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  President-elect Donald Trump waves at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, Nov. 6, 2024. Johannesburg — Donald Trump’s victory over Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris dominated the news cycle across Africa on Wednesday, with coverage reflecting the anxiety being felt by some on the continent. In South Africa, the newspaper Business Day ran an opinion column headlined “Trump’s comeback heralds harder U.S. approach to Africa,” while another local newspaper, The Sunday Times, was running a poll for readers asking: “Are you worried about Donald Trump being elected U.S. president?” A cartoon by renowned South African political cartoonist Zapiro in the Daily Maverick ...

  FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the G-7 summit on Aug. 26, 2019, in Biarritz, France. But Macron followed that message with another on X, declaring he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wanted to work “for a Europe more united, stronger, more sovereign in this new context.” French government officials echoed similar themes, reflecting Macron’s longstanding push for beefing up Europe’s military and other defenses. “We need to find ways to work on our common interests, but fundamentally, the answer lies with us,” European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad told France Inter radio. Europeans, he said, “can’t accept that their security will be decided without them, that tomorrow a capitulation will be imposed on Ukrainians withou...

  Israelis block a highway during a protest after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his popular Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 5, 2024. Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, sparking protests around Israel. Some say the move could endanger the country’s security, as Israel continues to fight in both Gaza and Lebanon. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the dismissal of his popular defense minister, thousands of Israelis took to the streets, blocking roads — including the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem — and setting tires on fire. Police used force to break up the protests and arrested dozens of people. Netanyah...

  FILE - Nigerian army chief Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja salutes during a funeral ceremony for officers in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 27, 2024. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced Lagbaja's death on Nov. 6, 2024. ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian army chief Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has died, according to a statement Wednesday from the country’s president. On the social media platform X, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced Lagbaja’s death and expressed condolences to his family and Nigeria\'s armed forces. Lagbaja, 56, died in Lagos on Tuesday night after a period of illness, authorities said. They did not elaborate on his illness. Two weeks ago, Nigerian defense authorities denied rumors suggesting the army chief had...

  FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, stands with Saudi King Salman as he is helped by his bodyguard during a photo with leaders at the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. AMMAN, JORDAN — Arab leaders quickly congratulated Donald Trump on his U.S. presidential election victory. Some are hopeful he could bring an end to conflicts raging in the Middle East while others are looking for a stronger stance against Iran. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Arab Emirates leaders, and Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, all congratulated Donald Trump on his win, saying strengthening strategic partnerships is important. Dania Koleilat Khatib, president of the Research ...

  This image grab from a UGC video posted on Nov. 2, 2024, and widely shared on social media shows a female student in her underwear outside Tehran's Islamic Azad University. Paris — An Iranian student who stripped to her underwear in Tehran to protest alleged harassment over her clothing has been transferred to a center of "specialized care", the Iranian Embassy in Paris said Wednesday. "The student in question suffers from psychological fragility and was transferred by an ambulance of the emergency social services to a specialized care center," it said, without giving further details about the center. Concern has grown over the whereabouts and welfare of the young woman, with activists worried authorities coul...

  Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump points to the crowd at an election night watch party, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. nairobi, kenya — In a vibrant Nairobi community center, American citizens living in Kenya gathered with palpable excitement early Wednesday to watch the U.S. election results unfold. The atmosphere buzzed with anticipation as expatriates shared snacks and stories, their eyes glued to screens displaying real-time updates. As the results of the U.S elections trickled in, a mix of American citizens and local Kenyan friends anxiously monitored the results. Robyn Emerson, an American expatriate in Nairobi and chairperson of Democrats Abroad Kenya, which organized the event, said all Americ...

  FILE - Chadian troops participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N'Djamena, Chad, March 9, 2015. Yaoundé, Cameroon — Chad says it will withdraw its troops from the United Nations-supported Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, which combats Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Officials from Chad say its military is not getting enough assistance to fight the terrorist group since an attack last week killed more than 40 of Chad’s soldiers. Chad\'s President Mahamat Idiss Deby says his country will pull out of the Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, which has some 11,000 troops, because of the absence of what he calls coordi...

  FILE - Afghan farmers harvest opium sap from a poppy field in Argo district of Badakhshan province, June 30, 2024. ISLAMABAD — The United Nations reported Wednesday that the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan has increased by an estimated 19% in the second full year since the country\'s de facto Taliban authorities banned the crop, but cultivation remains far below pre-ban levels. The resurgence comes after a dramatic 95% decline in 2023 when the ban nearly wiped out poppy cultivation throughout much of the impoverished South Asian nation, which has long been the world’s leading supplier of the raw material for heroin, according to the report from the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime, or UNODC. The Taliban outlawed the cultivatio...

  FILE - Kenyan anti-riot police arrest a man during a protest in Nairobi on June 27, 2024. NAIROBI, KENYA — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Kenyan security forces of abducting, torturing and killing people believed to be leaders of anti-government protests that took place between June and August. The group said security officers held abductees in unlawful detention facilities, including in forests and abandoned buildings, and denied them access to their families and lawyers. Mary Muthoni Mwangi of Kirinyaga, in rural central Kenya, said she lost her son in the protests, in which thousands of young Kenyans demonstrated against a bill that would have increased taxes. Her son, 20-year-old Kennedy Njeru, took part in a protest on June ...