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The Nasdaq Composite ended sharply lower on Thursday, notching its biggest one-day drop in 19 months and confirming it was in a correction, as chipmakers sank on fears of tougher AI regulation after Democrats won control of the US Congress reut.rs/4yZJJOX
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China made eleventh-hour inquiries into OPay, prompting the Nigeria-focused payments company to halt its $300 million initial public offering in New York hours after pricing it, according to people familiar with the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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And just like that, #CHOGM2026 comes to a close! 🌍
More than 4,000 delegates from across 56 Commonwealth countries gathered in Antigua and Barbuda to strengthen partnerships, explore investment opportunities and advance a shared vision for a more prosperous Commonwealth.
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UK agrees to talks addressing 'historical harms' of slavery
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Let’s hope so.
UN leaves Western Sahara after 35 years; Morocco vows to keep the ceasefire 3news.com/world/western-sahara-minurso-ends-morocco-ceasefire #WesternSahara #Morocco #UN
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African fashion is gaining global attention, but the continent still accounts for less than 2% of the global fashion market.
As CANEX WKND 2026 approaches, discover how Afreximbank is helping African designers scale their businesses, access international markets and turn creative talent into commercial success.
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#Sudan’s Chief of Staff, General Yasser Al-Atta, declared that the army would continue its war against the Rapid Support Forces (#RSF), stressing that the campaign was not directed against the tribes or communities of Darfur and Kordofan.
Addressing troops in #Khartoum, Al-Atta accused the #Dagalo family’s RSF of deploying thousands of foreign mercenaries from Niger, South #Sudan, #Ethiopia, northern Somalia and Colombia.
He also accused the UAE leadership and Israel’s Mossad of conspiring against Sudan, claiming that the army was fighting to defeat their plans.
Job creation is paramount for the continent.
Africa's growth is holding up. But it is not enough to create jobs for millions of young people entering the workforce. Can AI change that?
Andrew Dabalen, @WorldBankGroup Africa Chief Economist, and regional experts weigh in.
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Nigeria's Dangote refinery closed its $1.6 billion initial public offering, after attracting investors across Africa to what the continent's richest man called 'The People's IPO' reut.rs/4zPQkMI
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BREAKING: "I will never move ahead of the British public when it comes to Brexit."
The PM has ruled out re-joining the EU within 'this parliament', but he would 'like' to see the UK return in his lifetime.
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An excellent result.
BREAKING: Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential run-off against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Sunday, the electoral authority said, securing a fourth non-consecutive term.
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.news/vs1cfu
The Future Is AFRICA.
Angola's President João Lourenço has called for African diamond-producing countries to establish common mechanisms to protect the continent's diamond industry from growing competition from synthetic diamonds.
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Absolute chaos.
France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the government said Friday.
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Africa can well do without another Ebola epidemic on the continent.
Challenging times…
Cameroon is getting hammered by bond investors after a credit downgrade. Having a nonagenarian leader with no public succession plan doesn’t help. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The future is definitely AFRICA.
In 1950, there were 228mn people living in Africa, with about 33mn in cities. Today there are 1.6bn Africans, 19% of the world’s total, of whom 670mn live in cities. Almost unnoticed, Africa has become an urban story, explains the FT's David Pilling. ft.trib.al/XZw6TGM
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Africa's minerals value-add drive interests investors but faces energy hurdle reut.rs/4yytEzR reut.rs/4yytEzR
Check out my latest article: Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali restart dialogue with ECOWAS linkedin.com/pulse/burkina-f… via @LinkedIn
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"As well as my own country, he called the developing countries, to quote him, 's***hole' countries. That's very hurtful."
Watch what else #nobelpeaceprize winner Navi Pillay told @SkyYaldaHakim about President Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ⬇️