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October 29, 2024
AFRICA NEWS
Sundanese rebel group kills at least 120 in deadliest civil conflict



Washington DC (UPI) Oct 26, 2024
More than 120 people were killed and 200 more wounded after a paramilitary group in Sudan attacked a rural village, the deadliest in the 18-month conflict. The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces or RSF carried out the random attacks, reportedly against civilians in the village of al-Seraiha in Sudan's al-Gezira State Friday. State officials said Saturday at least 240 people had been injured during the attack. Local media reported heavily-armed RSF soldiers opened fire indiscriminately ... read more

SHAKE AND BLOW
Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
Lokoja, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 28, 2024
Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. ... more
EARLY EARTH
Dinosaurs rose after cooling period triggered by ancient volcanic eruptions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024
201.6 million years ago, a mass extinction event erased around 75% of Earth's species. This event aligned with massive volcanic eruptions that split the supercontinent Pangaea, gradually shaping wha ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Mali army says killed dozens of 'terrorists'
Bamako (AFP) Oct 27, 2024
Mali's army on Sunday said it had killed some 40 "terrorists" and destroyed one of their bases in two operations in the centre of the jihadist-plagued country. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Rare Sahara floods bring Morocco's dried-up south back to life
Merzouga, Morocco (AFP) Oct 27, 2024
In Morocco's southeastern desert, a rare downpour has brought lakes and ponds back to life, with locals - and tourists - hailing it as a gift from the heavens. ... more
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West African social media fizzes with pro-BRICS content
Paris (AFP) Oct 23, 2024
West African social media is abuzz with posts promoting a "brighter future" in partnership with non-Western powers, especially those belonging to the BRICS emerging economies meeting this week in Russia. ... more
TRADE WARS
Cali's love motels adapt to host UN summit delegates
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 26, 2024
Aggrey Rwetsiba, a Ugandan delegate to the UN's biodiversity summit in Colombia, finds himself in unusual accommodations: a motel normally destined for trysts, with rooms featuring sex swings and stripper poles. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
East DR Congo grapples with Chinese gold mining firms
Kamituga, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 24, 2024
Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Nuclear energy firm Orano halts Niger uranium production
Niamey, Niger (AFP) Oct 24, 2024
French nuclear fuel firm Orano said on Wednesday it was halting its uranium production in junta-ruled Niger from October 31, citing a "highly deteriorated" situation and its inability to operate. ... more

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Ukraine FM to visit Africa, Oman to gain backing for peace plan
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 23, 2024
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on Wednesday starts a tour of African countries and Oman to drum up support for Kyiv's plan to end the grinding war with Russia. ... more
WATER WORLD
In South Africa, water shortages are the new reality
Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 23, 2024
Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a Johannesburg township, but these days she spends most of her time trying to find water. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Climate change worsened deadly Africa floods, scientists say
Abuja (AFP) Oct 23, 2024
Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday. ... more
IRON AND ICE
Meteorite impact shaped early Earth and promoted life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Billions of years ago, Earth was a harsh environment, frequently bombarded by meteorites. One of the most significant impacts occurred 3.26 billion years ago, when a meteorite the size of four Mount ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Activists say over 70 dead in two days of Sudan fighting
Kassala, Sudan (AFP) Oct 22, 2024
Sudanese volunteer rescuers reported four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum Tuesday, adding to dozens killed in Al-Jazira state since Sunday. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan blames China for S. Africa's order to move liaison office
Taipei (AFP) Oct 18, 2024
South Africa has ordered Taiwan's representative office to relocate outside of the capital Pretoria, a Taipei foreign ministry official said Friday, blaming Chinese pressure for the decision. ... more
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MOON DAILY
Researchers date Moon's oldest impact basin, revealing ancient lunar history
London, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2024
Scientists believe they could have pinpointed the age of the Moon's largest and oldest impact basin to over 4.32 billion years ago. Like Earth, the Moon has been struck by numerous asteroids a ... more
SPACEMART
Intelsat expands satellite backhaul services in Nigeria and West Africa
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2024
Intelsat, a leading operator of satellite and terrestrial networks, has launched a new satellite cellular backhaul platform in Lagos, Nigeria. The platform, based at the Open Access Datacenter (WIOC ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Uganda charges three over deadly garbage landslide
Kampala (AFP) Oct 18, 2024
A Ugandan court on Friday charged three former city officials with manslaughter and criminal negligence over a landslide at a vast garbage dump that killed 35 people. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chad president ousts top security officials
N'Djamena (AFP) Oct 17, 2024
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has removed several high-ranking defence and security officials from their posts, days after dismissing the security minister. ... more
TERRADAILY
Egyptian geese spread wings in France, threatening biodiversity
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 16, 2024
They came a long way from sub-Saharan Africa to eastern France - but now the Egyptian geese are quite at home there and are chasing out local ducks and swans, just one symptom of the world's biodiversity crisis. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Italian navy brings first migrants to Albania centre
Shengjin, Albania (AFP) Oct 16, 2024
A navy boat carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked at Shengjin port in Albania Wednesday, AFP journalists saw, the first arrivals under a new deal between Rome and Tirana. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Mali junta chief promoted from colonel to general
Dakar (AFP) Oct 16, 2024
Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita and five other key figures in the military administration have been promoted to general, according to a statement released after a cabinet meeting Wednesday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
West, central Africa flooding keeps millions from school: charity
Dakar (AFP) Oct 15, 2024
Around 10 million children across four countries in west and central Africa are being kept out of school due to massive regional flooding, international charity Save the Children said Tuesday. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Historic southern Africa drought starving millions: UN
Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 15, 2024
Millions of people across southern Africa are going hungry because of a historic drought that risks causing a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations warned Tuesday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Ethiopia's 'korale' recyclers turn waste into money
Addis Ababa (AFP) Oct 15, 2024
With a tattered bag on his back, Dereje Enigdamekonen trawled the endless alleyways of the Merkato market in Addis Ababa, calling for the Ethiopian capital's abundant scrap. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Oct 13, 2024
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Two dead in Guinea protests against Chinese mining firm
Conakry (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
At least two people died in clashes with security forces at a protest against a Chinese mining firm in eastern Guinea, Guinea's press agency and a local official said Monday. ... more
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WATER WORLD
Nile River pact enters into force despite Egypt objections
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
A landmark multinational agreement on managing the waters of the Nile River has entered into force - over the vehement objections of Egypt. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
First Satellite Greenhouse Gas Plumes Identified with NASA-Designed Instrument
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
Data collected by the Tanager-1 satellite, using technology designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has led to the first detections of methane and carbon dioxide emissions. The nonprofit ... more
WAR REPORT
Deaths of US Navy SEALs 'preventable,' investigation finds
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2024
The deaths of two US Navy SEALs during an operation earlier this year to seize Iranian weapons bound for Yemen's Huthi rebels were "preventable," an investigation into the incident found. ... more
WAR REPORT
2024 Nobel Peace Prize, a plea in favour of world order?
Oslo (AFP) Oct 11, 2024
With wars raging around the world, the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded Friday could honour ardent defenders of world order, such as the International Court of Justice, UNRWA or UN chief Antonio Guterres. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Rising sea threatens to swallow Senegal coastal town
Bargny, Senegal (AFP) Oct 11, 2024
Ndeye Yacine Dieng looked helplessly at the dilapidated state of her once large and inviting home, the latest victim of the encroaching sea in Bargny, on Senegal's western Atlantic coast. ... more
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