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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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AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)11 Aug 2026

At least 18 killed in Egypt truck crash, many children

At least 18 people, many of them children aged 13 to 14, were killed on Tuesday in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day labourers crashed, a local medical source told AFP.

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalGuardian staff11 Aug 2026

Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian

Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadeem Badshah11 Aug 2026

The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy Lucy Davis, the actor best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in The Office, has said she has incurable stage four breast cancer. The 53-year-old said she…

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AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)11 Aug 2026

DR Congo Ebola death toll surpasses 2,000 as scientists trace likely origin

Adding to scientists' understanding of the crisis, a new study has found that the outbreak was most likely triggered by a new spillover of the virus from animals to humans, rather than continued transmission from a previous Ebola outbreak.

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAssociated Press11 Aug 2026

Driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed record in hydrogen-powered car

British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph in car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines The only person to break the sound barrier in a car earned another world record on Tuesday in a show of force for hydrogen power.…

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African ArgumentsPan-AfricanHassan Ali Sanhori11 Aug 2026

A Century of Agricultural Investment in Sudan: Why Has Development Failed?

This article is translated and adapted from an Arabic article published in Sudanese Online . The ideas reflect arguments presented by the author in his book on agriculture in Sudan. For decades, Sudan has been described as one of Africa’s…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadeem Badshah11 Aug 2026

‘Abusive’ man found guilty of harassing Stella Creasy MP on tube train

Clifford Wilby, 63, blocked the Walthamstow MP from leaving, filmed her and talked about her ‘failings as a member of parliament’ A 63-year-old man has been found guilty of harassing the Labour MP Stella Creasy after he was “abusive and…

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