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August 06, 2025
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Somalia's Puntland releases arms cargo ship to Turkey



Mogadishu (AFP) Aug 4, 2025
The Somali state of Puntland on Monday said it was "handing over responsibility" to Turkey for a cargo ship carrying military equipment that it seized last month, provoking the federal government. The oil-rich area declared its autonomy in 1998, and the region has had tense relations with the central government in Mogadishu. Puntland forces intercepted the Comoros-flagged vessel, saying it had been observed "loitering" near the coast and could pose a security risk. Mogadishu protested the m ... read more

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AFRICA NEWS
Jihadists kill 'dozens' of soldiers and civilians in Burkina Faso
Abidjan (AFP) Aug 1, 2025
Two jihadist attacks in northeastern Burkina Faso early this week killed "several dozens" of soldiers and civilians, two security sources and a local source told AFP on Friday. ... more
ABOUT US
Changes in diet drove physical evolution in early humans
Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Peacekeepers and Al-Shabaab clash over key Somali town
Mogadishu (AFP) Aug 3, 2025
International peacekeepers are battling radical Islamist fighters to retake a strategic Somali town, the African Union mission in the country said on Sunday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Spanish police seize illegal ivory carvings
Madrid (AFP) Aug 4, 2025
Spanish police said on Monday they had seized dozens of carvings made from the ivory tusks of endangered African and Asian elephants as part of a smuggling and environmental crimes investigation. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nations
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Esri has partnered with Microsoft and Space42 to launch the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year project aimed at building the most detailed and scalable geospatial basemap of Africa to date. The effo ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June; Nigeria flash floods kill 23: UN
Conakry (AFP) July 29, 2025
Fifteen people have died in Guinea since late June in flooding caused by torrential rain in the west African country, according to a government report. ... more
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One man's 30 years of toil to save Sierra Leone's orphaned chimps
Tacugama, Sierra Leone (AFP) July 30, 2025
Bala Amarasekaran has never felt like running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone was truly work, having come to his calling only after several unexpected twists of fate. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan quartet meeting postponed after Egypt-UAE spat; Deadly clashes between Uganda, South Sudan forces
Cairo (AFP) July 29, 2025
A ministerial meeting on the Sudan war between the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt was postponed on Tuesday after a disagreement over the final joint statement, two diplomatic sources told AFP. ... more

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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Russia wants to mine Niger's uranium, energy minister says
Niamey, Niger (AFP) July 29, 2025
Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the Kremlin, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has said. ... 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
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
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
MOON DAILY
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis Accords
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025
Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday. ... 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
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MISSILE NEWS
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. ... more
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
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
AFRICA NEWS
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
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers discover blazing Betelgeuse has companion star
Paris (AFP) July 21, 2025
Since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians, people across the world have gazed up in awe at Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars blazing in the night sky. ... 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
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