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Senegalese Government Issues Firm Response Over LGBTQI Event Backed by Foreign Missions
The Fatu Network
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom The Senegalese government has issued a formal statement opposing an LGBTQI-themed event reportedly scheduled to take place in Dakar, stressing that such activities are incompatible with...
Law and Order star Christopher Meloni issues scathing two-word attack on Donald Trump
Irish Star
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July 10, 2025
Law and Order star Christopher Meloni has issued a scathing attack on Donald Trump after he praised the Liberian President for his English - seemingly unaware that it is the official language of the West African country. The US President has been...
Senegal Dumps Akon’s $6bn Wakanda-Inspired City Project
New Telegraph
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July 10, 2025
Senegal has cancelled Akon’s $6 billion plan to build a futuristic “Akon City” on the country’s Atlantic coast, after years of inaction and missed payments by the Senegalese-American singer, Bloomberg reports. The project, first announced in 2020,...
International News Briefs for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Havana Times
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July 10, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Gaza’s Doctors Warn Hospitals “Will Become Graveyards” as Fuel Supplies Dwindle Jul 10, 2025 Israel’s unrelenting slaughter in...
Senegal scraps Akon's $6bn Wakanda-inspired city project
Nigerian Eye
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July 10, 2025
Senegal has cancelled Akon’s $6 billion plan to build a futuristic “Akon City” on the country’s Atlantic coast, after years of inaction and missed payments by the Senegalese-American singer, Bloomberg reports. The project, first announced in 2020,...
Senegal Shuts Down Akon City Project Over Lack Of Progress
Naija News
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July 10, 2025
According to Bloomberg, the plan was to build a high-tech smart city in Mbodiène, a coastal town located about 80 kilometres from Dakar. Naija News reports that after years of little progress and missed deadlines, the government has taken back...
President Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%
The Daily News - Michigan
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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import...
Guinea-Bissau’s president on his meeting with Trump, relations with Russia and China, and whether he will accept US deportees
Atlantic Council
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July 11, 2025
Watch the event China tends to show up to fulfill African countries’ needs more quickly, while there is a “delay” that is “too long” in working with the West, said President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau. “How are we going to leave the...
Not wanted here: Why Africa is turning away from US military might
Oklahoma City Sun
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For Africa, the retreat of a long-standing security partner opens a strategic vacuum to be filled by other global actors A shift appears to be underway in US-Africa relations, judging by the remarks of Vice President J.D. Vance and AFRICOM...
President Donald Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against Bolsonaro
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader’s use of...
United States: List of African migrants to be deported, Senegalese affected
Sene News
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July 11, 2025
While Washington is increasing pressure to conclude repatriation agreements with several African countries, Dakar is faced with a delicate choice: diplomatically cooperate with the United States or manage the massive return of compatriots...
Senegal's leader flatters Trump with comments…
USA Today - Virginia
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Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called Trump a 'tremendous' golfer with skills in 'concentration and precision' that 'make for a great leader.' The compliments came as Trump met at the White House with five African leaders to discuss...
Senegal, Gabon, Liberia…Trump hosts five African leaders at White House
The Cable
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July 9, 2025
United States President Donald Trump has met with his counterparts from Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Gabon. The African leaders had lunch with Trump at the White House on Wednesday and discussed expanding commercial...
Nagy: Why President Trump is focusing on Africa
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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On July 9 President Trump hosted five West African leaders to a White House lunch. This closely follows the June 27 signing in Washington of an accord between the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), witnessed by...
An Examination into the Safety and Efficacy of Khapregesic®, a Khaya Senegalensis Preparation, on Women Experiencing Menstrual Pain and Menstrual Distress: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Dove Medical Press
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July 11, 2025
Introduction Menstrual distress refers collectively to all the negative symptoms that are associated with the menstrual cycle, such as abdominal pain and discomfort, nausea, breast tenderness, fatigue, headaches, and mood disturbances. These...
President Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade as the region reels from sweeping aid cuts
WDHD 7 - Massachusetts
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts. Trump said he sees “great economic potential in...
Nigeria can't take Venezuelan deportees from US, minister says
BBC
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Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Natasha BootyBBC News, Lagos & London ShareSave "We already have over 230 million people," says Yusuf Tuggar Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners...
Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’?
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
United States President Donald Trump has drawn mockery after he complimented the president of Liberia for speaking English “beautifully”, even though it is the country’s official language. “Such good English, where did you learn to speak so...
Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says
Capital FM Kenya
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria’s foreign minister says the country will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the US, following visa curbs and threats of tariff hikes. Yusuf Tuggar told privately-owned Channels TV that...
After Trump’s remarks to Liberian president, Nigerian official excited Tinubu wasn’t invited
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
A Nigerian official, Rachel Kufre Nse, has expressed joy that US President Donald Trump did not invite President Bola Tinubu to the White House like other African presidents invited by Mr Trump. Ms Nse, a member of Nigeria’s North Central...