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Is Putin the World's Richest Politician? Meet the Top 10 Leaders
Tempo.co
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August 25, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Wealth is more than just influence or leverage since it often embodies sheer dominance across every sphere of power. For today’s richest politicians, this truth is lived daily, as their financial supremacy both fuels and...
ValueJet expands regional network with Accra, Cotonou, Malabo routes
Daily Trust
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ValueJet has concluded plans to launch three new routes from its hub in Lagos to Cotonou, Benin Republic; Accra, Ghana and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, less than three years after commencing scheduled flight operations. The airline kick-started...
Access Bank, others pay tribute to helicopter crash victims
MyJoyOnline
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August 14, 2025
Photo caption: Pearl Nkrumah (arrowed), the Executive Director of Retail and Digital Banking, Access Bank, with other staff members of the bank after the wreath laying for the helicopter crash victims. Former First Lady, Nana Konadu...
Bakassi youths seek C’River gov’s support to tackle pirates
Punch
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August 25, 2025
Youths in Ikang town, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to assist them with speedboats and motorcycles to help combat sea pirates and criminal gangs terrorising riverine and upland communities...
UK player in talks for Equatorial Guinea offshore block farm-out
Offshore Energy
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August 4, 2025
A subsidiary of UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas company Europa Oil & Gas has signed non-binding heads of terms (HoT) with an undisclosed energy company to farm out an interest in a production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Equatorial...
INTERPOL Dismantles Massive Cybercrime Networks Across Africa, Recovers Millions and Arrests Over 1,200
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 25, 2025
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent In a sweeping, three-month law enforcement campaign, an international coalition has dismantled a vast network of cybercriminals, recovering millions of dollars and arresting over 1,200 suspects...
Financing reforms key to Africa’s food system goals, report
Africa Business Communities
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Unlocking diverse sources of funding will be essential for Africa to meet its agrifood transformation goals, according to a report from the Malabo Montpellier Panel. The study warns that fiscal pressures, climate shocks, and declining global aid...
Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 25, 2025
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 25, 2025, Egypt launched an AI tax reform task force to modernize revenue collection. The UN pressed Libya to resolve constitutional disputes, while Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the...
Trump Administration Wants to Banish Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
The Intercept
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August 25, 2025
The Trump administration announced Monday it was processing Kilmar Abrego Garcia for expulsion to Uganda, threatening to banish him to the United States’ growing network of deportee dumping grounds for the second time. Abrego Garcia, a native of...
Real Equatorial Guinea Magazine celebrates ten years of commitment to information in Equatorial Guinea
Zimbabwe Independent
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The celebration was presided over by its founder and general director, Milagrosa Adá Micha Abesó, who opened the event with a personal and sincere speech, Real Equatorial Guinea Magazine celebrated its tenth anniversary with an institutional event...
Funding row threatens $5bn Africa Energy Bank launch
Punch
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August 13, 2025
The establishment of the Africa Energy Bank has been thrown into uncertainty as the African Export-Import Bank warned that continued delay by the African Petroleum Producers Organisation in transferring equity subscription funds could stall the...
Donald Trump trade tariffs: Country-wise, product-specific taxes. Check full list
The Economic Times
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August 12, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent on all imports to the United States, as well as additional duties on...
Lusophone exports to China fall by 12.1% until July
Portugal Pulse
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August 25, 2025
Exports from Portuguese-speaking countries to China have dropped by 12.6% in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, it was announced today. According to the Chinese Customs Authorities, from January to July, the...
Bonny Light settles near $70 mark as India buys Nigerian crude
Nairametrics
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August 25, 2025
Nigerian crude prices rose on Monday after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russia, fanning concerns that Russian oil supply could be disrupted, and expectations for a cut in U.S. interest rates buoyed the outlook for global growth and fuel demand....
Improved pipeline security, crude oil production drive Nigeria’s $41 billion reserves – Analyst
Nairametrics
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August 25, 2025
Nigeria’s foreign reserves have risen to $41 billion, a milestone last recorded nearly four years ago, with analysts crediting the increase to improved pipeline security and a rebound in crude oil production. Speaking on Channels Television’s News...
Trans African Tourism and Unity Campaign launched in Accra
Graphic
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August 25, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has started a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, from August 18, 2025. This initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa with the sole objective of promoting a...
C’River youths demand speedboats, motorcycles to tackle pirates, militants
Punch
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August 25, 2025
Youths from Ikang town in the Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State have appealed to the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, to provide them with speedboats and motorcycles to effectively combat sea pirates and militants...
Portugal launches probe into construction giant’s dealings with Equatorial Guinea’s vice president
ICIJ
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July 28, 2025
Portugal’s Attorney General has launched a probe into possible corruption involving Portuguese construction firm Zagope and the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s longtime dictator, following an exposé by the International Consortium of...