UNITED NATIONS —The United States warned on Thursday that it would push the U.N. Security Council to take action to get aid to starving people in Sudan, possibly by authorizing cross-border deliveries from Chad, if the Sudanese armed forces do not restore full access.
ABUJA— Nigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defense spokesperson said on Thursday.
A perfect storm of factors including a virus, illegal mining and climate change has hit Ghana's cocoa harvest — threatening its position as the number two producer in the world and taking away the livelihoods of small-scale producers. David Doyle of Reuters has more details.
GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Committee urged Britain on Thursday to abandon a contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda, which could become law next month.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis looked well as he began four intense days of events leading to Easter on Thursday, and renewed his own ordination vow on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks Jesus's founding of the priesthood the night before the crucifixion.
PORT SUDAN / OMDURMAN, SUDAN — The feasts and festivities of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan have been muted in Sudan this year with millions of people displaced from their homes and struggling with hunger as a fighting between the army and paramilitaries nears the one-year mark.
LONDON — Nigeria's giant Dangote oil refinery could bring to an end a decades-long gasoline trade from Europe to Africa worth $17 billion a year, heaping pressure on European refineries already at risk of closure from heightened competition, analysts and traders said.
BAMAKO, MALI — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita by phone, both countries said.
Muslim families displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east are observing Ramadan under the shadow of war — erecting makeshift mosques in camps and sharing what little food that can be spared in order to break their fast. David Doyle of Reuters has more details.
ABUJA— Nigeria's central bankraised its monetary policy rate by 200 basis points to 24.75% from 22.75%, governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Tuesday, as the bank continued a tightening to head off soaring inflation.
TUNIS—A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ago, which sparked mass protests against the then ruling Islamists.
ACCRA— Ghana wants to speed up remaining debt restructuring negotiations, its finance minister said on Tuesday, as the government pushes for a deal to rework over $13 billion of international bonds.
WASHINGTON —The catastrophic bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore to ship traffic is unlikely to trigger a major new U.S. supply chain crisis or spike goods prices, due to ample and growing spare capacity at competing East Coast ports, economists and logistics experts say.
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's society, including systemic racism.
Senegal's president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye has vowed to govern with "humility" when he made his first public appearance on Monday evening since his main rival conceded defeat in the country's presidential election. David Doyle of Reuters has more details.
GENEVA — The International Organization for Migration, IOM, on Tuesday released a report that said at least 63, 285 people died or disappeared on migration routes around the world between 2014 and 2023, with most deaths caused by drowning.
Food banks in Nigeria are being forced to cut back on what they can provide to people struggling amid the country's worst cost of living crisis in decades. Angela Ukomadu of Reuters reports.
Nigerian school students, who were kidnapped from their town over two weeks ago, arrived at the state house in Kaduna on Monday after Nigeria's army said on Sunday that it had rescued 137 hostages. David Doyle of Reuters has more details.
BRUSSELS —The European Union's flagship policy to restore damaged nature is hanging in the balance, with a vote to pass the law on Monday cancelled after Hungary unexpectedly withdrew its support for the bill.
LAGOS— Nigeria's Defense Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country.
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