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Moroccan fossils trace ancient African branch near origin of Homo sapiensBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 An international team has analyzed newly described hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I near Casablanca, Morocco, identifying an African population close to the base of the lineage that later gave r ... more  
Rare gorilla twins born in conflict-hit DR Congo nature parkKinshasa (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. ... more  
African Union reaffirms 'One China' policy in FM visitNairobi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday. ... more 
China FM visiting four African countries on annual tourBeijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 China's top diplomat kicks off a New Year trip to Africa on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, seeking to boost trade on a four-country circuit that includes several recent political hotspots. ... more |
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Bombs away for Trump, self-proclaimed peace presidentWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 3, 2026 Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts. ... more  
France, UK conduct joint strikes against IS in SyriaLondon (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 Britain and France on Sunday said they had carried out joint strikes on the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the Islamist extremists resurging. ... more 
China's Xi congratulates Guinea junta chief on election winBeijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Guinea's junta chief on his presidential election victory, state media reported Monday, a day after the African country's supreme court validated his landslide result. ... more  
Lightning kills two, injures 150 in South AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 Lightning struck 150 people gathered at a festival north of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing two, local health services said on Sunday. ... more |
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Strike blamed on DR Congo army kills six in M23-occupied eastGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 2, 2026 A strike blamed on the Democratic Republic of Congo's army killed at least six people in territory controlled by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters in the east, a local source said on Friday. ... more |
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Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal watersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach ... more 
Sudanese trek through mountains to escape Kordofan fightingPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 For eight days, Sudanese farmer Ibrahim Hussein led his family through treacherous terrain to flee the fighting in southern Kordofan - the latest and most volatile front in the country's 31-month-old conflict. ... more  
Germany asked to help in Libyan army chief plane crash probeBerlin (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 Germany has received a request from Turkey to assist in examining the black box recorders from a plane crash that killed the head of the Libyan armed forces, investigators have confirmed. ... more 
Ivory Coast ruling party set for election landslide: early resultsAbidjan (AFP) Dec 28, 2025 The ruling party in Ivory Coast was headed for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, according to early results announced Sunday which already credit it with an outright majority in the national assembly. ... more |
Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operationsLagos (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Nigeria on Friday signalled that more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces against militants in the north of the country, which it said was a joint operation with its military. ... more  |
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UN urges end to arbitrary detentions in Guinea-BissauGeneva (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 The UN rights office welcomed Friday the release of six opposition members detained since last month's coup in Guinea-Bissau but insisted all arbitrary detentions in the west African country must end. ... more 
Two French crew died in crash that killed Libyan army chiefParis, France (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Two French crew members of a Falcon 50 jet died in the crash this week in Turkey that killed Libya's armed forces chief, a French diplomatic source told AFP on Friday. ... more 
Wagner stronghold in CAR holds the line despite Kremlin shakeupLibreville, Gabon (AFP) Dec 23, 2025 A mural depicting Vladimir Putin and fatigue-clad Russian paramilitary fighters has appeared in the Central African Republic ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections as the country seeks to recover from decades of violence. ... more  
Conventional photon entanglement reveals thousands of hidden topologies in high dimensionsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, working with Huzhou University in China, have shown that a standard source of entangled photons used in quantum optics carries a r ... more |
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Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies' Cairo (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save. ... more  
Field work on South Africa's "living rocks" reveals rapid carbon capture in extreme conditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 South Africa preserves some of the oldest traces of life on Earth in rocky, layered formations known as microbialites, which resemble coral reefs but are built by microbes that turn dissolved minera ... more
Benin president says bulk of military not behind failed coupCotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 Benin President Patrice Talon said Thursday that the bulk of the army did not back a recent foiled coup bid whose leaders recruited young trainee soldiers. ... more  
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The ... more |
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Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco townSafi, Morocco (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town has killed at least 37 people, local officials said on Monday, as search and rescue operations continued. ... more 
Tech tracking to tackle human-wildlife conflict in ZimbabweHwange, Zimbabwe (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 In the sun-scorched lands bordering Zimbabwe's largest wildlife sanctuary, Takesure Moyo pedals through his village each morning on a mission to help his community coexist with the elephants and predators that roam nearby. ... more  
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more 
200 W.African troops aiding Benin in post-coup 'clean-up': govtAbuja (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Some 200 Nigerian and Ivorian troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Thursday. ... more |
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Crew killed in Sudan army plane crash; Russia says no survivors in cargo plane crashPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 A Sudanese military transport aircraft crashed on Tuesday while attempting to land at an air base in the country's east, killing all members of its crew, two military sources told AFP. ... more |
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Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coup Cotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several dead as other west African countries mobilised to offer military support. ... more
Why west African troops overturned Benin's coup but watched others pass byAbidjan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 When Benin's government over the weekend fought back a coup attempt, they had unlikely help: troops and air strikes from neighbouring countries. ... more
G.Bissau junta says coup leader barred from running for presidentBissau (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Guinea-Bissau's ruling junta, which seized power last month, has said that its leading general will not be allowed to run for president after handing power back to civilians. ... more 
Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies at 83Nairobi (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Scottish conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who pioneered new understandings of African elephants and made protecting the giant pachyderms a life-long passion, has died at the age of 83, his charity said Tuesday. ... more |
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