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Impatient Trump fumes 'we have to go quicker' at African leaders
The Mirror US
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump hosted a multilateral lunch at the White House on Wednesday with five West African leaders from Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau to discuss economic development and trade. The African presidents appeared...
Millennial Potash Announces Support from US International Development Finance Corporation for Banio Potash Project
The Assay
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July 9, 2025
Millennial Potash Corp. (TSXV:MLP; OTCQB:MLPNF; FSE:X0D) has announced that the US international Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed up to US$3M in project development funding for the Banio Potash Project in Gabon. This deal was...
President Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade as the region reels from sweeping aid cuts
WDHD 7 - Massachusetts
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts. Trump said he sees “great economic potential in...
Trump Faces Backlash For Praising Liberian President’s Fluent English
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
AUnited States President Donald Trump is once again facing online backlash after a remark during a lunch with African leaders at the White House resurfaced, in which he praised the Liberian President for speaking “beautiful English,” seemingly...
WC Qualifiers: Argentina, England, Egypt secure win
Rediff
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Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches. IMAGE: Angel Di Maria of Argentina celebrates after scoring the first goal of his team during a match between Uruguay and Argentina. Photograph: Ernesto Ryan/Getty Images Argentina closed in on a...
World leader dangles blunt ‘bribe’ in Trump’s face
NJ.com - New Jersey
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July 9, 2025
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears to be a man on a mission. President Donald Trump is hosting Faye and other African leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Mauritania at a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, as the...
"Great economic potential in Africa": five African leaders have lunch with Trump
Africanews
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump opened his White House lunch with African leaders, says "there's a lot of anger on your continent." The surprise meeting with the leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau comes as the Trump...
Trump courts African mineral-rich nations, snubs Nigeria and South Africa in strategic White House summit
Nairametrics
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host a select group of African leaders this week at the White House, focusing on expanding American access to critical minerals and natural resources. However, conspicuously absent from the invite list are the...
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
United States President Donald Trump is meeting with leaders from five African nations as he escalates a trade war that could impact developing countries reliant on commerce with the US. On Wednesday, Trump hosted leaders from Gabon,...
Gabon secures $3.8 billion Afreximbank pact for gold, manganese and energy projects
Business Insider Africa
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June 27, 2025
Gabon has signed a $3.8 billion memorandum of understanding with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to fund major national development projects across mining, energy, and transport sectors. The agreement, formalized during Afreximbank’s...
President Donald Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against Bolsonaro
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader’s use of...
Gabon's BGFI Holding to List on BVMAC July 15
Business in Cameroon
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June 27, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - BGFI Holding will launch its initial public offering (IPO) on the Central African Stock Exchange (BVMAC) on July 15, 2025. The announcement came during an extraordinary general meeting held on June 25, 2025, at the...
'Witch hunt': Trump's tariff threat to Brazil over ex-leader's trial
9News
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50 per cent starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula...
Trump says U.S. shifting Africa policy "from aid to trade"
Xinhua News Agency
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WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday, noting the United States is shifting its policy toward the continent "from aid to trade." Meeting with the leaders of Gabon,...
Accra Ranks Second in Africa for Costly Airport Arrival Fees
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Ghana’s capital imposes the continent’s second-highest arrival fees for international passengers, according to the 2024 AFRAA Taxes and Charges Study Review. Travelers landing at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport pay $111.50 in mandatory...
Who paused Ukraine military aid? Timeline of the Trump administration's explanations.
ABC News - New York
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump is continuing to dodge questions on who ordered the pause on U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine last week. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me?" Trump pushed back to a reporter who asked him on Tuesday who was responsible....
Trump hosts West African leaders to secure critical minerals, counter China–Russia influence
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
In what is being called a strategic move by the US, President Donald Trump welcomed five West African leaders to the White House on Wednesday, aiming to strengthen trade ties and gain access to the region’s untapped trove of critical minerals. The...
Trump sets 50% tariff on Brazil, cites 'witch hunt' Bolsonaro trial
1News
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President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the US leader's use of tariffs. Trump...
Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa
KION - California
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July 9, 2025
By Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language on Wednesday. But the African leader was educated in Liberia, where English is the...
Trump amazed by African president’s ‘good English,’ gleefully accepts praise for Nobel Peace Prize
TheGrio
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump welcomed five African presidents to the White House on Wednesday for a multilateral mini-summit to discuss areas of mutual interest in trade and other kinds of economic partnerships. “My administration is committed to...