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1. Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger leave La Francophonie

   Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced to withdraw from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF). The three countries accused the OIF has become “a remote-controlled political instrument, operated from Paris to suit its ‘geopolitical considerations’,” the Peoples Dispatch writes. The three countries were founding members of the OIF, an organisation with the purpose... Read more

2. Glacier retreat is a question of survival for humanity

   Climate Change 3 by Ingrida Preisa. Copyright 2025 © by boldtpublishing.com and Ingrida Preisa According to experts, so much glacier ice is lost in one year that it corresponds to the water consumption of the world’s population within 30 years. The preservation of glacier meltwater is essential for the climate, nature and people. Glaciers are... Read more

3. USAID: Judge allows staff workers to be fired

   A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job in the United States and around the world. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency have moved swiftly to shutter USAID, AP is reporting. Read more... Read more

4. Latin America: Regional AI Planned to Preserve Cultural Identity

   Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (Cenia) has announced that it will coordinate a project, named LatamGPT to preserve Latin America’s multicultural identity. Cenia has the support of more than 30 institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean, and more than 60 experts from the region. The project will be launched in mid-2025, the Tico... Read more

5. DR Congo: 700+ People Killed in Fights with Rwanda-backed M23 Rebels

   At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity within a week, reports Al Jazeera. As always, the civil population carries the burden of the war between army troops and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured Goma last week. According to Al... Read more

6. Tackling Corporate Fraud: For more Transparency in Global Trade

   The motto of the World Economic Forum 2025 ‘Collaboration for the intelligent age’ makes it clear: the fight against money laundering and financial crime through transparency and secure company identification. Davos. – In the shadows of the global economy, criminal activities continue to thrive. The scale, sophistication, and impact of corporate fraud have reached unprecedented... Read more

7. Mali: Algeria is interfering in internal Affairs

   The Military Government of Mali accuses the Algerian leadership of “persistent interference” in its internal affairs. According to moroccoworldnews.com the Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf had stated that Mali’s military strategy was failing in the fight against terrorism and that a political solution would be necessary. “Mali neither seeks nor accepts lessons from Algeria, which,... Read more

8. Chad: 1st Parliamentary Election in more than 10 years

   Map: Everest700, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Berlin. – The citizens of the Central African nation Chad are voting on Sunday in parliamentary, regional and municipal elections for the first time in more than a decade. The military government had the elections delayed serveral times, due to «financial problems» and the Covid-19 pandemic. Opposition voices... Read more

9. Mali: Military Regime kills 8 Tuareg leaders in the country’s north

   Drone strikes by the Military Regime have “killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine” in the north of Mali, africanews reports reffering to a rebel spokesman. It has been “the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012, that so many Taureg leaders have been killed in a single attack,”... Read more

10. “Die Welt steht in Flammen”

    UNO braucht 2025 47 Milliarden US-Dollar für humanitäre Hilfe Genf (epo.de). – Im kommenden Jahr sind rund 305 Millionen Menschen auf humanitäre Hilfe angewiesen, warnen die Vereinten Nationen. In einem globalen Appell für 2025 ruft die UNO die internationalen Geldgeber dazu auf, 47 Milliarden US-Dollar zur Verfügung zu stellen. Das Geld werde benötigt, um Lebensmittel,... Read more