Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Nigeria licenses 28 firms to capture gas that oil producers burn off
The country hopes to attract $2 billion from the initiative.
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Democracy Now • Dec 15, 2025
Meet Mia Tretta: Shot 6 Years Ago, Brown Student Speaks Out After Surviving 2nd School Shooting
A deadly mass shooting at Brown University left two students dead and nine others injured on Saturday. One student, Mia Tretta, had survived a shooting in 2019 when she was shot in the stomach as a high school student. Her best friend was killed in the shooting, and she had selected Brown University for Rhode Island’s strong gun control laws. Now she has survived yet another school shooting. “Physically and emotionally, a school shooting takes your whole life and flips it upside down,” says Tretta, who criticizes politicians who refuse to enact meaningful gun reform. “We know that every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable.”
Democracy Now • Dec 15, 2025
Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Arrested Again in Iran
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights activists, was rearrested Friday when Iranian authorities violently raided a memorial ceremony she attended at a mosque in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad. “She’s been seen as a huge threat to the Islamic Republic’s regime,” says Porochista Khakpour, Iranian American author and essayist. “They find her moral authority extremely intimidating.” Mohammadi has spent more than 10 years of her life in and out of prison, most recently when she was arrested in November 2021 and accused — among other charges — of threatening Iran’s national security and spreading “propaganda” against the state for her decadeslong work fighting for human rights, women’s rights and democracy in Iran.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
US ends protections for Ethiopians as part of immigration crackdown
Around 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants have been granted TPS designation since 2022, and the new rule is triggering panic among them.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote criticizes Nigerian oil regulator
Dangote accused the regulator of failing to limit fuel imports, which he argues is threatening investments into local refining.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
IEA raises prediction for global oil demand in 2026
The agency pointed to an improving macroeconomic and trade outlook for the changing picture, as well as reduced crude flows from sanctions-hit Russia and Venezuela.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Gulf countries bar Bollywood thriller
While no reason was given, Indian media reported that countries banned the movie Dhurandhar over worries that it could be perceived as anti-Pakistani.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
South Africa may scrap Black ownership rule
The move could pave the way for Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite-internet companies to operate in Africa's biggest economy.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Fund managers pause Saudi investments amid growth concerns
While fund ownership of Saudi stocks hit a record high in 2025, growth has tapered in recent months.
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