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November 09, 2025
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Sudan army says intercepts drone attack on key southern city



Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 8, 2025
The Sudanese army intercepted Saturday a drone attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on the key southern city of El-Obeid, a military source told AFP, two days after the paramilitary group said it agreed to a US-backed truce proposal. The RSF, at war with the army since April 2023, appears to be preparing for an offensive to seize the army-controlled city, less than two weeks after it captured the city of El-Fasher - the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region. "The air defence ... read more

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AFRICA NEWS
Central Nigerian town rebuilds religious trust in shadow of Trump's threat
Mangu, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
On a cool November morning, members of a local council in central Nigeria met religious leaders at the traditional ruler's palace to discuss religious harmony as US President Donald Trump revs up accusations of Christian persecution in Africa's most populous country. ... more
WAR REPORT
Hezbollah rejects any negotiations between Lebanon and Israel
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Hezbollah lashed out on Thursday against the prospect of any political negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and insisted that it has a right to defend itself. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
'Rounded up': survivors say Sudan's RSF detains hundreds near El-Fasher
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 2, 2025
A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
In Sudan, satellite images uncover atrocities in El-Fasher
Cairo (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Satellite images from Sudan have played a crucial role in uncovering the atrocities committed during paramilitaries' takeover of the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Kenyan prosecution welcomes detention of UK ex-soldier over woman's murder
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 8, 2025
Kenya's prosecution service on Saturday welcomed the detention of a British ex-soldier accused of murdering a woman in the east African country more than a decade ago. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
On Nigeria, domestic politics again shapes Trump's Africa agenda
Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his policy on Africa - boding ill for foreign governments hit with his fury. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Guinean opposition leader to take exclusion from election to court
Conakry (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Exiled Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo told AFP on Thursday he would file a complaint to the West African bloc ECOWAS's courts for having been excluded from running in next month's presidential election. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Responding to Trump, Nigeria says no tolerance for religious persecution
Berlin (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. ... more

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'Inequality crisis' threatens democracy, experts warn G20
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 3, 2025
Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
New satellite images suggest mass killings persist in Sudan's El-Fasher
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 1, 2025
New satellite imagery suggests that mass killings are likely continuing in and around the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Yale researchers said, days after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
21 dead, 30-plus missing in Kenya landslide: minister
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 1, 2025
At least 21 people died and more than 30 were still missing in a landslide on Saturday caused by heavy rains in western Kenya, the interior minister said. ... more
AEROSPACE
At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight tax
Paris (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
France, Spain and Kenya are among a group of countries spearheading a drive at the COP30 climate summit for a new tax on luxury air travel, a source close to the matter told AFP. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
S.African court urged to allow Anglo American lead-poisoning suit
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
Lawyers for thousands of women and children claimed to have lead poisoning in Zambia sought this week to bring a class action suit against mining giant Anglo American, they said Friday. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Leaders turn up the heat on fossil fuels at Amazon climate summit
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session. ... more
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Uganda kills 'herbalist' who attacked military bases
Kampala (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Ugandan authorities said late Tuesday that security forces had killed a "traditional herbalist" who reportedly led a coordinated attack on police and military bases over the weekend. ... more
WOOD PILE
Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30
Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil. ... more
TRADE WARS
Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat
Lagos (AFP) Nov 2, 2025
Nigeria on Sunday suggested a meeting between its president and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the US leader threatened military action over what he described as a threat to Nigerian Christians by jihadists. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Tanzania president wins election landslide after deadly protests
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 1, 2025
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
UN support for Morocco's plan for Western Sahara 'historic': King Mohammed VI
Rabat (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
Morocco's king on Friday lauded as "historic" a UN Security Council decision to support his country's plan for Western Sahara, a disputed territory that has provoked decades of conflict between Rabat and the Sahrawi independence movement Polisario, backed by Algeria. ... more
VSAT NEWS
Agreement paves way for space-based mobile broadband across Middle East and NAfrica
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
AST SpaceMobile and stc group have signed a ten-year commercial contract to deliver satellite direct-to-device mobile broadband throughout Saudi Arabia and selected areas in the Middle East and Afri ... more
FARM NEWS
Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought
Samburu, Kenya (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
"God, God, God, protect them," chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn't rained since April. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Axelspace forms partnerships in Africa to tackle social challenges with satellite data
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has entered into memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) of the Republic of Ghana and the Regional Centre for Mapping of ... more
TECH SPACE
Global race for rare earths comes to Kenya's Mrima Hill
Kwale, Kenya (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya's coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths - minerals vital to high-tech and low-carbon industries. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
G.Bissau army says thwarted 'subversion' attempt, several officers arrested
Bissau (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
Guinea-Bissau's army announced Friday it had thwarted an "attempt to subvert the constitutional order" and arrested several senior military officers on the eve of the start of general election campaigning. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Pillaged I.Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade
Comoe National Park, Ivory Coast (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011. ... more
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U.S. ordered all nonemergency personnel, family to leave Mali
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of State on Thursday ordered non-emergency employees and their family members to leave Mali, where the government is in armed conflict with al-Qaida-linked terrorists. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Axelspace initiates partnerships with African agencies for satellite data-driven solutions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) i ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria lacking resources for jihadist fight: top general
Abuja (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
Nigeria's top general Wednesday said the military did not have enough resources to win its war against jihadist groups and called on the country to strengthen its police force. ... more
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RSF reportedly kills hundreds in Sudan hospital
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 29, 2025
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's military, has reportedly killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher after seizing the capital of the state of North Darfur on Sunday. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Ouattara basks in I.Coast landslide but succession question looms
Abidjan (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
Alassane Ouattara begins his fourth term as Ivory Coast's president with his grip on the west African nation seemingly stronger than ever after winning re-election with a crushing 89.77 percent. ... more
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