#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2026 × Ukraine war briefing: Sweden jammed Russian drone near French aircraft carrier amid hybrid war fears. France suspects Russian ‘provocation’ amid worries Moscow will interfere in European elections as part of broader strategy against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,466
#France #Africa × #Russia #Ukraine #Sweden #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2026 × Last of the summer rain puts southern states on flood watch and Sydney on alert for bull sharks. SA premier Peter Malinauskas warns residents to prepare for heavy falls and possible flash floods
#Weather #Seychelles #Africa × #USA #Australian continent #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2026 × Polls, preferences, potential defections: can Victoria’s Liberal party ward off the rising threat of One Nation?. Opposition leader Jess Wilson is under pressure to reveal her position on a deal with Pauline Hanson’s party as the state election approaches
#Politics #Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2026 × Ghana says at least 55 of its people killed after Russia ‘lured’ them to fight Ukraine. Foreign minister says 272 Ghanaians are thought to have been drawn into battle since 2022, after he visited Kyiv
#Ghana #Africa × #Russia #Ukraine #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2026 × Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries. Zimbabwe refuses to sign agreement and Kenya faces a court case over data sharing as new aid deals come under scrutiny
#Health #Kenya #Africa × #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2026 × Two women arrested in Uganda for allegedly kissing in public could face life sentence. Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise were taken into custody under laws that have outraged LGBTQ+ community and rights activists
#Uganda #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2026 × ‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies. Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction
#Weather #Morocco #Africa × #Spain #Portugal #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2026 × ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab. The long read: After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of he
#Africa × #South America #Spain #Europe #Bolivia
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 × George Bennett obituary. Other lives: Broadcaster with the World Service who sought out talented people to make interesting shows
#Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 × Where will Victoria’s new homes be built? Competing Liberal and Labor visions are as much about politics as planning. Jess Wilson’s housing plan offers little that is truly new – but Jacinta Allan claims it draws a line through Melbourne and locks millennials out
#Politics #Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 × US accused of ‘shameless exploitation’ over proposed Zambian health aid deal. Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions
#Health #Africa × #Zambia
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 × ‘A rushed execution’: the case of the woman convicted of child murder that shocked Somalia. The speed at which Hodan Mohamud Diiriye was executed has raised questions about the fairness of her trial
#Somalia #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 × Royal Artillery under fire after denying access to looted Asante treasure. ‘Extraordinary’ golden lamb’s head pillaged in 1874 from what is now Ghana remains hidden in officers’ mess
#Ghana #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 × ‘The optics are terrible’: wedding guest list in spotlight as violence grips swathes of Nigeria. As senior politicians gathered for a lavish celebration, mass killings underscored the country’s deepening security crisis
#Politics #Nigeria #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 × Robert Mugabe’s son charged with attempted murder over Johannesburg shooting. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in back
#Politics #Africa × #South Africa #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 × Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi. A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disease. But the battle to wipe out the virus is struggling elsewhere, so how can it be eradicat
#Malawi #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 × ‘We’re hungry, there are no jobs’: a South African township’s desperate gold rush. A rumour on social media brought dozens of fortune seekers to a field on the outskirts of mining town Springs
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 × ‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town. Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 × US salsa legend Willie Colón, vocalist, trombonist and composer, dies aged 75. Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
#Showbiz #Africa × #Brazil #South America #Cuba #North America #music #jazz
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 × Botswana’s diamond-funded health system has failed: it needs to be reformed and rebuilt | Duma Gideon Boko. As Botswana’s president here is my plan to renew this country’s beleaguered health system – and my vision for a stronger Africa
#Health #Politics #Africa × #Botswana
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 × Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums. Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land. Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’
#Africa × #USA #Asia #North America #Egypt #Israel
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × Man receives £42,000 bill for data roaming charges after Morocco holiday. Andrew Alty thought O2 bill was a mistake, but daughter’s TikTok use allowed massive uncapped charges to accrue
#Morocco #Africa ×
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