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DR Congo-M23 talks taking longer than expected; ICC unseals Libya war crimes warrantDoha (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Talks on measures to build confidence between M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of formal peace talks are taking longer than expected, an official with knowledge of the issue said Thursday. ... more  
Turkey, Senegal discuss defence industry, security cooperationIstanbul (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed defence and security cooperation with Senegal's visiting prime minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, hailing Turkey's growing ties with Africa. ... more  
Two Ghana ministers killed in helicopter crashAccra (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew and five passengers dropped off the radar. ... more  
UAE denies 'false' Sudan claim of destroying Emirati plane carrying mercenariesDubai (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United Arab Emirates rejected on Thursday an announcement from Sudan's armed forces saying they had destroyed an Emirati plane carrying Colombian mercenaries. ... more |
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Zambia rejects US claims of toxins after February mine spillLusaka (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The Zambian government rejected as alarmist Thursday US government claims that dangerous pollution remained after a copper dam spill six months ago, saying there was no need to cause panic. ... more  
Nigerian scientists await return of Egusi seeds sent to spaceAbuja (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 If Earthlings are ever going to colonise Mars, they won't be able to do so on an empty stomach - and Temidayo Oniosun thinks a helping of Egusi soup, a Nigerian staple, might just hit the spot. ... 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  
Lioness present in northeast C.Africa for first time in years; New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karstLibreville (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern Central African Republic for the first time in six years. ... more |
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A French sailor's personal 'Plastic Odyssey'Paris Aug 7, 2025 Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016. ... 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 
UAE rejects Sudan claim it destroyed Emirati plane full of mercenaries; Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visitDubai (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United Arab Emirates rejected on Thursday an announcement from Sudan's armed forces saying they had destroyed an Emirati plane ferrying Colombian mercenaries into the country to back paramilitary rivals. ... more  
Mozambique insurgency grows at 'sensitive' time for TotalEnergies' returnMaputo (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have multiplied their attacks in the past weeks, causing mass displacements ahead of the possible resumption of construction on TotalEnergies' huge natural gas project in the region. ... more
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 |
 
Portuguese navy boosts patrols after rare migrant landingLisbon (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Portugal's Navy said Saturday it has increased patrols along the country's southern coast following the arrival of a migrant boat, a rare destination among migrant routes from North Africa to Europe. ... more  |
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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to GhanaMadrid (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Spanish police have broken up a criminal network accused of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ghana, authorities said Friday. ... 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  
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 
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 |
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Thousands in besieged Sudan city at 'risk of starvation': WFP Port 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 
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 
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 |
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Senegal strengthens eastern gendarmerie amid Mali border threats Dakar (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 |
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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 |
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