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Burundi eliminates trachoma and sets example for disease control in Africa
Medical News
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July 11, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the eighth country in WHO's African Region to reach this important milestone. Trachoma is also the first neglected...
Liberian president impresses Trump with good English
Tuscaloosa Times - Alabama
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Joseph Boakai was one of five African leaders hosted at the White House for talks on Wednesday United States President Donald Trump has intensely praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his command of the English language, after the latter...
Trump asks Liberian president where he learnt English – it’s Liberia’s official language
Pink News
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July 10, 2025
Donald Trump met with African leaders at the White House (Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Donald Trump praised his Liberian counterpart for his “beautiful English”, during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday (9 July) – seemingly, and...
Trump's praise of Liberian leader's 'good English' prompts eye rolls and frustration
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 10, 2025
Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation Thursday after discovering that the leader of their country's closest bilateral partner does not appear to know what language they speak. At a meeting at the White House on Wednesday,...
Nigeria rejects US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees — Tuggar
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria and other African countries have been increasingly pressured by the US to accept Venezuelan deportees. According to the minister, the recent 10 per cent tariff imposed on Nigeria by...
Democrat blasts ‘racist’ Trump Liberian remarks as it’s revealed African leaders were pressed to take random migrants
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Law and Order star Christopher Meloni issues scathing two-word attack on Donald Trump
Irish Star
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July 10, 2025
Law and Order star Christopher Meloni has issued a scathing attack on Donald Trump after he praised the Liberian President for his English - seemingly unaware that it is the official language of the West African country. The US President has been...
Where did you learn to speak English? Trump asks Liberian president
Nigerian Eye
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump had just finished nodding through a flurry of translated praises from African leaders when he turned to Liberian President Joseph Boakai with a question that caught the room off guard. Trump had hosted the presidents of...
Trump pressing African leaders to take deported migrants, sources say
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
MONROVIA, Liberia - The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters on July 10. The plan was...
EXTRA: Where did you learn to speak English? Trump asks Liberian president
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump had just finished nodding through a flurry of translated praises from African leaders when he turned to Liberian President Joseph Boakai with a question that caught the room off guard. Trump had hosted the presidents of...
Trump surprised by Liberian president’s English even though it’s Liberia’s official language
Metro
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July 9, 2025
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Donald Trump went on about the president of Liberia’s ‘beautiful English’ – despite it being the African nation’s official language. The...
Trump’s ‘good English’ praise prompts eye-rolls and cheers in Liberia
Times LIVE
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The White House shared a separate statement from Liberia's foreign minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, stressing Boakai himself took no offence. "What President Trump heard distinctly was the American influence on our English in Liberia, and the...
Federal officers use force on protesters during immigration raids at California farms – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
Federal officers use force on protesters during immigration raids at California farmsFederal immigration officers, supported by national guard troops, used force against protesters, firing chemical munitions, during raids on two cannabis farms in...
world Trump presses African leaders to take deported migrants, sources say
Asiaone
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July 11, 2025
MONROVIA — The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Thursday (July 11). The plan was...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Trump hosts West African leaders to secure critical minerals, counter China–Russia influence
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
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...
Trump eyes African mineral wealth in trade-focused summit
Modern Ghana
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US President Donald Trump hailed West Africa's rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Trump's administration is...
Trump praises leader of English-speaking African nation for his ‘good English’
New York Daily News
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July 9, 2025
President Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking English articulately, seemingly unaware of the fact that English is Liberia’s national language. “Such good English, that’s beautiful,” Trump said during a Wednesday meeting at...
Veronic Aisha Malack: The Gambian Trailblazer Redefining Women’s Football
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh In the sun-drenched streets of Abuko, The Gambia, a young Veronic Aisha Malack chased a football with a defiance that would define her life. Surrounded by brothers and sisters, she kicked up dust on...
Trump Asks How Liberian Leaders Speak English—It’s Their Language
NewsOne
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July 10, 2025
Source: Win McNamee / Getty President Donald Trump recently hosted a meeting at the White House with five African leaders, including Liberian President Joseph Boakai. While the gathering focused on building diplomatic ties and exploring economic...