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South Africa defends naval drills with Iran, Russia as 'essential'Simon's Town, South Africa (AFP) Jan 10, 2026 South Africa on Saturday began naval drills with Russia, Iran and China, describing the manoeuvres off its coast as not merely a show of force but a vital response to rising maritime tensions. ... more 
Chinese, Iranian warships in South Africa for exercisesSimon'S Town, South Africa (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Chinese and Iranian warships were docked off South Africa's main navy base Thursday ahead of exercises that officials said were also meant to involve Russia. ... more  
Somalia cancels all UAE deals after Somaliland, Yemeni spatsMogadishu (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Somalia cancelled all agreements with the United Arab Emirates on Monday amid tensions over Israel's recognition of Somaliland and reports the Emiratis used Somali territory to help a Yemeni separatist flee his country. ... more  
Signs of Ancient Life Turn Up in an Unexpected PlaceBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was walking through the Dades Valley in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco when she saw somethi ... more |
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US delivers 'critical military supplies' to Nigeria after Xmas strikesLagos (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 The United States on Tuesday said it had delivered "critical military supplies" to Nigeria after staging Christmas Day strikes targeting militants in the restive northwest. ... more  
Landslide in east DR Congo kills 18Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 At least 18 people have died while several homes were swept away in a landslide triggered after heavy downpours overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources told AFP Tuesday. ... more  
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese aid to rebuild after deadly cycloneColombo (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island's foreign minister said on Monday. ... more 
Sudan paramilitary strike on southeastern city kills 27Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drones at an army base in the southeastern city of Sinja on Monday, killing 27 people, military and health sources told AFP. ... more |
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Armed pirates abduct nine sailors off GabonLibreville, Gabon (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Armed assailants boarded a fishing trawler off Gabon's coast over the weekend and abducted nine sailors, the defence ministry said. ... more |
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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  
Electric vehicles could catch on in Africa sooner than expectedZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 The number of vehicles in Africa is expected to double between now and 2050 - faster than on any other continent. The question is not whether mobility will increase, but how. A new study led by rese ... more  
Rare gorilla twins born in conflict-hit DR Congo nature parkKinshasa (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. ... more 
African Union reaffirms 'One China' policy in FM visitNairobi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday. ... more |
China FM visiting four African countries on annual tourBeijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 China's top diplomat kicks off a New Year trip to Africa on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, seeking to boost trade on a four-country circuit that includes several recent political hotspots. ... more  |
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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  
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 
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 |
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  
Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal watersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach ... 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 
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 |
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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 |
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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
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 |
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