#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.02.2026 Olympic ceasefire calls lay bare the scale of global conflict. The U.N. and IOC are asking for a pause in wars, an ancient Olympic tradition, amid the Winter Games. Athletes from countries beset by violence are set to compete.
#Sport #Sudan #Africa × #athlete #Ukraine #Italy #Europe #athletics
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Wafcon 2026: Gayton McKenzie clarifies claim South Africa will host finals. South Africa's sports minister Gayton McKenzie says "no formal decision" has been taken to relocate the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations away from Morocco.
#Sport #Morocco #Africa × #South Africa #football #American football #Africa Cup of Nations
#theguardian.com. #Feb.02.2026 Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright admits murdering 17-year-old in 1999. The 67-year-old pleads guilty at Old Bailey to killing Victoria Hall, his sixth murder victim
#Seychelles #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.02.2026 Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe. More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.
#Health #Africa × #Zimbabwe
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Kaduna kidnap: Eighty abducted Nigerians return home after escape. They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Clinton Nyapara Mogesa: Family of Kenyan killed in Ukraine fighting for Russia seeks answers. Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.
#Kenya #Africa × #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #Asia #Qatar
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.02.2026 Kenyan job seekers were lured to Russia, then sent to die in Ukraine. The Post spoke to four Kenyans who fought in Ukraine and relatives of nine other recruits, as a secret pipeline funnels young Africans to Russia’s military.
#Kenya #Africa × #Russia #Ukraine #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.02.2026 Rafah crossing between Israel and Egypt reopens after nearly two years. Some Palestinians were able to enter and exit Gaza via the crossing for the first time since May 2024. The reopening marks progress toward the ceasefire deal’s second phase.
#Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Tyla beats Burna Boya and Davido to African Grammy. The 24-year-old bagged her second-ever Grammy beating three Nigerians and a Ugandan.
#Showbiz #Uganda #Africa × #Grammy Awards #music
#theguardian.com. #Feb.02.2026 Victorian opposition leader pulls out of event headlined by Barnaby Joyce after premier accuses her of ‘cosying up’ to One Nation. Exclusive: Jess Wilson will no longer speak at Across Victoria Alliance conference in Horsham due to ‘unavoidable scheduling conflict’
#Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Gaza: Israel reopens key Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Only dozens of Palestinians and no goods will be able to cross in both directions each day.
#Politics #Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#theguardian.com. #Feb.02.2026 Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited travel – latest updates. Rafah crossing in the south, which has largely been closed since May 2024, has reopened for those travelling on foot
#Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.02.2026 Gaza’s Rafah crossing reopens for limited traffic. Reopening of the link between the enclave and Egypt is stipulated under the second phase of the US-brokered 'ceasefire'.
#Africa × #USA #North America #Egypt
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.02.2026 Wounded and sick Palestinians set to leave Gaza as Israel opens Rafah. Rafah crossing will reportedly operate for six hours a day and allow only 150 patients to exit into Egypt for care.
#Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engage. The US signals that restoring democracy is no longer a priority and it is ready to work with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
#Politics #Niger #Africa × #Russia #USA #Europe #North America #Mali #Burkina Faso
#theguardian.com. #Feb.02.2026 ‘You take what you can and run’: families describe harrowing journey to escape fighting in DRC. Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps
#Africa × #Burundi
#theguardian.com. #Feb.02.2026 International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds. Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 Israel partially reopens Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza in pilot. The pilot comes before Gaza residents begin to pass through the crossing on Monday, Israeli authorities say.
#Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#theguardian.com. #Feb.01.2026 Victoria police launch new search for fugitive Dezi Freeman based on intelligence derived from ‘gunshot’. More than 100 police and volunteers to join targeted five-day search of Mount Buffalo national park
#Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 Epstein email reveals plan to access Libya’s frozen state assets. Email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 outlines what the sender described as financial and legal opportunities in Libya.
#Libya #Africa ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
#Showbiz #Africa × #USA #Grammy Awards #North America #music
#bbc.com. #Feb.01.2026 Four Britons died within months after Cape Verde stomach bugs - lawyers. A law firm says it is representing the families of six people who holidayed in Cape Verde.
#Cape Verde #Africa ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 As Rafah reopens, Palestinians are ‘given an impossible choice’. ‘It’s a crime that Palestinians are given an impossible choice.’
#Politics #Africa × #Palestine #Asia #Egypt
#wikipedia.org. Africa. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's popul
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