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500 players converge on Oslo for Homeless World Cup

The 20th edition of the Homeless World Cup is underway in Oslo, with more than 500 players from 48 countries taking part. The event aims to give a sense of community to the homeless and give players the tools to make positive changes in their lives.<div c

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SpaceX Starship completes first orbital test before ocean fireball

SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully completed its first orbital test flight on Tuesday after three previous failed attempts, before ending in a fiery splashdown in the Indian Ocean.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:

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Haiti police score rare victory, retake key communications hub from gangs

In a significant and rare operational success, Haitian police have announced the recapture of a vital telecommunications hub from heavily armed gangs, marking a hard-won victory for a new police chief and the fledgling U.N.-backed multinational mission.<d

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Israel denies targeting journalists in double-tap strike on hospital

Israel’s military has denied targeting journalists in Monday's double tap strike on a Gaza hospital. In a report released on Tuesday, the military said the strike was aimed at what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera. But its account appeared to

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Flash floods and landslide kill dozens in Indian-controlled Kashmir

At least 32 people were killed and many others reported missing after flash floods and a landslide struck a Hindu pilgrimage route in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, officials said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href

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HRW: EU-funded crackdown drove torture, expulsions in Mauritania

Mauritanian security forces have systematically tortured, raped, arbitrarily detained, and collectively expelled tens of thousands of West and Central African migrants and asylum seekers between 2020 and early 2025, a major new report from Human Rights Wa

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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv to press for Gaza hostage release

Israeli protesters blocked major roads and gathered in city squares on Tuesday, calling for a ceasefire that would bring home the hostages still held in Gaza, while government leaders pushed ahead with plans for an assault on Gaza City.<div class="small-1

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Salva Kiir faces nepotism backlash after appointing daughter to top post

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir is facing accusations of nepotism after appointing his daughter to a top government post. Adut Salva Kiir has been named Senior Presidential Envoy for Special Programmes, a job formerly occupied by the current vice presi

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DR Congo, M23 rebels begin Qatar-brokered peace talks in Doha

A new round of talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels is underway in Doha. The two parties are looking to reach agreement on how to implement a Qatari-brokered truce they signed last month.<div class="small-12 colu

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Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast hosts annual kite festival

Kites in different shapes and colours float over Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as the International Kite Festival Via Pontica returned to Varvara and Sinemorets.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/0

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce their engagement

It’s the announcement Taylor Swift fans have been waiting for: In a five-photo post on Instagram, the superstar singer broke the news that she and American football player Travis Kelce are engaged.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><

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Senegalese president looks to reset ties in Paris meeting with French counterpart

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met with the French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday.View on euronews

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Tomatina Festival soaks Buñol in red for 80th anniversary

The streets of Buñol in eastern Spain were drenched in red on Wednesday as thousands joined the world-famous Tomatina, an hour-long battle fought with tomatoes.View on euronews

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Over 50 hopefuls vie for Ivorian presidency as electoral commission closes bubmissions

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) closed its candidacy submission process on Wednesday, receiving over 50 applications for the presidential election scheduled for October 25.<div class="small-12 column text-center article

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Abrego Garcia case shows Uganda has ”no pride left”: Fmr. General

”What has happened to this Country? No pride left, no ideological sensibilities left, no moral fibre left, no SHAME AT ALL? And even after our fall still, we are found UNWORTHY to keep an American criminal?" Sejusa wrote on X Tuesday.<div class="small-12

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Nigeria suspends Abuja–Kaduna train service after derailment

This derailment adds to a worrying trend: Nigeria's rail network has seen 188 derailments in six years, with recurring issues such as vandalism, poor maintenance, and weak security controls. Critics now demand more robust infrastructure upkeep and modern

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Yesterday

Somalia's president and opposition leaders reach historic election agreement

Somalia's president and opposition leaders reach historic election agreement<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/somalias-president-and-opposition-leaders-reach-historic-election-agreement

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France returns three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar

In a significant move 127 years in the making, France has taken steps to return the remains of a slain king to Madagascar.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/france-returns-three-colonial

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DR Congo summons senior army commanders amid military setback against M23 rebels

A total of 41 senior officers — comprising 35 generals and six colonels — have been called by the General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces to account for their roles in military failures since the M23’s capture of the border town of Bunagana in June 2022<

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Iran denies Australia allegations it was behind antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney

The Iranian government on Tuesday denied allegations it had played a role in organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/iran-denies-australia-alle

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Global crisis: billions still without safe water and sanitation – WHO

Progress has been made in terms of improving sanitation and hygiene worldwide, but 2.1 billion people globally still lack access to safe drinking water.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26

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Woody Allen’s appearance at Moscow film festival draws sharp condemnation from Ukraine

The ministry accused Allen of lending credibility to a festival aligning with Putin’s backers, and warned that culture must not be used to whitewash crimes or as a propaganda tool<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://ww

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Major warehouse fire in Hamburg’s port leaves six people injured

More than 21 hours after a huge warehouse fire broke out in the Port of Hamburg, 120 firefighters remained on site on Tuesday, battling flames and smouldering debris.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.co

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Residents of Uganda capital concerned about US deportations pact

Ugandans on Tuesday questioned an agreement with the United States to receive deported migrants, highlighting the lack of parliamentary approval and that the deal eases political pressure on the country's authoritarian president.<div class="small-12 colum

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Pix of the Day: August 26, 2025

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/2025/08/26/pix-of-the-day-august-26-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-

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Lucy and Selam fossils go on display in Europe for the first time

For the first time in history, two of the world’s most famous hominin fossils, ‘Lucy’ and ‘Selam’, have travelled from Ethiopia to Europe for public display.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/08

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Cholera spreads from Sudan to Chad, kills 63 in eastern province

The disease arrived in refugee camps hosting Sudanese civilians fleeing the conflict in their country in July. 938 cases are so far suspected in Ouaddai province in eastern Chad.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

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Kenyans outraged as British army pays just $174 to wildfire victims

“My home is closest to Lolldaiga Hills, so I suffered significant damages from the smoke of the fire. I also helped put out the fire,” said local resident Charles Ndungu, “to learn that people are receiving just 22,500 Kenya shillings ($174) is shocking.”

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Australia cuts ties with Iran over antisemitic attacks

Iran’s ambassador has been expelled, and Australian diplomats withdrawn from Tehran. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said this is the first time since World War II that Canberra has expelled an ambassador.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butto

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Kenya wildlife park fears poacher resurgence after USAID cuts

Critical infrastructure development has been stalled, including housing for rangers and 300 kilometres of road upgrades vital to patrolling the wildlife.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/2

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Israeli protesters demand ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza war

Protesters across Israel blocked highways with burning tyres on Tuesday, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure a deal to release hostages in Gaza.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/

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Nigeria faces maternal health crisis as deadliest country to give birth

A lack of good hospitals is our problem, as well as a lack of workers, medication and doctors that can treat us. A lack of access to the road from Konduga to Maiduguri in the night time to visit the hospital is also a problem,”<div class="small-12 column

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World's tallest bridge completes load test in South West China

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, set to become the world's tallest bridge, had completed a key load test as of Monday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/

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Cameroon: 13 hostages likely kidnapped by Boko Haram freed

The young hostages disappeared on 13 August from a bus. One boy was executed because a ransom payment was not made in time.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/cameroon-13-hostages-likely-

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Children scramble for scarce food as Gaza aid proves insufficient

People in Gaza are facing severe food shortages, with the UN confirming famine in Gaza City and nearby areas as road deliveries remain heavily restricted by Israel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/

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No new government in Togo, three months after power shift

It’s been more than three months since Faure Gnassingbé began his new term as President of Togo, but so far, no new ministers have been named.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/no-new-go

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Church reduced to ashes as fires sweep through San Vicente in Spain

Wildfires raging across northwestern Spain have left residents of Casaio in Ourense watching helplessly as flames edge closer to their village after days of uncontrolled burning.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

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Moment Gaza hospital struck by Israeli airstrikes

Images captured the moment Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Monday, killing 20 people, including five journalists.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/26/moment-gaza-hosp

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Botswana declares health emergency amid critical medicine shortages

A health emergency has been declared in Botswana as the country runs critically low on medicines and supplies. Hospitals and clinics are struggling to treat conditions like hypertension, cancer, and diabetes.<div class="small-12 column text-center article

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Trump signals fresh meeting with Kim Jong Un

During a meeting with South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae Myung, former US President Donald Trump signaled he’s ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un once again.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w

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Libya’s coast guard accused of firing at humanitarian ship in distress mission

Libya’s coast guard fired upon a vessel belonging to a humanitarian group as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, the nonprofit said on Monday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.af

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Monday, august 25, 2025

Former Mexican drug lord, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, pleads guilty in US

He admitted in court to ordering murders and drug trafficking charges during his decades-long leadership of the violent Sinaloa cartel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/former-mexican-d

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Reporters without Borders condemns latest killing of journalists in Gaza

The international press freedom organisation says the five media workers were deliberately targeted by Israel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/reporters-without-borders-condemns-latest

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White House opens TikTok account despite upcoming ban

The @WhiteHouse account has already garnered more than 80,000 followers since launching on Tuesday with a short video montage of the President captioned ” America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?”.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

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Venezuela launches nationwide militia registration amid U.S. tensions

The move underscores Caracas’ efforts to rally public support and reinforce national sovereignty as geopolitical tensions in the region grow sharper.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/ve

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Ethiopia's Amhara targets 7.4 million children in new school enrollment drive

Over the past two years, armed conflict and insecurity have prevented millions of students from returning to classrooms.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/ethiopias-amhara-targets-74-mil

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Mass protests in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa condemn Israel’s Gaza War

According to Gaza’s health ministry, at least 62,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, with thousands more injured or reported missing.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/

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Students clash with riot police in Jakarta over MPs’ housing benefits

Riot police clashed with thousands of students in Jakarta on Monday as protests erupted against lawmakers’ allowances, with demonstrators attempting to march on Indonesia’s Parliament building.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr

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Sri Lanka’s International Kite Festival returns after six-year break

Colourful kites in the shapes of animals, flowers and comic characters filled the skies above Colombo on Sunday as Sri Lanka’s International Kite Festival made its return.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.eurone

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Hundreds continue to flee central Malian town after jihadist attack

Local and military sources say that soldiers have evacuated their military camp in Farabougou.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/hundreds-continue-to-flee-central-malian-town-after-jihad

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Angola reclaims continental throne, captures record 12th FIBA AfroBasket title

In a dazzling display of dominance on their home court, Angola’s national basketball team is once again atop the African basketball world.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/angola-reclai

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WATCH: Hundreds join demonstration in Kenyan capital over war in Gaza

Hundreds of people marched and rode through Nairobi on Sunday in a protest expressing solidarity with Palestinians, as the war in Gaza continues with high civilian tolls.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronew

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Pix of the Day: August 25, 2025

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/2025/08/25/pix-of-the-day-august-25-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-

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Turkish FM accuses Israel of seeking the 'erasure' of Palestine

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused Israel of wanting to erase Palestine and destabilise the wider Middle East region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/turkish-fm-accuses-i

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Pope Leo XIV backs UK-Mauritius deal returning Chagos Islands

”All peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their identity and rights, particularly the right to live on their land; no one can be forced into exile,” Pope Leo said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__but

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Kenyans rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

Protesters denounced the scale of the humanitarian crisis. Activist Shakira Wafula said: “The genocide in Palestine has to stop. Children are dying, women are suffering.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africane

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Four journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say

Among the 19 killed were four journalists including 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who had worked for The Associated Press since the start of the war.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.c

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WATCH: Kyiv holds ceremonies for Independence Day and fallen soldiers

Ukraine marked Independence Day on Sunday, three and a half years after the start of Russia’s invasion, with commemorative events held in central Kyiv.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/25/wa

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More than 2,800 swimmers cross continents in Istanbul’s Bosphorus event

Thousands of swimmers crossed the Bosphorus on Sunday as Istanbul hosted the 37th Intercontinental Swimming Race, an annual event linking Asia and Europe in open water.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.

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Over 500,000 in Gaza at risk as hunger deaths rise to 289

Eight more people in Gaza have died from famine and malnutrition, Gaza health authorities said on Sunday. That brings the total number of hunger-related deaths in the enclave since the start of the war with Israel 22 months ago to 289, including 115 child

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