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July 06, 2025
AFRICA NEWS
France returns military base to Senegal; Jihadists wage string of attacks across Mali



Dakar (AFP) July 1, 2025
France handed over to Senegal a military base used by its army on Tuesday, as part of a broader withdrawal of French troops from the west African country. Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye annouced late last year that former colonial power France would have to close its military bases in Senegal by 2025 - a process that began in March with the first handovers to Senegalese authorities. France returned on Tuesday a military communications centre located in Rufisque, near Dakar, the Fren ... read more

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WAR REPORT
Six Israelis detained for attacking soldiers in West Bank: military
Jerusalem (AFP) June 28, 2025
Six Israelis were detained for assaulting soldiers near a village in the occupied West Bank where deadly clashes with Palestinians erupted this week, the military said on Saturday. ... more
TERROR WARS
Accusations of chemical weapons in Sudan: what we know
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) June 28, 2025
The US State Department imposed sanctions on the Sudanese government Friday, accusing it of using chemical weapons last year in its war against rival paramilitaries. ... more
FARM NEWS
Drought-hit Morocco turns to desalination to save vegetable bounty
Agadir, Morocco (AFP) July 3, 2025
On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the eye can see, clinging to life through a single, environmentally contentious lifeline: desalination. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Anxious residents re-emerge after Mali jihadist attacks
Bamako (AFP) July 2, 2025
People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigerian hikers blaze trails despite insecurity
Abuja (AFP) July 4, 2025
A caravan of 100 or so cars snaked onto an unfinished highway and parked in a construction zone. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant sparks anger in blighted city
Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) June 26, 2025
The bedroom of 74-year-old Cherifa Attia smells like burnt rubber. The vast phosphate processing plant beside her home has been belching out toxic fumes into the atmosphere, blighting this Tunisian city. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Heatwave leaves Moroccan cities sweltering in record-breaking tempertatures
Rabat (AFP) June 29, 2025
Monthly temperature records have been broken across Morocco, sometimes topping seasonal norms by as much as 20 degrees Celsius, the national meteorological office said Sunday, as the North African kingdom was gripped by a heatwave. ... more
FARM NEWS
Six million donkeys slaughtered for Chinese medicine: charity
Addis Ababa (AFP) June 26, 2025
Almost six million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals, a UK-based charity said on Thursday. ... more

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AFRICA NEWS
US sanctions on Sudan over alleged chemical weapons use take effect
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2025
US sanctions on Sudan's government - imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum's military of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year - have taken effect. ... more
DEMOCRACY
UK considers envoy for Britons held abroad
London (AFP) June 29, 2025
Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Bots pushed anti-China narrative ahead of Ghana mining ban
Abuja (AFP) June 25, 2025
Before Ghana banned foreigners from its gold trade earlier this year, an online bot campaign pushed anti-Chinese sentiment, blaming Chinese nationals for exploiting the country and stealing its resources. ... more
OIL AND GAS
OPEC+ to boost crude oil production in August
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2025
Eight OPEC+ nations on Saturday agreed to increase their crude oil production by 548,000 barrels per day starting in August. ... more
AEROSPACE
Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel
Seville, Spain (AFP) June 30, 2025
Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on wealthy air passengers to help poorer nations respond to climate change, the French presidency said. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Green bonds offer hope, and risk, in Africa's climate fight
Lagos (AFP) June 27, 2025
It only took two days for Nigeria to raise $59 million through green bonds - part of a funding drive for climate and environmental projects in a nation still hooked on oil. ... more
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Africa must pivot from aid to trade: WTO
Sun City, South Africa (AFP) June 26, 2025
Africa must take charge of its development through trade and investment, a senior World Trade Organization official said Thursday, warning that rising defence budgets in donor countries will further squeeze aid. ... more
WIND DAILY
UK ditches mega green energy supply project from Morocco
London (AFP) June 26, 2025
The UK government on Thursday announced that it was abandoning a mega-project intended to bring solar and wind energy from Morocco for use by domestic consumers. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Chinese-Moroccan joint venture inaugurates EV battery parts plant
Rabat (AFP) June 25, 2025
A Chinese-Moroccan joint venture announced on Wednesday the inauguration of a new factory for electric car battery components, the first of its kind in the North African country. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Nigeria flood victims mourn missing bodies as death toll stagnates
Mokwa, Nigeria (AFP) June 20, 2025
On a hot and humid afternoon in Mokwa, Nigeria, Fatima and Habiba Jibrin sat under a mango tree, waiting for the recovery of corpses they fear may never come. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Morocco says 2024 'hottest year' on record
Rabat (AFP) June 20, 2025
The year 2024 was Morocco's hottest on record, the North African country's meteorological agency said on Friday, mirroring the record surface temperatures measured globally. ... more
WOOD PILE
Chad hopes 'green charcoal' can save vanishing forests
N'Djamena (AFP) June 20, 2025
As they zigzagged from one machine to another in the searing African sun, the workers were covered in black soot. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Nigerian monarch wants $12 bn for clean-up before Shell exit
Lagos (AFP) June 20, 2025
An influential traditional chief in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta on Friday demanded that Shell pay $12 billion for environmental pollution before it leaves the region. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
S.Africa's iconic protea flower relocates as climate warms
Cullinan, South Africa (AFP) June 19, 2025
On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) from their natural home at the southern tip of Africa. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Russia steps out from shadows in Africa with state paramilitary
Paris (AFP) June 19, 2025
With the rise of a paramilitary force that analysts say is controlled by the Kremlin, Russia is openly expanding its state military footprint in Africa, after years of distancing itself from mercenaries deployed on the continent to support pro-Russian rulers. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
34 Niger soldiers killed in attack near Mali border: defence ministry
Niamey, Niger (AFP) June 19, 2025
Several hundred armed men killed 34 Nigerien soldiers in an attack Thursday in western Niger, close to the border with Mali, the defence ministry said. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Greenpeace warns of 'potential disaster' after oil spill off UAE
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) June 19, 2025
Greenpeace on Thursday warned that an oil spill resulting from a tanker collision off the coast of the United Arab Emirates could have grave environmental consequences, after authorities reported a "small" slick. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
DR Congo, Rwanda to sign peace accord on June 27
Washington (AFP) June 18, 2025
Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialed a peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DRC - a document to be formally signed on June 27, a joint statement said Wednesday. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Hundreds dead and missing as floods devastate Nigeria, India and China
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) June 18, 2025
More than 700 people were still missing following flash floods that struck central Nigeria's Niger state last month killing at least 200 people, the state government said Wednesday. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
S.Africa's gold mining past poisons Soweto; as toxic Myanmar mines pollute rivers in Thailand
Soweto, South Africa (AFP) June 18, 2025
Soweto's children call it the "yellow mountain". And for decades a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake Park neighbourhood of South Africa's largest township has been polluting the area and poisoning communities. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Meteosat-12 begins prime service delivering enhanced weather data for Europe
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2025
A new era in European meteorological observation has officially begun with Meteosat-12 assuming the role of primary geostationary satellite, replacing Meteosat-10. Operated by EUMETSAT, Meteosat-12- ... more
ABOUT US
Deforestation in S.Leone national park threatens chimps, humans alike
Tacugama, Sierra Leone (AFP) June 17, 2025
Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone's flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and illegal urban encroachment pose a risk to both primates and humans. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight from Australia to PNG
Sydney (AFP) June 16, 2025
A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between Australia and Papua New Guinea during its northern migration, scientists say. ... more
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