Pix of the Day: August 11, 2025

• 11:01 AM

1 min

Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/11/pix-of-the-day-august-11-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-

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Kenyan startup signvrse pioneers AI-powered sign language translation

• 10:46 AM

2 min

In a Nairobi innovation hub, a startup is turning science fiction into reality by translating spoken and written words into Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) using AI and motion-captured avatars.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="h

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Australia PM says country will recognise Palestinian state

• 10:26 AM

1 min

Australia’s government has also criticized plans announced in recent days by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a fresh, sweeping military offensive in Gaza<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanew

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Two generals and more than 40 soldiers arrested over coup allegations in Mali

• 10:23 AM

2 min

"All are soldiers. Their objective was to overthrow the junta," a Mali MP said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/11/two-generals-and-more-than-40-soldiers-arrested-over-coup-allegations-in

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Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

• 10:11 AM

3 min

The specialized clinic in Mundri, in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, is a rare and endangered facility in a country desperate for more mental health services.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.c

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Strong earthquake strikes Turkey’s Balıkesir province, killing one

• 9:42 AM

1 min

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the town of Sındırgı in Turkey’s Balıkesir province on Sunday evening, killing one person and injuring at least 29 others.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/

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At least 20 injured in Russian strike on southern Ukrainian city

• 9:20 AM

1 min

A guided aerial bomb launched by Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia’s central bus station on Sunday evening, injuring 20 people and damaging civilian infrastructure.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com

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Portuguese court orders expulsion of Moroccan asylum seekers

• 8:47 AM

1 min

The 25 men, six women and seven children arrived in a small boat on the Portuguese Algarve coast on Friday<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/11/portuguese-court-orders-expulsion-of-moroccan

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6.1 earthquake hits Turkey, killing 1 and collapsing buildings

• 8:22 AM

1 min

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/11/

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Winds and heat intensify wildfires in Spain’s León province

• 7:47 AM

1 min

Residents of Carucedo and Yeres, in Spain’s León province, have been evacuated as wildfires advanced towards residential areas.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/11/winds-and-heat-intensify-w

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Ghana: Funeral held for army helicopter crash victims

• 7:15 AM

1 min

The bodies of former Minister for Environment Ibrahim Muhammed Murtala, and Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Muniru Limuna Mohammed, were interred at a military cemetery after a tribute by President John Mahama<div class="small-12 column text-

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Pope Leo urges end to violence in Haiti

• 5:23 AM

1 min

Haiti’s government announced Saturday that it is implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country’s central region as gang violence surges<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/11/p

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