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Donald Trump urged 'get a new makeup artist' after 'jarring' look at key White House meeting
13:29 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Social media users told President Donald Trump to "get a new makeup artist" after he appeared to have a darker complexion during a televised summit with African leaders. It's no secret that the president wears makeup for TV...

“Morocco is using migrants as pawns”—Sahrawi analyst
The recent wave of violence involving young Moroccans in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) has once again exposed a familiar pattern across Europe: assaults, social unrest, and institutional silence. Are we witnessing random youth crime, or is something...
Trump Shifts U.S. Africa Policy Toward Trade Focus
President Donald Trump announced a strategic pivot in U.S.-Africa relations during a White House summit with leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. “We’re shifting from aid to trade,” Trump stated on Wednesday,...
EU-Africa migration policy shift: Cooperation or coersion?
The European Union (EU) Commission has proposed conditioning development aid for African and other third countries on their cooperation with migration enforcement. Under its Global Europe instrument, aid allocations may now depend on how well a...

Trump's remark on Liberian President sparks row
During a White House lunch with leaders from five African nations: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, US President Donald Trump drew online attention after praising Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai for speaking “such good...

Liberia: As US Shifts from Aid to Trade, Liberia, Others Offer Invite to Explore Minerals, Push Investment
Washington – Barely 24 hours before President Donald Trump sat down for a lunch dialogue with African heads of state from Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Gabon, the five African leaders gathered for a Tete-a-Tete to prepare for...

World leader dangles blunt ‘bribe’ in Trump’s face
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...

Donald Trump eyes West Africa's mineral wealth during trade talks with 5 leaders, SA annoyed
Donald Trump hosted the presidents of five African countries at the White House on Wednesday, 9 July 2025 The President of the United States of America is aiming to strengthen economic ties with the African nations Social media users were not...

Such good English: Trump's remark on Liberian President sparks row
During a White House lunch with leaders from five African nations: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, US President Donald Trump drew online attention after praising Liberia's President Joseph Boakai for speaking "such good...
‘Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?’ — Trump’s question to Liberian president sparks a debate
US President Donald Trump has once again sparked a debate on social media after an awkward moment at the White House. This after Trump asked the President of Liberian president where he learnt “to speak so beautifully”. Donald Trump hosted five...

The Rundown: Chicago’s massive police overtime costs
Good afternoon. It’s Friday, and the bill rolling back funding for public broadcasting now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1. City Hall wouldn’t pay $14 million for police overtime. Now,...

Unlawful issuance of Gambian ID Cards abroad is electoral fraud in preparation for 2026
- Advertisement - By Ndey Jobarteh Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang has now confirmed that after the controversial pilot in Mauritania, the Government plans to dispatch more missions to Gabon, Congo, and Togo to issue Gambian National Identity...

Trump pushes 'Aid to trade' shift in meeting with African leaders, sparks mixed reactions
Daijiworld Media Network – Washington Washington, Jul 10: In a significant shift in American foreign policy toward Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told visiting leaders from five African nations that his administration was...

Iran Trots Out 100 Muslim Scholars to Proclaim Trump an ‘Enemy Against God’
Iranian state media promoted a letter written by “a group of 100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” condemning President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “enemies against God” and warning Muslim leaders that...

Trump Ridiculed for Asking to Move a 'Bit Quicker' While Meeting With African Leaders: 'How Rude'
President Donald Trump is being criticized by social media users after telling an African leader to keep their remarks brief during a meeting with multiple leaders, encouraging them to stick to the schedule for the event. Trump met with the...

Football Manager 2026 wonderkids: The FM26 young stars we predict for the game
Football Manager 2026 wonderkids are already being debated ahead of the next instalment of the much-acclaimed game dropping this autumn. FM26 is expected to return to stores in the coming months after a year-long hiatus, in which the Sports...

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing 'witch hunt' trial against Bolsonaro
Trump also objected to Brazil's Supreme Court fining of social media companies such as X, saying the temporary blocking last year amounted to “SECRET and UNLAWFUL Censorship Orders.” Trump said he is launching an investigation as a result under...

Travel advisories issued for 5 African countries including 1 where Americans have been kidnapped
The State Department has issued travel advisories this week applying to five countries in Africa, including one “Do Not Travel” warning. The agency ranks its advisories on a four-tier scale, with a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning being the...

Trump’s Africa summit: outsourcing America’s immigration problem?
Trump’s Africa summit: outsourcing America’s immigration problem? The US president reportedly asked the five African nations at his summit to accept third-country asylum seekers. United States (US) President Donald Trump hosted a mini-summit with...

Trump insegue vanamente l’Africa, il continente guarda a Cina e Russia e al multipolarismo
Si è concluso l’11 luglio 2025 l’incontro alla Casa Bianca tra il presidente statunitense Donald Trump e cinque capi di stato del continente africano, che tuttavia di nazioni ne conta ben cinquantaquattro, insomma avanti adagio, quasi indietro....