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President of Guinea-Bissau visits Azerbaijan
Azertag
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November 10, 2024
Baku, November 10, AZERTAC Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, arrived in Azerbaijan on Sunday to attend the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. At...
President of Guinea-Bissau is on a visit to Azerbaijan
APA
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The President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoku Embalo, visited the Republic of Azerbaijan on November 10 to participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29),...
US Tariffs: Donald Trump’s Extended Tariff Deadline Keeps Global Trade in Limbo
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
Washington, July 9: After months of promises to overhaul or eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency, President Donald Trump is touting a fast and robust federal response to the devastating Texas floods. One former agency leader says it's...
World News | Trump Sends out Tariff Letters to 7 More Countries but Avoids Major US Trade Partners
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
Washington, Jul 9 (AP) President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller US trading partners on Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. None of the countries targeted in the first batch...
Trump sends tariff letters to 7 more countries but avoids major trade partners
PBS Frontline
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners on Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. None of the countries targeted in the first batch of...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Trump hosts five African leaders as tariffs, aid cuts bite
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump meets with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday as the U.S. leader ramps up a trade war that threatens developing nations that depend on trade with the world's largest economy. Trump is...
Chinese doctors offer free consultations in northern Guinea-Bissau
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Chinese medical team in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday provided free consultations at Canchungo Regional Hospital, located 72 km north of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. The consultations, which covered...
Veronic Aisha Malack: The Gambian Trailblazer Redefining Women’s Football
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh In the sun-drenched streets of Abuko, The Gambia, a young Veronic Aisha Malack chased a football with a defiance that would define her life. Surrounded by brothers and sisters, she kicked up dust on...
The Latest: Brazilian President Lula threatens to suspend economic deals over Trump's 50% tariffs
Newsday - New York
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the 50% tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would trigger the country’s economic reciprocity law. That allows trade, investment and intellectual property agreements to...
A Delegation from the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Conducts Operational Visit to Guinea-Bissau
The Sunday News
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October 30, 2024
A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security has been in Guinea-Bissau since Monday 28 October 2024 as part of an operational visit. The delegation is led by the Chief of Staff of the ECOWAS Standby...
Guinea-Bissau's health minister praises Chinese medical team for contribution
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Pedro Tipote, Guinea-Bissau's minister of health, on Sunday expressed his gratitude for the continued efforts of the Chinese medical team in the country, highlighting their "significant contribution to improving the...
Mozambican healthcare professionals return home from advanced training in China
Xinhua News Agency
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MAPUTO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A group of 14 healthcare professionals from Maputo Central Hospital (HCM) in Maputo, the Mozambican capital, has returned to Mozambique after completing advanced training in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's...
Nigeria snubbed at White House summit, opposition blames Tinubu
Africanews
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July 9, 2025
Nigeria’s opposition alliance blamed President Bola Tinubu for not being invited to the African summit in the White House on Wednesday, according to a statement by the opposition’s Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The newly formed...
NSIA Insurance offers free medical screening for customers
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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October 25, 2024
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Insurance offered free medical screenings to its customers and members of the surrounding communities. In a press release, the screenings were part of NSIA Insurance’s recently concluded Customer...
CAF Disqualifies Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone from U-17 WAFU A Qualifiers
Awoko Newspaper
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October 21, 2024
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The organizing committee of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) A U-17 Tournament in Senegal 2024 has announced that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) medical team has completed the MRI tests for the...
UFOA A U17 Tournament: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone disqualified after MRI tests
Ghana Soccer Net
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October 21, 2024
The Organizing Committee of the UFOA A U17 Tournament has announced that three countries including Guinea have been disqualified. The other countries include Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. The disqualification has been dished after MRI tests...
WHO, multilateral development banks launch $ 1.5 bn primary health financing platform
Express Healthcare
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September 24, 2024
Execution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health investment plans turning original commitment into operational reality. The landmark partnership between Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), the...
Liberia: Sanniquellie to Host 2025 Harvest Church National Convention
Front Page Africa
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July 9, 2025
Sanniquellie – Harvest Intercontinental Ministries is set to host one of Liberia’s largest religious events this year as preparations intensify for its 2025 National Convention, scheduled to take place from August 12 to 17 in the city of...
Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone disqualified from U-17 AFCON qualifiers
Joy FM
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October 21, 2024
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has announced the disqualification of three teams from the 2024 U-17 WAFU A Cup of Nations qualifiers. The three teams disqualified from the championship are Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Sierra. This comes...