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Pope Leo meets President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Vatican News
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June 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV meets President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Mr. Carlos Manuel Vila Nova, in the Vatican, who subsequently met with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop...
Boris Becker set to become a father again at 57: Tennis star reveals wife, 35, is expecting his fifth child nine months after his two youngest children skipped their wedding
Daily Mail
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June 30, 2025
Boris Becker has confirmed his 35-year-old wife Lilian de Carvalho is pregnant with their first child together as the German tennis star prepares to become a father for the fifth time, aged 57. Boris, who married the political risk analyst in...
São Tomé requests continued support for export agricultural sectors
Portugal Pulse
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June 28, 2025
The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe has expressed a strong desire to initiate a successor to the Agricultural and Fisheries Support Project (PAFAE). “On behalf of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, I reaffirm our desire and need for a...
Guinean children treated in Portugal return “completely cured”
Portugal Pulse
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June 28, 2025
The young Jeramias was among a group of 16 babies and children from Guinea-Bissau who returned home today after several months of treatment in Portugal. These children traveled without their families, but were accompanied by various organizations...
Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization
Coingeek
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June 20, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization African countries have stepped up their digital identity initiatives, with over a dozen targeting full coverage within the next three years. In Ethiopia,...
Immigration: 36 countries threatened with exclusion by Trump, is Tunisia in the crosshairs?
Tunisie Numerique
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June 18, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose influence continues to shape current policy, has officially warned 36 countries—25 of them located in Africa—giving them a 60-day deadline to...
Minister of Education to speak at the opening of the CPLP ministers' meeting in São Tomé
Ver Angola
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"This is a matter that has been debated, not only in the context of this ministerial meeting but also in others, and which is linked to some concern about the funding that is available internationally to address issues related to the 2030 agenda...
Merck Foundation commemorates 13 years of impact in healthcare, education, and empowerment
Weekend Post-Insightful
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June 19, 2025
Dubai, UAE — The Merck Foundation, led by CEO Dr. Rasha Kelej, marked 13 years of service in advancing healthcare, education, and women’s empowerment. The event gathered First Ladies, dignitaries, healthcare professionals, and media...
Merck Foundation commemorates 13 years of impact in healthcare, education, and empowerment
Weekend Post-Insightful
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June 19, 2025
Dubai, UAE — The Merck Foundation, led by CEO Dr. Rasha Kelej, marked 13 years of service in advancing healthcare, education, and women’s empowerment. The event gathered First Ladies, dignitaries, healthcare professionals, and media...
Every sector is battered, says Sanusi
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
Rwanda, Nigeria among 10 African countries with weakest currencies The Emir of Kano, HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II, has lamented the worsening state of Nigeria’s economy, stating that every sector in the country is battered and in decline. Represented...
Cape Verde open to regular labor immigration: minister
Xinhua News Agency
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PRAIA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Cape Verde is open to regular labor immigration through organized bilateral cooperation that takes into account its needs in specific sectors, Cape Verde's Minister for Investment Promotion and Business Development Eurico...
If problems arise in the Portuguese-speaking community… it is complicated.
Portugal Pulse
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June 29, 2025
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, addressed the prevailing “wave” of fear during times of crisis on Saturday, highlighting the global influence of Portuguese-speaking nations. “In times of crisis, it is easy to appeal to fear and...
Interview – Olukayode Bakare
E-International Relations
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June 28, 2025
Dr. Olukayode Bakare is an esteemed scholar specializing in international relations and sub-Saharan African politics. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and has held teaching and research positions...
Bhutan acts to stay off travel ban list
The Bhutanese
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June 28, 2025
After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that...
World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
America’s most unwanted and the urgent cable that reveals where Trump wants them to go
The Age
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June 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size United States diplomats in several overseas missions received an urgent cable from Washington...
Social Listening 27 June 2025: More Nigerians were kidnapped in one year than the populations of 15 countries
Business Day
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June 27, 2025
This NBS report shows that more people were kidnapped in Nigeria (2.2 million) in the past year than the populations of: Lesotho – 2,120,000 Slovenia – 2,118,697 Latvia- 1,871,871 Equatorial Guinea – 1,669,000 Guinea-Bissau – 1,663,000 Estonia-...
“They are destroying our communities”: Catholic Archbishop in Angola Calls for Criminalization of Diviners
ACI Africa
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June 20, 2025
“We must break free from the myths and falsehoods that make us believe death is always caused by someone else. Ours must become a society of knowledge, science, and reason,” the Angolan Catholic Bishop, who serves as the President of the Bishops'...
Portuguese Celebrates Digitization of “Most-Spoken Language in Southern Hemisphere”
Language Magazine
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June 24, 2025
The theme for this year’s celebration of World Portuguese Language Day was “the promotion and dissemination of the Portuguese language and cultural diversity of CPLP (Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries) member states: from traditional...