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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...
Can chocolate substitutes step in as cocoa prices soar?
Food Dive
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July 3, 2025
As cocoa prices soar, chocolate substitutes offer a cheaper and potentially more sustainable solution for the sweets sector. But can consumers be convinced to give up their chocolate addiction? Chocolate prices have nearly quadrupled in the last...
Flight delays, bird strikes, runway skids: Nigerian aviation sector’s persistent safety challenges (2)
Punch
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July 3, 2025
Despite a robust regulatory framework and billions spent on safety initiatives, Nigeria’s aviation sector remains plagued by recurring incidents, ageing aircraft, and weak oversight, leaving passenger safety hanging in the balance, writes PRINCESS...
Is being born as an LGBTI person a medical issue?
Bangkok Post
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June 29, 2025
June is a propitious time to remember the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and their struggles to overcome discrimination and violence. One of the difficulties confronting them throughout the ages has been how the...
Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security...
A Bull in the China Policy Shop
Foreign Policy
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With U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, Washington’s attention has shifted back to the Middle East once again. That wasn’t the game plan. It was during Trump’s first term that the United States labeled China a...
West African Compliance Officers Convene in Lomé for 2nd Grand Meeting, July 8-9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - For the second consecutive year, Lome, Togo's capital, will host West African compliance and anti-money laundering experts on July 8 and 9. The GRCRO, organized by the Togolese Association of Compliance Officers (ATCO), brings...
MDL awarded contract by Saipem to support flex-lay campaigns in West Africa
Oilfield Technology
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June 25, 2025
Maritime Developments (MDL) has been awarded a contract by Saipem to provide specialist equipment and operational support for two recent flex-lay campaigns offshore Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mauritania. The two scopes awarded to MDL entailed...
Visa’s billion-dollar bet positions Francophone Africa as Africa’s next fintech frontier
TechCabal
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July 7, 2025
In the hierarchy of Africa’s fintech narrative, Francophone countries are often second placed. The Anglophone giants—Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa—have long dominated headlines and venture capital flows. But to Loïc Aplogan, Business...
AfDB, Google Explore Africa’s AI Future
Business Ghana
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 19, 2025/APO Group/ -- One side event at the African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) 2025 Annual Meetings unpacked the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a powerful tool to advance inclusive and sustainable...
Durban FilmMart Industry Programme is Live
Business Ghana
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The Durban FilmMart (DFM) is pleased to announce that its industry programme is now live! Taking place from 18-21 July 2025 at the Elangeni Hotel (Durban), the programme presents a curated series of panel discussions, masterclasses and networking...
Customs hinges poor trade facilitation on multiple agency operations at borders
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
The multiple checkpoints mounted on the Lagos-Abidjan trade corridor are soiling Nigeria’s reputation in trade facilitation, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command has revealed. The Customs Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, noted a...
Africa has no business seeking aid or debt relief – John Kwakye
3News.com
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July 3, 2025
Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye, has said that African countries seeking aid, debt relief should be given, given their rich natural resources. He says all that African countries will need to do is to...
Why is Santa Fe Minerals up 370% on Thursday?
The Market Herald
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July 3, 2025
Join our daily newsletter At The Bell to receive exclusive market insights Santa Fe Minerals (ASX:SFM), a relatively quiet ASX-listed explorer, has popped +367% in lunchtime trades, albeit on low volumes, on its acquisition of Turaco Gold’s...
Swiss parliamentary commission to investigate F-35 purchase
Swissinfo
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July 1, 2025
Parliamentary oversight investigates the F-35 purchase Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share...
EU nationals come to Switzerland primarily to work
Swissinfo
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July 1, 2025
The head of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Helene Budliger Artieda. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...
Nigeria moves to overcome hurdles in regional trade integration
Punch
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July 2, 2025
Despite its dominance in regional trade, Nigeria faces structural and policy barriers that limit the full realisation of intra-ECOWAS commerce, including poor infrastructure, fragmented customs systems, and currency mismatches. The 2025 West...
AU-IBAR Calls for unified African Ban on Donkey Skin Trade
Capital FM Kenya
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June 27, 2025
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Jun 27 – With Africa’s donkey population in steep decline, leaders, scientists, and policymakers meeting in Abidjan have sounded the alarm—calling for an urgent and coordinated policy response to halt the ongoing slaughter...
Objections and appeals most common obstacles to residential construction projects
Swissinfo
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July 1, 2025
Objections and appeals are the most common obstacles to residential construction projects Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...
Foreign national arrested at Mumbai airport with cocaine worth Rs 11.39 crore
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 23, 2025
Acting on specific intelligence, DRI Mumbai intercepted an Ivory Coast national who arrived from Sierra Leone at Mumbai Airport on 19 June, on suspicion of smuggling narcotics, a DRI official said. Upon questioning, the passenger admitted to...