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TRANSCRIPT: President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address 2025
Minda News
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July 28, 2025
Thank you. Thank you very much. Allow me to greet the former President, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; Senate President Chiz Escudero and the honorable members of the Senate; House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and the honorable members...
Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
Dissident Voice
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July 28, 2025
by Thomas C. Mountain / July 28th, 2025 There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the western backed corrupt, brutal gangster regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he...
WAFCON 2024: Time to reward the Black Queens – GFA President Kurt Okraku
Citi Sports Online
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July 28, 2025
President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has called for national recognition and reward for the Black Queens following their impressive performance at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco,...
From P20 rice, flood control corruption to Love Bus rollout: Read full text of President Marcos’ SONA 2025
Politiko
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July 28, 2025
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address before a joint session of Congress on July 28, tackling plans to roll out a nationwide P20 rice program, fight corruption in flood control projects, and run after...
Foreign Money, Ethnic Violence, and a Nation in Ruins
International Policy Digest
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August 1, 2025
Nasir Hassan is a veteran Sudanese human rights advocate who has lived in Switzerland since 1993. As president of For Sudan, an NGO focused on humanitarian aid, Hassan speaks candidly about the devastating war engulfing Sudan between the Sudanese...
Mamelodi Sundowns plot next move for Malian star
The South African
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July 28, 2025
Mamelodi Sundowns have taken a surprising turn in the current transfer window, keeping a low profile while rivals make headlines with aggressive signings. So far, the club have only secured Fawaaz Basadien from Stellenbosch FC, an unusually quiet...
Former Mali PM Choguel Maïga under investigation for alleged misuse of public funds
Africanews
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July 28, 2025
Mali’s former Prime Minister Choguel Maïga is facing fresh legal scrutiny following allegations of financial misconduct during his time in office. The country’s Office of the Auditor General, has submitted documents to the judiciary citing...
Positioning Blaise Diagne International Airport as a trade and connectivity hub
International Airport Review
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July 28, 2025
Blaise Diagne International Airport will expand cargo capacity and routes, positioning itself as a regional logistics and aviation hub by 2035, CEO, Askin Demir, tells International Airport Review. New freight terminal and logistics hub...
Thai army condemns 'shameless disinformation' by Mali Socheata
The Nation Thailand
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July 28, 2025
Timeline of Cambodian attacks Withai detailed a series of incidents to counter Cambodia’s narrative. On July 27 at 2am, Cambodian forces reportedly opened fire with artillery into the Chong Chom area, Thai sovereign territory. By 4.30am, heavy...
Sahel countries navigate uncertainty following split from Ecowas bloc
Modern Ghana
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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso face the task of untangling themselves from West Africa's main regional bloc, Ecowas, after officially cutting ties this week. The six-month window to reverse their withdrawal expired on Tuesday. With no sign of a...
Egypt Confirms Vast Support to Mali
MENAFN
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July 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has assured Mali of comprehensive technical, logistical, and institutional backing to assist the country in regaining peace and stability. Mali, situated in West Africa, has grappled with persistent...
Mali Replaces Algeria Accords With New National Charter For Peace, Reconciliation
Morocco World News
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July 23, 2025
Rabat – The President of the Malian transitional military government, Assimi Goita, officially received the new National Charter on July 22, in replacement of the 2015 Algerian Accords. Mali’s interim government now says it believes that the new...
Potter's new Bissouma: West Ham accelerate move for "outstanding" £20m star
Football FanCast
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August 1, 2025
West Ham United are looking to sign at least one new midfielder before the end of the summer transfer window. Graham Potter's options in the centre of the park currently include James Ward-Prowse, Edson Alvarez, and Tomas Soucek, amongst others....
Coups d’État as Means of Permissible Change of Government: The Myth and Reality of the ASS
This Day
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July 27, 2025
Bola A. Akinterinwa The ASS is Alliance of Sahel States, the English acronym for Alliance des États du Sahel. It was done on 16 September 2023 in protest against the threats by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to use force to...
Mali forward Abdoulay Diaby joins Al Jazira on two-year deal
The National News
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Al Jazira have completed the signing of Malian forward Abdoulay Diaby on a two-year contract, the Adnoc Pro League champions announced on Monday. Jazira manager Marcel Keizer has worked with Diaby when the pair were together at Sporting Lisbon,...
Nigeria strengthens military ties with breakaway Sahel states amid insecurity
Business Insider Africa
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July 26, 2025
Speaking at the University of Ibadan during a lecture organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Security Management, Musa affirmed that the military alliance between Nigeria and the Sahel states remains active despite political tensions and...
Address By His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia on the Occasion of the 178th Anniversary of Liberia’s Independence
Front Page Africa
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July 26, 2025
Honorable Vice President, Jeremiah Koung; First Lady Kartumu Y. Boakai; Excellencies: President Julius Maada Bio of the Republic of Sierra Leone & Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority; President John Dramani Mahama of the Republic of Ghana;...
Mali declines releasing arrested employees of Canadian company
MENAFN
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July 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A Malian court has rejected the request for the conditional release of four Barrick Mining Corporation employees who have been held since 2024 on charges of money laundering and terrorism financing, the company’s lawyer Alifa Habib Kone...
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH NYUMA BOAKAI, SR. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
Liberian Observer
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ON THE OCCASION OF THE 178TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERIA’S INDEPENDENCE CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL PAVILION ASHMUM STREET, MONROVIA. JULY26,2025 Honorable Vice President, Jeremiah Koung; First Lady Kartumu Y. Boakai; Excellencies: President Julius Maada Bio...
In ‘Roots of the Earth’, two artists make room for empathy
Mint
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August 1, 2025
A t Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, entering the two-person exhibition, Roots of the Earth, featuring works by Akshay Mahajan and Prabhakar Kamble, feels akin to stepping into a living, pulsating repository. It is one where erased histories are...