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National Assembly of the Republic of Djibouti Approves Digital Code
JD Supra - California
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July 11, 2025
In Short The Situation: The National Assembly of the Republic of Djibouti approved the Digital Code, which will reform the telecommunications and digital sector in Djibouti. The Result: The Digital Code will enable all the provisions applicable to...
Loneliness and isolation: The hidden threat to global health
The Jakarta Post
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round the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Social disconnection, when a person lacks sufficient social contact, feels unsupported in their existing...
Cuban delegation strengthens education ties with Djibouti
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 25, 2025
Upon arrival at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, the Cuban delegation was received by Mohamed Abdallah Mahyoub, Secretary General of Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, and Havana’s Ambassador to this nation,...
Egypt Launches First Solar Power Plant in Djibouti
Egyptian Streets
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June 19, 2025
Egypt and Djibouti have officially laid the foundation stone on Wednesday 18 June for the first solar power plant in Djibouti, located in the village of Omar Kaji in the Arta region. This significant project, announced by the Egyptian Ministry of...
SETAF-AF forensic team deploys expertise at sea, protects US and allied assets
US Army
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July 10, 2025
Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) VICENZA, Italy – When U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) identified a need to gather evidence, the U.S. Army’s Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center...
Somali Minister Attends WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting in Geneva
Shabelle Media Network
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July 9, 2025
Mogadishu, July 8, 2025 – Somalia’s Minister of Communications and Technology, MP Mohamed Adan Macalin (Somali), officially participated in the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland. The global forum, jointly...
Moscow enhances transport relations with three African countries
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has reached new agreements with Djibouti, Egypt, and Morocco to enhance bilateral cooperation in the transport sector, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced on Monday. The focus will be on developing regulations and...
German Surveillance Plane Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser In Red Sea Points To Disturbing Pattern
The Drive
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July 8, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A Chinese warship targeted a German surveillance aircraft operating over the Red Sea with a laser, according to a...
Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
A new data hub helps small-scale fishers adapt to climate change
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
Roughly 40% of the global fish catch comes from small-scale fisheries. It’s one of the food production systems most vulnerable to climate change, and governments are lacking data to help fishers adapt. To help address that gap, the global research...
NAVWAR Reserve Sailor Named National Reserve Sailor of the Year Finalist
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Reserve Program (NWRP) recognized its Sailor of Year (SOY) at a ceremony in NAVWAR headquarters in San Diego Feb. 23. Electronics Technician (ET1) Makayla Burgan, from Palm Bay, Fla., was...
EAC, IGAD unite to break barriers in cross-border digital payments
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
ADDIS ABABA: THE East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have joined forces to accelerate regional financial integration through a five-day workshop focused on payment systems interoperability. The...
Editorial: China-Linked Hpx In Liberia: A Strategic Gamble or a Sovereignty Risk?
Front Page Africa
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July 9, 2025
LIBERIA, A SMALL West African nation with outsized strategic importance, is once again at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical contest. But this time, the tools of engagement are not colonial gunboats or imperial mandates. THEY ARE CONTRACTS,...
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...
4 Seafarers Killed In Second Houthi Attack Within A Day In Red Sea
StratNews Global
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July 9, 2025
A drone and speedboat assault near Yemen on Tuesday claimed four seafarers’ lives aboard a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, an official familiar with the matter said, marking the second such incident in a day after months of calm in...
China and Ethiopia reaffirm alliance at meeting on sidelies of BRICS summit
Africanews
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July 7, 2025
At a meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said the two countries are ready to work together to expand bilateral trade and investment and promote the sustainable development of the Addis-Ababa-Djibouti...
CCECC: Powering Malawi’s Infrastructure Boom with Excellence and Innovation
Nyasa Times
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July 7, 2025
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Malawi Ltd. is rapidly transforming the country’s infrastructure landscape—winning national recognition and public praise for its impactful, high-quality work. Recently crowned Malawi’s...
4 Filipino seafarers killed in Red Sea attack on bulk carrier
Interaksyon
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July 9, 2025
LONDON/ATHENS — Four seafarers on the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C were killed in a drone and speedboat attack off Yemen, an official with knowledge of the issue said on Tuesday, the second incident in a day after...
Kuwaiti tanker rescues 45 refugees
Kuwait Times
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July 8, 2025
3 killed in Red Sea attack as Houthis resume campaign against Zionist-linked ships KUWAIT/DUBAI: Acting CEO of the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company Sheikh Khaled Ahmad Al-Sabah, announced on Tuesday that the company’s oil tanker Bahra rescued 45 refugees...
Drone attack on ship off Yemen claims three lives
Dawn
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July 9, 2025
LONDON: Three seafarers on the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C were killed in a drone and speedboat attack off Yemen, an official with the EU naval mission Aspides said on Tuesday, the second incident in a day after months...