Africa

Trump says ISIS second-in-command killed in Africa

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President Donald Trump late Friday said that a top Islamic State group commander has been killed in Africa in a joint operation with Nigeria’s armed forces. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of the militant group, was killed, Trump said in a … Read more

Passengers not allowed to leave suspected hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after docking off Africa

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Passengers not allowed to leave suspected hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after docking off Africa – CBS News Watch CBS News A suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has killed three people, officials say. Tom Hanson reports. Source link

The US backs a South Africa project to extract rare earths despite a diplomatic clash

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PHALABORWA, South Africa — Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has U.S. support through a $50 million equity investment by the government’s International … Read more

A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa

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Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. Themes Leo is expected to raise include Christian-Muslim coexistence, the over-exploitation of the region’s natural and human resources, corruption and migration. Here’s a country-by-country look … Read more

Prince Harry sued by charity in Africa he co-founded in honor of Princess Diana

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A charity that Prince Harry co-founded in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, is suing him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which Harry co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 and helps youths with HIV in southern Africa, filed suit last month in London’s High … Read more

Almost all US refugees are now from South Africa, as Trump focuses on Afrikaners

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All but three of the 4,499 refugees let into the United States this fiscal year so far have come from South Africa. This squares with the president’s pledge to prioritize Afrikaners – white South Africans – while capping refugee entries at a record low.  Halfway through fiscal year 2026, the latest State Department data published … Read more