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Policymakers seek global agrifood transformation
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has called for bold action, increased investment and stronger partnerships to accelerate the transformation of global agrifood systems. Rising from the UN Food Systems Summit +4...
Over 60 migrants dead after boat capsizes near Yemen
Oman Observer
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August 4, 2025
More than 60 migrants were killed when their overloaded boat capsized as they tried to cross the sea between the Horn of Africa and Yemen, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday. The boat trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first...
Great Power Cooperation Vital For World Peace
The Rising Nepal
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The world now faces a security dilemma where each powerful state is fighting for strategic heft relative to others, constructing blocs and signing security and trade treaties for competitive advantages. The international state of nature reflects...
At least 68 African migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Yemen’s coast
BNO News
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August 3, 2025
A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Yemen’s southern coast, killing at least 68 people and leaving 74 others missing, according to authorities. The vessel was carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants across the Gulf of Aden when it sank near the...
Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: new book tracks the trends
The Conversation
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August 3, 2025
Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other guns-for-hire across the continent. In his latest book, Money for Mayhem, Arduino examines how military...
September could be a decisive moment for Palestine
Gulf Today
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August 4, 2025
Next month could be a major turning point for Palestine as France, Britain, Canada and six other countries are set to extend recognition of a virtual Palestinian state. While enjoying three of the four attributes that define statehood — a...
Rethinking African developement
Zimbabwe Independent
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Despite making use of existing technologies — improved seeds, chemical fertilisers, irrigation equipment and so on — Zimbabwe still lags behind in terms of development. Africa continues to face multiple uncertainties — climate chaos, food...
54 migrants drown as boat sinks off Yemen coast
Dawn
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August 4, 2025
ADEN: At least 54 migrants died when a boat sank off Yemen’s coast due to bad weather on Sunday, medics said. Dozens remain missing after the incident, according to health authorities in Abyan Governorate in the south of the country. Al Jazeera...
Chikungunya Surge in East Africa: WHO’s Global Alert Sparks Urgent Action
Red Pepper
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August 2, 2025
By Defraise Enosh MUHINDO On July 22, 2025, the World Health Organization issued a global alert warning of a rapidly spreading chikungunya epidemic, originating in the Indian Ocean islands and now threatening East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia,...
Most asylum requests made by Eritreans
Statistics Netherlands
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July 31, 2025
Download CSVShow datatable First-time asylum applications and following family members Jaartal Kwartaal Asylum requests (x 1,000) Following family members (x 1,000) 2018 Q1 4.155 2.140 2018 Q2 4.320 1.970 2018 Q3 6.205 1.280 2018 Q4 5.835 1.070...
Letters to the Editor: Agriculture in Ireland plays only a minor role in global warming
Irish Examiner
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August 3, 2025
Recently, as a scientist long concerned with global warming, travelling throughout Ireland by foot, bike, car, bus, and train, I discovered a strange phenomenon — the complete absence of the vast herds of cows that we are told are producing vast...
‘Excessive Optimism’ around UN Food Summit Omits Ethiopia’s Glaring Nutrition Deficits: Experts
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 2, 2025
Four decades after news of a catastrophic famine in Ethiopia dominated airwaves and inspired the globe’s biggest pop stars to produce a hit song in a bid to raise funding for humanitarian response efforts, Ethiopia and its tenuous food security...
From Fragile to Functional: Somaliland Can Emerge as Washington’s Silent Ally
Goa Chronicle
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August 3, 2025
While the world obsesses over Gaza, Ukraine, and an election circus in the US, a silent geopolitical realignment is unfolding in the Horn of Africa—one that has the potential to collapse decades of American policy and replace old allies with...
Opinion| Incarceration of Machar is Kiir’s strategy for buying time
Radio Tamazuj
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August 3, 2025
On July 8, 2016, fierce fighting erupted at State House, also known as J-1. This deadly incident was caused by a commotion between the guards of the First Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar’s and President Salva Kiir’s. The clashes were inevitable...
PM Abiy Spearheads a Series of Impactful Initiatives Spanning Nat’l Policy Implementation, Global Engagement
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 2, 2025 (ENA)— In July 2025, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led a series of impactful initiatives spanning national policy implementation, economic reform, regional diplomacy, and global engagement, according to Office of the Prime...
Mapped: Every City With Over 1 Million People
Visual Capitalist
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August 3, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: Every City With Over 1 Million People This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
How travelling to every country helped this American cope with a mental health disorder
Seven News
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August 3, 2025
He had struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder since childhood but Cameron Mofid says one thing helped him cope — travelling the world. Mofid, who is originally from San Diego, found he was constantly replaying and over-analysing...
Letters to the Editor | Aug. 3, 2025
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Extremist views A recent New York Times article identifies the major role of two right-wing extremists in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet who oppose any ceasefire for the war in Gaza. The Inquirer reports that recent humanitarian actions by Jordan...
ISIS Is Waging a Deadly War Across Africa That Threatens US
Newsweek
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August 3, 2025
Militant groups aligned with the Islamic State (ISIS) are ramping up violence across Africa, staging a growing number of attacks and expanding their influence in a way that could ultimately pose a threat far beyond the continent, including to the...
A warning from history
Independent (Uganda)
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August 3, 2025
Democratically elected leaders may win elections by whipping up ethnic, religious, and/or racial sentiments. However, such a government, though undesirable, would nonetheless be democratic. The transformation of democracy from a political form...