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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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Hichilema targets Zambia's youth vote as presidential contest enters final days
With nearly half of registered voters aged 18 to 35, the president urged students in Lusaka to campaign across schools, markets and public transport as challenger Brian Mundubile consolidated opposition backing.
Europe
Italy and Spain escalate Ceuta dispute with reciprocal border checks
Reciprocal checks on travellers have turned the Ceuta migration crisis into a dispute between two major EU governments, testing free movement while both sides insist the measures are temporary.
Africa
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.
Africa
Ghana repatriates nationals from South Africa and seeks African Union action on xenophobia
Another 132 Ghanaians returned under a plan covering 1,000 nationals, while Accra asked the African Union to treat attacks on African migrants as an urgent continental concern.
Europe
Spain and Morocco reverse unprecedented Ceuta border surge as European divisions deepen
Around 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave within a day and roughly half returned, while deaths, repatriations and threats of tighter Schengen controls turned the emergency into a wider European dispute.
Middle East
Saudi Arabia leads new maritime defense alliance across Red Sea trade routes
Fourteen states endorsed a Saudi-led defensive framework for the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab and Gulf of Aden, while each participant retained sovereign control over any operational commitment.
Africa
African governments resist U.S. health deals over data, minerals and legal authority
Ghana, Zimbabwe and Zambia rejected or delayed proposed agreements, while Kenyan litigation exposed a broader dispute over long-term access to health records, regulatory control and the use of aid in critical-minerals bargaining.
Africa
IMF releases final $371 million after Ghana completes reform review
The final payment completes a $3 billion program that reduced inflation and improved reserves and debt indicators, although the central bank received a waiver for a temporary performance breach.
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.