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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.

These are headlines published by other newsrooms, not Hornafrika reporting. We show the headline, a short extract and a link; the full article stays with the publisher who wrote it, and copyright in each headline and extract remains with that publisher. How the wire works

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalPippa Neill Environment reporter1 Sept 2026

High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts

Head of tree collections at Kew ‘very worried about this autumn’ as hot, dry summer has caused brittleness High winds associated with El Niño could cause widespread mortality among tree species already weakened by a prolonged period of…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDiane Taylor1 Sept 2026

Autistic boy who took replica knife to school has exclusion quashed by high court

Boy’s mother says she hopes case will help others, as judge says exclusion should be ‘a tool of last resort’ The mother of a 10-year-old autistic boy who had his permanent exclusion from a primary school quashed by the high court has said…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalRichard Luscombe1 Sept 2026

MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order

Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’ A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake Ontario has become the most in-demand…

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France 24 — AfricaInternationalFRANCE241 Sept 2026

DR Congo's opposition rejects president's dialogue offer and calls for demonstration

In DR Congo, managing the spread of Ebola is made all the more difficult as the country is juggling simultaneous security crises including untangling a peace deal with M23 rebels. President Felix Tshisekedi offered to convene a national…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNeha Gohil Midlands correspondent1 Sept 2026

Raise the Colours member denies murder of man in Staffordshire

Billy Allison, 36, pleads not guilty over Matthew O’Gara’s death following alleged assault in Lichfield A man accused of murdering a businessman after an alleged assault outside a bar in Staffordshire has pleaded not guilty. Billy Allison,…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDenis Campbell Health policy editor1 Sept 2026

Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’

Campaigners say some care boards in England flouting their legal duty, resulting in ‘cruel’ postcode lottery Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalTom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro1 Sept 2026

Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election

Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago The year was 1962 and the Kennedy administration was desperate to swing Brazil’s congressional elections against its leftwing…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalPippa Neill1 Sept 2026

Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional data, and the Met Office said the season’s mean temperature…

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