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Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 25, 2025
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 25, 2025, Egypt launched an AI tax reform task force to modernize revenue collection. The UN pressed Libya to resolve constitutional disputes, while Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the...
Women and girls face full force of Sudan war
Dabanga Radio
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August 27, 2025
Across the Greater Horn of Africa, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has reached alarming levels, devastating women, girls, and entire communities. Survivors face rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage, and other abuses, used as...
Africa’s millionaire population to grow 65%
New Business Ethiopia
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August 26, 2025
Africa’s millionaire population is projected to grow by 65% over the next decade, according to the newly published Africa Wealth Report 2025. The continent is currently home to 25 billionaires, 348 centi-millionaires, and 122,500 millionaires — a...
Three more species of giraffe than previously thought - can you spot the difference?
BBC
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August 21, 2025
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent ShareSave Giraffes in Uganda's Kidepo Valley Giraffes are one of the world's most distinct and well-loved creatures, always thought to be one species. But now scientists at the International Union...
Africa’s balancing act in the energy transition
SA Instrumentation & Control
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Africa’s balancing act in the energy transition Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2025 News Africa stands at a key moment in its energy evolution. With immense renewable potential and increasing international investment interest,...
UAE, Sudan to boost cooperation in payment and security printing
Gulf Today
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August 16, 2025
The Central Bank of the UAE and Bank of South Sudan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at establishing a comprehensive cooperation framework in the fields of security printing, developing innovative solutions for switching and...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here's what to know
The Independent
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August 21, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Three more species of giraffe than previously thought, scientists say
BBC
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August 21, 2025
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent ShareSave Giraffes in Uganda's Kidepo Valley Giraffes are one of the world's most distinct and well-loved creatures, always thought to be one species. But now scientists at the International Union...
Something called the "wildfire paradox" tries to make sense of why Earth is burning
Earth.com
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Wildfire headlines can feel all over the place. One summer brings walls of flames putting millions of people in danger. The next brings lots of fires, but very few near humans. This is called the “wildfire paradox.” Here’s the twist: the planet...
Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions
Institute for Security Studies
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Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. Published on 26 August 2025 in ISS Today By Julia Baum...
Education Cannot Wait Interviews Dr. Faiza Hassan, Director of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
Inter Press Service
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August 21, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Education, Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here, Health, Human Rights Aug 21 2025 - Dr. Faiza Hassan is the Director of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). A chemical engineer who...
The genocide in Gaza exposes the blatant falsity of the neoliberal worldview
Morning Star
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LAST week, the media reported that famine had been declared in Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Confusingly, that acronym defines both a classification scheme and an organisation in its own right. The IPC is an...
World News | Ugandans Criticise Deal with Trump Administration to Accept US Deportees
Latestly
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August 27, 2025
Kampala [Uganda], August 27 (ANI): Ugandans have criticised an agreement with United States President Donald Trump's administration to receive deportees from the US, questioning the absence of parliamentary approval and suggesting the deal is...
Remember Cecil, shot 10 years ago by a trophy hunter? This is what happened next – and it’s good news
Discover Wildlife
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August 26, 2025
Do you remember Cecil the lion, the bold, wild and archetypally handsome big cat at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park? With a glorious flowing mane and a royal swagger, Cecil was the star attraction at the reserve for more than a decade. He was also...
African Payroll Compliance Software Cuts Costs and Boosts Compliance in 8 Markets
TechTrendsKE
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August 9, 2025
Mediacent Interactive is carving out a space most global software firms have overlooked — payroll systems built for Africa’s tax and compliance realities. Its homegrown platform, Payroll Master, is now running in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,...
Guardians of Sovereignty: Celebrating the 45th Anniversary o...
Modern Ghana
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On 12 August 2025, Zimbabwe marked the 45th Anniversary of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) at Rufaro Stadium, an occasion that once again brought to the fore the central role played by the military in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty,...
Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 26, 2025
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 26, 2025, Egypt's petroleum ministry announced new gas drilling in its giant Zohr field to boost output. Meanwhile, Tunisian rights groups condemned the government's closure of a key information agency as a...
Local Demining Expert Dies In Argentina
The News Hawks
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August 25, 2025
A Zimbabwean explosives and demining expert Henry Martin Douglas Macharaga died in Argentina almost a week ago after a fatal detonation of an explosive he was handling as part of his extraction work on the side of National Route 34 in the Latin...
UNDP Resident Representative’s Message for International Youth Day 2025.
The City Review
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August 14, 2025
Celebrating International Youth Day: Empowering South Sudan’s Youth for Sustainable Development In South Sudan, the Youth aged 18–35 years make up about 72% of the country’s population, with most residing in rural areas. Despite their vast...
Africa Wealth Report 2025: Continent Outpaces Global Growth as New Wealth Hubs Surge
The Laotian Times
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August 26, 2025
LONDON, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Africa’s millionaire population is projected to grow by 65% over the next decade, according to the Africa Wealth Report 2025. The continent is currently home to 25 billionaires, 348 centi-millionaires, and...