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  N'Djamena (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 Hundreds of people staged a rally in N'Djamena on Friday to support a Chad government call last week to scrap military cooperation with former colonial power France. Up to 500 people carrying placards that read "bar France" gathered at the N'Djari stadium draped in the country's colours, an AFP journalist said. "After 60 years of cooperation, we don't need the French military, we have an army, we can defend our country," Abdel daim Abdallah Ousmane, secretary general of the Higher Council for ... read more |
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Air strike on Khartoum mosque kills 7: Sudan lawyers' groupPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 A Sudanese military air strike on a north Khartoum mosque killed seven civilians on Friday, pro-democracy lawyers said, in the 19th month of a war marked by widespread abuses. ... more  
Iraq PM says keeping up diplomacy to 'contain crisis' in SyriaBaghdad (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Friday said his country was pressing diplomatic efforts aimed at "containing the crisis in Syria due to its clear impact on Iraqi security". ... more  
Syrian rebel leader calls on Iraqi PM to distance country from Syria warBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 Syrian rebel chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, whose fighters have launched a lightning offensive, on Thursday urged Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani of neighbouring Iraq to keep his country distant from Syria's war. ... more 
'Can't leave them to it': ex-child soldier urges help for Sudan kidsNairobi (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 A former child soldier has urged the world to do more to help children devastated by Sudan's brutal civil war, telling AFP on Thursday that "we can't just leave them to it". ... more |
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Egypt to float up to four army-owned firms: PMCairo (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 Egypt plans to float up to four military-owned companies on the stock market as part of a broader privatisation plan to attract investment and boost the economy, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday. ... more |
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New militias sow future danger for war-weary SudanCairo (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 Mohamed Idris, 27, has despaired of ever finding a job in war-torn Sudan. Instead, he's now set his sights on a training camp on the Eritrean border, hoping to join a militia. ... more  
'World on fire': UN seeks $47 bn for aid in 2025Geneva (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 The UN appealed Wednesday for more than $47 billion to deliver vital aid next year, warning surging conflicts and the climate crisis will leave hundreds of millions of people in need. ... more  
France's Orano says Niger junta controls uranium firmParis (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between the company and the country's military junta. ... more  
Drought hits food access for 26 million in southern Africa: UNJohannesburg (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 A historic drought across southern Africa has jeopardised access to food for 26 million people, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday, calling for urgent funding. ... more |
Biden hails 'game changer' Africa investment on Angola visitLobito, Angola (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 Joe Biden on Wednesday lauded a landmark railway infrastructure project aimed at countering China's investments in Africa as a "game changer" while on a historic first visit to Angola by a US president. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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In Angola, Biden promises to invest differently to ChinaLobito, Angola (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 President Joe Biden will make the case on Wednesday in Angola that the United States must do better rather than more than China to regain influence in Africa. ... more  
Pharma giant AstraZeneca names replacement for detained China bossLondon (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Wednesday named Iskra Reic as its new international executive vice president, replacing Leon Wang, who has been detained by Chinese authorities. ... more  
Five things to know about GhanaParis (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 One of the more stable countries in the turbulent West African region, Ghana has hit hard times recently with a severe financial crisis and political infighting ahead of a presidential election on Saturday. ... more  
Satellite analysis connects climate change to elephant deaths in BotswanaLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 New research from King's College London has strengthened the link between climate change and the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta in 2020. The study highlights how a surg ... more |
Syria crisis deepens: High-level talks, Iran backs in Assad, as US-Israeli military strikeIstanbul (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani about renewed conflict in their joint neighbour Syria, with Erdogan stressing the need to prevent unrest on Turkey's border, his office said. ... more 
E.Guinea lauds 'exceptional' ties with RussiaMalabo, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Equatorial Guinea's presidency on Tuesday lauded relations between the small central African state and Russia, saying they "have reached an unprecedented level of cooperation", notably on security. ... more  
At NATO meeting, Blinken promotes military aid, energy assistance for UkraineWashington DC (UPI) Dec 3, 2024 Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the focus of NATO's Allied Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting being held Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels. ... more 
Wildlife commission lowers European wolf protectionsStrasbourg, France (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago. ... more |
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Gunmen kill 3 Benin soldiers near Niger borderCotonou (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Gunmen have killed three soldiers who were guarding an oil pipeline in Benin, a military source said Tuesday, in the latest attack in the West African country where jihadist violence is rising. ... more 
Angola hosts summit as Mali faces separatist conflict and Guinea Junta cracks downLuanda (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. ... 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 |
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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 |
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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
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 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 |
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