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Monday, 12 October 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa
Pope Leo XIV ends Africa tour with diplomatic test in Equatorial Guinea174dWest Africa's $150bn digital economy threatened by submarine cable vulnerabilities, regulator warns174dNigerian ecologist wins Goldman prize for bat conservation amid cultural stigma175dWorld Bank warns Africa's job creation is failing to keep pace with population growth175dAI content moderation systems cover fewer than 20 of Africa's 2,000 languages, leaving users exposed175dNorthern Nigeria's insurgency evolves as conspiracy theories distract from real security crisis175dGabon's ACK holding acquires country's largest road construction firm from French group Colas175dDakar hosts tenth anniversary edition of Forum on African Peace and Security175dMiddle East conflict strains global fertilizer supplies and threatens food security176dSomaliland emerges as strategic battleground for global superpowers176dSudan's war leaves thousands of children alone and displaced as humanitarian crisis deepens[Updated]176dPope Leo XIV urges African youth to fight corruption and resist migration during Cameroon visit177dPope Leo XIV arrives in Angola on African tour stopover177dUN warns of full-scale famine and state collapse in South Sudan177dAfrica CDC raises alarm over unidentified illness outbreak in Burundi177dPope Leo XIV warns on AI dangers during landmark Africa tour amid Trump feud177dIndian firms shipped 320 million tapentadol pills to West Africa in three years, investigation finds178dGabon's former prime minister held in pre-trial detention over decades-old festival fraud allegations178dAfrican governments spend $2 billion on Chinese AI surveillance to suppress dissent, report finds178dSenegal and African nations urged to embrace innovation and frontier technologies for sustainable development178d