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Spanish police find 28 undocumented migrants in unsanitary Ceuta flats
In Ceuta, Spanish police discovered 28 undocumented migrants hiding in flats that did not meet adequate hygiene and habitability standards. Ceuta is facing a humanitarian crisis, weeks after more than 70,000 people reached the enclave from Morocco.
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Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weapons
The French leader called on international oversight to ensure the most advanced systems mankind has ever created, are not controlled by a small number of powerful actors, or get used as instruments to oppress people.
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@africanews 6 hours ago
UN receives just one-fifth of funds needed to prepare for El Niño crisis
The United Nations says it has received just one-fifth of the funding needed to prepare for food crises linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon.
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@africanews 8 hours ago
Over 55,000 Sudanese refugees fled to east Chad this year: UN
More than 55,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into eastern Chad since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday, warning that the displacement was accelerating even as aid funding falls far short
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@africanews 9 hours ago
Common and Public Enemy honoured at Black Music Action Coalition Awards
The Black Music Action Coalition honored rap artists Common and Public Enemy at their 6th annual BMAC Gala Thursday.
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@africanews 10 hours ago
Pix of the Day, 25 September, 2026 - Across the world
Pix of the Day, 25 September, 2026 - Across the world
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@africanews 9 hours ago
Trump-Xi summit: Pomp and pageantry, but few concrete breakthroughs
On AI, Trump and Xi signalled differing approaches, with Xi stressing that the technology should remain under human control.
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@africanews 11 hours ago
Analyst warns Ethiopia fighting could widen into regional conflict
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia could spread beyond Tigray and destabilize the wider Horn of Africa, an International Crisis Group analyst warned
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@africanews 11 hours ago
South Sudan: Kiir opens political dialogue ahead of December elections
Critics have questioned whether credible elections can be held in just three months, amid concerns over security, political space and the absence of a permanent constitution.
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@africanews 11 hours ago
Ukraine: Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills teenage boy and wounds 20 residents
A 14-year-old boy was killed after a Russian drone tore into a 16-storey apartment block in Kyivâ s Pecherskyi district overnight on Friday 25 September 2026.
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@africanews 11 hours ago
DRC amputee football tournament offers hope and a path to recovery
In Uvira, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, football is also being used as a way to rebuild lives. From 23 to 25 September, amputee players from North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika came together for the first national amputee football tournament.
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@africanews 12 hours ago
African-American artistâ s work celebrated in travelling retrospective
Kerry James Marshall's arguably done more than any living artist to bring black figures into Western galleries
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@africanews 12 hours ago
Explosion near Acropolis collapses building in Athensâ Plaka, injuring two
A powerful explosion in Athensâ historic Plaka district brought down a two-storey building near the Acropolis on Friday 25 September 2026, injuring at least two people. The cause remains under investigation, although a gas leak is suspected.
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@africanews 13 hours ago
US rapper Macklemore announces â free Palestineâ concerts
The announcement comes after Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeranâ s Loop Tour, following his public pro-Palestinian comments on stage
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@africanews 12 hours ago
KoBold Metals uses AI to search for critical minerals in Congo
A US mining company is using artificial intelligence to search for critical minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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@africanews 14 hours ago
Heavy fighting, internet disruption as Ethiopia conflict rages
Ethiopian forces battled overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebels in the Afar region, a humanitarian source said Friday, with reports of an internet blackout in the north of the country
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