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June 30, 2025
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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. The fresh violence around the central West Bank village of Kafr Malik came after the Palestinian health ministry said three men died there in an attack by Israeli settlers on Wednesday. Soldiers went to disperse a gathering of Israelis near the village overnight, the military said in a statement. "Dozens of Israel ... read more

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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
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
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
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
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

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AFRICA NEWS
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
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
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
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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
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
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Ancient climate shifts reveal warning signs for modern drought risks
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2025
Climate scientists at Syracuse University have uncovered new evidence linking ancient atmospheric changes to modern drought patterns, shedding light on how future climate change could intensify glob ... more
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AFRICA NEWS
Nine killed in Niger jihadist attack: local sources
Niamey, Niger (AFP) June 15, 2025
Suspected jihadists have killed nine travellers, including a teacher, in an attack in southwestern Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, local sources said Sunday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
S.African president blames climate change for 'catastrophic' floods
Mthatha, South Africa (AFP) June 13, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Friday with survivors of devastating floods that killed at least 78 people in the impoverished Eastern Cape province, blaming the "catastrophic disaster" on climate change. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan jails Chinese ship captain for severing subsea cable
Taipei (AFP) June 12, 2025
A Chinese ship captain was sentenced to three years in a Taiwanese prison on Thursday for deliberately severing an undersea telecoms cable off the self-ruled island. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nairobi startup's bid to be 'operating system for global South'
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2025
Away from the heady rush to build ultra-capable, sci-fi style artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley, ambitious Nairobi-based startup Amini AI is betting on the technology addressing emerging countries' prosaic problems in the here and now. ... more
WOOD PILE
Villagers step up to halt Sierra Leone deforestation
Freetown (AFP) June 11, 2025
Deep inside a Sierra Leone national park, a mother of seven was about to set dozens of tree trunks ablaze to make charcoal. ... more
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