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Empowering Akwa Ibom’s Entrepreneurs for Global Markets at AYWES 2025
Africa.com
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July 4, 2025
In the heart of Nigeria’s vibrant Akwa Ibom State, a transformative event is set to ignite the ambitions of women and youth entrepreneurs. The Akwa Ibom Youths and Women Entrepreneurs Summit (AYWES 2025), scheduled for July 15-16 at the Technology...
African Development Bank, & Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Renew Partnership For Africa’s Sustainable Growth
Africa.com
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July 4, 2025
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have signed an agreement strengthening their collaboration on sustainable economic development, designed to boost infrastructure development and...
DRC and Rwanda signing peace deal in US
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 27, 2025
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a militia allegedly backed by Rwanda occupies vast swaths of land, will be signed in...
IMF Greenlights $262 Million Boost for Congo Amid Reform Drive
Arabian Post
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July 3, 2025
The International Monetary Fund has cleared the initial review of its Extended Credit Facility arrangement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, triggering an immediate disbursement of US$ 262 million. That sum bolsters the Kinshasa government’s...
Paul Kagame casts doubt on peace agreement with DRC, questions regional leadership and avoids domestic accountability
The Rwandan
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July 4, 2025
KIGALI, July 4, 2025 — Speaking to the press for the first time in weeks, Rwandan President Paul Kagame used the 31st anniversary of the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) rise to power to deliver a calculated message: his government will comply with...
Carbon Markets Africa Summit Reveals Packed Programme Featuring Continent’s Entire Carbon Markets Value Chain
Africa.com
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July 16, 2025
The upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) programme features the continent’s entire carbon markets value chain in what is a compelling combination of successful early carbon market movers, climate-finance-ready projects, regulatory bodies...
DRC-Rwanda Peace Deal: Kigali Dictates Terms Ahead of Washington Signing
The Rwandan
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June 26, 2025
Washington – On the eve of the expected signing of a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the balance appears to be tipping in Kigali’s favour. According to diplomatic sources cited by Reuters, Congolese...
DRC extends cobalt ban ahead of peace deal with rebels
Azzet
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June 24, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has doubled down on its market intervention strategy, extending its cobalt export suspension for an additional three months through September. The DRC government's Authority for the Regulation and Control of...
Rwanda Accused of Expansionist Aims in Eastern Congo, Days After Peace Deal
The Rwandan
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July 2, 2025
Barely five days after the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington on 27 June 2025, a confidential report by a UN panel of experts, leaked to Belgian newspaper De Standaard, paints a starkly different picture...
US brokers peace deal between DRC and Rwanda
PRI - The World
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July 2, 2025
Last Friday, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a peace deal that was brokered by the Trump administration and signed in Washington. If it succeeds, the agreement could help bring an end to a long and deadly conflict between the two...
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Agreement Signing Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Rwanda
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 27, 2025
Washington, DC — On June 27, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Allison Hooker, and Senior Advisor Massad Boulos hosted the Ministerial signing of the Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has cautiously welcomed a United States-brokered peace deal with the Democratic Republic of the...
Uganda secretly sends hundreds of troops to DR Congo - UN experts
Africanews
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July 4, 2025
More Ugandan soldiers have poured into Congolese territory under the pretext of fighting armed groups, without Kinshasa's authorization. As many as 1,000 troops have deployed in Bunia, as well as to the Mahagi and Djugu territories in Ituri...
Construction And Infrastructure Excellence Recognised At This Year’s Big 5 Construct South Africa
Africa.com
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July 17, 2025
The events welcomed over 8,858 industry professionals and government stakeholders over three high-impact days Top speakers from Dreyer Project Dynamics, Infrastructure South Africa and The South African Institute of Building Design shared...
Donald Trump ally seeks to buy DR Congo mine as US brokers peace deal
Observer
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July 2, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with a Texan businessman allied to US President Donald Trump in an effort to transform a notorious source of conflict minerals into a pillar of US-backed peace plans for the region. Gentry Beach, the...
Kinshasa to host first World Music and Tourism Festival, celebrating rumba
Joy FM
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June 27, 2025
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take centre stage on the global cultural calendar this July, as it hosts the First World Music and Tourism Festival in Kinshasa from 16 to 18 July 2025. Organised under the Patronage of His...
DRC and Rwanda to strike Trump-brokered peace deal: All to know
Al Jazeera
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June 27, 2025
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to sign a United States-mediated peace deal on Friday following several months of conflict that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions in resource-rich eastern DRC....
Namibia Oil And Gas Conference 2025 Announces Future Generations Masterclass In Partnership With The Namibia Youth Energy Forum
Africa.com
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July 17, 2025
Empowering the Next Generation of Namibia’s Oil and Gas Leaders The 3rd Namibia Oil and Gas Conference (NOGC 2025) has announced the launch of the Future Generations Masterclass, a new half-day programme dedicated to inspiring, empowering and...
What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
BBC
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ShareSave The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central authorities for power and control of the...
Congo and Rwanda Will Sign A Peace Deal On June 27
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint - California
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June 26, 2025
By Wilson Mcmakin, Associated Press Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said. Congo has accused Rwanda of backing M23...