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Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local officialPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 7, 2025 A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan's South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP on Sunday. ... more
Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coupCotonou, 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
'Several' deaths in thwarted Benin coup: governmentCotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Several people died in Benin during a thwarted coup attempt on the weekend, the west African country's government announced Monday after an emergency cabinet meeting. ... more
'Only a miracle can end this nightmare': Eritreans fear new Ethiopia warAddis Ababa (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 Tewolde has fought multiple times for Eritrea, one of the most closed societies on Earth, and is now praying another war is not about to break out with neighbouring Ethiopia. ... more |
Unchecked mining waste taints DR Congo communitiesLubumbashi, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 Carrying her sore-pocked daughter across her decaying field, Helene Mvubu says she is one of thousands to have fallen victim to the toxic waste defiling the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining capital. ... more
Tech tracking to tackle human-wildlife conflict in ZimbabweHwange, Zimbabwe (AFP) Dec 5, 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
Wave kills four in Spain's TenerifeMadrid (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 Four people died in Tenerife over the weekend and one remained missing after a wave swept away bathers on the Spanish tourist island hotspot, according to the authorities. ... more
Burkina Faso releases 8 NGO members arrested for 'spying'Abidjan (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 An international NGO in Burkina Faso said Friday that eight of its members had been released, months after the country's military rulers arrested them on accusations of spying. ... more |
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Study says African penguins starved en masse off South AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by 95 percent in just eight years. ... more |
G.Bissau junta claims 'ethnic civil war' risk justifies coupBissau (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Guinea-Bissau's military authorities on Thursday justified taking power in the small west African nation by arguing the country faced the "risk of ethnic civil war" after last month's elections. ... more
Ghana e waste workers trapped in toxic survival trade offLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A University of Michigan team has analyzed how people living and working around the Agbogbloshie e waste site in Accra, Ghana, depend on informal recycling to earn a living while facing severe toxic ... more
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 3, 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
Spire soil data to support conflict early warning in Ethiopias Somali RegionLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Spire Global has been selected by GIST Research to supply satellite-derived Soil Moisture Insights for a project that links climate conditions to pastoralist movements and conflict risks in Ethiopia ... more |
Amnesty urges war crimes probe into Sudan refugee camp attackPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday that a large-scale attack by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a refugee camp earlier this year "must be investigated for war crimes". ... more ![]() |
Sudan army chief's Islamist ties complicate peace effortsCairo (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 The already Herculean task of putting an end to the long-running war in Sudan is being further complicated by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's complex relationship with Islamists, whom he relies upon for support. ... more
Nigeria names former top general as defence ministerAbuja (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated former top military commander General Christopher Musa as new minister of defence as the country grapples with a wave of mass kidnappings. ... more
Fighting intensifies in oil-rich southern SudanPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Fighting intensified in southern Sudan's North Kordofan region on Tuesday as residents in the capital El-Obeid told AFP a paramilitary drone had exploded near an army division headquarters. ... more
Elephants adapt to drones for conservation in KenyaLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Researchers from Save the Elephants and the University of Oxford report that African elephants can learn to ignore drones flown under controlled conditions, opening a new way to observe their behavi ... more |
Niger says putting its uranium on international marketNiamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 Niger's military regime on Sunday announced it was putting uranium produced by Somair - a subsidiary of French giant Orana before the regime nationalised it in June - on the international market. ... more
Kenya launches $1.5 bn road project with Chinese firmsNairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2025 Kenya on Friday launched a $1.5 billion road expansion project financed by Chinese firms, including a state-owned company. ... more
Bitterness, disappointment grip Bissau-Guineans after coupBissau (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 Mohamed Sylla and his friends fled as fast as they could when gunshots rang out near Guinea Bissau's presidential palace Wednesday, marking yet another coup in the restive West African country. ... more
Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gasesParis, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first results, including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, ... more |
A simple fiber-optic cable links reconfigurable quantum network in EdinburghLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have constructed a prototype quantum network that connects two smaller networks into an eight-user system. This configuration enables both routing of entangleme ... more
NJIT scientists track recent solar flare disruptions in Earth's ionosphereNewark, NJ (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Recent measurements recorded by NJIT's new network of radio telescopes show how a rare sequence of intense flares from Nov. 9 - 14, including an X5.1 event marking 2025's strongest flare so far, jol ... more
3,000 cattle stuck at sea for a month reach dry land in LibyaMontevideo Nov 25, 2025 Nearly 3,000 Uruguayan cattle that were stranded at sea for a month after their vessel was barred from Turkey have been unloaded in Libya, Uruguay's government said. ... more
NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestationMonrovia (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Some of the world's best-known chocolate, from Mars to KitKat, is likely linked to deforestation in Liberia's rainforest despite many brands' claims of sustainability, according to research published by NGO Global Witness Tuesday. ... more |
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Ethiopian volcano erupts after 12,000-year dormancyAddis Ababa (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to 14 kilometres (nine miles) into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) said. ... more |
G20 grapples with splintering world orderJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 23, 2025 G20 leaders gathered Sunday in South Africa hailed multilateralism - even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries. ... more
Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnappingLagos (AFP) Nov 22, 2025 Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation. ... more
Niger junta taxes consumer imports to fund anti-jihadist fight as jihadist attack kills 10 soldiersNiamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 Niger's military regime has introduced new taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and other imports to help fund its fight against jihadists on its territory, authorities told AFP on Friday. ... more
Stampede at Ghana army recruitment event kills 6, wounds 22Accra (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 At least six people were crushed to death on Wednesday after a crowd of job seekers surged through stadium gates during a military recruitment event in the Ghanaian capital Accra, the army said. ... more |
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