Sub-Saharan Africa trade value up 9.7% but tariffs to hit growth

The value of Sub-Saharan Africa’s goods trade grew by 9.7% in the first half of the year versus the first half of 2024, the world’s fastest rate, but US tariffs are likely to weigh on growth and intra-Africa trade still lags other regions,...

Huge hubris: Who truly deserved Nobel Peace Prize in 2025?

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, announced last Friday, was awarded to Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition in Venezuela. There was significant public interest in the outcome before the announcement, largely because U.S. President Donald...

Who Supports Putin? Nations That Side With Russia

President Vladimir Putin, a former intelligence officer, was first elected president of Russia in 2000. (He was prime minister from 2008–2012, while Dmitry Medvedev held the presidency. He returned as president in 2012 and has remained since.) A...

Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world

Africa is more than twice as sunny as the Netherlands, has 90 times more people, and is nearly 800 times larger. But the continent’s total solar power capacity last year was less than that enjoyed by the Dutch. This year, finally, imports of solar...

Resource Minerals delivers high-grade gold and silver assays from Saudi rock chips 

Resource Minerals International Ltd (ASX:RMI) has confirmed high-grade gold and silver from rock chip sampling across its Shaib Marqan and Wadi Salamah projects in central Saudi Arabia, laying foundations for a maiden drilling program. Saudi...

Sept. 18, 2001: The Day Memory Was Criminalized

Eritrea’s Day of Infamy: The Day Liberty Died Some days do not merely pass into history—they haunt it. September 18, 2001, is one such day: a wound unhealed, a silence unbroken, a betrayal unforgotten. It is Eritrea’s Day of Infamy—the day memory...

Polish court rules asylum ban at Belarus border justified and lawful

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Top 10 strongest African currencies in September 2025

The value of a currency is largely influenced by economic diversification, monetary policies, natural resources, political stability and trade relations The Tunisian Dinar leads as the most valuable currency on the African continent The Kenyan...

Ethiopia’s Purchase of Russian Su-35 Fighters Shifts the Power Balance in East Africa

Following the publication of leaked documents confirming that the Ethiopian Air Force will procure at least six Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia, significant questions have been raised regarding the implications of the acquisitions for the...

Today-History-Oct11

Today in History for Oct. 11: On this date: In 1521, Pope Leo X gave Henry VIII of England the title "Fidei Defensor," or Defender of the Faith. Thirteen years later, Henry severed all ties with Rome to establish the Church of England. Today in...

Dr. Pablo Bose and Dr. Thomas Huddleston: Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...

Library Friends to lead historical tour of Greenwood Cemetery

Put on your walking shoes, grab a sun-shading hat, bring some cool water, and enjoy a walking tour of Greenwood Cemetery. The tour starts at 1 p.m. Friday, October 17. It is offered by the Friends of Eufaula Memorial Library. It will be narrated...

The truth about the small-boats crisis

After the Calais Jungle burned, the only migrants that remained were the birds. The square mile, where thousands of questing men looked north, has been rewilded with marsh flowers and rugged grass. There are no more celebrity visits, no Banksy...

'Breath-taking' Lake District town ranked the most romantic to visit in the UK

Known for being the 'home' to the famous poets of the romantic era, it's not hard to see why. William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey and John Ruskin were hugely affected by their surroundings. But one place may have been the...

Who are the five Nobel Peace Prize judges deciding whether Trump gets it?

Five members of Norway’s Nobel Committee could hold the key to United States President Donald Trump’s much-desired moment of glory – being named this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Each year, the Nobel Committee, whose members are elected...

Refugees Speak Back: Unsettling Exile and Home

In 2007, the Red Sea Press published Sadia Hassanen’s Repatriation, Integration, or Resettlement? The Dilemmas of Migration among Eritrean Refugees in Eastern Sudan. Based on her doctoral dissertation, the book quickly became one of the most...

Africa has ‘unlimited’ solar potential. Off-grid power could help light up the continent

Globally, more than 660 million people still lack access to electricity — and 85% of them reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Washikala Malango was one of these people. Malango was born and raised in Baraka, a village on the shores of a vast lake in the...

If Trump wins the Nobel Peace prize, he won’t be the first controversial winner

Will he or won’t he? That’s the question on everyone’s mind ahead of the big Nobel Peace prize announcement. Speculation is rife on whether the United States President Donald Trump will win the big honour today (October 10). In recent times, the...

Global Organizations Ignore Over One Million Dead and Displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The surgical team operates on patients, saving lives and restoring health despite the odds against them. Photo by Dr. Matthew Spreadbury. Vascular surgeon Dr. Matthew Spreadbury picked up my call as he was finishing a full day of surgery alongside...

Lots of Arts and Culture Events to Chew Over This Weekend

"Boca Chica" Wild and Scenic Film Festival Thursday 25, AFS Cinema The Austin Film Society teams up with Environment Texas Research & Policy Center to shine a light on environmental challenges facing Texas. Six shorts will be screened including...