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ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara gestures as he arrives at the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium for a meeting on June 22, 2025 in Abidjan. – AFP

Ivory Coast leader Ouattara tapped to run for fourth term

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara’s party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country’s two main opposition parties joined forces to fight his possible candidacy. Ouattara himself has not yet confirm...

MOKWA: A woman stands next to debris from damaged buildings in Mokwa after the town was hit by torrential rains overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with the flooding displacing more than 3,000 people. – AFP

Nigeria flood death toll jumps past 200

ABUJA: Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead. The town of Mokwa was hit with the worst flash floo...

ALEXANDRIA: A member of municipal emergency services shows a block of hail during works to clear an obstructed underpass on May 31, 2025. - AFP

Sudden hailstorm lashes Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA: An unseasonal rainstorm battered the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Saturday, flooding roads and damaging seafront businesses in the latest bout of erratic weather to hit the region. Hailstones pelted the city overnight, forcing people t...

HILLAT SALHA: A Sudanese army soldier walks near an armored vehicle seized after their capture of a base used by the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries after the latter group evacuated from the Salha area of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan’s capital.- AFP

Paramilitaries capture 2 key Sudanese towns

PORT SUDAN: Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan’s military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week. For more than two years Afric...

METUGE: Photograph shows a general view of one of the 30 houses burnt down during an insurgents’ attack on the village of Pulo, in the Metuge region, in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.- AFP

Jihadist attacks hit Mozambique

MAPUTO: A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic State-linked militants as energy giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume a major gas project, analysts say. The group terrorized northern Mozam...

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This undated handout photo released on July 7, 2025 shows an annotated photo of plates containing samples of a beef Wellington meal laced with toxic mushrooms that was prepared by Australian home cook Erin Patterson. - AFP photos

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy . — KUNA

Kuwait and UK bolster ties

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KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah, Undersecretary Sheikh Dr Abdullah Meshal Al-Sabah and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army Maj Gen Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah attend a graduation ceremony at Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College on July 7, 2025. - KUNA

Defense minister hails new grads