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May 09, 2025
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Drones drag Sudan war into dangerous new territory



Cairo (AFP) May 8, 2025
Paramilitary drone strikes targeting Sudan's wartime capital have sought to shatter the regular army's sense of security and open a dangerous new chapter in the war, experts say. Since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has been at war with the army, which has lately recaptured some territory and dislodged the paramilitaries from the capital Khartoum. The latter appeared to have the upper hand before Sunday, when drone strikes began blasting key infrastructure in Port Sudan, seat o ... read more

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UAE denies supplying Chinese weapons to Sudan paramilitaries
Dubai (AFP) May 9, 2025
The United Arab Emirates on Friday denied an Amnesty International report accusing it of providing Chinese-made weapons to Sudanese paramilitary forces at war with the regular army. ... more
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Drone strike on Port Sudan navy base: army source
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) May 7, 2025
A drone attack targeted Sudan's biggest naval base on Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth day the country's wartime capital has come under strikes. ... more
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Drone strike targets Port Sudan navy base: army source
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) May 7, 2025
A drone strike targeted Sudan's biggest naval base Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Endangered vultures killed in S.Africa poisoning; Japan arrests 3 with suitcases filled with hermit crabs
Johannesburg (AFP) May 8, 2025
More than 120 endangered vultures died after eating an elephant carcass poisoned by suspected poachers in South Africa in one of the single largest such spiking in the region, wildlife officials said Thursday. ... more
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Amnesty says UAE supplying Sudan paramilitaries with Chinese weapons
Port Sudan (AFP) May 8, 2025
Chinese-made weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates have been identified with Sudan's paramilitaries, Amnesty International said Thursday, as drone attacks prompted civilians to flee the army-held aid hub of Port Sudan. ... more
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On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
Achemime, Mauritania (AFP) May 9, 2025
A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Wolf protection downgrade set for green light in EU
Strasbourg, France (AFP) May 8, 2025
EU lawmakers are set on Thursday to give the green light to downgrading wolf protections in the bloc, in line with a landmark change to conservation rules late last year. ... more
WATER WORLD
Nigeria fishing river reels from changing climate
Argungu, Nigeria (AFP) May 8, 2025
People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river's abundance as being typified by fish literally falling from the trees, but those days are gone. ... more

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Togo nationals captured with Russian forces on Ukraine front: govt
Lome (AFP) May 2, 2025
People from the small west African nation Togo have been "captured and detained" by Ukrainian armed forces after taking part "in military operations alongside Russian armed forces", Togolese authorities said Friday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Kenya court fines teens for trying to smuggle protected ants
Nairobi (AFP) May 7, 2025
A Kenyan court on Wednesday fined four people, including two Belgian teenagers, more than $7,000 for attempting to smuggle thousands of live ants out of the country. ... more
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Jihadists disrupt crucial wood supplies in Niger capital
Niamey, Niger (AFP) May 7, 2025
Trucks, camel caravans and donkeys returning at nightfall laden with enormous cargoes of wood are becoming a rare sight in Niger's capital as jihadists encroach on forested areas. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Over 45,000 affected by Somalia flash floods since mid-April: UN
Nairobi (AFP) May 2, 2025
More than 45,000 people have been affected by flash floods in Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations said, with at least four people killed in the rapidly rising waters. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
MSF hospital bombed in South Sudan
Juba (AFP) May 3, 2025
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early on Saturday, with at least seven people killed by airstrikes in the area. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Saharan dust clouds pose growing risk to solar power stability across Europe
Paris, France (SPX) May 05, 2025
As Europe increasingly depends on solar energy to reach climate and energy independence goals, a persistent atmospheric issue is adding uncertainty to the equation: Saharan dust. Research presented ... more
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Saharan dust clouds cast uncertainty on Europe's solar power growth
Paris, France (SPX) May 05, 2025
As Europe accelerates its transition to solar energy, scientists are raising alarms about a growing natural obstacle: Saharan dust storms. New findings shared at the European Geosciences Union Gener ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
'No dumping ground': Tunisia activist wins award over waste scandal
Tunis (AFP) May 2, 2025
Tunisian environmentalist Semia Labidi Gharbi, awarded a global prize for her role exposing a major waste scandal, has a message for wealthy nations: developing countries are "no dumping ground". ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Understanding Nigeria's new wave of jihadist attacks
Lagos (AFP) May 2, 2025
Nigeria's northeast is facing a brutal resurgence of jihadist attacks, which have killed at least 100 people in April. ... more
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Nigeria governors urge army to rethink anti-jihadist strategy
Damaturu, Nigeria (AFP) May 1, 2025
State governors in northeast Nigeria on Thursday called on government security forces to rethink their counter-insurgency strategy, after more than 100 people were killed last month in jihadist attacks. ... more
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Paramilitary shelling hits Sudan's presidential palace: army source
Khartoum (AFP) May 1, 2025
Sudan's presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says Somalia blocks entry to island's passport holders
Taipei (AFP) April 30, 2025
Somalia began blocking entry to Taiwan passport holders on Wednesday, the island said, alleging China had pressured the East African country to curb travel by Taiwanese people to the region. ... more
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Burkina junta rallies supporters after claimed coup plot
Abidjan (AFP) April 30, 2025
Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's junta Wednesday, days after the military rulers said they had uncovered a "plot" to overthrow the government. ... more
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Evacuation of DR Congo troops from M23 zone begins
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 30, 2025
An evacuation of hundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo troops and police trapped for months in UN bases in Goma after the city was taken by M23 rebels began on Wednesday, the ICRC said. ... more
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Sudan paramilitaries kill at least 165 in Darfur city over 10 days: activists
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) April 30, 2025
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 165 civilians over the past 10 days in attacks on a besieged city in the war-torn country's western Darfur region, activists said on Wednesday. ... more
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UN experts demand probe of reported mass killings in Mali
Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2025
UN experts on Wednesday demanded investigations into the alleged summary executions of dozens of people in Mali and the enforced disappearance of others, warning of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... more
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Sudan paramilitaries shell famine-hit camp, kill over 20
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) April 28, 2025
Paramilitary forces shelled a famine-hit displacement camp in western Sudan for three straight days, killing more than 20 civilians and wounding 40 others, rescuers said on Monday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Four dead, 13 injured in Algeria landslide
Algiers (AFP) April 27, 2025
Four people have died and 13 others injured in a landslide in Algeria's western coastal city of Oran, authorities said on Sunday. ... more
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Niger says jihadists kill 12 soldiers near Mali border
Niamey, Niger (AFP) April 26, 2025
Niger's army said Saturday jihadists killed 12 of its soldiers in the west of the country near the Malian border. ... more
WAR REPORT
Hamas proposes end to war with Israel in talks in Egypt
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 26, 2025
The Palestinian militant group Hamas announced Saturday a proposal to end the 2 1/2-year-old war that includes full Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Junta chief wins 94.85% in Gabon vote landslide: final results
Libreville (AFP) April 25, 2025
Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema won 94.85 percent of the vote, according to final results released on Friday, confirming the junta chief's landslide election as the central African country's president. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
'Vladimir, STOP!': Trump tells Putin after deadly Kyiv strike
Washington (AFP) April 24, 2025
Donald Trump called Thursday on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired missiles and drones at Kyiv in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. ... more
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AU Somalia mission says needs 8,000 more peacekeepers
Nairobi (AFP) April 25, 2025
The African peacekeeping mission in Somalia requires an additional 8,000 troops, even as Burundi is expected to withdraw its contingent, a statement from military heads from troop-contributing countries said on Friday. ... more
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