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September 07, 2025
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Mali files ICJ complaint accusing Algeria of downing drone; Security tightened in Guinea after opposition protest calls



Bamako (AFP) Sept 4, 2025
Mali said Thursday it had filed an application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Algeria, accusing it of having shot down one of its military drones. It said the drone, which was shot down in early April, was still in Malian territory, which would make the incident a violation of its airspace. Algeria has rejected the accusation, citing defence ministry radar data to argue that the reconnaissance drone from junta-led Mali had violated its own airspace. The issue has sparked ... read more

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WAR REPORT
Israel vows to inflict biblical plagues on Yemen's Huthis
Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 4, 2025
Israel's defence minister vowed Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on Yemen's Huthi rebels after they stepped up their missile attacks against Israel. ... more
TERROR WARS
Sudan says no evidence of chemical weapons use in Khartoum
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
Sudan's army-backed government has released a report saying it found no evidence of chemical contamination two months after the United States imposed sanctions over chemical weapons allegations it denies. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Yemen's Huthis say they targeted Red Sea ship with missile
Sanaa (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
Yemen's Huthi rebels on Monday said they had fired a missile at a tanker in the Red Sea, days after their prime minister was killed in an Israeli attack. ... more
WATER WORLD
Ethiopia's multi-billion-dollar dam promises economic boost
Addis Ababa (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
Ethiopia's mega-dam on the Nile, being inaugurated on Tuesday, is expected to provide a huge boost to the economy and double electricity production in a country where nearly half the population lacks power. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
'Tears and pain' after deadly Sudan landslide
Cairo (AFP) Sept 6, 2025
In the remote mountain village of Tarasin in Sudan's western Darfur, three successive landslides struck without warning last week. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
At least 60 people dead in Boko Haram attack in northern Nigeria
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 7, 2025
More than 60 people were killed in overnight attacks by the jihadist group Boko Haram in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, local officials said. At least five of the people killed were soldiers. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel group
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
Sudan has recovered 270 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in the Darfur region, a civilian leader under the rebel group controlling the area said Wednesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundreds
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people. ... more

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Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed group
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Guinea lifts some media restrictions ahead of referendum
Conakry (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
Selected Guinea media outlets can give voice to banned parties ahead of a September referendum, the president of the country's media regulator said, reversing an earlier decision to prohibit such coverage. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
How millennia of history vanished in Sudan's war
Cairo (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
In the scorched courtyard of Sudan's National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now stands alone, surrounded by shards of broken glass and shattered stone. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for rights; Farmers and NGOs unite to save last forests of the Comoros
Narok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 29, 2025
Fred Ngusilo stooped to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau Forest floor, painful reminders that his hunter-gatherer community once flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power
Tangier, Morocco (AFP) Aug 30, 2025
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels. ... more
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Jihadists take control of strategic Mali town
Bamako (AFP) Aug 28, 2025
Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda have taken over the strategic town of Farabougou in central Mali, a week after seizing the town's military camp, local sources told AFP Thursday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Rwanda, Mozambique sign 'peace and security' agreement
Kigali (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
Rwanda and Mozambique have signed a "peace and security" agreement during a visit by the southern African leader to Kigali on Wednesday, as their forces battle a long-running insurgency in Mozam ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Nine dead as floods sweep northern Sudan: official
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
Flash floods have killed nine people in Sudan, a civil defence official told AFP on Wednesday, after heavy seasonal rains triggered flooding and flattened homes in the Nile Valley. The offic ... more
AFRICA NEWS
US bids to trump China in DR Congo mining rush
Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China's near-monopoly on the lucrative sector. While the ... more
AFRICA NEWS
'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Nairobi (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a sh ... more
FARM NEWS
Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone
Shubra Balula, Egypt (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in recent summers, his basket has felt lighter and th ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Nigeria deports wanted Chinese gang leader
Lagos (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
Nigeria's police service said Sunday it had extradited a Chinese gang leader wanted in his home country for organised violent crime, in an operation conducted with Interpol. A police statem ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Malians Flee Jihadist Attack, Guinea Suspends Parties, Burundi Arrests General
Bamako (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
Many civilians have fled the town of Farabougou in central Mali following a jihadist attack this week on a military camp, local and military sources told AFP on Saturday. Soldiers also evacu ... more
AFRICA NEWS
What we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killed
Abidjan (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a denial from the jihadist group. A ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights
Narok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietl ... more
WOOD PILE
Uganda biomass use may improve through Aston University mapping data
London, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
New research from Aston University could transform how Uganda manages its biomass resources by providing community-level data instead of national averages. Scientists at the Energy and Bioprod ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Landslide kills 15 in Guinea; Bridge site in China collapses 7 dead, 9 missing
Conakry (AFP) Aug 21, 2025
At least 15 people were killed in a landslide near the Guinean capital, Conakry, a hospital source told AFP on Thursday. The landslide happened on Wednesday night in the Maneah area after he ... more
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Nigeria deports 60 Chinese, 39 Filipino scammers
Lagos (AFP) Aug 21, 2025
Nigeria has deported 102 foreigners including 60 Chinese nationals and 39 Filipinos convicted of "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud", its anti-corruption agency said Thursday. The Economic ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Jihadists attack two military positions in Mali
Bamako (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
Jihadists have attacked two military installations in Mali, according to the army and other sources, with residents telling AFP Wednesday that both areas came under serious assault. The atta ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Japan hosts African leaders for development conference
Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid ... more
AFRICA NEWS
WFP aid convoy attacked in Sudan's Darfur
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
An aid convoy operated by the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) came under attack on Wednesday near the famine-hit Sudanese town of Mellit in North Darfur, the agency's spokesperson told AFP. ... more
WATER WORLD
Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk
Wadi Al-Gemal National Park, Egypt (AFP) Aug 18, 2025
/> In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores. Off Ras Hankorab, the endangere ... more
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