UNITED NATIONS, United States—After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action.
ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL—Opposition figure Ousmane Sonko is not taking part in Senegal's elections. But in the Casamance regional capital Ziguinchor as in other towns, it is the charismatic Sonko who is in the limelight.
KANYEMBA, ZIMBABWE—The drought from the El Nino weather pattern has withered leaves, wilted cobs and raised the spector of hunger for millions in Zimbabwe.
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories—US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down Wednesday in the Middle East to bolster international efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war, as the threat of famine looms in besieged Gaza.
KYIV, Ukraine—Foreign soldiers captured by Ukraine said they traveled to escape poverty from homes in Asia, the Caribbean and Africa but were tricked into fighting for Russia on the front lines.
LONDRES, UNITED KINGDOM — The United Kingdom’s government's controversial use of former military bases and a barge to house asylum seekers is set to cost more than continuing to use hotels, a public-spending watchdog said Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG—A South African bank said on Wednesday a court had ordered a halt to outgoing payments from ex-president Jacob Zuma's accounts in a dispute over loans for improvements to his private home while in power.
DAKAR—Senegalese President Macky Sall ends his term in office in April, as political observers and the public consider his legacy.
CAPE TOWN — Known as CapeXit, in a nod to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, one group is campaigning for a separate state in Cape Town's Western Cape region ahead of May 29 national and provincial elections.
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Security forces in Haiti killed at least three people, repelling an attack on the central bank as gang violence surges in the capital of Port-au-Prince, an employee said Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG—Investigators raided the house of South Africa's National Assembly speaker on Tuesday as part of a corruption probe, prosecutors and parliament said, prompting opposition calls for her to resign.
NAIROBI—A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said.
KINSHASA—A prominent Democratic Republic of Congo journalist was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for allegedly incriminating military intelligence in the murder of an opposition politician.
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES—Heavy fighting raged on Monday in and around Gaza's largest hospital complex where the Israeli army said it was battling Hamas militants and told Palestinian civilians to flee the "dangerous combat zone."
WASHINGTON—The United States is organizing a charter flight to evacuate its citizens from Haiti, the US embassy said on Saturday, after weeks of gang violence that has paralyzed the Caribbean country.
MOUNT DARWIN, Zimbabwe — The Karanda Mission Hospital in rural Zimbabwe provides affordable care to everyone, including government ministers.
GOMA, DRC—Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said.
CAIRO —The European Union, which seeks to stem irregular migrant arrivals, and cash-strapped Egypt were Sunday due to sign a 7.4 billion euro ($8 billion) package of loans, grants and energy cooperation deals.
CAP SKIRING, Senegal—Senegal's charismatic opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his coalition's presidential candidate flew to the south of the country Saturday, pressing on with their election campaign less than two weeks before the vote.
CONAKRY, GUINEA — Guinean authorities on Saturday announced that the head of its national electricity company had been sacked after repeated power cuts sparked deadly protests in the military-ruled country.
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