Russia Targets to Double Trade with Africa by 2030

Thu 09 Oct 2025 | 12:33 PM Russia is set to double its trade with African nations by 2030, according to Pavel Kalmychek, Director of the Department for Bipartite Cooperation Development at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, according to...

Tariffs, chips, rare earths & US

Beijing has now struck back. On Oct 9, it imposed sweeping export controls on rare earths. World trade has entered a very volatile phase as US and China – the two pillars of the global economy – clash over technology, resources, and power. On Oct...

French Group Wagas Plans to Build 1.5 Million Homes in Cameroon by 2035

(Business in Cameroon) - Wagas Group signed an MoU with Cameroon’s government to build 1.5 million homes by 2035. The project will rely on green bonds and sustainable financing mechanisms — a first in the Cemac region. A pilot phase in Ebolowa...

Give refugees lives, not just camps

BY DION WATUNGWA & SIBONGILE NJOVO “THE world has moved on, but we are still here. It feels like we do not exist outside this camp,” said a young woman from Rwanda. “We eat once a day…when I feed my children, I pretend I am not hungry so that they...

Spotlight: YC-backed Bujeti is building Africa’s financial control centre

When Bujeti made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 cohort, it joined a rare club, one of just a handful of African startups to break through that year, even as the famed accelerator quietly scaled back its presence in emerging markets. For...

Vitol Seals Acquisition of 30 Percent Stake in Ivorian Field

Eni SpA has completed a 30 percent farm-down of the producing Baleine field offshore Cote d'Ivoire to Vitol Group. "The transaction aligns with Eni's strategy of optimizing its upstream portfolio by accelerating the monetization of exploration...

Fresno Dissenters Chapter Screens “No Other Land”

Screening – News Dissenters Fresno is a newly created student-run organization based in Fresno. Dissenters is a foundation for young people who want to put an end to the “war industry.” The foundation seeks to create resources to “repair harm...

How Africa can grow more food without more emissions

Africa’s population is expected to hit 2.5 billion by 2050 and that means more mouths to feed. But here’s the catch: agriculture already causes nearly one-third of the world’s climate pollution. And in Africa, that pollution has shot up 40% since...

Once a Nation, now just Postcodes

For most of our species’ history, human life was organised around small, mobile bands and village communities. Before civilisation, human groups were rule-governed but local: kinship, ritual and customary norms regulated life; enforcement rested...

African Ministers Join OPEC Leadership

OPEC and the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) will host the OPEC-Africa Roundtable at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies in Cape Town, bringing together leading ministers, policymakers and industry...

GC, MICAT, LNTA dialogue on tourism sector

By Lewis S. Teh Monrovia, Liberia; October 15, 2025 – In bold steps to attract tourists, the Government of Liberia, through the Governance Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and the newly established Liberia National...

Prime's Shocking Collapse: Logan Paul & KSI's Sales Down 75% Globally

The hype that launched Prime is now colliding headfirst with harsh business reality. When Logan Paul and KSI launched Prime in 2022, it felt like a textbook case of influencer marketing done right: social buzz, scarcity drops, celebrity tie-ins....

Tucson Meet Yourself events highlight 'the ways we come together'

Tucson Meet Yourself is back for another year of traditional arts and performances celebrating the many vibrant cultures and communities of Tucson. The festivities start at 11 a.m. Oct. 17 and run all weekend long. As always, this year's schedule...

How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World

In the spring of 2024, Lighthouse found a vast archive of data on the deep web. It contained thousands of phone numbers and hundreds of thousands of locations from nearly every country in the world. The data came from a little-known surveillance...

KALW Almanac - Tuesday October 14, 2025

Today is Tuesday, the 14th of October of 2025, October 14 is the 287th day of the year 78 days remain until the end of the year 68 days until winter begins Sunrise at 7:17:53 am and sunset will be at 6:32:10 pm. We will have 11 hours and 14...

Liberia: Monrovia’s Citizens Beg for Quiet as Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown on Noise Pollution

Mid-afternoon in Monrovia, a megaphone blasts a vendor’s message in a busy neighborhood, one of the city’s most common sources of noise pollution. Photo: Manon Verchot/New Narratives By Aria Deemie, environmental reporter with New Narratives At 3...

Liberia: Pay Rise for Private Sector Workers as MOL Begins Nationwide Minimum Wage Consultations

Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. Monrovia – Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr. has said the minimum wage of workers in Liberia’s Private Sector, comprising thousands of the country’s youthful population, which now stands at a...

Rajnath Singh proposes '4C' approach for rule-breaking nations threatening peace

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called out countries that openly violate international laws and undermine global institutions, warning that such conduct threatens world stability and the very foundations of peacekeeping. Speaking at the...

A new generation committed: Volunteers serving their communities

Blog Raphael Mavambu 8 October 2025 In August 2025, Greenpeace Africa led an exceptional expedition to the heart of the Congo Basin, to the villages of Lokolama and Penzélé, as well as to Mbandaka, in Equateur Province. Raphael Mavambu 26 August...

Oil Majors Brace for Dividend Drought as Sub-$70 Crude Bites

Sub-$70 oil is squeezing margins, forcing Exxon, Chevron, and BP to rethink $100 billion in annual returns. Dividends to Dry Up as Sub-$70 Crude Squeezes Supermajors - Amidst fears of oversupply and tariff-impacted demand slowdown, global oil...