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20 articles · Updated 04 Oct 2026, 11:50 UTC

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Africa: Niger - FAJ Calls for Urgent Investigations Over Missing Journalist

[IFJ] According to information available to FAJ, Kaka left the RTS offices in the capital, Niamey, at around 7 p.m. on 31 August 2026 to return home but never arrived . His family and colleagues have been unable to contact him, and his vehicle is also reported missing. More than a month later, no public account has established where he is or what happened to him.

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Africa: SADC to Participate in the 8th AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting

[SADC] The Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr. Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, together with the Executive Secretary of SADC, His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, will participate in the 8th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting to be held in El Alamein, Arab Republic of Egypt, on 04 October 2026.

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Africa: Rising Co₂ Is Making African Savanna Grasses Grow More - What This Means for Grazing, Fire and Carbon Storage

[The Conversation Africa] Plants use carbon dioxide (CO₂) in photosynthesis to make the carbohydrates they need to grow. As the CO₂ in the atmosphere rises, mainly because humans are burning fossil fuels, many plants can photosynthesise more or use water more efficiently. This is known as "CO₂ fertilisation".

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Africa: Ecowas Court and Women's Rights in West Africa - What's Working - and What Isn't

[The Conversation Africa] The Ecowas Court is a west African regional body located in Abuja, Nigeria, serving the now 12-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). The court, originally set up to handle economic matters related to the Ecowas Treaty, was given a human rights mandate in 2005. Since then, of the hundreds of cases the court has heard, nearly 90% have been human rights-related. In a recent book, international law and human rights scholar Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom…

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Africa: Family Feud Yields Sour Grapes At French Drinks Empire Castel

[RFI] A court in Singapore is preparing to decide who controls the Castel Group, a family-run French beverage business that has grown to be one of the largest drinks companies in Europe and Africa - and is currently the subject of a power struggle between two of the founder's relatives and the CEO, the first person outside the Castel family to run the multibillion-euro business.

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Africa: Niger - FAJ Calls for Urgent Investigations Over Missing Journalist

[IFJ] According to information available to FAJ, Kaka left the RTS offices in the capital, Niamey, at around 7 p.m. on 31 August 2026 to return home but never arrived . His family and colleagues have been unable to contact him, and his vehicle is also reported missing. More than a month later, no public account has established where he is or what happened to him.

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Africa: SADC to Participate in the 8th AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting

[SADC] The Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr. Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, together with the Executive Secretary of SADC, His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, will participate in the 8th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting to be held in El Alamein, Arab Republic of Egypt, on 04 October 2026.

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Africa: Rising Co₂ Is Making African Savanna Grasses Grow More - What This Means for Grazing, Fire and Carbon Storage

[The Conversation Africa] Plants use carbon dioxide (CO₂) in photosynthesis to make the carbohydrates they need to grow. As the CO₂ in the atmosphere rises, mainly because humans are burning fossil fuels, many plants can photosynthesise more or use water more efficiently. This is known as "CO₂ fertilisation".

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Africa: Ecowas Court and Women's Rights in West Africa - What's Working - and What Isn't

[The Conversation Africa] The Ecowas Court is a west African regional body located in Abuja, Nigeria, serving the now 12-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). The court, originally set up to handle economic matters related to the Ecowas Treaty, was given a human rights mandate in 2005. Since then, of the hundreds of cases the court has heard, nearly 90% have been human rights-related. In a recent book, international law and human rights scholar Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom…

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Africa: Family Feud Yields Sour Grapes At French Drinks Empire Castel

[RFI] A court in Singapore is preparing to decide who controls the Castel Group, a family-run French beverage business that has grown to be one of the largest drinks companies in Europe and Africa - and is currently the subject of a power struggle between two of the founder's relatives and the CEO, the first person outside the Castel family to run the multibillion-euro business.