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CEMAC Inflation Seen Easing To 2.6% In 2025, Below 3% Target
(Business in Cameroon) - The central bank for Central Africa, the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), projects inflation in the CEMAC zone to slow to 2.6% in 2025. This forecast falls below the community's convergence ceiling of 3%, a threshold...
Owner: Yasmine Bahri-Domon
Palm trees in Africa are in decline: these botanists made a plan to do something about it
Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and east Africa 18. They form part of a global...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
Morocco’s youth rise up and demand REFORMS for education and health
Morocco is experiencing a significant wave of protests, led by its large youth population (Gen Z), who are using social media to organize and demand change in at least 11 cities. The central complaint is that the government is prioritizing...
Owner: Mike Adams
Where is Tinubu on the Lake Chad recharging agenda?
Lake Chad, once a vital freshwater source for more than 30 million people across Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, has been disappearing before our eyes. From a vast 25,000 square kilometers in the 1960s, the lake has shrunk to less than 1,500...
Owner: Malam Kabiru A. Yusuf
FG, OECD boost quality seeds for farmers
The Federal Government is partnering with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to enhance access to quality seeds for Nigerian farmers By Doris Esa The Federal Government is partnering with the Organisation for Economic...
Owner: Bougei Mohammed Attah, Danlami Nmodu
Italy’s Mattei Plan: Geoeconomic Projection into Africa
The Mattei Plan takes its name from Enrico Mattei, the founder of ENI and a central figure in Italy’s postwar foreign policy. In the 1950s, Mattei broke into oil markets dominated by the Anglo-American “Seven Sisters” by offering producer...
Owner: Nicholas dePencier Wright
Two Notts Police youth workers share their path into policing
Losing a loved one to gun crime, fleeing a country wracked by civil war, battling imposter syndrome and facing racist abuse are just some of the challenges two Nottinghamshire Police youth workers have had to overcome to get to where they are...
Owner: Malcolm Denmark
Knife firm showed 'no curiosity' after Southport killer ordered 'sinister' machete
Knife Warehouse managing director Joseph Wheeler (Image: Southport Inquiry ) An online knife retailer director admitted he did not have any curiosity about who he sold to after the Southport killer ordered a "sinister" Black Panther machete....
Owner: Reach PLC
Memorial University students can’t afford silence
Students and advocates of accessible post-secondary education protest tuition fee increases in 2021. File photo. It’s 2 a.m. and a Memorial University student is scrolling through Facebook housing groups, desperate to find a room they can afford....
Owner: Rhea Rollman
INTERVIEW- ’Silence is complicity’: Turkish filmmaker faces censorship for Gaza flotilla protest
“Silence is complicity of the genocide right now,” said Turkish filmmaker Necmi Sancak, stressing that using his voice for justice matters more than keeping quiet to protect his career. Sancak, whose debut feature Ayse won awards at international...
Owner: Albayrak Family
Turkish filmmaker faces censorship over Gaza flotilla protest
"Silence is complicity in the genocide right now,” said Turkish filmmaker Necmi Sancak, stressing that using his voice for justice matters more than keeping quiet to protect his career. Sancak, whose debut feature "Ayşe" won awards at...
Owner: Zeki Yeşildağ
Cameroon justice system makes slow progress despite reforms since 2018
(Business in Cameroon) - Since 2018, Cameroon has embarked on a broad overhaul of its judicial system. The reforms align with the National Development Plan and commitments made to the United Nations and OHADA. They include rehabilitating...
Owner: Yasmine Bahri-Domon
Jennifer Lopez Calls Ben Affleck Divorce ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened’ to Her
Jennifer Lopez believes her split from Ben Affleck was the “best thing” that ever happened to her. The singer and actress spoke candidly about her breakup and how it affected her time on the set of Kiss of the Spider Woman while speaking to CBS...
Owner: Sam Savage
Trump's climate change remarks threaten lives of people in Africa
Indeterminate
The Standard
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US President Donald Trump during the four-ball matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York, on September 26, 2025. [AFP] When US President Donald Trump stood to speak before the...
Owner: Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi ,Gideon Towett Moi & Zehrabanu Mohamed Taki Hassanali Janmohamed
Leone Ranks Second Weakest Currency in Africa for September 2025
The Sierra Leonean Leone has been ranked as the second weakest currency in Africa, according to a Forbes currency calculator report for September 2025, underscoring the lingering pressure on Sierra Leone’s economy despite recent signs of easing...
Owner: Felima Media Ltd
Barclays targeted in five countries
Paint and glue attacks cap 200 actions during ‘Summer of Sabotage’ by Shut The System and allies ~ Scott Harris ~ Shut the System says its activists and allied groups carried out coordinated actions targeting Barclays and BlackRock properties...
Owner: Freedom Press Employees
Naira ranks ninth weakest currency in Africa – Forbes report
The Nigerian Naira has been named the ninth weakest currency on the continent, according to a September 2025 Forbes currency calculator report, highlighting ongoing pressure on the economy despite signs of cooling inflation. The Forbes ranking,...
Owner: Ameh Godwin
Young Libs in the Chocolate Factory
Left-wing
The Monthly
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A group of Young Liberals are touring Hobart’s Cadbury chocolate factory. They are warned – along with the other guests – not to take photographs or use recording equipment. They must not put their fingers in the giant vats of cocoa, touch any...
Owner: Morry Schwartz
Tsitsi Dangarembga: ‘We are never completely free; we have moments of freedom’
The Nervous Conditions referenced by the title of the first novel of Tstisi Dangarembga, 66, were also described by Jean-Paul Sartre in the prologue to Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Said nerves come from the loss of all references,...
Owner: Polanco Family
Cameroon 2018–2025 trade review: exports rebound, regional integration deepens
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon, the economic hub of Central Africa, pursued a clear strategy between 2018 and 2025: modernizing infrastructure, expanding regional networks, and diversifying exports. During the same period, its trade...
Owner: Yasmine Bahri-Domon