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January 30, 2026
IRAQ WARS
Trump warns US to end support for Iraq if Maliki returns



Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 27, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end all US support for Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to Iran, returns to the post. Trump, in his latest blatant intervention in another country's politics, said that Iraq would make a "very bad choice" with Maliki, who has been nominated as prime minister by the largest Shiite bloc. "Last time Maliki was in power, the Country descended into poverty and total chaos. That should not be allowed to happen again," Trump wrot ... read more

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Iraq PM candidate Maliki denounces Trump's 'blatant' interference
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
Iraq's main candidate for the premiership Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday denounced Washington's "blatant interference", after President Donald Trump threatened to end all support to the country if Maliki took the post. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutor
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 19, 2026
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, the International Criminal Court's deputy prosecutor said on Monday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Major rains drive widespread flooding in southern Mozambique
London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2026
Weeks of intense rain in December and January swelled rivers and overwhelmed key reservoirs in southern Mozambique, sending floodwaters across broad floodplains and into heavily populated areas alon ... more
AFRICA NEWS
G.Bissau junta leader promoted to highest army rank as Uganda army chief apologises X post
Bissau (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Guinea-Bissau's junta leader General Horta N'Tam has been promoted to the rank of major general - the highest in the country's armed forces, according to a decree he signed and published himself on Thursday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
'I wanted to die': survivors recount Mozambique flood terror
Manhica, Mozambique (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique. ... more
WATER WORLD
South Africa embraces water tastings as Washington reels from sewage leak
Stellenbosch, South Africa (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Most tourists to Stellenbosch come for the wine but this small group was here for the water, sampling a selection of the world's finest varieties in an experience new to South Africa. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Jihadist attacks kill Nigerian troops as US ramps up strikes in Somalia
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 27, 2026
At least nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and over a dozen are missing after IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military patrol in northeast Borno state, military and militia sources told AFP Tuesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan army says breaks RSF siege on southern city Dilling
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 26, 2026
The Sudanese army said on Monday it had broken a long?running siege of Dilling, a city in the country's south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for more than a year and a half. ... more

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AFRICA NEWS
Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrested
Kampala (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
Uganda's army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan hospital welcomes first patients after war forced it shut
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
At a freshly renovated hospital in Khartoum the medical team are beaming: nearly three years after it was wrecked and looted in the early days of Sudan's war, the facility has welcomed its first patients. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floods
Cape Town (AFP) Jan 22, 2026
South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria turns illegal loggers, poachers into park rangers
Okomu, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2026
James Leleghale Bekewei knows the Okomu forest well: he used to make a living illegally logging trees in the Nigerian national park. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2026
Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday. ... more
FARM NEWS
'Our children are next' fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock
Mandera, Kenya (AFP) Jan 27, 2026
In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes. ... more
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US military working with Nigeria as part of wider Islamic State pivot
Abuja (AFP) Jan 26, 2026
The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom's deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants. ... more
IRAQ WARS
Rubio warns Iraq on Iran ties as Maliki sets return
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iraq on Sunday against a pro-Iranian government as the expected return of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister stirs Washington's concern. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Women main victims of Sudan conflict abuses: minister to AFP
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government told AFP. ... more
WOOD PILE
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt
Likasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. ... more
WATER WORLD
Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 21, 2026
US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to restore negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latter's new mega-dam which he alleged "blocks the Nile". ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Tunisia flood death toll rises to five, with four missing
Tunis (AFP) Jan 21, 2026
Flooding in Tunisia has killed five people, authorities said, as media reported four others missing on Wednesday after the country experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged
Giyani, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2026
Authorities in South Africa on Friday recovered two more bodies from widespread flooding that has cut access to the famed Kruger National Park and put parts of neighbouring Mozambique under water. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Rescuers race to find missing as deadly floods ravage Mozambique
Manhica, Mozambique Jan 20, 2026
Rescuers in Mozambique clawed through thick mud and waded into waterlogged homes on Tuesday, racing to find survivors still unaccounted for after one of the country's worst floods in decades. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in Pacific
Papeete (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
France's navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South Africa
Maputo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026
Mozambique battled severe flooding Monday as the death toll after weeks of rain climbed, with more bodies also recovered in neighbouring South Africa. ... more
TECH SPACE
China lofts AlSat 3A imaging craft for Algeria
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
China has launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite for Algeria, extending long running space cooperation between the two countries. The two stage launcher lifted off ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudanese put through 'hell' as advanced weapons fuel war: UN rights chief
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 18, 2026
Nearly three years of war have put the Sudanese people through "hell", the UN's rights chief said Sunday, blasting the vast sums spent on advanced weaponry at the expense of humanitarian aid and the recruitment of child soldiers. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region
Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 18, 2026
South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighbouring Mozambique. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Egypt president thanks Trump for offer to mediate on Ethiopia dam
Cairo (AFP) Jan 17, 2026
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday for offering to serve as a mediator with Ethiopia over sharing water from a Nile mega-dam at the centre of more than a decade of tensions. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result looms
Kampala (AFP) Jan 17, 2026
Uganda's army denied claims on Saturday that opposition leader Bobi Wine had been abducted from his home, as counting continued in an election marred by reports of at least 10 deaths amid an internet blackout. ... more
WATER WORLD
Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia dam
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 16, 2026
US President Donald Trump told Egypt on Friday he was ready to reopen diplomacy to press Ethiopia into sharing water from a mega-dam that has angered Cairo. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese border
Ndjamena, Chad (AFP) Jan 16, 2026
Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan. ... more
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