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JOSEPH NYUMAH BOAKAI: ‘I DIDN’T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AMERICANS WERE PUTTING A GUN TO ANYBODY’S HEAD TO SIGN ANYTHING’
President Boakai says one of the biggest challenges he faces fighting corruption is that his government inherited some of the people currently in government. “And that being the Liberian way, people want to be convinced that we are serious – and...

Beyond The English: The Media Missed Liberia’s Moment
When President Donald J. Trump recently praised President Joseph N. Boakai’s “beautiful English” at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, social media lit up. The video clip went viral. Amid the noise, journalists in both the U.S. and Liberia failed to...

Democrat blasts ‘racist’ Trump Liberian remarks as it’s revealed African leaders were pressed to take random migrants
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Trump Shifts Focus ‘From Aid to Trade’ at Africa Summit
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump welcomed leaders of five African nations, hailing the continent’s economic potential as his administration seeks to expand US access to critical minerals and other natural resources. Most Read from Bloomberg...

Trump slaps Brazil with 50% tariff, explicitly tying action to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader’s use of...

Trump hits Brazil goods with 50% tariff over Bolsonaro trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....

Trump Hosts African Leaders As They Push For Investment In Resource Development
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted the presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House, as the leaders sought American support to develop their countries’ natural resources and attract...

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50% over 'witch hunt' trial against Bolsonaro
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader's use of...

Trump to host leaders of 5 African nations rich in critical minerals
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump is scheduled this week to meet the leaders of five African nations that will potentially offer American businesses opportunities in critical minerals and other natural resources. Mr Trump invited the leaders...

Trump imposes 50% tariff on Brazil, citing Bolsonaro trial as driving factor
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing 'witch hunt' trial against country's former president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....

3 projects exemplifying the uptake of digital solutions in Africa
Beninese, Nigerian and Kenyan projects have been selected among The Elites nominees into how digitalisation forms the backbone of smart solutions, changing the way that people in Africa interact with power, energy and water. Planning and...

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50% as he sends out tariff letters to more countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....

President Donald Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against Bolsonaro
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader’s use of...

Trump courts African mineral-rich nations, snubs Nigeria and South Africa in strategic White House summit
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host a select group of African leaders this week at the White House, focusing on expanding American access to critical minerals and natural resources. However, conspicuously absent from the invite list are the...

Trump hosts West African leaders to secure critical minerals, counter China–Russia influence
In what is being called a strategic move by the US, President Donald Trump welcomed five West African leaders to the White House on Wednesday, aiming to strengthen trade ties and gain access to the region’s untapped trove of critical minerals. The...

Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China
Introduction In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a three-day summit in Washington, D.C....

(VIDEO) African Presidents Say Trump Deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Securing Peace Between Rwanda and the Congo and Working to Secure Peace Around the World
The presidents of Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal signaled they may consider nominating President Trump for a Nobel Prize, or at least that he deserves one, for his commitment to world peace and action to bring peace to...

Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka — 22 countries hit with Donald Trump’s ‘common sense’ tariffs up to 50% | Complete list
US President Donald Trump explained that the new tariff rates were based on “common sense” and trade imbalances, although this was inconsistent with what he wrote in his letter to Brazil, according to an AP report. He also admitted that he hadn’t...

Former President Muhammadu Buhari Laid to Rest in Daura Amid Tears, Tributes
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been laid to rest in his hometown Daura in Katsina State, following a solemn state funeral and Islamic funeral prayers attended by Nigerian and international dignitaries. Buhari, who died in London on Sunday...