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25 Jun 2026, 11:06 GMT

[IPS] Ouidah, Benin -- It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach on the outskirts of Djégbadji village, in West Africa's Benin, sifting through mounds of salt harvested from the Gulf of Guinea's ocean.

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25 Jun 2026, 07:21 GMT By info@allafrica.com (allAfrica) 2 variants

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- As temperatures climb, scientists warn the seas are approaching a perilous tipping point. Warming oceans are changing marine ecosystems and elevating climate risks to communities across the globe, from dying coral reefs and loss of biodiversity to more severe floods and threats to food security.

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Africa: Global Leaders Say Ocean Is No Longer Optional in Climate Action
25 Jun 2026, 07:20 GMT By info@allafrica.com (allAfrica) 2 variants

[allAfrica] The first thing you notice is the size of the Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. It towers over the quay as it is docked at the Port of Mombasa under the fluttering Kenyan flag.

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Africa: Inside the Floating Lab Shaping Ocean Science
25 Jun 2026, 07:19 GMT By info@allafrica.com (allAfrica) 3 variants

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- On a lawn overlooking the Indian Ocean, a group of women leaders from coastal Kenya sat together for a special conversation to share stories from their communities, discuss the challenges they face, and explore locally led solutions for protecting marine ecosystems while strengthening livelihoods.

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Africa: The Unsung Heroes of Ocean Conservation Are Demanding to Be Heard
25 Jun 2026, 05:21 GMT

[Education.org] For every 10 girls who complete primary school, fewer than four finish secondary Open source STEP tool supports ministries to manage vulnerable transitions

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25 Jun 2026, 04:05 GMT By feedback@worldbank.org (World Bank)

[World Bank] Luanda -- Angola and the World Bank Group today launched the country's AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to boost domestic food production, create employment, and mobilize private investment in agricultural value chains. The Compact brings together government, private sector, financial institutions, development partners, and farmer organizations around a shared agenda to transform the country's agricultural sector. By 2030, AgriConnect Angola aims to create up to 700,000 jobs, generate up to $2.2 billion in

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25 Jun 2026, 04:05 GMT By info@who.int (WHO) 3 variants

[WHO] At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate share of these gaps, with over 560 million living without electricity and 970 million lacking access to clean cooking.

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Africa: 655 Million People Still Living Without Electricity Underscore Urgent Need to Deliver On Universal Energy Access Target
25 Jun 2026, 04:05 GMT By feedback@worldbank.org (World Bank)

[World Bank] $642 million program to reach 5.4 million young people with market-relevant skills, education, and job opportunities

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25 Jun 2026, 04:04 GMT By press@transparency.org (TI)

[TI] Financial intelligence units, or FIUs, are meant to spot connections others cannot: the company with a hidden owner, the luxury property bought with unexplained funds, the consultancy fee with no clear service behind it, and the transfer linking people with no obvious financial relationship.

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25 Jun 2026, 04:02 GMT By feedback@worldbank.org (World Bank)

[World Bank] BISSAU -- Guinea-Bissau's economy demonstrated notable resilience in 2025, according to the World Bank Group's Guinea-Bissau Economic Update (Spring 2026), released today.

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25 Jun 2026, 03:37 GMT

[New Times] Triangular cooperation is increasingly shaping discussions on how to accelerate development and integration across the Global South, particularly in efforts to deepen intra-African trade.

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20 Jun 2026, 07:29 GMT By David RICH

After two decades of delays, the colossal trans-Saharan gas megaproject to export Nigerian gas to Europe via Niger and Algeria is back in the spotlight with this month's announcement that construction of the Algerian section had rebegun. The pipeline, once completed, could fundamentally reshape Europe's energy map.

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Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: an African dream that could reshape world energy markets