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Somalia's Puntland releases arms cargo ship to TurkeyMogadishu (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. ... more  
Chikungunya in China: What you need to knowBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Cases of chikungunya fever are rising in southern China, prompting local authorities to take measures to curb its spread. ... more  
Thousands in besieged Sudan city at 'risk of starvation': WFPPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Thousands of families trapped in a besieged city in war-torn Sudan's west are at "risk of starvation", the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday. ... more  
Spanish police seize illegal ivory carvingsMadrid (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 |
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A year on, Ugandans still suffering from deadly garbage collapseKampala (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 When the giant landfill collapsed in Uganda's capital Kampala a year ago, Zamhall Nansamba thought she was hearing an aeroplane taking off. ... more  
Nigeria issues flood alert for over half of its 36 statesLagos (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Nigerian weather forecasters on Wednesday warned that parts of 21 of the country's 36 states are likely to experience flooding in coming days due to heavy rains, as Lagos officials warned residents in some areas to evacuate. ... more 
Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nationsSan 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 
Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visitCairo (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries. ... more |
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US orders staff evacuation 6 months after Zambia mine spillLusaka (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 The US on Wednesday ordered staff in Zambia to immediately leave an area around a massive copper dam spill six months ago following new information about toxic pollution including carcinogens. ... more |
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Peacekeepers and Al-Shabaab clash over key Somali townMogadishu (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 
Senegal strengthens eastern gendarmerie amid Mali border threatsDakar (AFP) Aug 2, 2025 Senegal said Saturday that it is positioning new gendarmerie units in the east of the country as it faces growing security threats along its border with Mali. ... more  
France says it cannot save contraceptives US plans to destroyParis (AFP) Aug 1, 2025 France said Friday it could not seize $9.7 million worth of women's contraception products that the United States plans to destroy, after media reports suggested the stockpile would be incinerated in the country. ... more  
Changes in diet drove physical evolution in early humansHanover 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 |
 
House razings to save Niger capital's forest shield dismay localsNiamey, Niger (AFP) Aug 1, 2025 Hamissou Issiakou grumbled as he worked to strip bare his house, marked for demolition for illegally encroaching on the tip of green forest that's keeping the expanding desert at bay from Niger's capital. ... more  |
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Jihadists kill 'dozens' of soldiers and civilians in Burkina FasoAbidjan (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  
UAE begins pipeline project to ease Gaza water shortageJerusalem (AFP) July 30, 2025 The United Arab Emirates has begun construction on a major pipeline to carry desalinated water from Egypt to southern Gaza, according to multiple sources. ... more 
Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June; Nigeria flash floods kill 23: UNConakry (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 
One man's 30 years of toil to save Sierra Leone's orphaned chimpsTacugama, 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 |
Sudan quartet meeting postponed after Egypt-UAE spat; Deadly clashes between Uganda, South Sudan forcesCairo (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  
Russia wants to mine Niger's uranium, energy minister saysNiamey, 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
Sudan's RSF names PM, presidential council in rival govtPort 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
Tunisia plastic collectors spread as economic, migration woes deepenTunis (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 |
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US plan to destroy contraceptives sparks uproarParis (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  
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis AccordsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025 Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday. ... more  
African armies turn to drones with devastating civilian impactParis (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  
US approves $4.67 bn sale of air defense system to EgyptWashington (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 |
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'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by juntaAbidjan (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 |
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Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive speciesSydney, 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  
'Garden of Eden': Albania eyes up growing exotic fruit for EuropeDivjake, 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
Somalia demands release of arms cargo ship seized by PuntlandMogadishu (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 
Mali forces, Russian fighters killed dozens of Fulanis: HRWDakar (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 |
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