PORT SUDAN - Clashes near El-Fasher, a relative haven in Darfur largely spared from the last 12 months of war in Sudan, have raised fears of a further expansion of the devastating conflict.
RAMPUR, INDIA —More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's muscular Hindu-first agenda.
DAKAR —A ferry service between Senegal's capital Dakar and the southern city of Ziguinchor has resumed to the joy and relief of many who said its months-long suspension had cost them dearly.
KOUFROUN, Chad—Nearly nine million people have been displaced in fighting in Sudan, with about one million fleeing to camps in neighboring Chad.
FILE —A small political party in South Africa, Rise Mzansi, is running for office in upcoming presidential elections, promising an attack on corruption and waste.,
BENI, DRC—Between 10 and 15 civilians were killed in weekend attacks in the Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in new attacks blamed on ADF rebels affiliated with Islamic State, local sources said on Sunday.
GENEVA—The United Nations warned Friday that the humanitarian crisis triggered by the conflict in Sudan is set to worsen dramatically in the coming months and could tip some regions into famine.
NIAMEY—Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington.
ACCRA — The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said it had validated a fresh tranche of aid of $360 million for Ghana as the country seeks to exit an economic crisis.
NAIROBI — The African Union on Saturday urged Mali to provide a post-coup transition “roadmap,” saying the move was needed to steer the country back to democratic rule.
PORT SUDAN, SUDAN — The Sudanese foreign ministry, which has remained largely loyal to the regular army in its year-old conflict with paramilitaries, on Friday slammed its exclusion from an aid conference in Paris next week.
TRIPOLI — Clashes between powerful Libyan armed groups broke out in the capital Tripoli, sparking panic among locals celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, local media reported.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa’s electoral commission on Friday said it had appealed to the nation’s highest court to rule on whether former-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May.
JERUSALEM— Most aid bound for war-ravaged Gaza arrives overland from neighboring Egypt but Israel and UN agencies clash on how much actually makes it inside the Palestinian territory.
ABIDJAN— Ukraine inaugurated an embassy in Ivory Coast on Thursday, a day after opening an embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Kyiv seeks a greater presence in Africa to counter Moscow's influence.
ABIDJAN—Gabon's transitional president on Thursday asked his Ivory Coast counterpart for help in getting African Union sanctions lifted, during a meeting in Abidjan.
Mali's ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation.
Ghana's vice president and ruling party presidential candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday took a resolute stance against LGBTQ+ practices, asserting his opposition based on religious convictions with "no shades of grey."
PORT SUDAN—The United Nations says millions of displaced children in war-ridden Sudan are starving, and have been forced into marriage or become child soldiers and threatened with death.
GENEVA—The Sudanese people have had enough of the devastating conflict raging inside the country, UN investigators said Thursday as the fighting rolls on into a second year.
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