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Campaigners express fossil fuel concern in US-EU trade deal

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, the EU and U.S. struck a framework agreement that imposes a 15% tariff on most EU goods entering America....

Dangote Refinery imports 10m barrels of crude monthly from US, Africa loses $90bn annually to imported substandard fuel

Africa is increasingly becoming a destination for cheap, often toxic petroleum products - many of which are blended to substandard levels that would not...

U.S. to pull out of UNESCO

The United States would withdraw from UNESCO by the end of 2026, the government said on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, two years after rejoining...

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires...

U.S. urges Japan, South Korea to commit to $44bn Alaska gas project

Officials in the United States are urging Japan and South Korea to make a formal commitment within the next few weeks to a $44...

Timothy Radcliffe: A society without charity is doomed to failure

Recent news reports that the US government may impose new curbs on charitable giving are profoundly worrying. The ability of charities, funders, and philanthropies...

Peace Corps: The third rail of U.S. global development assistance

This article presents a case for now vastly expanding the United States Peace Corps in light of threatened cuts to it and the dismantling...

US imports over 2m barrels of jet fuel from Dangote Refinery

The growing influence of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals appears to be extending far beyond Africa and the Middle East, as the United...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) have...
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Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from a geopolitical thriller: U.S. special forces executed a precision operation...

Blaise Odunze: NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn debt write-off and test of Nigeria’s fiscal governance

When the Federal Government approved the write-off of about $1.42 billion and N5.57 trillion in legacy debts owed by...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental...

Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from...
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