RTG Communications) Dubai, June 25 2025 Despite China’s dominant position in securing commodities across Africa, there are still many opportunities to invest in mines, bulk markets and logistics services, said Capt. Pappu Sastry, CEO of...
FG moves to hold manufacturers accountable for plastic waste
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 25, 2025
The Federal Government has announced plans to implement full enforcement of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework by 2025, aiming to reduce plastic pollution and transition Nigeria towards a circular economy. Minister of Environment...
Pakistan slides in global gender equality rankings
Weekly Cutting Edge
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June 24, 2025
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025 has once again placed Pakistan at the bottom of its rankings, 148th out of 148 countries — a disheartening position that reflects deep-seated structural and societal inequalities. With a...
Tunisia: 70% of country’s exports go to EU – Bezzarga
African Manager
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June 25, 2025
Riadh Bezzarga, Director of Market Studies and Strategy at the Export Promotion Center (CEPEX), announced that Tunisian exports in 2024 are estimated at 62 billion dinars, while exports to African markets (goods only) reached just 0.25 billion...
Domestic capital key to Africa's infrastructure transformation, says AFC report
African Business
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June 24, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Africa Finance Corporation Africa has over $4 trillion in untapped resources that, if effectively mobilised, could catalyse an era of infrastructure-led growth. This is according to the Africa Finance...
Rebuilding SADC’s Maritime Security Architecture
Center for International Maritime Security - Washington D.C.
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June 19, 2025
African Maritime Forces Week By Mr. Timothy Walker, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa Introduction Developing robust regional maritime security mechanisms in Southern Africa necessitates greater emphasis on the Southern African...
Africa needs to recognise its 9.6 million domestic workers as key economic drivers- ILO official
Business Day
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June 25, 2025
Fanfan Rwanyindo, Africa’s regional director, International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) has called on African governments to view its 9.6 million domestic workers as an economic driver supporting the wider economy, and not only as a private matter...
ECOWAS gets a new leader at pivotal time for West Africa
Deutsche Welle
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June 24, 2025
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But, in that short period, the main political and economic body in the region witnessed some of the...
West Africa: ECOWAS fights for survival under new leadership
Deutsche Welle
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June 24, 2025
It is not exactly the end of a proverbial era: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But in that short period, the main political and economic...
FirstBank’s FirstAcademy Wins Gold In Social & Climate Change Impact
Leadership
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June 25, 2025
FirstBank’s Corporate University, FirstAcademy, has been awarded the Gold Award for Best Corporate University in Social & Climate Change at the Global Council of Corporate Universities (GlobalCCU) Awards 2025. This award recognises FirstAcademy’s...
Fencing: Continental heavyweights arrive Nigeria for 23rd African Championships
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
Egypt and Tunisia, two of Africa’s fencing powerhouses, have arrived Nigeria ahead of the 23rd African Fencing Championships, which will take place at Charterhouse Lagos from Wednesday, 25 June, to Sunday, 29 June. The five-day, 12-event...
How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man
The Cable
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June 24, 2025
Since assuming office in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has redefined Nigeria’s foreign policy, not as an elite game of handshakes and photo-ops, but as a strategic extension of his domestic agenda to stabilise the economy, protect national...
Gold Investment Dollars are Flooding into the Safe African Countries amidst Record Prices- Here’s 5 Stocks To Play The Renaissance
myMotherLode - California
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As gold prices soar to historic highs, Africa emerges as a strategic investment destination, offering high returns. Here are five compelling gold stocks to consider for tapping into the continent's golden renaissance. Investors who have been...
The reincarnation of Michael Okpara’s vision for a new Enugu
The Cable
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June 24, 2025
BY NNAMANI ARINZE DARLINGTON In Nigeria’s south-east, a quiet revolution pulsates through the entire space of Enugu state, led by a man whose audacious governance is breathing new life into the legacy of the late Dr. Michael Iheonukara Okpara, the...
The United States of Africa: African Unity in Ouagadougou
Modern Ghana
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The following is a sample chapter from my novel The United States of Africa. “I propose to show how in practice African Unity, which in itself can only be established by the defeat of neocolonialism, could immensely raise African living...