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Argentina friendlies no fairy tale for African footballers

Whilst there is no standard practice for organising international professional friendlies, smaller African teams generally rely on agencies to manage their away fixtures and don't necessarily make any profit from the games.

Protests and clashes as South African anti-migrant tensions reignite

Violence erupted in Johannesburg's Soweto and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and small foreign-run stores looted. It followed fresh protests called by movements targeting undocumented migrants that were behind demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands to leave the country.

Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray

Relations between the two neighbouring countries, who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, have again deteriorated in recent months.

Burkina Faso's junta backs economic self-sufficiency

"Given its position and its quest for sovereignty, the country has no choice but to rely on its own resources," economist Abdoul Kader Ouedraogo told AFP.

After botched US execution, Christa Pike was nearly taken off life support

Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a teenager, received two supposedly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison last Wednesday.

Guinea-Bissau junta urges military unit loyal to ex-president to disarm

The army seized power in the perennially unstable and poor west African nation just days after a presidential vote last November, overthrowing Embalo and suspending the electoral process.

Eritrean troops deploy in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Fighting broke out between the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian federal forces on September 23, sparking fears of a return to the devastating 2020-2022 civil war.

Trump to give Musk top US science medal

Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD chief Lisa Su will also receive the National Medal of Science at the "Science: A New Golden Age" summit.

Bolsonaro rides right-wing surge into Brazil's election runoff

The right-wing senator finished two percentage points ahead of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who faces an uphill battle to secure a fourth-term win on October 25, and cement his legacy.

American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain

The Stanford University scientist spoke to AFP about the Nobel Prize in medicine, which was awarded on Monday, for his work in optogenetics, a technique combining light and genetics, alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel.

Russian officials say 'situation under control' after plague reports

Reports on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working for the anti-plague institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region, sparked alarm.

Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk — UN climate chief

"Rising temperatures mean rising danger in pregnancy," he is expected to say.

Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens

Monday's medicine prize, to be announced at 11:30 am (0930 GMT), could go to research that paved the way for weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, Nobel watchers told AFP.

New lizard species discovered in Peru

The lizard measures between six and eight centimetres (2.4-3.2 inches) and has distinct colouration depending on sex.

UN says 5.8 million refugee children out of school

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 44 percent of the world's 13.1 million school-age refugee children were out of school last year.

US government's new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump

"Hello, America. Whatever you need from government, start here," reads the America.gov platform, which Trump launched on Tuesday in a bid to simplify access to government information and federal services.

Dangote to launch $16bn refinery in Kenya

Aliko Dangote created Africa's biggest oil refinery in his native Nigeria, and says the east African version will have a capacity of 700,000 barrels per day — larger than any in Europe. It is being built on the Indian Ocean coast at Lamu, where Kenya is also developing a major port.

African leaders to gather in Egypt for business summit

"A country in East Africa should be able to sign an agreement with a country in West, North or southern Africa through this platform." Saleh said the forum would become a biennial event under an African Union mandate, focusing on infrastructure, trade, agriculture, healthcare, mining, technology and renewable energy.

UN General Assembly concludes general debate

The Palestinian people and leadership should not be punished for demanding an end to the occupation or for turning to the United Nations, the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, said Abbas.

El Nino rewrites the menu in the world's top restaurants

Ants are disappearing from the table in Brazil, one Danish chef is opting for cocoa-free chocolate, and Japan is serving up warm-water fish, culinary stars disclosed at the Apapaxoa gastronomic festival on Mexico's Caribbean coast.