Podcasts about Mauritania

As world attention descends on the United Nations General Assembly, Open to Debate is once again casting a critical lens on this over 80-year-old global organization. To this day, questions are still mounting as to whether the United Nations itself is both ineffective and outdated, or whether an institution created for the world of 1945 is equipped for, and can effectively meet, today's challenges. Now we debate: Is the United Nations Obsolete?   ARGUING YES:  Rajan Menon, Political Scientist & Spitzer Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the City College of New York  Nile Gardiner, Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow at The Heritage Foundation  ARGUING NO:  Angela Kane, German Diplomat and Senior Fellow at Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; Former UN Under-Secretary-General  Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Scholar & Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania  Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates  Join the conversation on Substack—share your perspective on this episode and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated insights from our debaters, moderators, and staff.  Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and TikTok to stay connected with our mission and ongoing debates.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El Valle Andaluz del Hidrógeno Verde comienza a ser una realidad. La primera fase del proyecto ONUBA, de la compañía MOEVE se inicia hoy. En un acto con la participación del presidente del gobierno y del de la junta se pondrá la primera piedra de su construcción. En este informativo también la intervención del vicepresidente de la junta e el parlamento andaluz, en el que dio explicaciones sobre el operativo del incendio de Niebla. También recogemos las preoupaciones de la flota marisquera de Anamar, que tiene base en Huelva, y que muestra su incertidumbre ante la finalización del acuerdo pesquero de la Unión Europea con Mauritania.Y después, retomamos el asunto principal del día, la nueva planta de Moeve. Para entender la magnitud de este proyecto conversamos con José Manuel Andújar, catedrático de ingenieria de sistemas y automática de la Universidad de Huelva. Escuchar audio

Montage Gold CEO Martino De Ciccio joins Mining Stock Daily as the company closes in on first gold production from the Koné Project in Côte d'Ivoire. Martino discusses the accelerated start-up through the oxide circuit, continued growth of higher-grade satellite deposits, and the potential to increase Koné's future production profile. The conversation also turns to Didievi as Montage's next potential development asset, the emerging opportunity at Wendé, and the company's expansion into Mauritania. We finish with capital allocation and how Montage plans to transition from a successful developer into a multi-asset African gold producer.

In the last week in June a boat set sail from The Gambia heading for the Canary Islands. On board were an estimated 200 people, made up mostly of men of all ages as well as about 20 women and five children.Within weeks, only 36 would be alive; the rest killed by starvation and thirst as the engine failed and the boat got lost on the Atlantic migration route, now regarded as the deadliest in the world.As the days went on, bodies were thrown overboard and tension rose between the remaining desperate travellers who had paid traffickers to take them from impoverishment in west Africa to what they hoped would be a better life in Europe.A fishing boat found the distressed vessel in July, alerted authorities and the survivors were given medical attention in Mauritania before being returned home.It is estimated that since 2022 more than 20,000 people have died on this route.Sally Hayden, Irish Times reporter who specialises in migration, travelled to The Gambia and spoke to two of the survivors Alhagie Ngie (27) and Mustapha Secka (29) who gave eyewitness accounts.Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.Sally Hayden's reporting was supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nella primavera dell'anno 430 le strade che conducevano a Ippona erano percorse da una folla di fuggiaschi. Giungevano dalla Mauritania e dalla Numidia, portando con sé ciò che erano riusciti a sottrarre alla devastazione. Alle loro spalle avanzavano i Vandali di Genserico, passati dalla Spagna in Africa l'anno precedente insieme con gruppi di Alani e di altri popoli germanici.I villaggi erano incendiati, le campagne saccheggiate, le chiese profanate. Possidio, vescovo di Calama e futuro biografo di sant'Agostino, racconta che sacerdoti, monaci e vergini consacrate fuggivano in ogni direzione; alcuni venivano uccisi, altri condotti in schiavitù. Di tante città africane, solo Cartagine, Cirta e Ippona resistevano ancora (Possidio, Vita Augustini, capp. XXVIII-XXXI.)A Ippona aveva trovato rifugio anche il generale Bonifacio, comes Africae, al comando delle residue forze romane e di contingenti federati goti. Dopo essere stato coinvolto nelle lotte che dilaniavano la corte di Ravenna, si era riconciliato con Galla Placidia, reggente in nome del giovane Valentiniano III. Aveva affrontato i Vandali in campo aperto, ma era stato sconfitto e costretto a ripiegare entro le mura della città episcopale.

Ceuta atraviesa momentos de extrema tensión e incertidumbre un mes después de la entrada masiva de migrantes. Los altercados nocturnos aumentan con agresiones a patrullas militares, protestas vecinales contra la instalación de campamentos y disturbios en las playas. Además, la Fiscalía confirma dieciséis agresiones sexuales a menores dentro del colectivo migrante, lo que aviva el debate político entre reproches al Gobierno por su gestión y acusaciones cruzadas de xenofobia. A nivel internacional, la crisis de Ceuta provoca diversas reacciones en África; Argelia defiende la soberanía española de la ciudad frente a Marruecos, mientras Mauritania centra su atención en las rutas hacia Canarias y Túnez refleja su propia crisis social. En el ámbito de los sucesos, los equipos de extinción combaten un incendio en la Dehesa del Saler en Valencia, Nepal sufre riadas devastadoras con cuatro españoles sin localizar, el rey Harald de Noruega continúa grave y fallece el genocida Ratko ...

El pasado viernes el ministro de Justicia marroquí,  Abdellatif Ouahbi, reivindicó el “derecho histórico y geográfico” que presuntamente tiene su país sobre las ciudades de Ceuta y Melilla. No es algo nuevo, la reclamación de estas dos ciudades forma parte de lo que se conoce como “Gran Marruecos” un proyecto geopolítico que aspira a reunir bajo la soberanía del reino alauí un amplio territorio del noroeste de África. El primero en formularlo fue Allal El Fassi, fundador del Partido Istiqlal que, en la primera mitad del siglo XX, articuló esa idea como bandera del nacionalismo marroquí. Para sus defensores, el fin de los protectorados francés y español en 1956 debía ser solo el primer paso hacia la recuperación de unas tierras que consideran históricamente marroquíes. El fundamento de esta reivindicación se apoya sobre las grandes dinastías medievales. Almorávides, almohades y benimerines proyectaron desde el actual Marruecos su poder sobre buena parte del Magreb, y en algunos periodos alcanzaron incluso el África subsahariana y la península ibérica. A esa continuidad territorial se sumaba el vínculo religioso y político de la baya, el juramento de fidelidad que las tribus prestaban al sultán. Los partidarios del Gran Marruecos toman esos lazos como prueba de una soberanía previa que trascendía las fronteras trazadas por las potencias coloniales. El mapa original de las reivindicaciones incluía el Sáhara Occidental, la totalidad de Mauritania, franjas del oeste y suroeste de Argelia, el norte de Malí y, en el flanco septentrional, Ceuta, Melilla. Algunas corrientes más exaltadas han llegado incluso a incluir a las islas Canarias, aunque esto nunca se ha convertido en una reivindicación oficial. Tras la independencia el nuevo reino intentó dar contenido práctico a ese ideario. La guerra de Ifni en 1957 enfrentó a Marruecos con España en el sur, la guerra de las Arenas en 1963 les enfrentó con la recién independizada Argelia por la delimitación fronteriza. En Rabat tardaron años en reconocer a Mauritania, a la que tenían por parte de su territorio. El episodio más conocido fue en 1975 con la Marcha Verde, la movilización de cientos de miles de civiles hacia el entonces Sáhara español. Eso precipitó la retirada de España y la posterior ocupación marroquí del territorio disputándoselo a la población local representada por el Frente Polisario. Hoy Marruecos controla la mayor parte del Sáhara Occidental. Esta política de hechos consumados ha ido ganando apoyo internacional. Estados Unidos reconoció la soberanía marroquí en 2020 y España dos años más tarde. El Frente Polisario y Argelia, su principal valedor, mantienen su rechazo y reclaman un referéndum de autodeterminación. El otro frente que tienen abierto es el de Ceuta y Melilla. No se trata de una amenaza militar inminente, sino de una reclamación de fondo que en Rabat no abandonan y que activan cuando les conviene para obtener concesiones o presionar a España. No importa que ambas ciudades sean españolas desde hace 500 años y que la comunidad internacional las reconozca como tales. Es en ese punto es donde se inscribe el asalto del pasado 30 de julio. Para tratar este tema, que tiene mucha miga y requiere tratarlo con calma y conocimiento, vuelve a La ContraCrónica Julio González, un analista muy fino que lleva unos meses sin pasar por aquí. #FernandoDiazVillanueva #ceuta #marruecos Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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When the pastor began to weep, Cade Jefferson, the leader of VOM's work in the Middle East and North Africa, wasn't quite sure how to respond. He had just explained to the pastor how The Voice of the Martyrs comes alongside persecuted Christians and how the ministry was ready to help should a member of his congregation be persecuted or arrested for sharing the gospel with Muslims. "We've found the people that are going to help us," the pastor exclaimed. Hear about the dream that the pastor had the night before meeting with Cade, and how Christian persecution may look different for Christians in different parts of the region, depending on whether they live on the Arabian Peninsula, in North Africa, or the Levant. Cade will also share how he and his team view their region through the lens of the persecuted church and how they see the differences for Christians in countries with historic, infant, or predominantly immigrant churches. You'll hear specific kinds of persecution our brothers and sisters experience in places like Mauritania, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya and more, including the danger they willingly endure to boldly engage in gospel conversations with Muslims.

✈️ ETF III Update #7: Bangkok 2026 Hey now! I am your host Ric Gazarian, and I am here with the seventh update for the Extraordinary Travel Festival (ETF III), happening October 22-25, 2026, in Bangkok. We have 4 amazing days of community, content, and exploration of Bangkok and beyond. Over 190 people have committed to joining ETF III. Use code BANGKOK to join and save $100.

Cada vez que la tensión escala en la frontera sur de Europa, el debate público se llena de consignas rápidas, adjetivos de trazo grueso y acusaciones de colonialismo. Desde Rabat se insiste periódicamente en calificar a Ceuta y Melilla como «plazas ocupadas» o «reductos anacrónicos». Pero... ¿Qué nos dice la documentación histórica cuando apartamos la espuma de los titulares periodísticos? En este episodio de Antena Historia, Antonio Cruz Medina aborda un análisis historiográfico riguroso y sin concesiones para desgranar la trayectoria jurídica, política y militar de las dos ciudades autónomas españolas en el norte de África. ¿Qué vas a escuchar en este programa? Las raíces seculares (1497 y 1580/1640): Cómo y por qué Melilla se integra en la Corona de Castilla casi un siglo antes de que existan los contornos estatales del Magreb moderno, y el camino dinástico por el que Ceuta juró lealtad a Felipe IV. El origen del Estado marroquí: La distinción fundamental entre el Bled el-Makhzen (territorio bajo autoridad del Sultán) y el Bled el-Siba (tribales independientes), y por qué la independencia de 1956 atañe únicamente al territorio del Protectorado delimitado en 1912. La doctrina del «Gran Marruecos»: El ideario de Allal al-Fassi y la estrategia de la expansión territorial hacia Mauritania, Argelia y las plazas españolas. La Guerra de Sidi Ifni (1957-1958): El conflicto no declarado donde tropas de reemplazo, tiradores y legionarios combatieron contra las bandas armadas del Ejército de Liberación Marroquí en Edchera, Tiliuin y Telata. La zona gris y la presión híbrida contemporánea: Del choque del islote Perejil en 2002 a la instrumentalización de los flujos migratorios y el cierre de aduanas comerciales en la actualidad. Un viaje imprescindible por los archivos, los tratados de límites y las operaciones de campo para comprender por qué la presencia española en África no es un capítulo colonial, sino una realidad histórica continuada que precede a la propia cartografía de los estados norteafricanos. Escúchalo ya en Antena Historia. Si valoras el rigor histórico independiente, comparte el programa y déjanos tu comentario. RECURSOS DE BIBLIOGRAFÍA CONSULTADA Miralles, Juan B.: Ceuta y Melilla en la historia diplomática española. Madrid, 2008. Casas de la Vega, Rafael: La Guerra de Ifni-Sáhara. Servicio de Publicaciones del EME, 1985. Canales, Carlos y del Rey, Miguel: Breve Historia de la Guerra de Ifni y del Sáhara. Ediciones Nowtilus, 2010. Torres García, Ana: La mirada del vecino: Las relaciones hispano-marroquíes en el siglo XX. Editorial Biblioteca Nueva, 2013. Cajal, Máximo: Ceuta, Melilla, Olivenza y Gibraltar: ¿Dónde termina España? Siglo XXI de España Editores, 2003. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Cada vez que la tensión escala en la frontera sur de Europa, el debate público se llena de consignas rápidas, adjetivos de trazo grueso y acusaciones de colonialismo. Desde Rabat se insiste periódicamente en calificar a Ceuta y Melilla como «plazas ocupadas» o «reductos anacrónicos». Pero... ¿Qué nos dice la documentación histórica cuando apartamos la espuma de los titulares periodísticos? En este episodio de Antena Historia, Antonio Cruz Medina aborda un análisis historiográfico riguroso y sin concesiones para desgranar la trayectoria jurídica, política y militar de las dos ciudades autónomas españolas en el norte de África. ¿Qué vas a escuchar en este programa? Las raíces seculares (1497 y 1580/1640): Cómo y por qué Melilla se integra en la Corona de Castilla casi un siglo antes de que existan los contornos estatales del Magreb moderno, y el camino dinástico por el que Ceuta juró lealtad a Felipe IV. El origen del Estado marroquí: La distinción fundamental entre el Bled el-Makhzen (territorio bajo autoridad del Sultán) y el Bled el-Siba (tribales independientes), y por qué la independencia de 1956 atañe únicamente al territorio del Protectorado delimitado en 1912. La doctrina del «Gran Marruecos»: El ideario de Allal al-Fassi y la estrategia de la expansión territorial hacia Mauritania, Argelia y las plazas españolas. La Guerra de Sidi Ifni (1957-1958): El conflicto no declarado donde tropas de reemplazo, tiradores y legionarios combatieron contra las bandas armadas del Ejército de Liberación Marroquí en Edchera, Tiliuin y Telata. La zona gris y la presión híbrida contemporánea: Del choque del islote Perejil en 2002 a la instrumentalización de los flujos migratorios y el cierre de aduanas comerciales en la actualidad. Un viaje imprescindible por los archivos, los tratados de límites y las operaciones de campo para comprender por qué la presencia española en África no es un capítulo colonial, sino una realidad histórica continuada que precede a la propia cartografía de los estados norteafricanos. Escúchalo ya en Antena Historia. Si valoras el rigor histórico independiente, comparte el programa y déjanos tu comentario. RECURSOS DE BIBLIOGRAFÍA CONSULTADA Miralles, Juan B.: Ceuta y Melilla en la historia diplomática española. Madrid, 2008. Casas de la Vega, Rafael: La Guerra de Ifni-Sáhara. Servicio de Publicaciones del EME, 1985. Canales, Carlos y del Rey, Miguel: Breve Historia de la Guerra de Ifni y del Sáhara. Ediciones Nowtilus, 2010. Torres García, Ana: La mirada del vecino: Las relaciones hispano-marroquíes en el siglo XX. Editorial Biblioteca Nueva, 2013. Cajal, Máximo: Ceuta, Melilla, Olivenza y Gibraltar: ¿Dónde termina España? Siglo XXI de España Editores, 2003. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul just wrapped up a high-stakes Africa tour with stops in Mauritania, Nigeria, and South Africa. So, is Berlin finally treating Africa as a true strategic partner, or looking after its own interests? Eddy Micah Jr. speaks to Fidel Amakye Owusu, a geopolitical analyst based in Ghana and DW's Silja Fröhlich, who accompanied the foreign minister on his visit.

Coming to you from The Mission Folk Music Festival (well, the show was mostly inspired by this year's festival lineup!) Some fabulous songs and tunes from a wide variety of artists who are either performing at Mission or at next month's Edmonton Folk Music Festival, with songs from Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cuba, India, Taiwan, Ukraine, Persia, Montreal, and Vancouver - and that was just in the first hour!! Then we headed off to Louisiana, Kelowna, Kaslo, PEI, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta, and back to B.C. before taking in songs and tunes from England, Scotland, and Ireland! I peppered the selections with some little anecdotes and a bit of (I hope) slightly more useful information. Canada's folk festival season: the best music in the finest surroundings - with wonderful people!

Exigen investigación tras asesinato de un periodista en Oaxaca Desmantelan narcolaboratorios en Michoacán y Nayarit Médicos Sin Fronteras lamenta naufragio de un bote de migrantes en Mauritania #grc

The Trump administration announces a U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's commander-in-chief, over 140 people are dead in a tragic offshore migrant accident near Mauritania, Jeff Bezos and the U.K. government back a $2.6 billion valued AI startup, Elon Musk says Grok will make a "historically accurate' Odyssey, GOP senators push a CCP "victims" memorial in Washington, D.C., France bans social media for youth under 15, a suspected Epstein model recruiter is found dead at his Paris home, a report claims that U.S. funding cuts are impeding global HIV treatment, and a report suggests that burned areas in the Amazon rainforest fell to a record low in 2025. Sources: Verity.News

Hii leo jaridani tunakuletea mada kwa kina. Huko DRC madini ya kimkakati mashariki mwa nchi yamekuwa kichocheo cha mizozo. Mgeni wetu leo pamoja na mambo mengine anaangazia jinsi vita imezuia wao kuendelea na uchimbaji madini. Yeye anaishi Goma, lakini Salama Machaano, wa redio washirika wetu, Adventista World Radio, Tumaini Mkuu iliyoko Bukavu, jimboni Kivu Kusini alifnga safari hadi Goma kuzungumza naye.Pia tunakuletea muhtasari wa habari.Baraza la Usalama la Umoja wa Mataifa leo limekuwa na mjadala wa wazi wa ngazi ya juu kuhusu “Utawala wa rasilimali za asili: Msingi wa amani, usalama na ustawi” chini ya kipengele cha ajenda ya “Kudumisha amani na usalama wa kimataifa.” Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa António Guterres akihutubia kikao hicho ameeleza vipaumbele vinne kuwa ni kuhakikisha manufaa ya haki yanapatikana kutokana na rasilimali za asili, kuimarisha uwazi na ushirikiano ili kukabiliana na biashara haramu, kukuza utatuzi wa amani wa migogoro inayohusiana na rasilimali, na kuzingatia masuala ya mabadiliko ya tabianchi katika kuzuia migogoro na kujenga amani.Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Kuhudumia Watoto, UNICEF, limetoa wito wa kulindwa kwa raia na kuruhusiwa kwa misaada ya kibinadamu kuwafikia wenye uhitaji nchini Sudan baada ya shambulio lililotekelezwa juzi tarehe 20 Julai kwa kutumia ndege zisizo na rubani likilenga soko la Ar Rahad katika jimbo la Kordofan Kaskazini na kusababisha vifo vya watoto wawili na kuwajeruhi wengine sita.Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Uhamiaji (IOM) limeeleza kusikitishwa sana na taarifa kwamba makumi ya wahamiaji wamefariki dunia au hawajulikani walipo kufuatia kuzama kwa meli katika pwani ya Mauritania, ambapo tarehe 18 Julai manusura 38 waliokolewa na Walinzi wa Pwani wa Mauritania karibu na mji wa Nouadhibou walipokuwa wakijaribu bahati yao kuelekea nchini Hispania. IOM kupitia Mkurugenzi wake wa Kanda ya Afrika Magharibi na Kati, Sylvia Ekra, imesema watu wanaendelea kuhatarisha maisha yao kwa sababu zinazowasukuma kuondoka katika nchi zao bado zipo.Na katika kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili, na mchambuzi wetu ni Dkt. Josephat Gitonga, ambaye ni Mhadhiri katika Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi,  kwenye kitivo cha Tafsiri na Ukalimani anafafanua maana ya methali “MAJI HAYAPOZI MOYO ILA YAKIWA BARIDI.”Mwenyeji wako ni Feissal Kirwa, karibu!

Hii leo jaridani tunakuletea mada kwa kina. Jana katika moja ya viunga vya jiji la Nairobi, wadau mbalimbali wakiwemo wafanyakazi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kushirikiana na raia wa Afrika Kusini na Ubalozi wa Afrika Kusini nchini Kenya, ili kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Nelson Mandela walikitembelea Kituo cha Kulelea Watoto ya Yatima kinachofahamika kwa jina Serah's Vision Children's Home na walikaa kituoni hapo kwa dakika 67.Pia tunakuletea muhtasari wa habari.Ikiwa ni miezi tisa tangu kusitishwa kwa mapigano kati ya Jeshi la Israel na wanamgambo wa kipalestina wa Hamas, hali ya usalama kwa raia wa Ukanda wa Gaza eneo la Palestina linalokaliwa kimabavu na Israel inaendelea kuzorota. Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Haki za Binadamu, OHCHR, imesema hii leo kuwa hakuna eneo linaloweza kuchukuliwa kuwa salama kwa Wapalestina, huku Wizara ya Afya ya Palestina ikiripoti kuwa zaidi ya watu 1,100 wameuawa katika mashambulizi ya jeshi la Israel tangu Oktoba mwaka 2025.Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la kuhudumia wakimbizi, UNHCR, limeonya kuhusu hatari ya safari za baharini kuelekea barani Ulaya kupitia bahari ya Atlantiki baada ya watu 144 kuripotiwa kufariki au kutoweka katika pwani ya Mauritania wiki iliyopita. Katika tukio la hivi karibuni watu 387 waliokolewa katika operesheni za uokoaji.Na Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Afya Duniani WHO linasema licha ya mlipuko wa ugonjwa wa Ebola wa virusi aina ya Bundibugyo nchini Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo DRC kuendelea kuenea kwa kasi, baadhi ya maeneo yanaanza kuonesha dalili za hali kutengamaa kutokana na hatua za haraka za kudhibiti ugonjwa huo.Mwenyeji wako ni Feissal Kirwa, karibu!

When the pastor began to weep, Cade Jefferson, the leader of VOM's work in the Middle East and North Africa, wasn't quite sure how to respond. He had just explained to the pastor how The Voice of the Martyrs comes alongside persecuted Christians and how the ministry was ready to help should a member of his congregation be persecuted or arrested for sharing the gospel with Muslims. "We've found the people that are going to help us," the pastor exclaimed. Listen to VOM Radio this week to hear about the dream that pastor had the night before meeting with Cade, and how Christian persecution may look different for Christians in different parts of the region, depending on whether they live on the Arabian Peninsula, in North Africa, or the Levant. Cade will also share how he and his team view their region through the lens of the persecuted church and how they see the differences for Christians in countries with historic, infant, or predominantly immigrant churches. You'll hear specific kinds of persecution our brothers and sisters experience in places like Mauritania, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya and more, including the danger they willingly endure to boldly engage in gospel conversations with Muslims. Pray for unity among Christians in nations with very young churches; for stamina for immigrant churches as they reach out; and for boldness among Christians in countries with a historic church presence. Also, please lift up brothers and sisters currently imprisoned for their faith in Libya. The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, China, and Iran, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

- Phó Thủ tướng, Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Phan Văn Giang tiếp Bộ trưởng, Tổng Thư ký Chính phủ Mauritania.- Cục Hải quan yêu cầu toàn ngành ưu tiên thông quan nông sản xuất khẩu trong ngày, tăng cường phối hợp tại cửa khẩu và không để phát sinh chi phí, gây khó cho doanh nghiệp.- Festival Biển Khánh Hòa năm 2026 với chủ đề "Sắc màu đại dương - Vươn tầm quốc tế" khai mạc tối nay.- Đội tìm kiếm quy tập hài cốt liệt sĩ TP Đồng Nai vừa phát hiện ngôi mô tập thể cùng nhiều di vật tại xã Minh Đức.- Mỹ áp thuế 25% đối với nhiều mặt hàng nhập khẩu từ Brazil căn cứ theo chiến lược thương mại mới.- EU yêu cầu Google chia sẻ dữ liệu tìm kiếm và và mở hệ điều hành Android cho các dịch vụ trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) của đối thủ.

Medical missionaries are often called upon to provide care that is beyond the scope of their training and previous experience. This interactive case presentation looks at the realities of clinical decision-making in a critically ill snakebitten patient, and offers suggestions on how to navigate similar challenging situations.

Four Africans living in Luxembourg share why the future of Africa-Europe capital is ownership, not aid, & the people structuring it are already in the room There is a moment in the conversation when Cheikh Ndiaye, a fund lawyer at Elvinger Hoss Prussen who was born and raised in Senegal, describes his job in one word: plumbing. He designs the structures that let capital move across borders, legally and at scale. It is an unglamorous metaphor for a profound idea, and it reframes everything the African diaspora in Luxembourg is trying to do. Around the studio table at RTL City sat four people whose journeys began in Cameroon, Algeria, Mauritania and Senegal, and converged in one of the world's largest fund centres. Burrel Ngatcha, founder of the African Luxembourg Community (ALC), brought them together. Sonia Brahmi runs a boutique tax advisory firm. Dr. Leila Kamara builds sustainable investment funds. What they share is a conviction that the old story about Africa and money has expired, and that they are the ones positioned to write the new one. Why all of Africa, not just the countries? Luxembourg holds roughly 700,000 inhabitants and an outsized share of the world's investment funds. Ngatcha arrived in 2023, joined Société Générale, and quickly noticed how hard it was to find people who shared a common history. So in May 2025 he launched a LinkedIn group. It has since grown into a network of more than 1,400 professionals. "Africa has 54 countries, from the north to the south, the east to the west. It was making sense for me to create something for all the continent, not only for Cameroon." Crucially, the ALC is not a closed door. Ngatcha is direct about who belongs: the point is not heritage but curiosity about the continent's dynamics. "It's not about being African who matters the most. It's about being conscious and curious about the dynamics that happen in Africa." The diaspora's real asset is proximity The sharpest idea of the conversation came from Ndiaye, who pushed back on the reflex to equate diaspora capital with remittances. Money sent home, he argued, is love, but it is not leverage. The leverage is something far rarer. "We're not standing outside of global finance. We are in the machinery, right here." There are people of African origin in Luxembourg structuring funds, running compliance and sitting on management committees who understand both European regulation and the reality back home. That double fluency, Ndiaye said, is the whole game. "The lever is turning that proximity into vehicles, people who can make an African asset legible to European capital and root it back as ownership, not aid." The numbers most investors are missing Ask anyone to picture African investment and they tend to picture risk. Ndiaye offered a corrective that should make any allocator pause: ten of the twenty fastest-growing economies in the world are African. He pointed to Niger growing at around 11 percent a year, precisely the kind of country most European investors would never consider. His point was not naivety about risk. It was that treating a continent of 54 distinct economies as a single block is itself the error, and that local knowledge is a competitive advantage hiding in plain sight. "If you have boots on the ground, if you know the country, there are a lot of opportunities. There are a lot of success stories, but you don't know them." Blockchain as a bridge, not a buzzword Brahmi, who grew up in a third-generation Algerian family in France and now works heavily in crypto and tax, made the case for digital assets as practical infrastructure rather than speculation. Banking access across much of Africa is expensive and slow, and the continent's many currencies complicate even neighbourly trade. Stablecoins, she argued, lower the friction. She and Ngatcha recently ran a conference on exactly this, titled Digital Assets Without Borders. Her argument is that transparency, not hype, is the real promise, since transactions on a public ledger can be tracked and proven in ways paper never could. "We don't need ink signatures, because everything is documented. It should lead to better governance in the end." Sustainability as a financial strategy Kamara relocated from Paris five years ago, having grown up in Mauritania, and recently founded Kamara Advisory after three years of doctoral research into socially responsible investment. Her conclusion reshaped her career: the real gap is not in avoiding heavy emitters but in financing their transition. That insight became NZiFund, a Net-Zero Innovation Fund built to channel capital toward green technology and toward the high-emitting companies that most need to change. Her framing rejects the idea that sustainability is a compliance cost. "We really need to support them in their transition, rather than divesting from them when we are practising sustainable investment." She is candid that climate finance has a long way to go, a view shared by the wider industry. Private money, she and the table agreed, is still far from where it needs to be, and de-risking it remains the central challenge. The thread that ties it together What emerges across these four stories is a single argument made four ways. Identity is something you choose and carry rather than something assigned to you. Africa is plural, not monolithic. And the diaspora's true value is that it sits inside the machinery of global capital while understanding the ground back home. At 29, Ngatcha has built that bridge faster than most. As Brahmi put it, watching her younger colleague work, the energy and commitment to bring African voices to a platform is rare. The conversation has moved decisively away from aid and toward ownership, and these are some of the people doing the plumbing. Guests and links Burrel Ngatcha, Founder and President, African Luxembourg Community Sonia Brahmi, CEO, Kairō (LinkedIn) Dr. Leila Kamara, CEO, Kamara Advisory (LinkedIn) Cheikh Ndiaye, Counsel, Elvinger Hoss Prussen (LinkedIn)

Luisa Berardi"Un calice di veleni"Indagine in Val Maira tra arte e malaffareNeos Edizioniwww.neosedizioni.it “La donna è supina, le braccia lungo il corpo, come se stesse prendendo il sole sulla spiaggia. Il maresciallo si china a tastarle il collo, ma subito si rialza, scuotendo il capo”.Rientrata a lavorare dopo una grave malattia, la giornalista Fosca Prandi viene inviata in Val Maira per un reportage sulle opere del pittore fiammingo Hans Clemer, il “maestro d'Elva”, attivo a fine Quattrocento nel Marchesato di Saluzzo.Ma una morte sospetta rompe la serenità del luogo: tra arte, menzogne e veleni, l'insospettabile verità sarà pericolosa da scoprire. Fosca, che prima del cancro ha svolto inchieste importanti, facendo scalpore con un'inchiesta sugli schiavi in Mauritania, riprende l'attività nelle montagne cuneesi con un incarico apparentemente tranquillo tra arte e paesaggi alpini a lei noti fin dalle vacanze giovanili con la famiglia.Ma quella che dovrebbe essere quasi una pausa rigenerante nella quiete della valle si incrina presto: durante il suo soggiorno, Anita - amica di vecchia data e mamma di un ragazzino autistico - scompare. Il corpo della donna viene ritrovato sulle rive di un lago: tutto fa pensare a una morte accidentale ma l'autopsia insinua dubbi inquietanti.Polittici restaurati, chiese e santuari, montanari solitari, ambigui critici d'arte, cinici imprenditori, tatuaggi misteriosi, un calice con un serpente…l'indagine porta Fosca dalla Val Maira fino a Milano, in un mondo economico corrotto, dove si intrecciano avidità e insospettabili complicità. Lucia Berardi è nata a Torino e vive a Villarbasse, sulla collina tra Val Sangone e Val di Susa. Dopo aver insegnato materie letterarie, ha potuto dedicarsi alle passioni presenti nella sua vita: la natura, i viaggi, la letteratura e il teatro, scoprendo il piacere di scrivere. Al suo primo romanzo, Mai visto il mare, Baima Ronchetti, 2020, ‒ che ha vinto il primo premio nel Concorso La quercia del Myr 2021 e la Targa Fenoglio, nell'ambito del Premio Città di Moncalieri nel 2022, ‒ è seguito il romanzo storico Due zoldani, Echos, 2023. In questo libro si confronta per la prima volta col genere noir. Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Understanding how values and communication styles differ across cultures is key to succeeding internationally. That’s why training in cross-cultural communication has become commonplace in the international business world. In this session, we’ll look at 6 dimensions of cross-cultural communication and their application to medical scenarios.

With nearly 1.3 billion disabled people in the world, we assume that the medical community focuses on physical health. But who is helping people with the emotional and spiritual impact of disability? In this session, we will explore the emotional and spiritual impact of disability and how the church and global workers can effectively support the disabled community with this critical need.

La migración está siendo el tema principal de la visita del papa León XIV a las Islas Canarias. La cercanía del archipiélago con África ha provocado que las islas se hayan convertido en destinación de aquellos que tratan de alcanzar territorio europeo. No obstante, en muchas ocasiones, el precio a pagar por intentar esta travesía es la vida. Conocida como la Ruta del Atlántico o la Ruta Canaria de migración, se trata de una de las travesías migratorias más mortíferas del mundo. Nuestro enviado especial Manu Terradillos habló con dos supervivientes. Desde Las Palmas de Gran Canaria "Flotaba la gente encima del mar. Mucho miedo. Uno no sabe si va a sobrevivir o va a morir": Djeneba Kane es una de los miles de migrantes que han arriesgado su vida por la mortífera Ruta del Atlántico, en pequeñas embarcaciones llamadas cayucos o pateras, para llegar desde África a las Islas Canarias en busca de un futuro mejor. "Vengo de Costa de Marfil. Tengo 20 años. Entré aquí con 16 años cuando estaba embarazada. Fue muy duro en la patera. Fue muy complicado porque [al estar] embarazada, cuando yo estaba en la patera vomitaba y [tenía] mareo. Gracias a Dios yo llegué salva y sana", cuenta Djeneba. Más de 1.900 víctimas en 2025 El año pasado, casi 18.000 personas llegaron a las costas del archipiélago canario por esta ruta, una de las más letales. En 2025, más de 1.900 migrantes perdieron la vida tratando de cruzar el océano para alcanzar tierras en las Canarias. Kalili Soukouna, procedente de Mali, sobrevivió a esta ruta hace dos décadas, pero recuerda el momento como si fuese ayer. Él lo hizo para conseguir recursos con los que ayudar a su madre. "Yo llegué aquí el 14 de febrero del 2005 y tenía 14 años. Un día como cualquiera, mi mamá se puso enferma y al no tener remedio para llegar al hospital, pues al final tomamos esta decisión. Antes de la embarcación tuvimos prácticamente un mes de caminata, porque no teníamos dinero para coger taxis, para coger guagua, para cruzar la frontera de Mali hasta Mauritania", explica a RFI. "Soy uno de los muchos o pocos afortunados que por suerte llegué. Puedo contar la historia. Muchos no han tenido el mismo suerte", recalca. "La gente lo primero que hace es ayudarte" Ambas historias tienen un final feliz, dentro del drama que las rodeó, y siempre recordarán como en esta tierra se los recibió con los brazos abiertos. "Cuando llegamos aquí, lo que más me impresionó desde el principio, que muchas veces no le ponemos valor sino a lo largo que vayan pasando los años, que la gente que estaba en la playa lo primero que hace es ayudarte, dar agua, de comer, y la verdad que esa imagen nunca se me olvida", subraya Kalili. "Hoy en día doy las gracias a Dios porque gano mi propia vida y también tengo gente a mi lado que me ayuda, que me da consejos, que para mí son como mi familia", indica asimismo Djeneba.

On this day, 11 June 2016 a three-week strike by miners at Tasiast in Mauritania ended after the Kinross Gold Corporation agreed to restart negotiations on a new labour agreement within 10 days. The Canadian-owned company was attempting to reduce its production costs.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7731/tasiast-miners-strike-endsOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

At Summer Game Fest 2026, I sat down with IO Interactive's Matias (Principal Level Designer) and Hilde Sunde (Lead Environment Artist) to break down 007 First Light — the new James Bond game from the studio behind Hitman.We get into how IOI reimagined Bond for a new era, why First Light plays nothing like Hitman, the ammo-scarce combat that forces you to keep moving, the eavesdrop spy mechanic, and the wildly contrasting worlds — from a luxury Vietnam resort to the rough Mauritania desert. Plus dream Bond locations and the team's favorite 007 films. (Sorry, Pierce.)

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Gordon Grdina (out) & Russ Losing (pIano); Benin-born pianist Tchangodei w.  Archie Shepp (tenor); experimental electro-flamenco from Andreh y Manuela, Andrea Santalusía & The Gardener;  Maghrebi pop from Aida el Ayoubi: Persian dastagh; modern Balouchestani music from Dinmohammad Zangeshai; from Hatam Asgari Langa music from the Thar Desert (Rajasthan) w/ Samsu Khan & Asin Khanplus; Baraka Mkande (new-ish Taarab from Zanzibar); composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist Salim Washington; Algerian Kabyle/proto-chaabi composer/musician.vocialist Kamel Hamadi x 2 (once w./ Algerian vocalist Noura, once without); latter-day Lolé (cante jondo vocalist); new piano work from Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford in duo setting; vintage Latino-Senaglese music from the outskirts of Dakar w. Dieuf-Dieul de Thiés; Lebanese pop vocalist Maya Yazbeck; Ajak Kwai (pop vocalist from Mauritania); Dexter Johnson (more African salsa); samba from Jongo da Serrinha & Mestre Marçal;; . so much, much, much more...   Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI & WINO 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/22400566/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks Find WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR NEW MAILING ADDRESS:  Stephen Cope  @ Conference of the Birds, POBOX 428, Tivoli, NY, 12583, USA. 

This is a live show, recorded on stage at the Antique Bar in Melbourne. Joining me on stage were three guests who between them have cycled through some of the most remote, challenging and eye-opening places on earth, Fergal Guihen, Em Hulbert and David McCourt.Fergal cycled from Roscommon, Ireland to Sydney via Mauritania, Iran, Afghanistan, the Tibetan Plateau and beyond. Em Hulbert is mid-journey on a solo ride around the world, delivering water filters to communities in need through her project The Water Cycle. David McCourt set off from Melbourne bound for Northern Ireland, taking a route through Central Asia, Iran, Bangladesh, Nepal and Turkey that took years and produced stories he'll be dining out on forever.In this episode we cover:Going from thought bubble to turning pedalsLuxury items on the bike and what actually earns its placePerceptions versus reality: China, Iran, Bangladesh and ThailandGetting drugged and robbed in the Iranian desertA sex dungeon in rural Thailand at 4am after 250 kilometresThe Nullarbor without music, podcasts or any distraction at allSolo female bicycle travel and the extra layer that comes with itThe spaces in between and why that's where the magic happensWhy the hardest moments are the ones you'd go back and reliveWant to hear the full individual episodes with each guest? Find them here:Em Hulbert: Ep. 127: David McCourt: Ep. 99: and Ep. 120. Fergal Guihen: Ep. 144 and Ep. 145: Follow the guests on Instagram:Em Hulbert: @emhulbertFergal Guihen: @rossi.to.aussieDavid McCourt: @longwayhome__2022 Check out Old Man Mountain's new Manzanita Handlebar Cradle  Support the showBuy me a coffee!I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com. Celebrate and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member! News giants have been fixating on horse-race coverage of primaries, and misleading the country. While the headlines play up support for far-right and far-left candidates, Americans are clamoring for moderation. Today, Josh digs into the data. He shows that overwhelming numbers of Americans say Republicans and Democrats have gone too far in their ideological directions. He highlights how Big Media hides the truth about the top issues for voters. A survey finds that Americans worry “a great deal” about terrorism — even more than energy affordability and illegal immigration. But you wouldn’t know that from the New York Times.  Also, the media keeps churning out political predictions despite a long record of being very wrong. USA Today humor columnist Rex Huppke joins Josh to discuss his wish: “Make stupidity embarrassing again.” Josh shares the story of a “news” anchor known for spouting nonsense shamelessly before Trump became president the first time.  Plus, new arrests of women in Western countries who have been carrying out the slave trade for ISIS, the Islamic State. Josh discusses why the majority of those arrested in democracies have been women, and why many so-called “human rights” campaigners stay silent about this slavery — as well as the chattel slavery that still exists in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. See links, images, videos and more in the newsletter.   Share thoughts and questions through the newsletter or the form at joshlevs.com Support: ☕BuyMeACoffee.com/joshlevs☕, PayPal.me/JoshLevs  Please subscribe✅, rate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, and review✍️!

Overland Journal Podcast host Ashley Giordano welcomes adventurer, storyteller, author, and National Geographic Host and Director Eva zu Beck to discuss Eva's recent overland trip to Morocco and Mauritania in her Land Rover Defender 110. In this episode, Eva shares more about the inspiration behind her Nat Geo SuperSkilled series, and how, in life and in travel, it truly is about the journey rather than the destination.New to Overland Journal and want to grab a subscription! Visit Overland Journal and enter code: overlandpodcast at checkout for 20% off. We thank you for being a subscriber.Tune in Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

The practice of healthcare is inherently powerful, and our patients are vulnerable to our power. Though power can be abused, the righteous use of power, for the benefit of the vulnerable, is profoundly Christlike. We will explore the lessons of power which help us understand our roles, including the fundamental nature of professionalism and key kingdom strategies of healthcare missions.

En este episodio de El Café de la Lluvia conversamos con Juan Ignacio Castién sobre la historia de la esclavitud en África y su evolución hasta la actualidad. Analizamos las rutas de la trata atlántica y sahariana, el papel de las aristocracias africanas en el comercio esclavista, la expansión colonial europea y el impacto económico que tuvo la explotación humana en el nacimiento del capitalismo moderno. También abordamos cuestiones actuales como el trabajo forzado en las minas de coltán del Congo, la esclavitud en Mauritania, los mercados de esclavos en Libia tras la caída de Gadafi o la esclavitud impuesta por ISIS. Además, reflexionamos sobre las migraciones africanas, las remesas y las desigualdades económicas que siguen marcando las relaciones entre África y Europa. ☕ Hazte socio/a de El Café de la Lluvia y forma parte de nuestra comunidad: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/hazte-socio-a-de-el-cafe-de-la-lluvia/ Escúchanos y léenos en nuestra web: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/ ▶️ Suscríbete a nuestro canal de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ElCafédelaLluvia Recibe nuestros contenidos en tu correo: https://elcafedelalluvia.com/suscripcion-newsletter/ Síguenos en redes sociales: Twitter: https://twitter.com/cafelluvia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elcafedelalluvia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cafedelalluvia

Transforming healthcare delivery in resource-limited contexts around the world calls for compassionate, innovative solutions. Learn how The Luke Commission is bringing healthcare to the most isolated and underserved in Eswatini through a scalable model for advancing health equity.

How has an exiled football club won league titles in three countries in the space of 12 months?In this episode, we tell the extraordinary story of Sudan's Al Hilal Omdurman and their unprecedented African odyssey.After escaping conflict at home, they first conquered Mauritania's Super D1 in May 2025, before winning a short championship in their native Sudan last summer and the Rwandan Premier League this month.But why have they been playing in other countries? Will their tour of the continent continue next season? And which other clubs have become champions of another nation?Plus, the first indigenous pro club in Brazil get off to a winning start and a 42-second Dutch replay goes comically wrong.‘Around The World In 80 Clubs': www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Clubs-Wonderful/dp/1399637886Ali Howorth's Substack newsletter: www.alasdairhoworth.substack.comChapters:00:00 – Intro02:20 – The move to Mauritania05:55 – The return home to Sudan07:34 – The relocation to Rwanda12:55 – Al Hilal's next destination14:45 – Champions in foreign countries19:06 – Brazil's first indigenous pro club22:50 – A 42-second Dutch replay

Namibia sits on the south-west coast of Africa. Below Angola, above South Africa, with Botswana to the east.Portuguese explorers first reached the coast here in the 1480s. No natural harbour, brutal surf, cold Atlantic fog, the Namib Desert running straight into the sea, little access to fresh water. They planted crosses to mark their claims, turned around and went home again, never to return.Today that coast is known as the Skeleton Coast because of shipwrecks and whale bones.Three hundred years later, having decided there was too much tropical disease in Gambia, the British looked at Namibia as a possible penal colony. They decided it was too inhumane.It was Germans and Finns who eventually settled on the coast another hundred years on.Namibia is about three and a half times the size of the UK, and yet its population is only 3 million. It is big and empty. Most of it is desert.I've got more endless expanse shots than I know what to do with. Here is just one of them. Plus a short vid shot from a hot air balloon which gives you an idea of the sheer endlessness of the place.Even in the capital city, Windhoek, there is just so much space.The only two places in the world that are less densely populated are Greenland and Mongolia. Namibia beats even Australia and Mauritania, which is mostly Sahara desert.Demographically, the country is roughly 87% black, 6% white and 5% mixed race, with the Ovambo people to the north making up about half the population. I saw a few Asians while I was there too.A country of extremesThere are still bushmen and other ancient hunter-gatherer people living as they have lived for centuries, yet other parts of the country are extremely modern. There are shopping centres to rival our own, good roads (the best in Africa, I was told), great restaurants, commercial farms and more. About half the population is urban. The national language is English, adopted after the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, but I found that people, black and white, would as often speak amongst themselves in Afrikaans and, up north, Ovambo. On the coast German is widely spoken. (The country was a German colony from the 1880s until World War I, when South Africa, then British, invaded. Hence it has great beer.)The controlling political force is the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), which has governed since independence in 1990. SWAPO is nominally social democratic, but there are still strong liberation-era left-wing instincts, as evidenced by streets in the capital renamed after independence: Fidel Castro Street, Robert Mugabe Avenue and so on.All being said, Namibia functions well.It is a stable democracy with rule of law, an independent judiciary (the government sometimes loses cases), relatively free markets and low crime by African (and European) standards. Immigration law is tight too. Having seen the problems stemming from mass immigration into South Africa, Namibia has taken a more controlled approach.Indeed I heard repeated frustrations from mining companies trying to obtain visas for geologists and mining engineers where the local expertise either does not exist or is employed elsewhere.Official unemployment is 37%, but I heard from several different sources that the real number is above 50%. 50%! Very sad.Nominal GDP per capita sits around US$5,000, roughly double that adjusted for purchasing power, which puts it above most of sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank classifies Namibia as a lower-middle-income country, alongside countries such as Albania, Argentina and Belize. But these numbers are misleading.The country has vast wealth through its natural resources and related industries: uranium, copper, diamonds, fishing and tourism. Spread that revenue across just 3 million people and the averages look impressive.There is also serious rural poverty.Namibia combines first-world infrastructure with third-world unemployment.The currency is pegged to the South African rand, not one I would have chosen. Official inflation sits in the 2-3% range.About 88% of the country's sovereign debt is held domestically, and there appears to be healthy demand for its bonds. The country has also recently begun a sovereign wealth fund, which is reportedly growing at an impressive 16% since 2022. The central bank has recently also implemented a gold acquisition programme. Kudos.The country has high institutional savings and one the larger stock exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa.Food is cheap, protein in particular. The country has an enormous cattle herd, almost as large as its population. Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in neighbouring countries are therefore a cause for concern, as you can imagine. (Not my bag, but I reckon there is an opportunity exporting Namibian biltong to the UK, where it is expensive. I brought back loads). Other goods, however, can be expensive because the country relies heavily on imports.If you live in a third world country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound will be further devalued, as will the euro and dollar. The bullion dealer I use and recommend is The Pure Gold Company. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. More here.The main industries - tourism and natural resourcesPorts are expanding. The railways are not great, though I hear they will be improved. The roads, however, are excellent, as I said. Namibia is also the world's third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada. Chinese interests hold majority stakes in the country's three largest uranium mines, not to mention other metals.Oil and gas have recently been discovered offshore. Shell plc is one of the pioneers.As for gold, Namibia only really became a meaningful gold player after independence, since when roughly 15 million ounces have been discovered, much of it alongside copper. Among the larger players is B2 Gold (BTO.TO), which is well known in the country. Large parts of the country remain un- or under-explored. And I think that is where a lot of the big opportuities lie.There also appear to be rare earth deposits in some abundance. Kendrik Resources (KEN.L) recently made some progress here. Solar, wind and hydrogen projects are also attracting investment tooChinese money helped build the SWAPO headquarters, and they are investing significantly in mines in the country. Of note is that the USA recently spent heavily developing their embassy. It is big. Former Trump attorney John Giordano is now ambassador, a surprisingly high -profile appointment for such a low-profile country.One theory I heard repeatedly was that, given deteriorating US relations with South Africa, Washington increasingly sees Namibia as strategically important in terms of Atlantic access, energy routes and influence in the south Atlantic. Not quite the Panama Canal or Strait of Hormuz, but it could be something of a chokepoint. Namibia feels like a country at the cusp of something.It has space, resources, energy, political stability and strategic importance.Next week I want to look in more detail at Namibia as an investment destination, particularly its mining sector, where some very interesting things may be developing.My thanks go to to Rowland Brown and Chanel Marais of Cirrus Capital for bringing me to Namibia and for organizing what was a brilliant and instructuve conference.Thank you for reading the Flying Frisby.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

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