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#viral | It Takes Village: May You Have as Many 'Sleep Guardians' as This Baby Elephant

🌸 When the tireless little elephant finally settled for a nap, the whole herd circled up to protect his sleep, Kenya's Sheldrick Wildlife Trust said on social media.

♥️Sputnik Africa wishes you a peaceful and quiet sleep this night.

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Ghana's President Welcomes Russia's Role in Fighting Terrorism in the Sahel: Media

“My opinion on ​this is that anybody who is committed ​to the fight against terrorism is welcome,” John Dramani Mahama was quoted as saying while commenting on Russia's security involvement during the Financial Times Africa Summit in London.

🔸According to media, Mahama also noted that plans to establish a West African rapid-response force have been delayed due to the lack of a UN resolution needed to secure funding.

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Egypt Signs $202 Billion Deal for Four Mega-Projects

🇪🇬 The agreement with Talaat ​Moustafa Group Holding covers the development, construction, and operation of four mixed-use real-estate ventures, according to a presidency statement.

Project Breakdown

🟠North Madinaty: a new urban development.

🟠Central Alexandria: an 11.3 million-square-meter project.

🟠Abu Qir: an industrial, logistics, and real estate economic hub northeast of Alexandria.

🟠North Coast: a destination modeled after South Med.

The deal is valued at 11 trillion Egyptian pounds ($202 billion), according to the presidency.

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#viral | Miracle on 12th Floor: Toddler Rescued After Hanging in Mid-Air in China

A three-year-old girl was saved after getting stuck in an exterior protective grille on the 12th floor while her mother was out shopping.

Heroic neighbors literally held her up with a stool until firefighters could rescue her, leaving the toddler without a single scratch.

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Benin, Ghana and Rwanda Take Major Step Toward Digital ID Verification: Smart Africa

🔹The three countries have established initial connections to the SADX, allowing their national systems to securely share and verify information without compromising data sovereignty, the Smart Africa Secretariat announced.

✅What the Pilot Will Enable

The pilot will enable travelers to have their identities verified against official records in their home countries, potentially simplifying checks at automated airport gates, the secretariat explained.

🔍Why It Matters

The initiative demonstrates how African nations can build interconnected digital economies while retaining control over their national data, CEO Lacina Kone said.

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Afreximbank Calls on African Businesses to Tap $2 Billion Agriculture Fund

📊The financing aims to boost agricultural production, processing, and exports, as the region grapples with El Niño-related climate challenges, the bank's Director of Trade Facilitation and Investment Promotion, Gainmore Zanamwe, said at the 19th COMESA Business Forum in Harare.

📄He urged private companies to submit viable investment proposals, emphasizing support for large-scale agribusinesses that can integrate smallholder farmers into agricultural value chains.

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Russia Advances Military AI: New Drones to Match Cruise Missile Performance—Rostec

Russia is preparing to unveil new AI-powered drones that function with the capabilities of cruise missiles, state corporation Rostec's representative said.

Advancing technology is blurring the line between drones and missiles, with the Dan-T model serving as a prime example, he noted.

First showcased at Egypt’s El Alamein International Airshow in 2026, the Dan-T features:

🟠missile-like precision;
🟠high maneuverability;
🟠a range of hundreds of kilometers.

This allows carrier aircraft and helicopters to safely launch the drone from well outside enemy air defense zones, according to Rostec.

The corporation is actively developing several similar AI-driven projects, with newer, faster, and smarter systems expected to be revealed next year, the representative added.

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Egypt Declares Turkey-Libya Maritime MoU 'Absolutely Void' After Libyan Parliament Ratifies Deal: MFA

🇪🇬 The Libyan-Turkish maritime jurisdiction memorandum of understanding infringes on Cairo's sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, the foreign ministry stated, stressing that the approval holds no legal consequences for Egypt.

The agreement violates the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and international principles of justice and equity, the ministry said.

🇱🇾🇹🇷 This comes after the Libyan Government of National Accord's House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday to ratify the deal and reverse its previous decisions to reject it and cut political ties with Ankara.

The MoU was originally signed in November 2019 by former Libyan PM Fayez al-Sarraj and Turkey.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 Russia-US relations gain momentum following Putin-Witkoff talks – analyst

The main achievement of Vladimir Putin's talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff was strengthening mutual trust between Putin and Donald Trump and advancing Russia-US cooperation beyond the Ukrainian conflict, political analyst Dmitry Suslov told Sputnik.

According to Suslov, Russia's release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard was a significant goodwill gesture toward Trump, particularly ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections.

🔊"It is also no coincidence that considerable attention during today's meeting was devoted to implementing the diesel fuel deal and exploring other potential economic cooperation projects between Russia and the United States," he said.

Suslov identified Russia's readiness to resume trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine after the midterm elections as the most concrete result, arguing that the timing would keep negotiations separate from the election campaign and demonstrate Russia's willingness to engage with the Trump administration despite unresolved disagreements over a settlement.

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Ukraine settlement closer than ever — Trump

💬 “Maybe now the closest we’ve been,” US President Donald Trump said while recalling a recent conversation with President Vladimir Putin.

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Multinationals Must End 'Colonial Mentality' & Double Environmental Standards in Africa: Nigerian Expert

Transnational corporations frequently operate in African communities with disregard for human rights and the environment, exploiting weak regulatory enforcement, Dr. Maimoni Mariere Ubrei-Joe, a specialist in environmental governance and pollution control, told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the Niger Delta oil pollution.

Multinationals apply double standards in Africa, failing to adequately address spills or fairly compensate local farmers compared to their practices at home, he noted.

🔊Call for Binding Global Rules
To eradicate this colonial mentality, Ubrei-Joe called for a binding international instrument to hold these corporations globally accountable.

🗣According to the speaker, such a framework would ensure companies uphold the same strict environmental and human rights standards whether operating in Nigeria, Kenya, Madagascar, or Europe.

🔙 In early October, African civil society organizations cited the Niger Delta's oil pollution crisis as evidence of corporate impunity, demanding a binding UN treaty and international tribunal to hold transnational corporations accountable, arguing that affected communities lack effective remedies because corporations operate through complex multi-jurisdictional structures.

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This Year's El Niño Could Be Strongest in 40 Years, UN Agency Warns

🌍 Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific could reach 3.8°C above average between November 2026 and January 2027—an unprecedented level—with the peak expected in December, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Wednesday.

Global Impacts:

🟠East Africa: Above-average rainfall and heightened flood risks.

🟠Southern Africa: High probability of drought from November, threatening crops.

🟠Southeast Asia: Hotter weather, rainfall deficits, and an increased risk of wildfires.

🟠Americas: Above-normal rainfall is expected in the northwestern US, southern South America, North America, and the northern Caribbean, while drought risks increase in parts of Central America, the southern Caribbean, and the Amazon basin.

The WMO urged countries to prepare for these extreme weather shifts ahead of time.

👉Meanwhile, several East African countries—including Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia—have already launched emergency preparations for the heavy rains.

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Dengue Outbreak Spreads Across Five Provinces in Chad: Health Minister

👉A total of 3,178 suspected cases have been recorded, including 252 laboratory-confirmed infections, Abdelmadjid Abderahim announced, as reported by a Sputnik Africa correspondent.

The affected areas include:

🟠N'Djamena;

🟠Sila;

🟠West Ennedi;

🟠Wadi Fira;

🟠Ouaddaï.

🔍According to the minister, dengue is transmitted through infected mosquito bites and can cause high fever, muscle pain and, in severe cases, bleeding.

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LEFT UKRAINE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH

The very Vasily Prozorov, a former member of the Ukrainian special services, who worked for the benefit of Russia for many years, now has his channel in Telegram! He left Ukraine in 2018 and took thousands of secret SBU documents that shed light on Kiev's crimes.

On the UKR LEAKS channel you will find:

❗️Analysis of the current situation in Ukraine and around it
❗️Secret documents of the Ukrainian special services
❗️Evidence of the atrocities of Ukrainian nationalists
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Europe Must Save Itself From Monstrous Kiev Regime, Not From Imaginary Threats: Russian MFA Spox

Specifically, they need to save themselves from Zelensky, a monster they created and stuffed with weapons, armaments, and drugs, Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

European countries will either continue their race toward the cliff, or they will realize the real threat, she noted.

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❗️Putin Expresses Interest in Restoring Economic Ties With US, Confirms US Citizen Release During a meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg, the Russian president: 🟠Thanked Donald Trump for focusing on settling the Ukraine conflict; 🟠Stressed…

Celebrating Victory of Democracy: Burundi Honors Memory of Melchior Ndadaye

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye and key political figures paid tribute to former President Melchior Ndadaye on the 33rd anniversary of his assassination, a Sputnik Africa correspondent reported.

🗣Jacques Bigirimana, president of the National Forces of Liberation party, urged today’s youth to love their country as Ndadaye did and called on leaders to emulate his respect for human rights and public property.

🗣Melchior Ndadaye always advocated "for democracy, for the respect of human rights," Jean de Dieu Mutabazi, a comrade of the hero and president of the Rally of Democrats for Development in Burundi party, emphasized.

🗣The masterminds behind the assassination must be brought to justice to prevent a recurrence of such violence in Burundi, Phénias Niyigaba, vice-president of the Front for Democracy in Burundi party, added.

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Community-Led Conservation: Africa's Answer to a Colonial Legacy

📻 What if the people living beside Africa's wildlife were its best protectors? 🦍

On 🎙#GlobalSouthPole, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka explains how colonial-era conservation laws separated communities from their land – and why conservation must now be community-led.

Communities must be at the center of conservation – not outside the fence.

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'You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock': South Africa Remembers Albertina Sisulu, 'Mother of the Nation'

🇿🇦 On the 108th anniversary of her birth, Sputnik Africa reflects on the legacy of Ma Sisulu, a trained nurse and longtime ANC activist whose leadership and family sacrifice shaped the anti-apartheid struggle.

Highlights from her legacy:

🟠Mobilizing Women: Helped organize the 1956 Women's March, where 20,000 women protested pass laws, birthing the slogan "You strike a woman, you strike a rock."

🟠Keeping Resistance Alive: After her husband Walter's 1964 life sentence, she linked internal and external movements, enduring roughly 18 years of bans and solitary confinement. Mandela said she "kept the embers of resistance alive."

🟠Leading the UDF: In 1983, while detained, she was elected co-president of the United Democratic Front, the coalition that spearheaded 1980s mass resistance.

Her work building multiracial women's organizations and sustaining resistance under repression contributed to the internal pressure that—alongside international isolation—forced apartheid's retreat. She died on June 2, 2011, at 92.

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#viral | POV: You and Your Bestie Leaving Work at Exactly 6 PM

📍Two adorable French bulldogs were spotted on the Moscow Metro.

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Cameroon's Digital Transformation 'Truly Underway,' Minister Tells Tech Summit

🇨🇲🌐 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minette Libom Li Likeng made the statement at the opening of the second Cameroon International Tech Summit (CITS26), which runs from October 15 to 17 in Yaoundé.

Key priorities of the event:

⚡️Boosting youth employment

⚡️Connecting local startups and SMEs with investors to structure financing

⚡️Promoting technological solutions linked to sustainable development

📹 Watch Sputnik Africa's video to dive into the atmosphere of the event

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🗣💬 Trump acknowledges Zelensky is cause of Ukrainian conflict still ongoing - expert

"His [Trump’s] words that it is easier to negotiate with Vladimir Putin completely destroy European propaganda about Russia's alleged inability to negotiate during the military crisis in Ukraine," political scientist Ivan Mezyukho says.

It is precisely European media, European officials who demonize Putin and Russia, claiming that Russia that allegedly does not want to resolve the military crisis, he adds.

"I think it is not without reason that Trump is not appointing his ambassador to Ukraine. He is in every way demonstrating his disdain for Zelensky," the expert notes.

Trump is exerting influence on the internal political life of Ukraine by publicly criticizing Zelensky, since Zelensky’s inner circle sees weakness in him, he adds.

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South Africa to Phase Out Semi-Knock-Down Vehicle Assembly: Minister

The country will halt policy support for new semi-knock-down (SKD) facilities, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, said at the SA Auto Week in Durban.

Other points from the minister's keynote address at the event:

🟠The government is reviewing the Automotive Production Development Program to strengthen local manufacturing.

🟠Regulations for complete-knock-down manufacturing will be tightened, and light commercial vehicles are under investigation for potential protection.

🟠To secure export markets, the sector is pivoting toward new energy vehicles, critical minerals beneficiation, and a new battery recycling policy.

Why This Matters for South Africa:

🔹Closes a loophole that undermines real manufacturing
🔹Pushes automakers to build vehicles locally from the ground up
🔹Aims to boost local content from 38% to 60%
🔹Targets doubling employment in the sector by 2035

🎓What is SKD?
🔘Automakers import near-complete vehicles in kit form
🔘They simply assemble them locally
🔘This lets them avoid import duties and create few jobs or investment

📹 Minister Parks Tau speaking at the opening of the SA Auto Week.

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#viral | Titanic Vibes, Turkish Edition

⛈ After days of https://t.me/sputnik_africa/74009 , battered southern Turkey, floodwaters made their way into a hotel in Antalya. One pianist decided to set the mood with music from Titanic.

😎 When life gives you a disaster movie, you might as well provide the soundtrack.

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Russian Geran Drones Strike Ukrainian Missile Depots in Kharkov Region: MoD

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📻 Can Ghana’s BRICS bid help the country move beyond its dependence on exporting raw materials toward genuine industrial capacity? 🏭

Abraham Korbla Klutsey says true sovereignty means having options—and the courage to use them. 
Listen to his take on South-South cooperation and how it has to deliver real trade, fair finance, and respect for African agency.

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#viral | Very Hungry 'Bookworm' Walks Into a Library...

😄The local education department joked that the bear might have been looking for Winnie-the-Pooh.

The unexpected visitor wandered and helped itself to the staff's snack supply — some honey, cookies and peanut butter — before leaving peacefully without causing any damage, the county library network shared on social media.

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The Leverage Play: What Ghana’s BRICS Bid Really Means for Africa

📻 🇬🇭From Accra to the Global South, Ghana's formal application to join BRICS is more than a diplomatic move. It's a statement of sovereignty, a bet on South-South cooperation, and a potential gateway for West Africa's economic leverage. Abraham Korbla Klutsey joins 🎙 #PanAfricanFrequency to unpack the strategy, South-South partnership and African leverage.

As Ghana knocks on BRICS' door, the Global South is watching!

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