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Russia coaches Ugandan medics to fight fatal epidemics
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun training Ugandan medical professionals as part of an initiative to strengthen Africa’s ability to fight infectious disease outbreaks. The program, launched in Kampala, follows the...
Chief of Staff pledges Naval support at IMDEC with 30 nations attending
The Herald Ghana
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July 9, 2025
By Patrick Biddah Ghana’s Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has pledged increased government support to the Ghana Navy, announcing plans to provide advanced patrol vessels and resources to boost maritime security. He made the announcement during his...
Mahama reiterates Ghana’s readiness to lead a new era of maritime security
Ghana News Agency
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July 9, 2025
By Iddi Yire Accra, July 9, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated Ghana’s readiness to lead a new era of maritime security, innovation, and prosperity. He also underscored Ghana’s commitment to regional maritime security, economic...
Rio Tinto And XCMG Team Up In $110M Equipment Deal For Guinea's Iron Treasure: Details
Benzinga
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Rio Tinto Group RIO shares are trading higher today. The company inked a global cooperation agreement with construction equipment manufacturer XCMG Machinery for over $110 million. The deal includes the supply of essential mining equipment for the...
Predictive Discovery’s DFS for Bankan delivers good returns
Mining Review
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July 1, 2025
Australian gold reserves developer in West Africa Predictive Discovery Limited’s definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Bankan gold project in Guinea has delivered returns with post-tax project NPV5% of US$1.6bn, IRR of 46% and payback period...
Attack on Ghanaian fishing vessel sparks call for regional and global maritime security cooperation
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 9, 2025
By Felix Cofie The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General William Agyapong, has called for stronger regional and international collaboration on maritime security following a recent attack on a Ghanaian fishing vessel. Speaking at the closing...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
Matching dinosaur tracks in Africa, Brazil found by Texas researcher
Laredo Morning Times - Texas
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August 26, 2024
The dinosaur tracks were found in present-day Brazil and Cameroon and date back 120 million years. They were pressed into the mud and silt of ancient rivers and lakes. The land was once part of a supercontinent known as Gondwana, which broke off...
Global Naval Leaders Converge in Accra for Maritime Security Confab
Ghanaian Times
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July 9, 2025
More than 500 participants from over 70 countries, including 15 Chiefs of Naval Staff and 30 expert speakers, are expected to gather in Accra on July 8 for the 4th edition of the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC)....
US Embassy hails secret HPX deal
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 8, 2025
The United States Government, through its Embassy in Monrovia has lauded the weekend secret multi-user railway deal signed between the Government of Liberia and American owned -HPX/ Ivanhoe Atlantic. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, July 8, 2025:...
Pentagon still funneling money to suspended EcoHealth Alliance, unable to access potential gain-of-function research data abroad
New York Post
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August 15, 2024
The Pentagon is still funneling money to the suspended grantee EcoHealth Alliance and is unable to fully access data on gain-of-function research it may be funding overseas — including in China, according to a letter exclusively obtained by The...
NGX lifts suspension on Guinea Insurance, as investors lose N846bn
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 17, 2024
The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) has lifted the suspension placed on trading in the shares of Guinea Insurance Plc, effective Aug. 12. NGX, in its weekly report made available to newsmen in Lagos, confided that the suspension was lifted because...
Gov’t Outlines Strategic Vision To Boost West Africa’s Blue Economy and Maritime Safety
New Crusading Guide
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July 9, 2025
At the 4th International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC), President John Dramani Mahama, represented by Chief of Staff Hon. Julius Debrah delivered a powerful reaffirmation of Ghana’s commitment to regional maritime security,...
Goldstar Air’s 24-hour Cargo Services To Drive Ghana’s Trade Globally
News Ghana
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July 7, 2025
Unique private international airline Goldstar Air, Ghanaian and United States-registered company with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across...
ArcelorMittal Liberia inaugurates West Africa’s largest iron ore concentrator, advancing $1.8bn mining expansion
Joy FM
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July 7, 2025
ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel producer, has officially opened a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The inauguration...
Sierra Leone and Guinea Strengthen Digital Cooperation
Awoko Newspaper
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August 12, 2024
By patricia.ngevao@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Communications, Technology, and Innovation (MoCTI), under the leadership of Minister Salima M. Bah, has made significant strides in bolstering digital...
Australia's export earnings to slide as iron ore and LNG forecasts lowered
The Motley Fool Australia
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June 30, 2025
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Coup Leaders Are Rewriting Their Playbook
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
On April 12, 2025, the world watched as Gabonese citizens cast their ballots in the first presidential election since the fall of the Bongo dynasty, which had ruled the country for nearly six decades. But rather than marking a clean democratic...
GBP2 million grant to research reducing AIDS-related deaths caused by bacterial and fungal infections
Newswise
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August 6, 2024
BYLINE: Wits University Newswise — A medical microbiologist/epidemiologist in the School of Pathology, Govender’s proposed research on bacterial and fungal infections in people with advanced HIV disease (or AIDS) will now, with this NIHR funding,...
Administrator Samantha Power at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Alexious Butler as Mission Director for Sierra Leone and Guinea
US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Washington D.C.
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ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Well, I like what the Ambassador said: there are no bosses or colleagues, there are only friends and family, and that's sort of how I feel. Monde [Myuangwa], you're such an incredible partner in this effort that we're...