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Profit meets peril – world’s most dangerous countries for business executives
theHRDIRECTOR
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June 23, 2025
In today’s fast-moving global economy, business executives travel more than ever. Developing business in remote and austere regions with higher levels of risk, where competitors cannot or are unwilling to do business, creates a competitive edge in...
Poor security, services, water, force returnees to leave Khartoum for states
Dabanga Radio
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June 23, 2025
Lack of security and poor services such as electricity, water, internet, and telecommunications in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, have prompted a significant number of people to return to displacement areas, with the exception of areas of...
How Stablecoin Adoption in Africa Is Redefining Cross-Border Payments and Financial Access
TechTrendsKE
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June 23, 2025
A quiet revolution is unfolding across Africa — one digital dollar at a time. Stablecoins, long overshadowed by Bitcoin and Ethereum, are now stepping into the spotlight. These dollar-pegged digital tokens are helping millions of Africans bypass...
County approves next step in Sudan property redevelopment
Sun Journal - North Carolina
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The Craven County Board of Commissioners approved the next step in the Sudan Property Redevelopment Project during its most recent regular meeting. During the meeting in the commissioner’s room at the Craven County Administration Building, 406...
Putin, Iraqi PM 'concerned' over global energy market amid Iran-Israel war
Naharnet
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 23 June 2025, 13:12 Major oil producers Russia and Iraq on Monday expressed "concern" over volatility in world energy markets amid the spiraling conflict between Iran and Israel following U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites....
6,000 Sudanese refugees face passport dilemma in Kampala
Dabanga Radio
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June 21, 2025
Prepared by Sudanile.com for Sudan Media Forum Although identification documents are a fundamental right of every citizen, thousands of Sudanese refugees in Uganda live in a different reality, where the process of obtaining an electronic passport,...
Panic and school closures in Sudan’s Northern State as RSF take ‘triangle’
Dabanga Radio
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June 22, 2025
The Supreme Council for the Development of the Sukut Area in Northern State reported a state of fear and panic among the citizens of West Sukut, leading them to leave their homes and close schools. This was due to the Rapid Support Forces’ control...
Feature: After war destroys his home, family, Sudanese poet refuses to lay down his pen
Xinhua News Agency
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KHARTOUM, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Abdel Wahhab Halawi had imagined his return to Khartoum for so long that, when it finally happened, it felt almost unreal. More than two years after the war had driven him from his home in the Al-Halfaya neighborhood,...
Between Liberalization and Geopolitics: Ethiopia’s Quest for Economic Stability, Sea Access
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
Tsegaye Degineh (PhD) is a prominent economist, management expert, and public diplomacy researcher whose life journey has spanned continents and careers. Born in Addis Ababa, he left Ethiopia for East Germany in 1988 at the age of 20, driven by a...
Dramatic rise in the number of journalists killed in six months
The FINANCIAL
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July 11, 2025
The FINANCIAL — The number of journalists killed rose dramatically in the first six months of this year. Since January, 86 media workers have been killed in 26 countries, more than 16% compared to last year, said Friday the Press Emblem Campaign...
UN rights chief Türk warns of catastrophic surge in Sudan violence
Radio Tamazuj
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June 20, 2025
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has warned of the disastrous consequences stemming from the escalating hostilities across North Darfur and Kordofan in Sudan, where civilian casualties, sexual violence, abductions and looting have been reported...
Record gold prices fuel Sudan’s deadly civil war
Miningmx
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June 20, 2025
RECORD-high gold prices are driving a mining surge in Sudan, providing crucial revenue for the country’s warring factions to finance their brutal conflict, said the Financial Times. Sudan’s gold production reached approximately 80 tons last...
The Ongoing Genocide in Sudan and The Intervention of International Actors
The European Times
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June 20, 2025
On Wednesday 18 June 2025, a side event on “ The Ongoing Genocide in Sudan and The Intervention of International Actors” was hosted by the Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP Freedom of Conscience),...
Trump's Cuts and Restrictions Loom Over US-Africa Business Summit
Ver Angola
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Total trade in goods between the United States (US) and Africa was estimated at 71.6 billion dollars in 2024, according to US government data. A strategic rapprochement between Africa and the US was strengthened during the presidency of Joe Biden...
Working from Homelessness: Informal Livelihoods of Displaced Women in Port Sudan
African Arguments
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June 19, 2025
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of...
RLI: The factory in Mali became a key to shadow financing of wars
The Odessa Journal
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Russia is actively using Africa as a tool to bypass sanctions, strengthen geopolitical influence, and finance its covert military operations. A central element of this strategy is the Russian gold processing plant in Mali. Officially, it is said...
Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga
Zehabesha
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By Alex De Waal- BBC Africa analyst January 2, 2021 The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry between the two countries, though it is rare for the two armies to fight one...
Stablecoins: A Financial Lifeline in Africa’s Inflation Crisis
Daily Trust
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June 19, 2025
By Danny Oyekan, Founder, Blockfinex In most parts of Africa, inflation isn’t an academic concept, it’s a painful reality felt at every purchase. Nigeria’s naira plunged by around 40% in 2023, wiping out savings and straining households. In...
UAE Fuels Regionalization of Sudan War; JNIM Expands Along Benin-Nigeria Border: Africa File, June 18, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File and triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Miles Charles and Edlawit Tesfaye Key Takeaways: Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces...
Int’l Day to End Sexual Violence in Conflict puts widespread Sudan atrocities in focus
Dabanga Radio
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June 18, 2025
As Sudan’s war extends into its third year, women and girls are facing unprecedented levels of violence and displacement, with armed groups systematically using sexual violence as a weapon of war. On the International Day for the Elimination of...