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Top 5 African countries with the highest number of food-insecure people
Business Insider Africa
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July 1, 2025
What makes this problem even more concerning is the growing relationship between armed conflict and food shortages, as highlighted in the latest UN Hunger Hotspots report for June to October 2025, by the United Nations (UN). The frequency, scale,...
World Refugee Day: 9 charts that explain displacement
Deutsche Welle
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By the end of 2024, about 123 million people worldwide had been displaced from their homes by conflict, persecution or other significant threats to their well-being. This is according to the most recent report by the United Nations High...
Opinion: Think capitalism is the problem? Think again
SaskToday.ca
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June 21, 2025
Capitalism is flawed but its successes far outweigh its failures. History shows free enterprise beats state control every time. In the public square, where capitalism is blamed for everything from climate change to poor sleep, its actual...
World Associated Press An ancient village in the Himalayas ran out of water. Then, it moved and started over
Yahoo News
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SAMJUNG, Nepal (AP) — The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) above sea level, the Buddhist village lived by slow, deliberate rhythms —...
ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the 14th consecutive year, conflict and climate change have driven record numbers of people from their homes. Changes in national priorities, economic uncertainty and donor fatigue have...
Ancient Himalayan village relocates as climate shifts reshape daily life
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
SAMJUNG, Nepal (AP) — The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) above sea level, the Buddhist village lived by slow, deliberate rhythms —...
China and Africa consolidate dynamic partnership
Friends of Socialist China
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June 16, 2025
On June 11, 2025, the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Changsha, capital of China’s Hunan Province. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
President Museveni gives tips on geopolitics to senior military officers from the region
Independent (Uganda)
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June 30, 2025
One of the officers from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) raising a question Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni last week interacted with senior military officers from different African countries at the Senior Command and...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians
Washington Examiner
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July 2, 2025
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump‘s move to terminate the protected status of more than 520,000 Haitians.Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the move, affecting over half a million Haitians who...
Miscalculating economic and security risks
The Manila Times
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June 19, 2025
VICTORIA, Canada — This capital city of British Columbia province lies on the southern tip of Vancouver Island near the US-Canada border. Geographically, it is equidistant to the city of Vancouver on the Canadian mainland and the American city of...
Jeffrey Sachs: A Comprehensive Middle East Peace Deal
Consortium News
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July 2, 2025
Israel has driven the region to a 4,000-km swash of violence from Libya to Iran through its reckless, lawless, and warmongering actions, all ultimately aimed at preventing a State of Palestine by “remaking” the Middle East. Destruction in Bat Yam,...
Today in High Prairie: July 1, 2025
South Peace News
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July 1, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....
KALW Almanac - Tuesday July 1, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Tuesday, the 1st of July of 2025, July 1 is the 182nd day of the year 183 days remain until the end of the year. 83 days until autumn begins Sunrise at 5:51:51 am and sunset will be at 8:35:46 pm. Today we will have 14 hours and 43...
35 Best Patriotic Movies & TV Shows
Recently Heard
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July 2, 2025
There will likely be loads of meals, fireworks and festivities this Fourth of July as America celebrates its independence. However for these needing a break from the warmth, The Hollywood Reporter has compiled a listing of essentially the most...
Policy and philanthropy: Can they dance without dominance?
Alliance Magazine
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July 1, 2025
In a lively session coordinated by a coalition of civil society organisations—including Amnesty International Kenya, Southern Africa Trust, The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), and Trust Law (Thomson Reuters Foundation)—stakeholders...
Kenyan court sentences men for aiding al-Shabab militants in 2019 hotel attack
The Independent
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June 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Nigeria’s multilateral economic human capital: What next?
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
At the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) of May 5-8, 2025, in Texas, USA, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), confirmed that the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), led...
Zanzibar’s baobab trees used to be a valued part of society ...
Modern Ghana
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Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes. Archaeologists have long suspected an association between baobabs and human...
African countries that have escaped the designation of hunger hotspots
Business Insider Africa
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June 19, 2025
These countries include (Ethiopia, Kenya), Southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe), and West Africa’s Niger. According to the report, conditions in Ethiopia have improved from the catastrophic 2020-2023 drought and...
Jobs Boost As The United Kingdom (UK) And Kenya Bolster Economic And Security Partnership
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Trade and investment deals agreed during the visit will contribute over £1bn to the UK economy and create UK jobs in engineering, defence industries, technical and advisory services, and financial services The UK and Kenya will...