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US approves $4.67 bn sale of air defense system to Egypt



Washington (AFP) July 24, 2025
The United States on Thursday announced the approval of a $4.67 billion sale of the NASAMS air defense system and related support to Egypt. NASAMS - the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System - has seen recent use on the battlefield after being provided to Ukraine by Kyiv's supporters as part of efforts to bolster the country's air defenses against Russian attacks. "The proposed sale will improve Egypt's capability to meet current and future threats by improving its ability to detect ... read more

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AFRICA NEWS
'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta
Abidjan (AFP) July 24, 2025
President Mohamed Bazoum has been languishing for two years along with his wife in Niger's presidential palace since his ouster by a junta, which is using them as human shields to avert foreign military intervention to free them, according to the couple's lawyers. ... more
UAV NEWS
African armies turn to drones with devastating civilian impact
Paris (AFP) July 25, 2025
The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the army. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
US plan to destroy contraceptives sparks uproar
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2025
The US administration's decision to destroy nearly $10 million worth of women's contraception products has sparked furious condemnation from doctors and aid groups, who have slammed the move as a wasteful attack on women's rights. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Tunisia plastic collectors spread as economic, migration woes deepen
Tunis (AFP) July 28, 2025
A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He is among Tunisia's "barbechas", informal plastic recyclers whose increasing numbers reflect the country's economic - and migratory - woes. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan's RSF names PM, presidential council in rival govt
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) July 26, 2025
A coalition led by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday named a civilian prime minister and unveiled a presidential council to lead a rival government, challenging the military-backed administration and risking a further push toward the war-torn country's division. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive species
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2025
Over the last 100,000 years, Australia's largest animals have undergone dramatic shifts due to waves of extinction and the arrival of invasive species, according to new research from Flinders Univer ... more
FARM NEWS
'Garden of Eden': Albania eyes up growing exotic fruit for Europe
Divjake, Albania (AFP) July 23, 2025
Passion fruit, guava, dragon fruit or kiwano - climate change is sparking Albanian farmers to start growing exotic fruits to sell to Europe. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Somalia demands release of arms cargo ship seized by Puntland
Mogadishu (AFP) July 23, 2025
Somalia on Wednesday demanded the "immediate and unconditional" release of a cargo ship transporting military equipment that was seized by the semi-autonomous Puntland region, calling the move an "act of piracy". ... more

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Mali forces, Russian fighters killed dozens of Fulanis: HRW
Dakar (AFP) July 22, 2025
The Malian army and Russia's Wagner group killed dozens of ethnic Fulani men this year during anti-jihadist operations in the troubled west African nation, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. ... more
SPACEWAR
Maxar secures $205 million in multi-year deals to boost space capabilities across MEA
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
Maxar Intelligence has announced three new long-term contracts valued at $204.7 million to enhance sovereign defense, intelligence, and space leadership initiatives across the Middle East and Africa ... more
MARSDAILY
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought
London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material employed by Roman engineers in iconic structures like the Pantheon, concrete ... more
AFRICA NEWS
One billion Africans being harmed by cooking pollution
Paris (AFP) July 18, 2025
One billion Africans have to cook on open fires or with fuel that is hazardous to their health and the environment, the International Energy Agency said Friday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
French army leaves Senegal, ending military presence in west Africa
Dakar (AFP) July 17, 2025
France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa. ... more
FARM NEWS
Ivory Coast farmers hope tech tempts jaded youth back to fields
Abidjan (AFP) July 15, 2025
Stopwatch in hand, dozens of Ivory Coast students raced against the clock to design robots for the farms of the future in the world's top cocoa-producing nation. ... more
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MARSDAILY
New Martian rock reveals clues about volcanic history on the Red Planet
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
In a major breakthrough, scientists from Chengdu University of Technology have analyzed a newly discovered Martian meteorite that could help explain how volcanoes once shaped Mars. The meteorite, na ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigerian authorities claim to kill 30 criminal 'bandits'
Lagos (AFP) July 10, 2025
Nigerian authorities have claimed 30 people from armed criminal gangs died in air strikes in a restive northwestern province this week. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Paramilitary attack kills 48 in central Sudan village: war monitor
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) July 14, 2025
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 48 civilians in an attack on a village in the centre of the war-torn country, a monitoring group reported Monday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
G.Bissau's Bijagos archipelago added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Bissau (AFP) July 13, 2025
The Bijagos Archipelago off the coast of west Africa was declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural agency on Sunday, in recognition of its exceptional biodiversity and rich local traditions. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
The activist who fought for Sierra Leone's first World Heritage site
Freetown (AFP) July 13, 2025
Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island - a lush forest home to one of the world's highest concentrations of primates - landed a spot Sunday on the UN cultural agency's World Heritage list. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
ICC says violence being used as weaponsin Sudanese conflict
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 11, 2025
War crimes are likely being committed in Sudan, with rape and sexual violence being used as weapons, the International Criminal Court said in a report to the United Nations. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
UN calls for 'immediate deescalation' in Libyan capital
Tripoli (AFP) July 10, 2025
The UN mission in Libya called for "immediate deescalation", citing reports of armed forces being mobilised in the capital and its surroundings that have raised fears of renewed violence. ... more
MOON DAILY
Young lunar meteorite sheds light on missing chapter in Moon's volcanic timeline
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
A meteorite discovered in Africa in 2023 has been dated to 2.35 billion years old, making it the youngest known basaltic lunar meteorite and filling a nearly billion-year void in the Moon's volcanic ... more
WATER WORLD
S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival
Nyangai Island, Sierra Leone (AFP) July 8, 2025
Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and imperilling residents' survival on his island off Sierra Leone. ... 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
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
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
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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
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. ... 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
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
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
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