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![]() Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 Ikram Aioua has seen her 12-year-old son rushed to the hospital three times in the past weeks for gas poisoning. ... more ![]() ![]() Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 A disparate crowd of politicians, businessmen, activists and citizens gathered at a Madagascar military barracks Thursday in hopes of an audience with the island's new strongman, Colonel Michael Randrianirina. ... more ![]() ![]() Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 Madagascar was set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island. ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 The Future Ecosystems for Africa Programme (FEFA) at Wits University, working with Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, has launched the African Data Drive (ADD) - an interactive mappi ... more |
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![]() Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year - one-tenth of the amount of Chicago's rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half o ... more ![]() ![]() Gabes, Tunisia Oct 15, 2025 Several thousand people rallied in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, calling for the closure of an ageing chemicals factory which locals have blamed for a host of poisonings and health issues. ... more ![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 Three Burkinabe journalists arrested earlier this week were released Wednesday, while intelligence agents still hold two others, their media outlets told AFP. ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 The niece of a young Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a British soldier more than a decade ago urged the UK government Tuesday to extradite the suspect as soon as possible. ... more |
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![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 An elite military unit told AFP Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. ... more |
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![]() Kinshasa (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Carbon offsetting projects in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are plagued by "widespread illegalities" and "exacerbate the risk" of rights violations, an NGO report published Tuesday said. ... more ![]() ![]() Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Millions of hectares of virgin rainforest in Papua New Guinea are under threat due to a contentious permit scheme, environmental groups warned on Tuesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Three appeals' court magistrates in Burkina Faso and two senior journalists from leading private daily newspapers have been kidnapped or reported missing, a media organisation, a friend and a legal source said Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2025 Locals said a drone and artillery attack on a refugee shelter by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher, Sudan, late Friday killed at least 60. ... more |
![]() Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 A keenly awaited national address by Madagascar's cornered President Andry Rajoelina, who went missing as calls grew for his resignation, was delayed twice Monday as a group of armed forces tried to take control of the state-owned media. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Simandou Mountain Range, Guinee (AFP) Oct 17, 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 ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Africa's agrifood system produces nearly 2.9 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year - over a quarter of the global total. A new comparative study examining Africa and China's agricultural trajec ... more ![]() ![]() Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Tunisia reported on Tuesday dozens more people admitted to hospital in Gabes, whose residents have blamed pollution from a nearby chemical factory for causing respiratory distress and other health issues. ... more ![]() ![]() Antananarivo (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Madagascar's armed forces minister on Sunday recognised as new head of the army an officer chosen by a military contingent siding with protesters demanding the departure of President Andry Rajoelina. ... more |
![]() Tunis (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Activists in Tunisia on Sunday called for the closure of facilities at a chemical factory in Gabes, in the country's south, amid protests by local residents over dozens of cases of poisoning linked to the site. ... more ![]() ![]() Istanbul (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Turkey's military will take part in any mission to maintain peace in Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, a defence ministry source said on Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Hundreds of people in southern Tunisia's Gabes on Friday protested to demand dismantling a local phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 A US military team of 200 people will be deployed in the Middle East to "oversee" the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after a peace deal brokered by President Donald Trump, senior US officials said Thursday. ... more |
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![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 EUMETSAT has unveiled the first Earth imagery from the METimage instrument aboard its newly launched Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, offering an early look at the mission's extrao ... more ![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 An NGO on Wednesday denied claims by the Burkina Faso authorities that its workers had been involved in spying a day after the military regime arrested more of its staff. ... more ![]() ![]() Juba (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 At least 14 soldiers were killed and several others injured in South Sudan after a suspected "love triangle" dispute led to a deadly shootout, the army said on Wednesday. ... more ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 US oil giant ExxonMobil has returned to Iraq after a two-year absence, reaching an initial agreement on Wednesday that could pave the way for developing a giant oil field. ... more |
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![]() 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". ... more ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Oct 6, 2025 Israel and Hamas have started the first round of indirect talks in Egypt to discuss an end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza and the West Bank, which would include the exchange of hostages and prisoners of war. ... more |
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