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Women main victims of Sudan conflict abuses: minister to AFPPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government told AFP. ... more  
Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South AfricaMaputo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 Mozambique battled severe flooding Monday as the death toll after weeks of rain climbed, with more bodies also recovered in neighbouring South Africa. ... more 
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutorUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, the International Criminal Court's deputy prosecutor said on Monday. ... more  
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining beltLikasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. ... more |
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South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floodsCape Town (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday. ... more 
Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrestedKampala (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 Uganda's army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. ... more 
Sudan hospital welcomes first patients after war forced it shutKhartoum (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 At a freshly renovated hospital in Khartoum the medical team are beaming: nearly three years after it was wrecked and looted in the early days of Sudan's war, the facility has welcomed its first patients. ... more 
Nigeria turns illegal loggers, poachers into park rangersOkomu, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 James Leleghale Bekewei knows the Okomu forest well: he used to make a living illegally logging trees in the Nigerian national park. ... more |
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Iraq majority bloc backs Nouri al-Maliki as next PMBaghdad (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Iraq's main Shiite alliance, which holds a parliamentary majority, endorsed on Saturday former prime minister and powerbroker Nouri al-Maliki as the country's next premier. ... more |
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Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam rowDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to restore negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latter's new mega-dam which he alleged "blocks the Nile". ... more 
Rescuers race to find missing as deadly floods ravage MozambiqueManhica, Mozambique Jan 20, 2026 Rescuers in Mozambique clawed through thick mud and waded into waterlogged homes on Tuesday, racing to find survivors still unaccounted for after one of the country's worst floods in decades. ... more
Sudanese put through 'hell' as advanced weapons fuel war: UN rights chiefPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 18, 2026 Nearly three years of war have put the Sudanese people through "hell", the UN's rights chief said Sunday, blasting the vast sums spent on advanced weaponry at the expense of humanitarian aid and the recruitment of child soldiers. ... more  
South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter regionJohannesburg (AFP) Jan 18, 2026 South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighbouring Mozambique. ... more |
Tunisia flood death toll rises to five, with four missingTunis (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 Flooding in Tunisia has killed five people, authorities said, as media reported four others missing on Wednesday after the country experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years. ... more
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South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged Giyani, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Authorities in South Africa on Friday recovered two more bodies from widespread flooding that has cut access to the famed Kruger National Park and put parts of neighbouring Mozambique under water. ... more  
French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in PacificPapeete (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 France's navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said. ... more
Egypt president thanks Trump for offer to mediate on Ethiopia damCairo (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday for offering to serve as a mediator with Ethiopia over sharing water from a Nile mega-dam at the centre of more than a decade of tensions. ... more 
Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result loomsKampala (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Uganda's army denied claims on Saturday that opposition leader Bobi Wine had been abducted from his home, as counting continued in an election marred by reports of at least 10 deaths amid an internet blackout. ... more |
Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia damWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 US President Donald Trump told Egypt on Friday he was ready to reopen diplomacy to press Ethiopia into sharing water from a mega-dam that has angered Cairo. ... more 
Chad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese borderNdjamena, Chad (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan. ... more
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining beltLikasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. ... more 
China offers extensive free-trade deal to KenyaNairobi (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 Kenya has secured zero-duty access for almost all its exports to China in a preliminary deal, its trade minister said Thursday, as Nairobi seeks to offset the impact of higher US tariffs. ... more |
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In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines' perilsKedougou, Senegal (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 Michel Tama Sadiakhou's future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in Senegal's far southeast, he now researches rare chimpanzees. ... 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  
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
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 |
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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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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 
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
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  
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 |
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