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DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate — and higher — population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study showed Thursday.The new status report shows there were 135,690 African forest elephants in 2024, a 16 percent increase from the previous figures …

Survey raises estimate of African forest elephant numbersThu, 27 Nov 2025 13:58:52 GMT Read More »

Kenyan long-distance runner Evans Kibet said he came to Russia for a sporting event but was instead spirited away to a military training camp and sent to fight in Ukraine.Now in a Ukrainian prison after being captured on the front line, he told AFP he was tricked into signing a Russian military contract that he …

Captured Kenyan runner says he was tricked into Russian armyThu, 27 Nov 2025 12:57:58 GMT Read More »

Streets were nearly deserted Thursday in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, with the announcement of election results thwarted by the military seizing power, arresting the president and closing the borders of the coup-prone west African country.Soldiers patrolled the area around the presidential palace in Bissau, and a few people were seen walking along the main road …

Streets deserted in G.Bissau capital after military takeoverThu, 27 Nov 2025 09:47:41 GMT Read More »

South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump’s decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling the move punitive and driven by distortions that erode global cooperation. The two countries are at odds over a range of domestic and foreign policies — a standoff that came to a head after Washington skipped the G20 summit …

South Africa slams Trump’s G20 ban as punitiveThu, 27 Nov 2025 07:29:22 GMT Read More »

As his comrades died of starvation and thirst around him, Mbale Hafashimana Amos finally decided to flee the Congolese bush for a country he had always been told would butcher him on arrival.Mbale, an ethnic Hutu, was part of a militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo called the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of …

The Rwanda camp giving a second chance to genocidal enemiesThu, 27 Nov 2025 07:02:50 GMT Read More »

Military officials in Guinea-Bissau said they had seized “total control” of the coup-prone west African country Wednesday, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections.Heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace earlier in the day, with men in military uniform taking over the main road leading …

G.Bissau rocked by coup, president’s arrestThu, 27 Nov 2025 01:07:27 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a “nationwide security emergency” as the country scrambled to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings that have seen hundreds of people, mostly schoolchildren, captured in a week.”This is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas,” Tinubu …

Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappingsWed, 26 Nov 2025 19:01:38 GMT Read More »

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau declared they have “total control” of the coup-prone west African country Wednesday, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections, with military sources confirming its president’s arrest.The officers’ announcement followed heavy gunfire that rang out near the presidential palace earlier in the day, with men in …

G.Bissau rocked by coup d’etat, arrest of presidentWed, 26 Nov 2025 17:19:24 GMT Read More »

The recent wave of kidnappings plaguing Nigeria is just the latest bout of security crises to hit Africa’s most populous country, which the government says it is fully committed to address.In just a week, assailants kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, 38 worshippers, 315 school children and teachers, 13 young women and girls walking near a farm, and …

How Nigeria is handling the kidnappings, security crisisWed, 26 Nov 2025 17:19:23 GMT Read More »

At the Iddo bus station in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, passengers like Rasheedat Eniola say they travel with knots in their stomach. The 29-year-old nurse is headed to the state of Kano to attend her sister’s graduation, but the series of kidnappings that have hit the north of the country turn each trip into a test …

Nigerian bus passengers travel with fear of kidnappingsWed, 26 Nov 2025 17:16:26 GMT Read More »