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Ethiopia, World Bank Sign 1 Billion USD Financing Agreement to Support Economic Reform & Inclusive Growth
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 4, 2025 (ENA)-- The Government of Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a financing agreement amounting to 1 billion USD under the Second Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Development Policy Operation (DPO) in a grant and...
Illegal Entry: 110 Eritreans arrested in Moroto
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
Some of the Eritreans were found hiding in one of the premises in Singila village. Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces have arrested 110 Eritrean immigrants for illegally entering Uganda through Kenya. The immigrants are...
Eritrea: Activities To Share Experiences Of Successful Youth
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Eritrean community in Sweden organized a program in Stockholm aimed at transferring the experiences of successful Eritrean youth. The program, conducted by the Eritrean community in Husby-Kista-Akalla under the theme“From...
Eritrea: Meeting Of National Union Of Eritrean Women (NUEW) Executive Board
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Executive Board of the National Union of Eritrean Women conducted a meeting on 1 and 2 July to review the implementation of programs during the first half of this year and to discuss plans for the second half. The meeting...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 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...
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...
Economy: U.S. Travel Ban Threat And Its Fallout
Daily Independent
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June 30, 2025
2 Nigeria could find itself at a critical juncture as reports emerge of a potential expansion of U.S. travel restrictions that could fundamentally reshape bilateral relations between Nigeria and its long-standing Western ally. The USA is...
Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining
Institute for Security Studies
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Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa. Under President Donald Trump, the United States’ (US) rush for critical...
Johannes Zutt appointed World Bank Vice President for South Asia
OnlineKhabar
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June 30, 2025
June 30, Kathmandu The World Bank has appointed Johannes Zutt as the new Vice President for the South Asia Region, succeeding Martin Raiser. His appointment is effective from July 1, 2025. As the regional Vice President for South Asia, Zutt will...
Eritrea: Voluntary Blood Donation In Central Region
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Government workers from various institutions in the Central Region voluntarily donated 70 units of blood on 25 and 26 June in support of the National Blood Transfusion Service. The program was carried out with the participation...
Pakistan, Afghanistan no longer part of World Bank’s South Asia region
Mint
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June 29, 2025
The people cited above said Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be grouped under the bank’s Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which would leave the South Asia group with six countries—India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri...
Beyond Mengistu and Meles: Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia’s Most Ruthless Leader
Zehabesha
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July 4, 2025
July 3, 2025 The habesha abiy ahmed Ethiopia has never encountered a leader as destructive as Abiy Ahmed, surpassing even the notorious regimes of Mengistu and Meles. This statement encapsulates profound anger and a strong moral condemnation. To...
Afrofest opens today and continues through the weekend at Woodbine Park
Beach Metro Community News
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July 4, 2025
Afrofest 2025 takes place at Woodbine Park from Friday, July 4, through to Sunday, July 6. Celebrating 37 years of championing African music in the city, not-for-profit community-based organization Music Africa brings Afrofest back to Woodbine...
How Every Team Can Win the 2025 Tour de France—Our Expert Dives Into the Details
Bicycling
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July 4, 2025
One of the things we love about the Tour de France–and Tour de France Femmes p/b Zwift–is that each race offers something for everyone. There are several “races within the races” that different teams might target depending on their budgets,...
Somalia Embassy celebrates 65th Independence Anniversary
The Peninsula
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July 4, 2025
Ambassador of Somalia to Qatar H E Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Sheikh Ali speaking at the event. DOHA: The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Qatar recently celebrated the 65th anniversary of Somalia’s independence with a special ceremony held at...
Tigray Between Two Fires: Ethiopia’s Red Sea Ambitions, Eritrea’s Proxy Games and the TPLF’s Last Stand
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 28, 2025
The Pretoria Peace Agreement, signed in November 2022, ended the Tigray war but excluded Eritrea from negotiations, a decision that sowed seeds of discord. The agreement mandated the withdrawal of foreign forces, including Eritrean troops, from...
World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...
Analyzing Military Interventions and Insecurity in Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia: Insights from Custodian Theory
Small Wars Journal
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July 4, 2025
Abstract This piece employs custodian theory to analyze why Ethiopia’s military intervention in the Amhara region has failed to restore peace. It argues that the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s (FDRE) constitution, rooted in ethnic...
Russian cabinet approves creation of Russia-Eritrea cooperation commission
TASS
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June 25, 2025
MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. The Russian government has approved the creation of a Russian-Eritrean commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation. A respective decree has been published on the website of legal information. The...
Two European countries in ‘red zone’ of climate finance vulnerability
Euronews
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By Euronews Green Published on 26/06/2025 - 15:41 GMT+2 A new index has identified the countries most vulnerable to climate shocks. More than two billion people live in ‘red zone’ nations, where the risk of a major hazard or disaster is high...