UNITED NATIONS—All political parties in South Sudan should take "urgent steps" to allow for long-delayed elections to be held late this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a report published Wednesday.
GOMA, DRC— The U.N. human rights chief says the world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo as conflicts continue in places like Ukraine and Gaza.
PORT-AU-PRINCE—An official decree named the members of Haiti's transitional ruling council on Tuesday, a further step toward installing the body meant to bring a semblance of order to the violence-wracked nation.
TUNIS — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with officials in Tunis Wednesday to discuss what she called a "new approach" to irregular migration and economic cooperation with Tunisia.
GENEVA—A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project's backers said Wednesday.
LUSAKA—Zambia said on Tuesday it needs more than $900 million to deal with the worst drought the country has ever recorded and provide "life-saving" assistance to millions of people.
KAMPALA—Businesses shut down in major towns and cities across Uganda on Wednesday in protest at high taxes and a newly enforced revenue collection system.
DAKAR —Niger is set to deliver 150 million litres of diesel to supply power stations in neighboring Mali as the West African nation faces recurrent electricity outages, Mali's presidency said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON—Saudi Arabia will host fresh peace talks within the next three weeks on the war in Sudan, the United States said, calling Tuesday for both sides to "negotiate in good faith toward a ceasefire."
JERUSALEM — Israel and Iran traded threats on Tuesday after Tehran's first ever direct attack on its arch foe sharply heightened regional tensions as the Gaza war ground on with no truce in sight.
LOME —West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said a delegation was expected in Togo on Monday as tensions soar over a constitutional reform the opposition says will extend President Faure Gnassingbe's rule.
PARIS—The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is "almost catastrophic," the head of the UN food agency said Monday, warning that one year of civil war had virtually cut all access to the stricken population.
WASHINGTON—US President Joe Biden said Monday he wants to prevent the Middle East conflict from spreading but vowed to defend Israel after Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack on the key US ally.
LAGOS —Amnesty International and other rights groups on Monday called on Nigeria's government to halt a deal for Shell to sell some of its assets as a way to guarantee rights of local communities.
NAIROBI—The National Intelligence Service in Burundi has detained a journalist, her family told AFP on Monday, raising new concerns for press freedom in the East African country.
THE HAGUE—The International Criminal Court on Monday set a new date in the war crimes trial of a Malian jihadist, saying judges are now to hand down a verdict in June.
LONDON—Britain on Monday announced sanctions against businesses linked to the warring parties in Sudan, which is facing a major humanitarian disaster after a year of conflict.
UNITED NATIONS—Indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Sudan could constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday, one year since fighting erupted between rival generals.
ABIDJAN—Last year's heavy rains have given way to high temperatures, particularly from January to March, which have slashed the cocoa crop, which accounts for nearly 45 percent of global production.
WASHINGTON—Iran's attack on Israel gives Joe Biden a familiar dilemma, but on steroids—how to balance support for a difficult ally while preventing the nightmare scenario of a wider war?
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