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Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plotAbuja (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 Nigerian authorities on Saturday denied that more than a dozen officers had been arrested over a coup plot, pushing back on local media reports. ... more 
Mali ruler fires commanders after battlefield setbacksBamako (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 Mali's military ruler fired three senior commanders in the armed forces, a cabinet meeting report showed Wednesday, with a source blaming battlefield failings in the campaign against jihadists. ... more  
Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorillaLagos (AFP) Oct 25, 2025 Turkey's decision to keep an African baby gorilla rescued from trafficking defies logic, a Nigerian conservation NGO that was preparing to receive it for onward repatriation, said Saturday. ... more 
Five things to know about Ivory Coast as it goes to pollsParis (AFP) Oct 25, 2025 The Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and a centre of growth and stability in west Africa, goes to the polls on Saturday with President Alassane Ouattara expected to win a fourth term. ... more |
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Nigeria sacks top brass after denying coup plot Abuja (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 The Nigerian government announced on Friday a major shake-up of its top military commanders, replacing the chief of defence staff as well as those of the army, navy and air force. ... more 
Top Nigerian environmentalist sees little coming out of COP30Lagos (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 Nnimmo Bassey, a prominent figure in the decades-long environmental struggles in Africa's largest oil-producing country, will next month attend yet another UN climate summit, this time in Brazil. ... more  
Guinea baboons implement social structure when distributing meatBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 Researchers from the German Primate Center have revealed that Guinea baboons regulate the transfer of meat through established social dynamics closely paralleling human hunter-gatherer communities. ... more  
Shifting landscapes shaped Madagascar's unique biodiversityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 A team of researchers at ETH Zurich has discovered that Madagascar's dramatic topography and exceptional biodiversity can be traced to a pair of ancient rifting events separated by nearly 80 million ... more |
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Two Burkinabe press editors freed a week after abductionAbidjan (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Senior Burkinabe journalists Lamine Traore and Abdou Zoure have been released a week after their abduction by intelligence agents, one of their outlets and an associate told AFP Tuesday. ... more |
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French navy shoots drug-smuggling go-fast boatBrest, France (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 The French navy opened fire on a go-fast boat in the Atlantic to immobilise it, arrest its crew and seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine on board worth $150 million, authorities said on Tuesday. ... more  
S.Africa seeks to save birds from wind turbine risksSwellendam, South Africa (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 Powerful gusts shook an observation post perched on a hill at a wind farm in South Africa as two monitors scanned the landscape through binoculars. ... more  
Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollutionGabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical factory residents blame for a spike in serious health issues. ... more  
Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopeningKhartoum (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 A drone attack struck an area near an international airport in Sudan's capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, one day before the army-backed government was due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. ... more |
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Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening: eyewitnesses Khartoum (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 A drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early Tuesday, one day before Sudanese authorities were due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. ... more  |
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Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justiceLagos (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Growing up in southern Nigeria during the 1970s, Bubaraye Dakolo would easily catch 20 kilograms of fish within minutes. These days, a fisherman casts nets all night, only to bring back just about three kilograms. ... more  
Pope Leo visits 'school of peace' sailing the MediterraneanOstia, Italy (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV. ... more 
Army colonel set to be sworn in as Madagascar presidentAntananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 Madagascar was set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island. ... more
Dozens arrested in Tunisia anti-pollution protests; Suspect Albanian waste shipment sampled for analysisTunis (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 Police in Gabes, Tunisia have arrested dozens of people in demonstrations against a chemical factory which locals blame for pollution and a range of health issues, a local campaign group and a lawyer said Saturday. ... more |
 
In Simandou mountains, Guinea prepares to cash in on iron oreSimandou Mountain Range, Guinee (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 At the foot of the Simandou mountains in southeast Guinea's lush tropical forest, thousands of workers, trucks and excavators are digging up the hills. ... more
Crowds flock for an audience with Madagascar's new military leaderAntananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 A disparate crowd of politicians, businessmen, activists and citizens gathered at a Madagascar military barracks Thursday in hopes of an audience with the island's new strongman, Colonel Michael Randrianirina. ... more 
African Data Drive launches to guide sustainable development across the continentBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 The Future Ecosystems for Africa Programme (FEFA) at Wits University, working with Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, has launched the African Data Drive (ADD) - an interactive mappi ... more  
Rain in the Sahara? UIC researchers predict a wetter future for the desertChicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year - one-tenth of the amount of Chicago's rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half o ... more |
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Burkina frees three journalists, two others heldAbidjan (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 Three Burkinabe journalists arrested earlier this week were released Wednesday, while intelligence agents still hold two others, their media outlets told AFP. ... more
'Deadly poison': Ageing fertiliser factory stifles Tunisian townGabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 Ikram Aioua has seen her 12-year-old son rushed to the hospital three times in the past weeks for gas poisoning. ... more
Thousands rally for closure of Tunisia factory blamed for health issuesGabes, Tunisia Oct 15, 2025 Several thousand people rallied in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, calling for the closure of an ageing chemicals factory which locals have blamed for a host of poisonings and health issues. ... more
Murdered Kenyan's niece calls for UK ex-soldier's extraditionLondon (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 The niece of a young Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a British soldier more than a decade ago urged the UK government Tuesday to extradite the suspect as soon as possible. ... more |
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Madagascar military unit seizes power after president impeachedAntananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 An elite military unit told AFP Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. ... more |
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'Widespread illegalities' in DR Congo carbon offsetting: NGOKinshasa (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Carbon offsetting projects in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are plagued by "widespread illegalities" and "exacerbate the risk" of rights violations, an NGO report published Tuesday said. ... more
Dozens more hospitalised in Tunisia as locals blame chemical factoryGabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Tunisia reported on Tuesday dozens more people admitted to hospital in Gabes, whose residents have blamed pollution from a nearby chemical factory for causing respiratory distress and other health issues. ... more
Madagascar installs armed forces chief chosen by mutinying unitAntananarivo (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Madagascar's armed forces minister on Sunday recognised as new head of the army an officer chosen by a military contingent siding with protesters demanding the departure of President Andry Rajoelina. ... more
Madagascar's president leaves country amid Gen Z protestsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 13, 2025 Madagascar's president has fled the country, according to reports, after thousands of protesters converged on the capital Monday to demand his resignation. ... more |
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