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Moroccan fossils trace ancient African branch near origin of Homo sapiensBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 An international team has analyzed newly described hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I near Casablanca, Morocco, identifying an African population close to the base of the lineage that later gave r ... more  
China's Xi congratulates Guinea junta chief on election winBeijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Guinea's junta chief on his presidential election victory, state media reported Monday, a day after the African country's supreme court validated his landslide result. ... more  
Lightning kills two, injures 150 in South AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 Lightning struck 150 people gathered at a festival north of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing two, local health services said on Sunday. ... more  
Bombs away for Trump, self-proclaimed peace presidentWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 3, 2026 Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts. ... more |
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France, UK conduct joint strikes against IS in SyriaLondon (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 Britain and France on Sunday said they had carried out joint strikes on the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the Islamist extremists resurging. ... more 
Strike blamed on DR Congo army kills six in M23-occupied eastGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 2, 2026 A strike blamed on the Democratic Republic of Congo's army killed at least six people in territory controlled by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters in the east, a local source said on Friday. ... more 
Sudanese trek through mountains to escape Kordofan fightingPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 For eight days, Sudanese farmer Ibrahim Hussein led his family through treacherous terrain to flee the fighting in southern Kordofan - the latest and most volatile front in the country's 31-month-old conflict. ... more  
Germany asked to help in Libyan army chief plane crash probeBerlin (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 Germany has received a request from Turkey to assist in examining the black box recorders from a plane crash that killed the head of the Libyan armed forces, investigators have confirmed. ... more |
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Ivory Coast ruling party set for election landslide: early resultsAbidjan (AFP) Dec 28, 2025 The ruling party in Ivory Coast was headed for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, according to early results announced Sunday which already credit it with an outright majority in the national assembly. ... more |
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Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operationsLagos (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Nigeria on Friday signalled that more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces against militants in the north of the country, which it said was a joint operation with its military. ... more 
UN urges end to arbitrary detentions in Guinea-BissauGeneva (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 The UN rights office welcomed Friday the release of six opposition members detained since last month's coup in Guinea-Bissau but insisted all arbitrary detentions in the west African country must end. ... more 
Two French crew died in crash that killed Libyan army chiefParis, France (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Two French crew members of a Falcon 50 jet died in the crash this week in Turkey that killed Libya's armed forces chief, a French diplomatic source told AFP on Friday. ... more 
Wagner stronghold in CAR holds the line despite Kremlin shakeupLibreville, Gabon (AFP) Dec 23, 2025 A mural depicting Vladimir Putin and fatigue-clad Russian paramilitary fighters has appeared in the Central African Republic ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections as the country seeks to recover from decades of violence. ... more |
 
Conventional photon entanglement reveals thousands of hidden topologies in high dimensionsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, working with Huzhou University in China, have shown that a standard source of entangled photons used in quantum optics carries a r ... more  |
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Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies' Cairo (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save. ... more  
Field work on South Africa's "living rocks" reveals rapid carbon capture in extreme conditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 South Africa preserves some of the oldest traces of life on Earth in rocky, layered formations known as microbialites, which resemble coral reefs but are built by microbes that turn dissolved minera ... more
Benin president says bulk of military not behind failed coupCotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 Benin President Patrice Talon said Thursday that the bulk of the army did not back a recent foiled coup bid whose leaders recruited young trainee soldiers. ... more  
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The ... more |
 
Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco townSafi, Morocco (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town has killed at least 37 people, local officials said on Monday, as search and rescue operations continued. ... more  
Tech tracking to tackle human-wildlife conflict in ZimbabweHwange, Zimbabwe (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 In the sun-scorched lands bordering Zimbabwe's largest wildlife sanctuary, Takesure Moyo pedals through his village each morning on a mission to help his community coexist with the elephants and predators that roam nearby. ... more  
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more 
200 W.African troops aiding Benin in post-coup 'clean-up': govtAbuja (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Some 200 Nigerian and Ivorian troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Thursday. ... more |
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Crew killed in Sudan army plane crash; Russia says no survivors in cargo plane crash Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 A Sudanese military transport aircraft crashed on Tuesday while attempting to land at an air base in the country's east, killing all members of its crew, two military sources told AFP. ... more
Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coupCotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several dead as other west African countries mobilised to offer military support. ... more
Why west African troops overturned Benin's coup but watched others pass byAbidjan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 When Benin's government over the weekend fought back a coup attempt, they had unlikely help: troops and air strikes from neighbouring countries. ... more
G.Bissau junta says coup leader barred from running for presidentBissau (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Guinea-Bissau's ruling junta, which seized power last month, has said that its leading general will not be allowed to run for president after handing power back to civilians. ... more |
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Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies at 83Nairobi (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Scottish conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who pioneered new understandings of African elephants and made protecting the giant pachyderms a life-long passion, has died at the age of 83, his charity said Tuesday. ... more |
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'Several' deaths in thwarted Benin coup: government Cotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Several people died in Benin during a thwarted coup attempt on the weekend, the west African country's government announced Monday after an emergency cabinet meeting. ... more  
Wave kills four in Spain's TenerifeMadrid (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 Four people died in Tenerife over the weekend and one remained missing after a wave swept away bathers on the Spanish tourist island hotspot, according to the authorities. ... more 
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local officialPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 7, 2025 A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan's South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP on Sunday. ... more
Benin president says situation 'under control' after coup attemptCotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 Benin's president said the "situation is completely under control" in his country after the government thwarted an attempted coup thanks to loyalist soldiers with support from Nigerian forces. ... more |
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