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Cash only: how the loss and damage UN fund will pay countriesBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 A hard-won UN "loss and damage" fund to help vulnerable countries recover from the devastating impacts of climate change is finally about to come to life after years of tough negotiations. ... more  
Niger junta thanks rival Libya govt for hostage liberationNiamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Niger's junta has thanked the forces of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar for helping to free five hostages held by fighters aiming to undo the west African country's coup, state media reported Tuesday. ... more 
DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in FranceParis (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala Wednesday said France's judiciary was not competent to try him as he went on trial in Paris over atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more than two decades ago. ... more 
HRW slams Cameroon killings, arrests after disputed voteLibreville (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Human Rights Watch has criticised Cameroon for carrying out killings and widespread arrests to put down protests against the contested re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya. ... more |
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Stampede at Ghana army recruitment event kills 6, wounds 22Accra (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 At least six people were crushed to death on Wednesday after a crowd of job seekers surged through stadium gates during a military recruitment event in the Ghanaian capital Accra, the army said. ... more  
Ethiopia's invasive prosopis tree chokes livelihoods and landEthiopia (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia's creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the east African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of local communities. ... more  
Ancient wallaby ancestor reveals evolutionary leap for kangaroosSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2025 Flinders University researchers have traced the origins of kangaroo locomotion by examining fossilized limb bones from Dorcopsoides fossilis, an extinct forest-wallaby ancestor found in the Alcoota ... more  
Ethiopia set to host UN's 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecidedBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year's UN climate conference: Australia or Turkey. But for 2027, there's little mystery: it will almost certainly be Ethiopia, an African diplomatic powerhouse. ... more |
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Google denies removing W.Sahara border for Morocco usersNew York (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former's disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter, the company told AFP on Tuesday. ... more |
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Climate's influence reshapes East African rift dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025 Researchers from Syracuse University and the University of Auckland have demonstrated how changes in climate directly influence tectonic and volcanic processes in the East African Rift Valley, revea ... more  
Tanzania Maasai fear VW 'greenwashing' carbon credit schemeNairobi (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen - dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" - could destroy her community's way of life. ... more  
Wits expands earth science with new observatory and CORES centerLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2025 The University of the Witwatersrand has launched two initiatives positioning Africa centrally in global earth-science advancement. The Earth Observatory, housed at the Wits School of Geoscienc ... more 
Kenyan prosecution welcomes detention of UK ex-soldier over woman's murderNairobi (AFP) Nov 8, 2025 Kenya's prosecution service on Saturday welcomed the detention of a British ex-soldier accused of murdering a woman in the east African country more than a decade ago. ... more |
 
Sudan army says intercepts drone attack on key southern cityPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 8, 2025 The Sudanese army intercepted Saturday a drone attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on the key southern city of El-Obeid, a military source told AFP, two days after the paramilitary group said it agreed to a US-backed truce proposal. ... more  |
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Central Nigerian town rebuilds religious trust in shadow of Trump's threatMangu, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 On a cool November morning, members of a local council in central Nigeria met religious leaders at the traditional ruler's palace to discuss religious harmony as US President Donald Trump revs up accusations of Christian persecution in Africa's most populous country. ... more  
Leaders turn up the heat on fossil fuels at Amazon climate summitBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session. ... more  
At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight taxParis (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 France, Spain and Kenya are among a group of countries spearheading a drive at the COP30 climate summit for a new tax on luxury air travel, a source close to the matter told AFP. ... more  
Guinean opposition leader to take exclusion from election to courtConakry (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 Exiled Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo told AFP on Thursday he would file a complaint to the West African bloc ECOWAS's courts for having been excluded from running in next month's presidential election. ... more |
 
Hezbollah rejects any negotiations between Lebanon and IsraelBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 Hezbollah lashed out on Thursday against the prospect of any political negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and insisted that it has a right to defend itself. ... more  
S.African court urged to allow Anglo American lead-poisoning suitJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 Lawyers for thousands of women and children claimed to have lead poisoning in Zambia sought this week to bring a class action suit against mining giant Anglo American, they said Friday. ... more 
Uganda kills 'herbalist' who attacked military basesKampala (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Ugandan authorities said late Tuesday that security forces had killed a "traditional herbalist" who reportedly led a coordinated attack on police and military bases over the weekend. ... more 
In Sudan, satellite images uncover atrocities in El-FasherCairo (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Satellite images from Sudan have played a crucial role in uncovering the atrocities committed during paramilitaries' takeover of the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region. ... more |
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On Nigeria, domestic politics again shapes Trump's Africa agendaWashington (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his policy on Africa - boding ill for foreign governments hit with his fury. ... more 
Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil. ... more
Responding to Trump, Nigeria says no tolerance for religious persecutionBerlin (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. ... more  
Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'Cape Town (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis. ... more |
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'Rounded up': survivors say Sudan's RSF detains hundreds near El-FasherPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area. ... more |
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Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat Lagos (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 Nigeria on Sunday suggested a meeting between its president and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the US leader threatened military action over what he described as a threat to Nigerian Christians by jihadists. ... more 
Tanzania president wins election landslide after deadly protestsDar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests. ... more 
'Inequality crisis' threatens democracy, experts warn G20Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis. ... more
New satellite images suggest mass killings persist in Sudan's El-FasherPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 New satellite imagery suggests that mass killings are likely continuing in and around the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Yale researchers said, days after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. ... more |
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