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Women main victims of Sudan conflict abuses: minister to AFP
Jan 24, 2026 (AFP)
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands of pe...
Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrested
Jan 23, 2026 (AFP)
Opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding on Friday after accusing security forces of raiding his home in the aftermath of the election on January 15. He h...
Sudan hospital welcomes first patients after war forced it shut
Jan 23, 2026 (AFP)
The Bahri Teaching Hospital in the capital's north was stormed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, soon after fighting broke out between the...
Nigeria turns illegal loggers, poachers into park rangers
Jan 22, 2026 (AFP)
Now, Bekewei is on the other side of the law, working as a ranger tracking down hunters and loggers in the sprawling reserve. "We made a lot of arrests," he sai...
Sudan paramilitary forces say regret deadly Chad border clash
Jan 19, 2026 (AFP)
In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the RSF said the clashes "resulted from an unintentional mistake during field operations" targeting forces from...
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutor
Jan 19, 2026 (AFP)
In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Nazhat Shameem Khan said it was the "assessment of the office of the prosecutor that war crimes and crimes against hum...
Sudanese put through 'hell' as advanced weapons fuel war: UN rights chief
Jan 18, 2026 (AFP)
Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has left tens of thousands of peopl...
Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result looms
Jan 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Yoweri Museveni, 81, looked set to be declared winner and extend his 40-year rule later on Saturday, with a commanding lead against Wine, a former sin...
Egypt president thanks Trump for offer to mediate on Ethiopia dam
Jan 17, 2026 (AFP)
Trump had said on Friday that he was "ready to restart US mediation" to resolve the question of water sharing along the Nile, upon which Egypt relies for 97 per...
Chad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese border
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
Chadian government spokesman Gassim Cherif told a news conference there had been an "incursion" into Chad on Thursday by armed fighters from Sudan, leading to a...
China offers extensive free-trade deal to Kenya
Jan 15, 2026 (AFP)
The Kenya-China deal aims to diversify the east African nation's markets and "reduce trade imbalances", Trade Minister Lee Kinyanjui said in a statement. The de...
In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines' perils
Jan 15, 2026 (AFP)
He is among five people from local villages, all but one without a high school diploma, working on a project focused on the area's highly unusual savannah-dwell...
US delivers 'critical military supplies' to Nigeria after Xmas strikes
Jan 13, 2026 (AFP)
The delivery is the latest sign of increased security cooperation between Washington and Abuja, and also comes as Nigeria's national security adviser struck a $...
Sudan paramilitary strike on southeastern city kills 27
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
Sinja, the capital of Sennar state, lies around 300 kilometres (180 miles) southeast of Khartoum, along a strategic road connecting the national capital to the ...
Somalia cancels all UAE deals after Somaliland, Yemeni spats
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
"Having carefully assessed recent developments and exercising its constitutional authority, the Council of Ministers has annulled all agreements concluded with ...
China opposes foreign interference in Tanzania: ministry
Jan 10, 2026 (AFP)
Wang Yi is the first foreign minister to pay an official visit to Tanzania since the bloody crackdown on election protesters late last year. The Tanzanian oppos...
African Union reaffirms 'One China' policy in FM visit
Jan 08, 2026 (AFP)
Wang was at the start of a visit to several east African countries at a time when the region has been shaken by Israel's decision to recognise Somaliland, the b...
China FM visiting four African countries on annual tour
Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Wang Yi's tour of the continent's east and south will bring him to Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania and Lesotho, concluding on Monday, the ministry ...
China's Xi congratulates Guinea junta chief on election win
Jan 05, 2026 (AFP)
Mamady Doumbouya was credited with 86.72 percent of votes cast in the December 28 poll that excluded opposition heavyweights from the ballot. Xi sent a "congrat...
Strike blamed on DR Congo army kills six in M23-occupied east
Jan 02, 2026 (AFP)
According to the source, the attack also wounded at least 41 people in Masisi, a key breadbasket for the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, which fell to the M...
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