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AfricaDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)

Strikes hit Sudan cities as army chief defiant after US visa snub

Two Sudanese cities were targeted by strikes on Sunday, witnesses told AFP, a day after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to press ahead with the years-long war against a rival paramilitary force despite a US visa ...

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AfricaDaily Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
European development bank cuts growth outlook as war hits Iraq exports

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cut its growth forecasts Thursday, as the Middle East war drives an energy sh...

AfricaDaily Sep 23, 2026 (AFP)
Several Niger soldiers killed in fighting near Mali: ministry

Several soldiers in Niger's army were killed on Wednesday in fighting with "heavily armed" men near the Malian border, an area pla...

AfricaDaily Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
Sudan vows to bring down inflation as war fuels hardships

Sudan has vowed to bring its eye-watering inflation rate below 60 percent by the end of 2026, as three years of war leave people s...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi strike on Yemen's Taiz kills seven: Houthi media

A Saudi airstrike on Taiz in southwest Yemen killed seven people and wounded dozens more, Houthi media reported on Sunday.

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AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
More than 10,000 could flee Yemen fighting to Djibouti in coming months: UN

Renewed fighting in Yemen could see the number of refugees fleeing across the Red Sea to Djibouti jump to 10,000, while displacement inside Yemen could swell to over 230,000, the U...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy security in S.Sudan as election law changed

Heavy security was deployed in South Sudan's capital on Tuesday after the president altered the election law to keep himself in office while removing the vice-presidents in the run...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
Niger jails lawyer for relaying unrest within army

Military-ruled Niger on Tuesday jailed a lawyer on Tuesday for saying on social media that the army had split into two factions.

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
S.Sudan government dissolved ahead of December vote

South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday dissolved the government and appointed a caretaker administration ahead of the country's first elections, a move analysts said gave him ...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi authorities shift schools in Riyadh to remote learning for week: emails to parents

Parents across Riyadh received emails from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week, according to messages seen by AFP.

PolicyDaily MILITARY Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Kosovo arrests nine Serbs on suspicion of war crimes

Kosovo police arrested nine Serbs on Sunday in the northern town of Zubin Potok on suspicion of war crimes allegedly committed during the 1990s war for independence from Serbia, au...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran Guards say seized US underwater drone in Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they seized an American submarine drone in the strategic Strai...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Houthis say Saudi strikes on Yemen's Taiz leave dozens of casualties

Saudi airstrikes on Taiz in southwest Yemen caused dozens of casualties in an area controlled by the Houthis, ...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after US rejection

Iran stood firm Sunday on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump...

SinoDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds

Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts w...