Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Cameroon's Biya, world’s oldest head of state, readies for election
The 92-year-old leader, who has been in power since 1982, is seeking an eighth term in polls that open on Sunday.
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Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Meta to settle data protection lawsuit with Nigeria
Nigeria’s data watchdog had imposed a nearly $33 million fine on the Silicon Valley giant.
Hasan Abi • Oct 6, 2025
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Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
South African mining group Tharisa bets on platinum for clean energy shift
Tharisa said it would invest $547 million in an underground platinum group metals mining project over the next decade.
Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Niger, African Development Bank sign $145M energy deal
The new funding aims to increase national electricity access in Niger to 30% by 2026, from 22.5% now.
Mother Jones • Oct 6, 2025
It’s Time for Soft Secession
In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative. The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed. So why not, Draper argued, break it up into six new “startups,” a.k.a. states? […]
Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Saudi mining fund CEO Pierre Chenard steps down
Chenard was the first full-time CEO of Manara Minerals, PIF’s global mining investment unit, part of a push to turn the kingdom into a minerals hub.
Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Gulf sees train renaissance
A long-delayed rail service spanning more than 2,000 km and connecting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to open by the end of 2030.
Semafor • Oct 6, 2025
Qatar invests $7.5B in Egypt’s coastal development
Qatar is deepening its presence in Egypt after more than a decade of strained ties.
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PODCAST: Israel’s Iran paradox
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Safeguards Limiting Release of Cancer-Causing Air Pollutant Ethylene Oxide
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EPA Bows to Corporate Polluters, Abandons Duty to Protect Public from Sterilizers’ Ethylene Oxide Emissions
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The Other Iran War Crisis: It’s Threatening Global Food Supplies
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