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October 08, 2025
AFRICA NEWS
Burkina junta arrests European NGO workers for 'spying'; frees two activists press-ganged to fight jihadists



Abidjan (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
Burkina Faso's military government said Tuesday it had arrested eight members of a humanitarian group, including three Europeans, accusing them of "spying and treason". Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the eight were members of INSO, a Netherlands-based group specialising in humanitarian safety, and included a Frenchman, a French-Senegalese woman, a Czech man, a Malian and four Burkinabe nationals. Those arrested included the country director of the NGO in the west African state and his dep ... read more

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UAV NEWS
From Donbas to the desert: Mali Tuaregs borrow Ukraine's war tactics
Dakar (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
From explosive drones to inflatable decoy vehicles, Tuareg rebels in Mali have increasingly turned to tactics learnt from Ukrainian intelligence to strike the west African country's army and its Russian allies. ... more
WATER WORLD
Papua New Guinea approves contentious defence treaty with Australia: PM
Sydney (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
Papua New Guinea's cabinet has approved a contentious mutual defence treaty with Australia, the Pacific country's prime minister said Thursday, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with the region and counter Beijing's rising influence. ... more
WAR REPORT
Israel prepares for Hamas to release hostages; talks to start in Egypt
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 4, 2025
Israel is preparing for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas within 10 days after the militant group agreed to parts of the U.S. peace plan. ... more
MILPLEX
French navy boards Russia 'shadow fleet' ship, arrests two
Brest, France (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
France has detained two senior crew members of a tanker linked to Russia, which data showed was off the Danish coast last month during mysterious drone flights, prosecutors said on Wednesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry
Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda's house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry
Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 6, 2025
A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda's house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
WFP warns of 'catastophic conditions' in Somalia as funding dwindles
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 3, 2025
Millions of people in Somalia face worsening hunger as major cuts to donor aid leave the World Food Programme with a critical funding shortfall, the UN agency warned Friday. ... more
WATER WORLD
Pacific islands youth group wins prize for climate legal action
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
A youth-led student group and a human-rights lawyer that took the issue of climate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) received the Right Livelihood prize on Wednesday, dubbed an "alternative Nobel". ... more

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'Dozens' of civilians killed in Niger airstrikes: witnesses
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Dozens of civilians were killed this week after Nigerien airstrikes against jihadists near the country's western border with Mali, witnesses told AFP on Friday. ... more
FIRE STORM
Wildfire in Namibia's flagship park contained, says minister
Windhoek (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
A massive fire that has scorched through more than a third of Namibia's best-known national park has been contained, the environment minister said Monday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
In Simandou mountains, Guinea prepares to cash in on iron ore
Simandou Mountain Range, Guinee (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
At the foot of the Simandou mountains in southeast Guinea's lush tropical forest, thousands of workers, trucks and excavators are digging up the hills. ... more
WATER WORLD
Ethiopia hits back at 'false' Egyptian claims over mega-dam
Addis Ababa (AFP) Oct 4, 2025
Ethiopia on Saturday hit back at Egypt's "false" claim that it had triggered floods in Sudan by opening the gates of its Nile mega-dam, a regional bone of contention. ... more
FARM NEWS
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FROTH AND BUBBLE
Dozens more Zambian farmers sue over toxic mining spill
Lusaka (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
More Zambian farmers have filed a fresh lawsuit against a Chinese mining company over a toxic waste spill, following a similar case earlier this month, court documents seen by AFP Thursday showed. ... more
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Tilouguit, Morocco (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
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TRADE WARS
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AFRICA NEWS
Algeria says army raid kills six militants
Algiers (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Algerian military forces have killed six militants in an operation targeting "terrorists" in the country's east, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. ... more
WATER WORLD
Seychelles votes amid concerns over hotel near marine reserve
Victoria, Seychelles (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Citizens in the beach paradise of Seychelles vote this week in tightly fought elections amid concerns over a Qatari hotel complex being built near a world-renowned marine reserve. ... more
MILPLEX
Indian armoured vehicle factory inaugurated in Morocco
Rabat (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
A factory producing Indian infantry combat vehicles was inaugurated in Morocco on Tuesday, the two sides said, in a move underscoring the South Asian giant's widening defence footprint. ... more
WATER WORLD
Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: study
Paris (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Clashes in DR Congo despite peace efforts
Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
Intense clashes between anti-government M23 fighters and armed forces have taken place in eastern DR Congo in recent days including over a gold mining town, locals and security sources said Monday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 19, 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
WATER WORLD
China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal
Sydney (AFP) Sept 19, 2025
China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific. ... more
WATER WORLD
International treaty protecting world's oceans to take effect
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TRADE WARS
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AFRICA NEWS
Zambian farmers sue Chinese mining firms over toxic spill
Lusaka (AFP) Sept 17, 2025
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Australia, Papua New Guinea delay mutual defence treaty
Sydney (AFP) Sept 16, 2025
Australia and Papua New Guinea will not sign a long-awaited mutual defence treaty as expected on Wednesday, the two countries said. ... more
OIL AND GAS
S.Africa top court hears landmark case on Shell offshore exploration
Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 16, 2025
South Africa's top court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case pitting environmentalists and coastal communities against energy giant Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Indian Ocean coast. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Paramilitary drones hit key sites in Sudan's south: army official
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 14, 2025
Multiple paramilitary drones attacked key army positions and civilian infrastructure in Sudan's south on Sunday, an army official told AFP, just a week after similar strikes hit the capital. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
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Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2025
Shinning down a lamp-post, the tiny gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo he's called home since being rescued from traffickers. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
S.Sudan flooding displaces 100,000 in matter of weeks: UN
Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2025
Severe flooding sweeping through large parts of South Sudan has displaced around 100,000 people in recent weeks, the UN said Friday, warning the number could quadruple by the end of the year. ... more
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