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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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JowharRegionalhanad23 Aug 2026

Trump Expected to Approve D.C. IndyCar Street Race Plan Soon

With engines set to howl against the skyline of the US capital, US President Donald Trump is preparing to punctuate the nation’s 250th anniversary with an unprecedented spectacle: an auto race threading through the streets of Washington.…

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France 24 — AfricaInternationalFRANCE 2423 Aug 2026

DR Congo, AFC/M23 group agree on roadmap for peace negotiations after Swiss talks

Mediators representing the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 armed group and the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint statement published Sunday said they have agreed on a roadmap for peace talks. The two sides said they had "agreed on the…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAletha Adu Political correspondent23 Aug 2026

Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

Grassroots groups preparing to put pressure on PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel Grassroots Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAjit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton23 Aug 2026

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno The ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDan Sabbagh in Dnipro23 Aug 2026

Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDalya Alberge23 Aug 2026

Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’ Unprecedented insights into the literary and intellectual life on the island of Guernsey during the middle ages have been revealed…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalLauren Almeida23 Aug 2026

‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors Donald Trump has hit back at Canada after a breakdown in negotiations plunged the two countries into a trade war . In his…

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Kaab TVRegionalSomaliKaab TV News23 Aug 2026

Marka: Calanka Koonfur-bari oo Laga Taagay Xarumo Maamul

WhatsApp Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Email Print Xaalad cusub oo dhinaca siyaasadda iyo amniga ah ayaa maanta ka taagan magaalada Marka, xarunta gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose, kaddib markii kooxo hubeysan oo taageersan maamulka loogu magac…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalKat Lay, Laure Boulinier, Kaamil Ahmed and Sarah Bertram23 Aug 2026

Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer

More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa's Yap Boum II to…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalBen Quinn Political correspondent23 Aug 2026

Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin ratchets pressure over Ukraine support

Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic post Russia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support for Ukraine. Andrey Kelin left…

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