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  Luanda (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 Ceasefire-broker Angola will host a summit on December 15 to advance peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda about the DRC's troubled east, the presidency said on Monday. Since 2021 the Kigali-backed and largely ethnic Tutsi M23 rebel militia has seized swathes of the eastern DRC, displacing thousands and triggering a humanitarian crisis. Angola in early August mediated a fragile truce that stabilised the situation at the front line. But since the end of October, the ... read more |
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Chad end to French military cooperation deal leaves questionsN'Djamena (AFP) Nov 29, 2024 Chad's decision to end military cooperation with former colonial power France is the latest downgrade of waning French influence in the Sahel region. ... more 
With Angola trip, Biden fulfills his promise to visit sub-Saharan AfricaWashington (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 Outgoing US President Joe Biden is headed to the southern African country of Angola this week, fulfilling a key promise in a bid to shore up ties with the continent. ... more 
Senegal marks 80th anniversary of troop killings after France acknowleges colonial 'massacre'Thiaroye, Senegal (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former colonial master acknowledged this week had been a "massacre". ... more 
Chad not seeking to 'replace' France after breaking military ties: presidentN'Djamena (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 Chad's president has said his country does not plan to shift allegiance to another foreign ally after breaking off military cooperation with France, at a time when other states in the region are strengthening ties with Russia. ... more |
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Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local voteDar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, which has dominated the east African nation's politics for decades, won more than 98 percent of seats in this week's local elections, official results showed Thursday. ... more |
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Trade gap focus in first visit to Spain by Iraq PMMadrid (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Spain and Iraq on Thursday strengthened economic ties as Mohammed Shia al-Sudani became the first Iraqi prime minister to visit the European country. ... more 
Malian army kills members of new separatist allianceBamako (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 The Malian army has killed a leader and several members of a newly formed separatist rebel coalition operating in the volatile north of the country, according to information from both sides. ... more 
Human Rights Watch says Guinea junta repressing opponentsDakar (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 Human Rights Watch said Guinea's military rulers are torturing and repressing opponents and failing in their promise to transition to civilian rule this year, in a report published Monday. ... more  
Trafficked endemic lemurs, tortoises returned to MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home this week, the Indian Ocean island-nation's environment ministry said on Sunday. ... more |
 
Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red CrossKampala (AFP) Nov 29, 2024 The death toll from landslides which hit several villages in eastern Uganda rose to 20, with more than 100 still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said Friday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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France urges ceasefire in Sudan war, pledges aid to ChadAdre, Chad (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 France's foreign minister on Thursday called on foreign nations to stop helping the warring sides in famine-stricken Sudan's civil war as he visited refugee camps in neighbouring Chad. ... more 
Mali says arrested 6 'terrorists' over jihadist attacksBamako (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Mali's ruling junta on Thursday said it had arrested six "terrorists" over their alledged involvement in a jihadist massacre on the capital Bamako in September. ... more  
HESS Observatory identifies highest-energy cosmic-ray electrons and positrons yet observedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Scientists from CNRS, a German university consortium, and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik working at the H.E.S.S. Observatory in Namibia have detected cosmic-ray electrons and positrons with ... more 
Thailand to return nearly 1,000 trafficked lemurs, tortoises to MadagascarBangkok (AFP) Nov 27, 2024 Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered lemurs and tortoises back to their home in Madagascar, in what both countries called their biggest ever operation against wildlife trafficking. ... more |
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Senegal signs off on ruling party's parliament landslide Dakar (AFP) Nov 27, 2024 Senegal's Constitutional Council confirmed Wednesday the governing party's win in parliamentary elections, giving it the majority needed to implement its pan-Africanist programme. ... more  
Five forgotten conflicts of 2024Paris (AFP) Nov 27, 2024 The wars in the Mideast and Ukraine-Russia have dominated world headlines in 2024 but several other conflicts are ravaging countries and regions. ... more 
Gabon forest elephant forays into villages spark ireLastourville, Gabon (AFP) Nov 27, 2024 In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local population who demand the power to stop the critically endangered animals in their tracks. ... more  
Compressed natural gas vehicles gain slow momentum in NigeriaLagos (AFP) Nov 26, 2024 Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometres across Nigeria's bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas. ... more |
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'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the worldBangkok (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. ... more 
Landslide kills nine in DR CongoBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed nine people, including a mother and her seven children, in the conflict-wracked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said Saturday. ... more  
Climate-threatened nations stage protest at COP29 over contentious dealBaku (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 The world's most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open. ... more  
Iran to launch 'advanced centrifuges' in response to IAEA censureTehran (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 Iran said Friday it would launch a series of "new and advanced" centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the UN nuclear watchdog that censures Tehran for what the agency called lack of cooperation. ... more |
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Staggering warming expected in Middle East and North AfricaParis, France (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), already known for extreme heat and arid landscapes, face accelerated climate change that will push regional temperatures to alarming levels. A recent study w ... more |
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Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash floodDerna, Libya (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 A year after a flash flood ripped through Derna and killed thousands of people, the coastal Libyan city is hosting a theatre festival with a message of hope. ... more  
Congo Basin forests shrink due to illegal loggingLibreville (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 The Congo Basin's tropical forests, known as the "planet's second lung" behind the Amazon, are shrinking by one to five percent a year due to illegal logging and mining, a study said. ... more 
Burkina freezes assets of more than 100 people over 'financing of terrorism'Abidjan (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 Military-led Burkina Faso has frozen the "assets and resources" of more than 100 people, including ex-president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and two jihadist groups over the "financing of terrorism", according to a decree sent to AFP Thursday. ... more 
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in KenyaVoi, Kenya (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 "We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. ... more |
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