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January 31, 2025
AFRICA NEWS
Chad leader welcomes 'complete' departure of French forces



N'Djamena (AFP) Jan 31, 2025
President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which marks the end of France's last foothold in the wider jihadist-hit Sahel region. After a closed-door military ceremony a day earlier, Deby addressed Chadian forces and diplomats at an event in the capital N'Djamena. The handover of the Kossei base, the French army's last such facility in the central African country, follows Chad's surprise breaking off of military cooperation ... read more

TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan identifies 52 'suspicious' Chinese ships for close monitoring
Taipei (AFP) Jan 27, 2025
Taiwan has identified 52 "suspicious" Chinese-owned ships flying flags of convenience that require close monitoring if detected near the island, the coast guard said Monday, as Taipei seeks to protect its subsea telecoms cables. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
France hands over last base in Chad amid withdrawal
N'Djamena (AFP) Jan 30, 2025
The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of both countries announced Thursday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 30, 2025
The Sudanese army said Thursday that it had retaken a key city in the southern state of North Kordofan from rival paramilitaries, who had held it since May 2023. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Climate Change Accelerates Species Shuffling, New Study Reveals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
A study led by Malin Pinsky, an ecology and evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz, reveals that rising temperatures caused by climate change have a profound and dual impact: they destabilize anima ... more
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A Dream Deferred Why Is Traveling Across Africa So Hard for Africans
Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, carries his frustration as visibly as he carries his passport. To travel across the continent he calls home, he needs 35 visas - each a bureaucratic hurdle ... more
AFRICA NEWS
UN warns of ethnic attacks in eastern DR Congo
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as conditions deteriorate in the region, haunted by the legacy of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath. ... more
WOOD PILE
Benin enlists voodoo to protect its precious mangroves
Gogotinkpon/Gogotinkpon (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds - and some are deemed sacred. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on Khartoum HQ, reclaims oil refinery
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2025
The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since war broke out in April 2023. ... more

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Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 26, 2025
Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which paramilitaries had encircled since the war erupted in April 2023. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
U.N. chief warns of rebel advances in Democratic Republic of Congo
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 24, 2025
Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war," according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. ... more
MILPLEX
US lawmakers say UAE still sending arms to Sudan fighters
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2025
Two US lawmakers said Friday that the United Arab Emirates has violated its promises and kept arming Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which Washington has accused of genocide. ... more
VSAT NEWS
Eutelsat and NIGCOMSAT forge partnership to expand satellite services in Nigeria
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 24, 2025
NIGCOMSAT has announced a major multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership aimed at introducing low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services in Nigeria. This agreement designates NIGCOMSAT as the primary satellite service provider in Nigeria, leveraging the OneWeb LEO satellite network to deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity. ... more
WHALES AHOY
Scores of dying dolphins wash ashore beach in Somalia
Mogadishu (AFP) Jan 24, 2025
Scores of dead and dying dolphins have washed ashore on a beach in Somalia, local officials said Friday, with horrified residents saying they had never witnessed anything like it. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Italy defends expulsion of wanted Libya police chief
Rome (AFP) Jan 23, 2025
Italy's government said Thursday a Libyan police chief arrested on a war crimes warrant was flown home after a court found no basis to detain him - and he was too dangerous to remain. ... more
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OIL AND GAS
126 NGOs oppose funding of TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG project
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 22, 2025
An open letter Wednesday signed by 126 non-governmental organizations urged public and private lending institutions to end financing for a Mozambique liquified natural gas facility being built by France's TotalEnergies. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Lesotho's king pitches green energy to Davos elites
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025
Lesotho's King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers have converged, to make a royal pitch: invest in his small African nation's green transition. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
ICC confirms wanted arrest of freed Libya police chief
The Hague (AFP) Jan 22, 2025
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday confirmed it had issued an arrest warrant for the head of Libya's judicial police on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges, a day after Italy released him. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Elephants are not people, US judges say
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Jan 22, 2025
A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on unlawful imprisonment do not apply. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Oil spill unchecked in Nigeria's delta region: activists
Lagos (AFP) Jan 21, 2025
Oil has spilled for weeks in Nigeria's delta region from a well apparently damaged by thieves and which has also sparked a fire that has yet to be contained, environmental activists said Tuesday. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Troublesome cosmic megastructure 32 times the size of Milky Way discovered
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
Astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope have identified an extraordinary giant radio galaxy (GRG) measuring 3.3 million light-years across-an astonishing 32 times the size of our Milky Wa ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Fears of fighters loyal to IS linger near DR Congo-Uganda border
Beni, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 21, 2025
A mosque and military headquarters once teeming with fighters loyal to the Islamic State group lay empty in a desiccated field near the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Uganda. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Gabon adopts new electoral code in key step towards polls
Libreville (AFP) Jan 21, 2025
Gabon's transitional national parliament has adopted a new electoral code, a key step towards re-establishing civilian rule following a coup that ended decades of rule by the Bongo dynasty. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Eight illegal miners killed in Ghana in clashes with soldiers: army
Accra (AFP) Jan 19, 2025
At least eight illegal miners were killed in Ghana overnight after clashes with soldiers guarding the AngloGold Ashanti mining site in central Obuasi, the army said Sunday. ... more
ABOUT US
Three million years ago our ancestors relied on plant-based diets
London, UK (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
Human ancestors, such as Australopithecus, who lived approximately 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa, primarily consumed plant-based diets with minimal to no evidence of meat consumption, acc ... more
AFRICA NEWS
US sanctions Sudanese Armed Forces head; Blinken regrets failure to end war
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2025
The United States has sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, accusing Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of destabilizing the war-torn Northeast African nation and undermining peace efforts. ... more
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Human ancestor endured arid extremes longer than once believed
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 17, 2025
A new study reveals that Homo erectus, an early ancestor of modern humans, demonstrated remarkable survival abilities in Eastern Africa's hyper-arid landscapes one million years ago - much earlier t ... more
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TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says navy ready to protect undersea cables
Taipei (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Taiwan's navy will be on standby to help protect the island's undersea telecoms cables and deal with suspicious vessels, the defence minister said Thursday, after a Chinese-owned ship was suspected of damaging a cable. ... more
WATER WORLD
Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles
Kerkennah, Tunisia (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
On a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Armies, jihadists kill civilians 'with impunity' in W.Africa: HRW
Abidjan (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Jihadist groups and national armies have been killing civilians across west Africa with "impunity" in the past two years, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Transforming earth observation data into water security solutions for Africa
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is driving significant advancements in addressing Africa's water security challenges through its Digital Innovations for Water Secure Africa (DIWA ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Clashes in eastern DR Congo wound dozens and displaces thousands
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Dozens more people have been injured and many displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters, local sources and NGOs told AFP Wednesday. ... more
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