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Chinese investors to explore Liberia
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 19, 2025
Qingdao, Shandong, China, June 19, 2025: Chinese investors from Shandong Province are expected to visit Liberia shortly on an investment exploration mission, as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two countries and boost investment....
Boakai Forms High-Level Task Force as U.S. Travel Ban Looms
Liberian Observer
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MONROVIA – With a 60-day clock already ticking on a potential U.S. travel ban, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has created an inter-agency Presidential Task Force charged with delivering the swift, documented reforms Washington insists must be in...
Healing the Wounds of Liberia’s Civil War As memorial monuments are unveiled
GNN Liberia
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June 17, 2025
Monrovia, Liberia; June 17, 2025: According to the Center for Justice and Accountability, an estimated 250,000 people lost their lives during Liberia’s civil war from 1989 to 2003. In a bid to promote closure, healing, peacebuilding, and...
ArcelorMittal: 20 Years of Operation in Liberia
The New Dawn Liberia
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June 18, 2025
By Seltue Karweaye Sr. Many Liberians have negative views about mining due to a history of exploitation and limited local benefits. Still, Liberians were optimistic when Liberia enacted its Minerals and Mining Law in April 2000, aimed at...
Liberia: Min. Ngafuan Says Pres. Boakai Demands Results, Not Delays
Front Page Africa
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June 11, 2025
Ngafuan, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs himself, acknowledged that while progress has been made, more needs to be done. Monrovia – Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Ngafuan has called for urgent and unified action across...
Trump Administration May Possibly Add 36 Countries To Latest Travel Ban List
Travel Noire
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June 18, 2025
The Trump administration may subject 36 countries to full or partial travel bans, which would extend the list of 19 countries it restricted earlier this month. The Washington Post relayed a list of the allegedly proposed 36 countries. The outlet...
Liberia: Grief Gives Way to Politics as Doe Family Splits over a Condolence Gesture from Ex-President Weah
Front Page Africa
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June 10, 2025
Monrovia – The funeral of former First Lady Nancy B. Doe, widow of slain President Samuel Kanyon Doe, has taken an unexpected turn, erupting into a controversy that has shaken the Doe family. By Selma Lomax [email protected] At the center of the...
Trump gives 36 countries Wednesday deadline to avoid travel ban
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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FILE-President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on April 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has given 36 countries a Wednesday deadline to commit to improve its...
Fears over World Cup travel chaos deepen with ELEVEN countries at risk of being banned by Donald Trump
Daily Mail
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June 18, 2025
By IAN HERBERT Published: 10:16 EDT, 18 June 2025 | Updated: 10:19 EDT, 18 June 2025 No fewer than 11 nations with hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup may be subject to travel bans imposed by Donald Trump when the tournament starts. The US...
Ghanaian destinies hang in the balance as US considers travel clampdown
Joy FM
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June 18, 2025
A cloud of uncertainty looms over Ghana as the United States considers expanding its travel ban to include more countries. This possible move—intended primarily to bolster American national security and address perceived deficiencies in...
Revealed: Analyst details motivation for Trump’s sprawling travel bans
AlterNet
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June 18, 2025
Although Donald Trump enacted a travel ban during his first presidency, he is taking it much further this time. Trump is now imposing either total travel bans or travel restrictions on 19 different countries. And according to reporting in The New...
Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows
KARRYON
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June 16, 2025
The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...
Liberia: ArcelorMittal Chairman Pledges Completion of Ganta–Yekepa Road at Historic Iron Ore Concentrator Commissioning
Front Page Africa
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June 10, 2025
TOKADEH, NIMBA COUNTY – ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman, Mr. Lakshmi N. Mittal, has announced his company’s commitment to complete the long-awaited Ganta–Yekepa road project during the official commissioning of ArcelorMittal Liberia’s...
US demands response from 36 countries - including Angola - to avoid travel restrictions on their citizens
Ver Angola
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A diplomatic cable sent over the weekend by the State Department instructs embassies and consulates in 36 countries to assess their hosts’ willingness by Wednesday to improve their citizens’ travel documentation and take steps to address the...
White House Weighs Adding 36 Countries to US Travel Ban
Greek Travel Pages
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June 17, 2025
Photo source: Daniel Torok © The White House The Trump administration is considering an expansion of America’s travel ban to include 36 additional countries – most of them in Africa – according to a leaked State Department memo obtained by Agence...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
Trump Admin Gives 36 Countries New Deadline to Avoid Travel Ban
Newsweek
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June 17, 2025
The Trump administration has given 36 countries—most of them in Africa—a deadline of Wednesday to commit to strengthening travel vetting procedures or face the possibility of a travel ban on their citizens entering the United States. A diplomatic...
Trump's Travel Ban: Can US Citizens Still Visit Affected Countries And Which 36 Nations May Be Added To His List?
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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June 17, 2025
The Trump administration has recently imposed a full travel ban on 12 countries, barring their nationals from entering the United States as part of efforts to significantly reduce immigration. According to a newly leaked internal memo, US...
Trump administration may add 25 more African countries to travel ban
BusinessLIVE
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Most (25) of the countries that could face a full or a partial ban if they do not address these concerns within the next 60 days are African: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Cameroon, Ivory Coast,...
Trump admin demands action from 36 countries to avoid travel ban
The New Arab
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June 18, 2025
The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improve vetting or face a ban on their citizens visiting the United States. A weekend diplomatic cable sent by the State Department...