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S.Africa court jails 7 Chinese nationals for human trafficking
Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 A South African court sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison Wednesday for forcing more than 90 Malawians, some as young as 14, to work in a Johannesburg sweatshop. Africa's most industrialised nation is a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the continent, some of whom are lured into schemes in which they are held against their will. The four Chinese men and three women were arrested in November 2019 after police raided a Johannesburg factory called Beautiful City which ... read more |
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Kony defence urges ICC judges to halt caseThe Hague (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 The main defence lawyer for Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony Wednesday urged International Criminal Court judges to freeze the case against his client, as he cannot challenge evidence in his absence. ... more 
Mozambique forces killed 16 fishermen: conflict monitorJohannesburg (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 Conflict monitoring group ACLED said Wednesday its sources in Mozambique reported that troops shot and killed at least 16 fishermen in an area where they are chasing Islamist insurgents. ... more 
Human Rights Watch urges Niger to protect civilians against IS attacksAbidjan (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 Nigerien authorities must "do more to protect" civilians against deadly attacks by the Islamic State Sahel Province, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. ... more 
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali juntaAbidjan (AFP) Sept 5, 2025 Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta. ... more |
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Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel groupKhartoum (AFP) Sept 3, 2025 Sudan has recovered 270 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in the Darfur region, a civilian leader under the rebel group controlling the area said Wednesday. ... more 
Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundredsKhartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people. ... more
Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed groupKhartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people. ... more 
How millennia of history vanished in Sudan's warCairo (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 In the scorched courtyard of Sudan's National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now stands alone, surrounded by shards of broken glass and shattered stone. ... more
Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for rights; Farmers and NGOs unite to save last forests of the ComorosNarok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 29, 2025 Fred Ngusilo stooped to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau Forest floor, painful reminders that his hunter-gatherer community once flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed. ... more |
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Jihadists take control of strategic Mali town
Bamako (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda have taken over the strategic town of Farabougou in central Mali, a week after seizing the town's military camp, local sources told AFP Thursday. With the Sahel country struggling in the face of renewed jihadist violence, the capture of Farabougou is a symbolic development. One of the first measures taken by the military junta which seized power in 2020 had been to end a jihadist blockade of the small town. Fighters from the Group for the Support of Islam and Mus ... read more
Rwanda, Mozambique sign 'peace and security' agreementKigali (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Rwanda and Mozambique have signed a "peace and security" agreement during a visit by the southern African leader to Kigali on Wednesday, as their forces battle a long-running insurgency in Mozam ... more |
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US bids to trump China in DR Congo mining rushKinshasa (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China's near-monopoly on the lucrative sector. While the ... more 
'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plasticNairobi (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a sh ... more 
Malians Flee Jihadist Attack, Guinea Suspends Parties, Burundi Arrests GeneralBamako (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 Many civilians have fled the town of Farabougou in central Mali following a jihadist attack this week on a military camp, local and military sources told AFP on Saturday. Soldiers also evacu ... more 
What we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killedAbidjan (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a denial from the jihadist group. A ... more 
Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rightsNarok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietl ... more |
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