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Advancing ‘Agriculture is Business’ through Agenda 10/30: The Ministry of Agriculture’s breakthrough with COPRA
The Citizen
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During the parliamentary debate over the Sh1.243 trillion agriculture budget for the 2025/26 financial year on May 20, the docket’s Minister, Hon Bashe, said the government amended the 1991 Food Security Act through the 2009 Cereals and Other...
UpdateUAE and regional flights delayed, cancelled or rerouted
The National News
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UPDATE: Flights cancelled to the UAE As conflict between Israel, the US and Iran escalates, flight suspensions continue and more cancellations are expected. Israel closed its airspace to both inbound and outbound flights in the early hours of...
World Bank Forecasts 3.6% Economic Growth For Nigeria In 2025, Behind Ghana, Niger Republic, Others
Sahara Reporters
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The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report reveals that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow by 3.6% in 2025. However, this growth rate lags behind the projections for 18 other African nations, including Ghana, Niger...
Brazil Cooperates With Comoros In Waste Management
MENAFN
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June 9, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo - A delegation from the Comoros Islands visited Brazil last week for tours and meetings focused on solid waste management strategies that could be implemented in their own territory. According to...
Comoros Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 3, 2025
Rabat – The Union of the Comoros has reiterated its strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a solution to the Western Sahara conflict during a recent regional seminar organized by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) in Dili,...
Nigeria, others emerge key drivers of intra-African trade
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 6, 2025
As African countries look to improve intra-African trade, which currently stands at 15 per cent, a new report has revealed that Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and South Africa are key drivers of intra-African trade. The five countries alone...
SADC urged to reassess trade ties amid U.S. trade tariffs: official
The Malaysian Star
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June 5, 2025
HARARE, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should reassess its trade partnerships to maximize benefits in the face of rising U.S. trade tariffs and the withdrawal of traditional development support, a senior...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 and Annual Revision
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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June 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
African leaders stress need for homegrown solutions to meet economic challenges
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 4, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2025: At the start of its Annual Meetings in Abidjan on 28th May in Côte d’Ivoire, the African Development Bank held a high-level Presidential Dialogue aimed at outlining the next phase of the continent’s...
Image of the day: Volcanic beauty of Grande Comore
Muser Press
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June 21, 2025
Grande Comore, also known as Ngazidja, is the largest island in the Comoros archipelago, situated in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique. Seen from space in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captured on 12 July 2024, the island’s...
Towards an honest and responsible Comorian customs service: diagnosis, strategic project and dedicated action plan
World Customs Organization
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From May 19 to 23, 2025, a technical support mission led by the World Customs Organization (WCO) as part of its Integrity Portfolio, was held in Moroni with the General Directorate of Customs of the Union of the Comoros (DGD) and a working group...
Israeli politicians laud US strikes on Iran
The National News
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Israeli politicians across the ideological spectrum have welcomed US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, with only a minority of left-wingers warning that an open-ended war could have devastating consequences for the Middle East. Former prime...
Seabed 2030 announces millions of square kilometers of new seafloor data on World Hydrography Day
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 22, 2025
On World Hydrography Day, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has announced that 27.3% of the world’s ocean floor has now been mapped to modern standards. The increase in data represents more than four million square kilometres of...
Why womenomics is becoming a mathematical necessity
The National News
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The theory of “womenomics” – that increasing women’s workforce participation boosts economic growth – was popularised nearly three decades ago by Kathy Matsui, a former Goldman Sachs executive, based on her study of imbalances in Japan. The...
Exclusive Syria expels top pro-Iran militant
The National News
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Syria has expelled a radical Palestinian leader, officials said on Sunday, in the latest move against pro-Iran remnants as the US enters the war in the Middle East. Talal Naji, who heads the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General...
Bahrain sends most government workers home to 'keep streets clear'
The National News
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Bahrain, home to the US Central Command’s regional base, issued public safety guidance on Sunday in the wake of American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The Gulf nation is strategically close to Iran. It hosts US personnel and military officials...
Comment'Peacemaker’ Trump becomes wartime President
The National News
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Pakistan has announced it will formally recommend US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his “pivotal leadership” and role as “peacemaker” during the recent Kashmir crisis. Setting aside India's denial that Mr Trump facilitated an...
AfDB projects 6% Nigerian naira depreciation in 2025 amid global market uncertainty
Nairametrics
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May 28, 2025
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected that the Nigerian naira will depreciate by at least 6% between 2025 and 2026, citing growing global financial market volatility as a key factor. The outlook, published in the African Economic...
2025 AfDB Annual Meetings: Ivorian President Ouattara tells Africa to chart a new path of economic self-reliance
3News.com
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May 28, 2025
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has called for Africa to mobilise its own capital, accelerate regional integration, and chart a new path of economic self-reliance. He said this on Tuesday May 27 when he opened the African Development Bank...
African Development Bank. Adesina leaves records for the next leader
Portugal Pulse
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May 27, 2025
The capital of the bank has tripled, from 93 billion dollars (81.8 billion euros) in 2015 to 318 billion dollars (279.7 billion euros) currently, an unprecedented achievement, stated Akinwumi Adesina during the opening of the African Development...