Southern Africa Braces for Exceptional El Niño, UN Agency Warns
Southern Africa Braces: United Nations aid officials have put Southern Africa on alert for a rapidly intensifying El Niño that...
August 30, 2026Section
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Guinea-Bissau Votes on Junta Plan to Boost Presidential Powers
Guinea Bissau Votes: Voters in Guinea-Bissau cast ballots on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would hand...
August 30, 2026
Drones Kill Eight Civilians Traveling in Sudan’s North Kordofan
Drones Kill Eight: Eight civilians were killed and dozens more wounded when drones struck a group of travelers in Sudan's...
August 30, 2026
RSF Says It Seized Two Army Bases in Sudan’s Blue Nile
Sudan's RSF said Friday its fighters seized the Bakori and Surkum army bases in the Blue Nile region alongside SPLM-N...
August 30, 2026
Mali Tuareg Rebels Free 60 Soldiers in Swap for Jailed Commander
Mali Tuareg Rebels: The swap: Tuareg-led rebels freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for Inkinane Ag Attaher, a former...
August 30, 2026
M23 Counteroffensive Shakes Congo’s South Kivu Hills
Counteroffensive Shakes Congo: Rio Times · Africa M23 rebels have launched a counteroffensive in Kalehe territory, in the northern hills...
August 30, 2026
How France Lost the Ability to Pass a Budget
France's debt has hit 117.5% of GDP, its budget passed without a vote, and raters are circling. How Europe's second...
August 30, 2026
Why India and China Are Finally Redrawing Their Border Rules
India and China agreed an eight-point consensus in Beijing, including an expert group on border demarcation. What was agreed, and...
August 30, 2026
Kevin Warsh’s Fed: The Jackson Hole Sentence That Moved September
Kevin Warsh’s first keynote as Fed chairman pushed September rate-rise odds from about 35 to 56 per cent. What he...
August 30, 2026