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Israel defence minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza![]() ![]() Jerusalem (AFP) Mar 22, 2025 Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas militants release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The warning came as Israel pressed the renewed assault it launched on Tuesday, shattering the relative calm since a January 19 ceasefire. A Palestinian source close to the ceasefire talks told AFP late Friday that Hamas had received a proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar for re-establishing a truce ... read more |
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![]() Khartoum (AFP) Mar 25, 2025 A Sudanese war monitor accused the army Tuesday of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country's western Darfur region. ... more ![]() ![]() Johannesburg (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister began a visit to South Africa Monday aimed at strengthening "strategic defence capabilities" between the two countries, South Africa's government said. ... more ![]() ![]() Meru, Kenya (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks from Africa's second-highest mountain. ... more ![]() ![]() Harare (AFP) Mar 25, 2025 Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reassigned the head of the country's army to the sports ministry, the presidency said, without elaborating on the reasons for the move. ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Accra (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 A top Ghanaian security official was arrested over the weekend for allegedly skimming millions of dollars from a cyber-security contract, authorities said Monday, as President John Mahama continues an anti-corruption drive. ... more |
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![]() Kampala (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by Ugandan armed forces while covering a by-election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said late on Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Khartoum (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 Sudan's army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday after a fierce battle. ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Mar 20, 2025 Scientists from South Africa and China have achieved a historic milestone in quantum communication by creating the world's longest ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning an unprecedented 12,9 ... more ![]() ![]() Niamey, Niger (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 Thirteen Nigerien soldiers were killed in two separate clashes with jihadist groups, the army said Wednesday. ... more |
![]() Meru, Kenya (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of Africa's second-highest mountain. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 19, 2025 Unusual geological formations discovered in the deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia suggest that an unidentified microorganism once inhabited marble and limestone in these regions. Researcher ... more ![]() ![]() Johannesburg (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 Three cyclones have battered Mozambique in three months, pounding one of the world's most impoverished regions, pushing thousands of people into distress and leaving experts wondering whether more frequent storms will become the norm. ... more ![]() ![]() Bamako (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 A prominent figure in Mali's ethnic Fulani community who managed a livestock market in Bamako was murdered in front of his home by unknown assailants, his son told AFP on Wednesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Juba (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 South Sudan has carried out another air strike against civilians in the northwest of the country, critically wounding a child, a local official and witness said on Wednesday, amid fears of renewed conflict. ... more |
![]() Omdourman, Sudan (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least 50 people in Khartoum during the past week, rescuers said Wednesday, as fighting with the army for control of the capital intensifies. ... more ![]() ![]() Lompoul, Senegal (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown. ... more ![]() ![]() Johannesburg (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for African penguins that are facing extinction in part because of threats to their food supply. ... more ![]() ![]() Lagos (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 A fire broke out at a major pipeline in southern Nigeria, Africa's largest petrol producer, police said on Tuesday, adding they had arrested two people for questioning. ... more |
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![]() Lompoul, Senegal (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown. ... more ![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) Mar 15, 2025 Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed accusations that the army had committed abuses against civilians in the west of the country earlier this week. ... more ![]() ![]() Omdurman (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 Sudanese army forces advancing on Khartoum converged on Monday with troops in the capital's centre, a military spokesman said, increasing pressure on rival paramilitaries and inching closer to retaking the city. ... more ![]() ![]() Khartoum (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 In a war-ravaged neighbourhood of Sudan's capital Khartoum, the stench from a gaping sewage pit is unbearable as Red Crescent workers pull a bloated body from deep underground. ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Belo Horizonte, Brazil (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Stargazers across a swathe of the world marvelled at a dramatic red "Blood Moon" during a rare total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday morning. ... more |
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![]() Baghdad (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Syria's interim foreign minister said in Baghdad on Friday his government was ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq in the fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. ... more ![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 The military regime in Burkina Faso on Friday announced that it was creating new rapid response forces, recruiting 14,000 soldiers and thousands of civilian support staff, to fight jihadist violence. ... more ![]() ![]() Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Sudanese paramilitary shelling of El-Obeid on Friday killed six people, including a child, a doctor said, just weeks after the army broke a prolonged siege of the key southern city. ... more ![]() ![]() Niamey, Niger (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Niger's military rulers have expelled three Chinese oil executives from the country and closed down a Chinese-run hotel, media reports and an official decree indicated Friday. ... more |
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