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Ex-Mali Finance Minister Jailed for Plane Scandal
News Central TV
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July 9, 2025
Mali’s former finance minister, Bouare Fily Sissoko, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison in connection with the controversial purchase of a presidential plane and military equipment over a decade ago. According to an official document...
Russia sees Africa as great coal shipments market
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia sees Africa as a promising market for its coal exports, potentially becoming the third-largest destination after China and India, according to Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov in a TASS interview. With Africa’s population...
Trump’s ‘African lunch’: Trade, tensions & travel bans on the menu
African Insider
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July 9, 2025
The presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon – five nations located along Africa’s Atlantic Coast – will convene at Trump’s behest.Officials from the countries have told AFP that they expect talks to centre on trade,...
Gold from Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex to finance Mali operations
Mining Technology
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July 9, 2025
The court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali has announced plans to sell one tonne of gold from the site’s reserves, as reported by Reuters. The move will fund operations as the complex resumes activity...
'I visited the Maldives without breaking the bank - here's how'
Glasgow Live
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July 9, 2025
What springs to mind when you think of a 'budget holiday'? Perhaps a cheap package at Butlin's or a quick, alcohol-filled trip to Benidorm, all while avoiding costly flights. Yet, a travel enthusiast has shared that it's possible to have an...
ATTRACT lights the way to commercialising R&D
Science|Business
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July 9, 2025
Europe has struggled to leverage its spending on research and development to create commercially-attractive products. The ATTRACT project, which held its final conference in early July, offers some evidence of what works and what doesn’t as food...
WAFCON: Ghana eyes redemption against Mali after South Africa setback
Premium Times
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July 9, 2025
Ghana’s Black Queens will head into their second Group C fixture at WAFCON 2024 with mounting pressure, following a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions South Africa in their tournament opener. Despite a spirited performance and several missed...
The Unfinished Business of Nation Building in Ethiopia and the Conflicted Roles of Its Intellectuals and Scholars
Zehabesha
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Aklog Birara (Dr) February 4. 2022 “In broadening the debate about a country’s trajectory beyond the usual group of elite decision makers, national dialogues offer the potential for meaningful conversation about the underlying drivers of conflict...
Families anxious over safety of Indians kidnapped in Mali
BBC
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Amarendra YarlagaddaBBC Telugu ShareSave Amaralingaeswara Rao is among the three men who have been missing since they were abducted in Mali A week after three Indians were kidnapped in Mali, their families say they still have no information about...
FNE ar Venice 2025: Venice Gap-Financing Market 2025 - The selected projects
The Film New Europe
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The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 54 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding. 330 project applications have been received and the selection reflects the great diversity of backgrounds, stories...
Mali vs Tanzania: Preview & Predicted Score
Morocco World News
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July 7, 2025
Mali and Tanzania meet in Berkane today for their first game in Group C at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations held in Morocco. Kick-off is at 8 p.m. Moroccan time (GMT+1), and fans can catch the action live on beIN Sport, CANAL+, New WorldTV,...
Mali: IMF says Serbia doing well, GDP growth lower due to crisis and blockades
eKapija
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Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “has praised Serbia” and said that it was “doing well” despite the current political crisis and protest blockades of traffic routes, but that, this year, it...
Nigeria, SA drive up intra-African trade by 12.4% to $220.3bn – Report
New National Star
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July 8, 2025
BY GLORIA AKUDORO The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has revealed that the Intra-African trade surged by 12.4 percent to $220.3 billion in 2024, compared with $196.04 billion in 2023. The African Trade Report launched by Afreximbank...
US Is Still Financing UN Mine Action in Nigeria, Surprising Everyone
Pass Blue
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July 8, 2025
A Nigerian police officer demonstrating a manual search drill to locate explosive ordnance as part of IED disposal training in Borno state in the country’s northeast, the epicenter of the continuing conflict with the Boko Haram insurgency. Despite...
Russian Broadcaster RTVI Starts Airing in Mali
The Moscow Times
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July 8, 2025
Russian television network RTVI has launched broadcasts in Mali via the country’s largest provider, Malivision, the channel announced on Tuesday. The move, which extends RTVI’s reach to an estimated 3 million viewers in the African country, is the...
Exclusive-Mali plans to sell gold reserves at Barrick complex to fund operations
Yahoo Finance
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By Divya Rajagopal and Portia Crowe TORONTO/DAKAR/BAMAKO (Reuters) -The Malian court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto complex plans to sell one metric ton of gold from the site's storeroom as operations commence again...
Global Financing Shifts to Advance Prospects
Business Ghana
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As Africa moves to fully harness its coal and uranium resources for economic growth, major shifts in the global financing landscape in 2025 are set to unlock new opportunities across the continent. In June, international finance institution The...
‘Death is our business’
Atlantic Council
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July 8, 2025
Podcast July 8, 2025 • 11:23 am ET Print this page ‘Death is our business’ By Alia Brahimi In Season 2, Episode 12 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi is joined by the journalist John Lechner to discuss his new book, ‘Death is Our...
Russia, Mali sign nuclear energy agreement
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia and Mali have signed a new agreement to strengthen collaboration in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, according to a statement by Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, on Tuesday. The deal includes joint efforts in...
Russia, Mali enhance trade, joint research
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mali’s transitional leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, met in Moscow on Monday to sign a series of agreements aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation. The two countries finalized three major treaties,...