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Reflections on PMB: Buhari and Maiduguri: A relationship that goes back in history
Daily Trust
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Yesterday, July 17, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the session of tributes of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renamed the University of Maiduguri as Muhammadu Buhari University to honour his predecessor. As the decision was made public,...
Nigerian navy’s mission to safeguard national security and prosperity
The Cable
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July 11, 2025
BY MUSA ILALLAH In the early hours of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, a band of terrorists attacked the naval base Lake Chad in Baga, Borno state, targeting military equipment at the base, including swamp buggies recently made available by the governor...
From Chad to China, these are stories of empowerment brought to the world by the big screen
L'Osservatore Romano
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by Miriam Raccosta It has always been asserted that, among all the arts, cinema is the most powerful medium for shaping collective images, and possesses the ability to transform them into foundational elements of our understanding of reality. In...
Rick Swart takes over as U.S. Consul General in Lagos
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 18, 2025
The United States Mission in Lagos has announced the arrival of Rick Swart as the new Consul General. He succeeds JoEllen Gorg, who served in an acting capacity for the past seven months following the departure of former Consul General Will...
Toward a New Grand Design? Reviving Sully’s Legacy in European Strategic Thought
War on the Rocks
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July 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of the history of strategy and military operations, to better illuminate contemporary defense challenges. We...
Funding Shortfalls Deepen Human Suffering Amid Sudan’s Displacement Crisis
ImpACT International
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The humanitarian crisis unfolding across Sudan and neighboring countries stands among the most catastrophic ever recorded in modern history. Widespread armed conflict, mass displacement, extreme food shortages, disease outbreaks, and critical...
Rick Swart assumes duty as new US Consul General in Lagos
Daily Post
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July 18, 2025
The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the appointment of Rick Swart as the new Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. Swart officially began his tenure on July 16, succeeding JoEllen Gorg, who had served in an acting...
UN warns over 11 million refugees face aid loss
Sun Online International
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Massive cuts to humanitarian budgets risk leaving more than 11 million refugees without desperately needed aid, the United Nations has warned. That corresponds to a full third of the number reached last year by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. In a...
Swart, New U.S. Consul General, Arrives In Lagos
Daily Independent
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July 18, 2025
2 The United States (U.S.) Mission in Nigeria has announced the arrival of its new Consul General in Lagos, Rick Swart, who came to the state on July 16. A statement by the Public Diplomacy Section, U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, which was made...
US Mission receives new Consul General in Lagos
Eagle Online
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July 18, 2025
The U.S. Mission in Lagos State has announced the arrival of its new Consul General, Rick Swart. The News Agency of Nigeria reports Swart takes over from JoEllen Gorg, who led the Consulate General in an interim capacity for the last seven months....
Mahama Receives Credentials From 5 New Envoys, Reaffirms Commitment To Global Cooperation
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday formally received the Letters of Credence from five new envoys accredited to Ghana. The presentation of credentials marks the official beginning of their diplomatic missions in the...
Libya’s strongman with friends in high places: All you ever wanted to know about Khalifa Haftar
Euronews
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When a senior EU delegation travelled to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi last Tuesday, they were hoping to discuss ways to limit the increasing numbers of migrants leaving Libya heading north to Europe. However, shortly after their jet touched...
Côte d’Ivoire’s OMOA Targets 15% Annual Growth in Cameroon with Smart ATMs
Business in Cameroon
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July 22, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Côte d’Ivoire-based Opérateur Monétique Afrique (OMOA), a firm specialized in secure payment services and transaction processing, aims to achieve at least 15% annual growth in Cameroon. The goal is driven by the rollout of...
Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
Media Monitors Network
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July 18, 2025
Globally, $1.4 billion of the agency’s programmes are being shuttered or put on hold, UNHCR said in a new report. “We can’t stop water, you can’t stop sanitation, but we’re having to take decisions when it comes, for example, to shelter,” said...
The UN Made AI-Generated Refugees
404 Media
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July 10, 2025
I am talking to Amina, an AI avatar that plays the role of a woman living in a refugee camp in Chad after she escaped violence in Sudan. “I’m hanging in there, yeah,” Amina tells me. “ It’s tough here in the camp, but we’re staying strong.” I ask...
UAE, Chad discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in financial sector
Zawya
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Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, has received Tahir Hamid Nguilin, Chad's Minister of Finance, Budget, Economy, Planning and International Cooperation, to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in financial...
Over 11 million refugees risk losing aid because of funding cuts, reveals UN
Gulf Today
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July 18, 2025
Massive cuts to humanitarian budgets risk leaving more than 11 million refugees without desperately needed aid, the United Nations warned on Friday. That corresponds to a full third of the number reached last year by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR....
Over 11m refugees risk losing aid due to funding cuts – UN
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 18, 2025
Massive cuts to humanitarian budgets risk leaving more than 11 million refugees without desperately needed aid, the United Nations warned Friday. That corresponds to a full third of the number reached last year by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. In...
Trump administration ordered to admit pre-screened refugees
Baptist News Global
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July 18, 2025
The Trump administration has been ordered by a federal judge to admit about 12,000 refugees whose arrival plans were canceled when the president took office in January. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said his order includes...
Interview – Olukayode Bakare
E-International Relations
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June 28, 2025
Dr. Olukayode Bakare is an esteemed scholar specializing in international relations and sub-Saharan African politics. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and has held teaching and research positions...