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AfricaDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid

Drone attacks on a university dormitory and a centre sheltering displaced families in Sudan's central city of El-Obeid killed at least 10 people this week, a Sudanese rights group and a medical source said on Friday.

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AfricaDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery

Tourism or industry? Environment or oil? The picturesque Kenyan island of Lamu, a favourite of celebrities, faces a tough trade-of...

AfricaDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new cha...

AfricaDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
G.Bissau urges calm after reports of unrest among troops

Guinea-Bissau authorities urged calm Tuesday after reports of unrest within the presidential guard, a day after former leader Umar...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
More on army, less on schools: What we know about Russia's 2027 budget

Russia plans to sharply increase defence spending, cut funding for education and raise taxes next year as costs mount in its war w...

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AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP

Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030 as he prepared to launch a $16 billion refinery on the Ken...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Mali army, Russian paramilitaries committed 'war crimes': Amnesty

Members of Mali's armed forces and the Russian paramilitary Wagner group committed war crimes including murder and torture of civilians during joint operations, Amnesty Internation...

AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commercialisation of the precious metal in one of the continent's top produce...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Sudan rejects Ethiopia's rebel support claims

Sudan's military has rejected allegations made by Ethiopia's army commander that Khartoum is backing armed groups fighting its troops in the country's north, calling the accusation...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort to win voters ahead of Sunday's election in Brazil, where the US suspen...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants over the past day, sources on both sides told AFP ...

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Michigan State University Gets 20 Million Dollars to Build Diamond Semiconductor Facility for Space Applications
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SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time
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JWST Finds Ammonia and Puzzling Chill in Giant Exoplanet's Atmosphere
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LHC Search Rules Out Quantum Black Holes Up to 12 TeV With New Machine Learning Method
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Earth & Energy
Justice Alito steps aside from major US climate case
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France puts out largest wildfire since 1949
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New Delhi to ban construction for six weeks to tackle air pollution
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Strikes hit Sudan cities as army chief defiant after US visa snub
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Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets
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Russia summons Danish envoy over helicopter incident
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Rescuers pull nine bodies from landslide in flood-hit Myanmar
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DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Tourist killed by lightning amid Greece storms

A 58-year-old German tourist died after being struck by lightning on the Greek island of Rhodes, reports said ...

SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
CORRECTED: Detailed plan led to Hong Kong model murder, court hears

The ex-husband and in-laws of a Hong Kong influencer and model crafted an elaborate plan that ended with her m...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see t...

SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Rights group, US lawmakers condemn first Starbucks stores in China's Xinjiang

An advocacy group and US lawmakers criticised Starbucks for opening its first cafes in China's Xinjiang, where...