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16 African countries on U.S. high-risk travel advisory as of September 2025
Business Insider Africa
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September 12, 2025
The U.S. Department of State issues travel advisories under a four tier system ranging from Level 1 which advises “exercise normal precautions” to Level 4 which urges “do not travel” because of life threatening dangers. For the purpose of this...
On Cue with Kafui Dey: From LinkedIn to Lagos: Building a personal brand that travels across borders
Business and Financial Times
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September 11, 2025
You’ve polished your LinkedIn profile to perfection. Your headline shines brighter than a Lagos traffic light at midnight: “Strategic Leader | Growth Catalyst | Pan-African Visionary.” Your profile picture is carefully chosen—smiling, but not too...
Jihadist blockades disrupt trade, travel in landlocked Mali
Modern Ghana
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Jihadists have set up roadblocks in the south and west of landlocked Mali near the borders with Senegal and Mauritania where vital goods are imported daily. Mali has battled a security crisis for over a decade fuelled by violence by groups...
Current U.S. Travel Rules and Restrictions for September 2025
Tempo.co
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September 9, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Welcoming September, the details on current U.S. travel restrictions are necessary to keep many international travelers on loop. While some of these advisories don’t require trip cancellation, it’s also important to understand...
The countries with the most vacation days in the world
Conde Nast Traveller
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September 9, 2025
How much you travel depends on how much you’re allowed to—and, as it turns out, some countries are far more generous with time off than others. According to the Global Paid Leave Report for 2025 by Moorepay, a UK organisation that provides HR...
Mauritanian Fishermen Struggle to Survive 15 Years After Chinese Deal
Africa Defense Forum
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September 2, 2025
Mauritania signed a 25-year fishing agreement with China in June 2010. After 15 years of overfishing by Beijing’s industrial trawlers, artisanal fishermen in Mauritania now struggle to fill their nets due to depleted fish stocks and the...
Commerce Minister Proposes Joint Fair with Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania
Tunisie Numerique
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September 5, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Samir Abid, the Minister of Commerce and Export Development, proposed the creation of a trade fair showcasing products from Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, and Libya during his visit to Algeria, with the goal of...
Mauritania rejects Human Rights Watch report on migration measures
Xinhua News Agency
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NOUAKCHOTT, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Mauritania's Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization on Friday rejected a recent Human Rights Watch report on national measures concerning irregular migrants, saying that it lacks objectivity and credibility...
FAQ: What International Students Should Know About Trump’s Travel Ban
WTOP - District Columbia
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September 3, 2025
Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher education plans for this academic year after… Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher...
Visa-free Africa can unleash a $3.3 trillion market and jobs – Mubarak, Team Lead, Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign
Business Day
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September 3, 2025
As Africa eyes the vast promise of the $3.3 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a bold Pan-African campaign is demanding visa-free travel across the continent to unlock trade, tourism, and job creation for its 1.4 billion...
70 drown as migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania
Dawn
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August 31, 2025
BANJUL/ATHENS: At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia’s foreign affairs ministry said on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along a popular migration route...
Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
The Guardian
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August 29, 2025
Sixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, coastguard officials said on Friday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday after passengers on the boat spotted the lights of a...
At least 69 migrants confirmed dead after boat capsizes off Mauritanian coast
Africanews
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August 29, 2025
At least 69 people have died and dozens more are missing after a vessel carrying migrants from The Gambia capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, according to a revised death toll from the Mauritanian coast guard. The tragic...
5 GAMBIANS RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED BOAT IN MAURITANIA Unidentified bodies litter beach, dozens missing
The Standard Gambia
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August 29, 2025
- Advertisement - By Olimatou Coker A migrant boat carrying 120 migrants including Gambians, capsized in Nouakchott, Mauritania on Wednesday with an unknown number of them missing. A Chilling video of dozens of dead bodies on a beach in Mauritania...
I am a happy and active retiree – Ambassador Bala Sani
Daily Trust
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September 13, 2025
As a career foreign service officer, Ambassador Bala Mohammed Sani served in many places, including Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Zambia and Libya. He last served as Nigeria’s Ambassador in Mauritania between 1999 and 2003, from where he retired....
Trans African Tourism and Unity Campaign launched in Accra
Graphic
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August 25, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has started a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, from August 18, 2025. This initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa with the sole objective of promoting a...
Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday To Bring Extended Holiday For UAE In September
Gulf Insider
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August 24, 2025
The International Astronomy Center in the United Arab Emirates announced on Sunday that the crescent of Rabi Al Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, was not sighted across the Arab world on Saturday, August 23, 2025. The finding means...
The world's longest train stretching 1.8 miles travelling 400 miles across Africa
Daily Express
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August 23, 2025
One of the world's longest trains stretches a whopping 1.8 miles and travels more than 400 miles along the great plains of the Sahara Desert in Africa. Primarily a freight train, it carries iron ore from a major mining centre to the Atlantic...
Visa-Free policy will double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah
MyJoyOnline
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...
Visa-free policy would double Africa’s US$190bn tourism revenue – Julius Debrah
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 20, 2025
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...