Thousands of Malians flee to Mauritania amid fuel blockade
Africa • Nov 10, 2025, 9:30 PM
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In tonight's edition: Thousands of Malians have fled westwards to the border with Mauritania over the last two weeks as a blockade by the al Qaeda-linked JNIM group continues to isolate communities. Also, DR Congo and Rwanda have agreed to an economic pact as the US president seeks to implement a peace deal. Plus a legendary West African band, Orchestra Baobab, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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'Solar Mamas': Program trains Zanzibar women as solar power technicians
Africa • 11:24 AM
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Although the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has been boosting its tourism industry in recent years, it remains largely a rural village society, where half of homes have no electricity. Inthe face of this issue, an NGO is teaching villa
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Rights group accuses TotalEnergies of war crime complicity in Mozambique
Africa • 11:13 AM
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A European human rights nonprofit on Tuesday accused TotalEnergies of complicity in war crimes, torture and enforced disappearances allegedly carried out by government soldiers in Mozambique, filing a criminal complaint with the French anti-terrorism pro
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Nigeria: Two abducted girls escape as authorities search for 24 other students
Africa • 11:12 AM
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Two schoolgirls who were abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria have escaped. At least one of them is safe, according to the school's principal, as hunters join security forces in the search for the missing students in forests c
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Trump remarks fuel US political storm over Nigerian schoolgirl abductions
Africa • 3:20 AM
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Nigeria’s new army chief has ordered troops to fight “day and night” to recover 25 schoolgirls abducted in a deadly raid in Kebbi State, an attack that has become entangled in rising US political tensions after claims from President Donald Trump and his
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