France’s Morocco reset: What French PM Lecornu’s visit to Rabat signals
The trip highlights how Paris and Rabat are turning a diplomatic rapprochement into a broader strategic partnership.
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Record El Niño threatens to unleash floods across East Africa and Asia
Aid groups warn a record-strength El Niño could unleash flooding and hunger from Somalia to Pakistan.
How Kenyan volunteers hunt polio’s hidden trail
Community health volunteers travel across remote northern Kenya to detect poliovirus before it can spread.
![A doctor prepares to vaccinate a 10-year-old girl in Garissa, northeastern Kenya [Gitonga Njeru]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1000101480-1783852474.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Police in South Africa open probe into post-World Cup death of Jayden Adams
The country’s football players’ union confirmed Adams’s death on Saturday, but the cause has not been revealed.
Staff at DR Congo Ebola centre strike as virus continues spreading
Walkout over late payments comes as public health officials confirm that the virus has reached two more provinces.
Can Nigeria’s drone industry deliver Africa’s defence sovereignty?
Military manufacturing may be growing, but defence sovereignty depends on far more than production.
![The Iroko drone, manufactured by Terra Industries, reflects the growing push by African countries to develop indigenous defence technology and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers [Terra Industries]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4127-1783618126.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
Ousmane Sonko on power, political rivalry and the future of Senegal
Ousmane Sonko reveals what ended his political partnership with the president, sparking a constitutional standoff.
Published On 12 Jul 2026
Some 30 Malian soldiers killed during retaking of key town, says army chief
General Jean Elysee Dao says 60 others also wounded as army retakes key town after nearly a week of fighting.
Senegal fire coach Pape Thiaw after disappointing World Cup
Senegal part ways with head coach after national side’s elimination from the football tournament at the last-32 stage.
Ghana slavery apology: Why many descendants say words are not enough
Descendants of enslaved Africans say symbolic apologies cannot repair generations of loss and injustice.
![Performers re-enact the transatlantic slave trade at Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a conference on follow-up to a UN resolution on trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana [/Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-19T193304Z_1305395678_RC23XLAH2G38_RTRMADP_3_GHANA-SLAVERY-1782305770.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: NewsFeed
Nigeria rescues dozens of abducted school children in Oyo state
Nigerian security forces have rescued 39 schoolchildren and five teachers abducted nearly two months ago in Oyo state.
Published On 12 Jul 2026
