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Africa: Uniting around a single electricity market
ESI Africa
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June 18, 2025
Africa Energy Forum kicked off on 17 June with keynote addresses centred on how African countries can and must collaborate on energy projects through inter-regional connections, the African Single Electricity Market, and providing a united front...
AFRICA/SUDAN - Is Sudan moving toward partition?
Fides
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June 18, 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Is Sudan heading toward a de facto partition? This is the question several regional analysts are asking following the takeover of the so-called "border triangle" between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt by...
India and China compete to shape Africa’s economic future
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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June 18, 2025
China’s infrastructure and debt-driven influence contrasts with India’s market-oriented, partnership-focused investments in East Africa. January 2016: A Bharti Airtel store at a shopping mall in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Today, the Indian telecom...
Highlighting one popular summer Yuma agriculture product: Sudan Grass
KYMA - Arizona
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June 18, 2025
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - On Tuesday's HomeGrown report, we highlighted Sudan grass, one of the popular summer Yuma agricultural products. While the city is famous for its winter produce, the soil doesn't rest during the summer months. Lettuce in...
Reinvigorating intra-African trade amid global tensions – Part 2
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 18, 2025
Given the prism of rampaging global tensions, isolationist economic policies, the rise of populist political parties in the Global North and anti-immigration policies, at times tinged with racist rhetoric, there is a compelling case for an...
Why is intra-African trade just 15%? Unpacking the promise and pitfalls of the AfCFTA
The Cable
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June 17, 2025
Why does it remain easier to pay for and export goods from Lagos to Turkey than to a neighbouring African country? Despite shared borders, cultural ties, and common economic goals, intra-African trade accounts for only about 15% of total trade on...
Foreign Arms Fuel Sudan’s War, Deepen Civilian Catastrophe
teleSUR
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Foreign arms are fueling Sudan’s war, enabling war crimes, sexual violence, and famine, as the RSF and SAF target civilians and block humanitarian aid with international impunity. Weapons supplied from abroad continue to fuel Sudan’s war,...
Opposition to file ICC case against Ruto over police killings, link to Sudan militia
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 18, 2025
File image of President William Ruto. PHOTO| COURTESY The United Opposition has accused President William Ruto’s administration of overseeing extrajudicial killings, deploying rogue police units, and forming illegal alliances with militia gangs,...
Drone Attacks in Darfur, Port Sudan Reflect Growing Turkey-UAE Tensions
Africa Defense Forum
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June 17, 2025
Recent drone attacks in Darfur and Port Sudan were part of rising tensions between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as they try to influence the outcome of Sudanese war, according to experts. Turkey has provided the Sudanese Armed Forces...
ACJPS: ‘Human trafficking surges in Sudan’
Dabanga Radio
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June 17, 2025
Human trafficking in Sudan has intensified dramatically since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, according to a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). The report, “Human Trafficking in Sudan: Roots, Context,...
‘RSF seizes new strategic area near Sudan–Libya–Egypt border’
Dabanga Radio
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June 17, 2025
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have reportedly taken control of the strategic Karab El Tum area, near the border triangle between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. Analysts state that this development could have significant implications for...
Black Ants: Sudan's war leaves homes looted, lives shattered
The Standard
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Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP) Media investigations have recently revealed a possibility of weapons meant for Kenya being diverted to the war torn...
Afreximbank to boost intra-African trade with new Nigeria-Namibia shipping route
IOL
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June 17, 2025
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that it will be establishing a new shipping route on the western coast of the continent among a plethora of measures aimed to facilitate the movements of goods between Namibia and Nigeria...
Scottsdale theater company to stage Juneteenth double feature
Scottsdale Independent - Arizona
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Special to Independent Newsmedia New Carpa Theater Co. will host a special Juneteenth weekend performance featuring two short plays in Scottsdale. “A Time for Healing, A Time for Change, A Time for Theater” will showcase “Lost Boys Found” and “The...
In the Field: Sudangrass in Yuma County
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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June 17, 2025
Yuma is famous for being the U.S. winter salad bowl, supplying 90% of domestic leafy greens for the country during the months of November through April. But did you know there are other rotational crops grown in the spring and summer on the same...
Land justice, drought, and desertification: How a Sudanese town is standing up for its rights
Dabanga Radio
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June 16, 2025
By Sarah Burroughs On June 4, hundreds of residents of Wadi Halfa, Northern State, blocked all major entrances to the town, preventing trucks from passing. The protesters told Radio Dabanga that they were upset about scheduled power outages, which...
The new gold rush: Why more of Britain's criminal gangs are using the precious metal to hide their dirty money as black market gold trade booms
Daily Mail
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June 17, 2025
It was the biggest gold robbery of all time, with £26million of bullion, diamonds and cash stolen from a Brink’s-Mat warehouse near Heathrow. BBC drama The Gold - which returns to our screens this week - tells the story of the 1983 heist and its...
Kenyan Weapons Linked to Sudan’s Civil War
Bellingcat
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June 15, 2025
Bellingcat and our partners at Kenya’s Daily Nation have identified Kenyan-labelled crates of ammunition inside an alleged RSF depot close to the recently recaptured Sudanese capital Khartoum. Although we couldn’t independently verify the contents...
Kenya, Pakistan strengthen tea trade relations amid concerns over pricing, branding, and market practices
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 14, 2025
KENYA – Kenya and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral trade in the tea sector, while also addressing pressing concerns around market manipulation, branding integrity, and export standards. This follows a high-level...
‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK
The Independent
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June 14, 2025
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