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Au Sénégal, une exposition photo rend hommage aux championnes olympiques du continent
RFI Afrique
À l’occasion des premiers Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse organisés en Afrique, le musée olympique de Lausanne a mis à disposition une quarantaine de clichés de ses archives, exposés au musée de la Femme, place du Souvenir africain sur la Co...
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PowerFleet Inc (AIOT) (Q2 2027) Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue, South Africa Momentum ...
Yahoo Finance
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Spain: 69 candles lit at Toledo Cathedral for train crash victims
Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attended a state funeral at Toledo Cathedral on Tuesday 10 November for the 69 people killed in a devastating high-speed train collision near Urda on 28 October.
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Argentina: Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass before 650,000 in Córdoba
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass before an estimated 650,000 people in Córdoba, Argentina. The pontiff greeted crowds from his popemobile before urging worshippers to open their hearts and embrace their faith.
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JOJ Dakar 2026 : Marie Sarr offre l’or au Sénégal en taekwondo
France 24 FR
🥇🇸🇳 Marie Sarr fait briller le Sénégal en décrochant la médaille d’or en taekwondo aux JOJ Dakar 2026, face à la Tunisienne Yasmine Haouani (2-0). Son coach appelle l’État à soutenir davantage le taekwondo sénégalais.
- Sahel Chess Festival builds bridges between Africa and the world
- The future of water in Africa: Access, inequality and voice
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Reexamining Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federal Model to Advance Peace and Security
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Africa’s own credit rating agency plans its first rating by March 2027, and our central bank has long backed it
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Photos of Dakar Youth Olympics, the first Olympic event in Africa
WTOP News
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Photos of Dakar Youth Olympics, the first Olympic event in Africa
AP News
- Mapping Clean Energy for Export in Africa
- The risk of ignoring the Horn of Africa’s humanitarian crises
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Chinese gold giant failed to buy this African-focused miner for $3.9 billion; now its new Ethiopian mine is producing gold
Business Insider Africa
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Beat it: Den Staat farmers in South Africa use drumming and fire to deter elephants - news
news - Mongabay
- Airport security fees: What travellers pay before flying across Africa
- Africa's largest manufacturer deepens security ties with one of the Middle East's most technologically advanced militaries as it targets local weapons production
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Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah border to highlight humanitarian efforts for war-torn Gaza
Africanews
Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton has visited Egypt's Rafah border crossing, drawing attention to humanitarian efforts supporting war-torn Gaza.
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Nigeria strikes landmark readmission deal with the EU after 10 years of talks to facilitate return of undocumented migrants
Business Insider Africa
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Tatjana Smith, Olympic swimming gold medalist, switches from South Africa to Netherlands
NBC Sports
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Cameroonians call for political renewal and change ahead of February 2027 elections.
Africanews
Anticipation is building in Cameroon after President Paul Biya called legislative and municipal elections for February 7, 2027.
- Final Communiqué of the 40th Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- PepsiCo to cut 1,000 jobs in North America despite achieving $5.4 billion in revenue from Europe, Middle East and Africa
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South Africa's most decorated Olympian Smith to compete for the Netherlands
Reuters
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South Africa's most-decorated Olympian switches allegiances to the Netherlands
Yahoo Sports
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South Africa's most-decorated Olympian switches allegiances to the Netherlands
The Independent
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US Congress revisits Nigeria's Christian killings one year after Trump's religious freedom intervention
Business Insider Africa
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How Nelson Mandela’s ANC party lost its way in South Africa
Anchorage Daily News
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Sénégal : des parents en deuil après le naufrage d'une pirogue transportant des migrants
France 24 FR
🇸🇳 Sur la plage de Tébène 2, au nord-est du Sénégal, l’épave de la pirogue qui a chaviré vendredi après-midi a été retrouvée. Le naufrage a coûté la vie à au moins 39 personnes migrantes, faisant de ce drame l’un des plus meurtriers de ces...
- Africa cannot adapt on promises: What COP31 must deliver
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JOJ Dakar 2026 : les jeux de société africains sont aussi de la partie
France 24 FR
Aux JOJ Dakar 2026, les jeux de société africains sont aussi de la partie. On s'y détend, et ils mettent en avant la culture du continent pendant les premiers Jeux olympiques organisés en Afrique.
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Seven teams set to compete in African Sixes Lacrosse Championships, December 2-5 in Johannesburg
World Lacrosse
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RDC: la fermeture de l’aéroport de Bunia prolongé jusqu’au 8 février 2027
RFI Afrique
C’est l’une des conséquences de l’épidémie d’Ebola qui frappe l’est de la République démocratique du Congo : l’aéroport international de Bunia ne va pas rouvrir dans les prochaines semaines. Il va rester fermé au moins jusqu’au 8 février 20...
- 2-time gold medalist Tatjana Smith to swim for Netherlands
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South Africa's most successful Olympian, swimmer Tatjana Smith, switches to the Netherlands
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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South Africa's most successful Olympian, swimmer Tatjana Smith, switches to the Netherlands
AP News
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Africa: Africa Seeks Terms For Backing COP31's Global Electrification Push
[Bird Story Agency] The COP31 presidency wants electricity to make up 35% of global energy use by 2035, but African countries question how it will be financed and whether it can support industrial growth.
- Africa brings its climate agenda to COP31
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chinese Criminal Networks Expand in Africa Despite Policing Agreements