Africa
Africa and Europe Face a Less European World Order
A long-range view of 2050 frames a world that is warmer, older, more African and less European, but not fully multipolar.
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More than 178,000 migrants leave South Africa amid crackdown and violence fears
Returns to Zimbabwe, Malawi and other African states combine formal deportations with mostly voluntary repatriations, while children, schools and HIV treatment systems absorb the consequences of a sudden regional movement.
Africa
Nigeria approves military pay increases of up to 80% for 250,000 personnel
The tiered salary structure will take effect on September 1 and add 264 billion naira to the annual armed-forces wage bill as Abuja confronts insurgency, banditry and kidnapping.
Africa
Gunmen kill 12 and abduct women and children in Nigeria's Sokoto state
The four-hour night raid on Lajinge village left six members of one family burned to death, four people wounded and an unspecified number of women and children missing after livestock was stolen.
Oceania
Boao forum in Perth maps Australia-China cooperation on green industry
Government, business and academic delegates linked Australia's renewable resources with Chinese supply chains, technology and infrastructure for mining, steel, cement and energy.
Africa
Germany Links Nigeria Security Support to Wider West Africa Stability
Germany's foreign minister said Berlin would continue supporting Nigeria's security efforts while seeking broader economic ties, framing instability in the Sahel as a growing risk for West Africa's coastal states.
Africa
ECOWAS Demands Release of Guinea-Bissau Opposition Leader
The West African bloc ECOWAS has called on Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally release all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, warning that their detention undermines the credibility of the transition process.
Africa
West African Bloc Endorses $25 Billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline
ECOWAS member states have signed an intergovernmental agreement backing the massive Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic gas pipeline, a 6,900-kilometer project designed to carry 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually across 13 West African nations to Morocco and onward to Europe.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Deadly Attack on Niger Airport Complex
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin claimed an assault on Niamey's airport and military airbase that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians, marking the second attack on the complex this year.
South African Wheat Producers Challenge Government Tariff Decision
South African wheat producers are considering a legal challenge after Trade Minister Parks Tau rejected a request to raise the domestic reference price used to calculate import protection.