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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 — AfricaInternationalRachel Savage in Johannesburg16 Sept 2026

US to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination

Announcement of visa restrictions follows Trump’s false claims of ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South…

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France 24 — AfricaInternationalFRANCE 2416 Sept 2026

At least 82 killed in gold mine collapse in remote area of Sudan, paramilitary RSF say

A gold mine collapse on Wednesday killed at least 82 people in a remote area in Sudan, a source in the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces reported. The destruction occurred at the al-Zara gold mine, located in West Kordofan province – an…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalNesrine Malik16 Sept 2026

Africa is bigger than we’ve been led to believe – what next?

A new map of the world rescales the size of Africa and calls into question our perception of land, power and influence This month, the UN passed a resolution, brought to the assembly by Togo, to phase out the traditional Mercator map of…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalJason Burke International security correspondent16 Sept 2026

Al-Qaida and IS-linked violence in Africa’s Sahel belt set to hit record levels this year

Twenty-five years after 9/11, figures compiled by conflict monitor underline how Sahel region has become centre of Islamist terror Islamist extremist violence in Africa’s Sahel region is set to reach historic highs after a series of…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalDavid Conn Investigations correspondent16 Sept 2026

Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds

Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans The Bank of England and the British financial system were for centuries deeply involved in the enslavement and transatlantic…

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