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Germany says to pull troops out of Mali by May 2024
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet said Berlin would pull its troops out of the West African country over the next 12 months. "Whether we want it to or not, what ...
258 million needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
"More than a quarter of a billion people are now facing acute levels of hunger, and some are on the brink of starvation. That's unconscionable," UN Secretary-Ge...
Talks between Ethiopia and Oromo rebels end without agreement
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
The foes kicked off preliminary negotiations last week in Tanzania, meeting in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar. The OLA, an armed insurgent movement from...
Red Sea evacuations put Saudi centre stage in Sudan crisis
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
But this week the vessel carried out a different kind of mission: transporting shell-shocked civilians from conflict-hit Sudan to safety on Saudi soil. It was p...
Russia evacuating more than 200 people from Sudan: army
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
The defence ministry said in a statement the evacuees included diplomats, military personnel and other Russian nationals as well as citizens of "countries of th...
The state of play: six months after Tigray peace deal
May 01, 2023 (AFP)
Six months on and against all expectations, there has been progress implementing a deal that according to one diplomat, no-one believed would work. The guns hav...
Gunfire in Sudan capital despite truce as ex-PM warns of 'nightmare'
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
Deadly hostilities between the army and heavily-armed paramilitaries in Khartoum and other parts of the country have entered a third week. The latest widely-bre...
Sudan 'truce' extended as battles rage
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
Deadly hostilities between the army and heavily-armed paramilitaries in Khartoum and other parts of the country have entered a third week. The latest widely-bre...
Sudan fighting enters third week as UN says country collapsing
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former number two Mohame...
Commander of East Africa regional force in DRC resigns
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
The volatile and mineral-rich region along the border with Uganda has been wracked by increasing violence involving rebel militias that has ensnared neighbourin...
Guinea opposition to resume demos after junta talks break down
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
Opposition coalition FVG had postponed protests to give religious leaders mediating the discussions a greater chance of success, but said the talks failed "due ...
Heavy air strikes in Sudan as US seeks to extend truce
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
There have been multiple truce efforts since fighting broke out on April 15 between Sudan's army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapi...
Renewed air strikes rock Sudan truce
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
Late Wednesday, the army said it had agreed to talks in Juba, capital of neighbouring South Sudan, on extending the three-day truce which expires on Friday "at ...
Study: Human-caused climate change worsened Horn of Africa drought
Apr 27, 2023 (UPI)
The scientists said the effects of the extraordinary drought are severe, causing widespread crop failure and hunger. They said more than 8.4 million Somalis are...
UN, NGOs, warn of rising hunger deaths in Africa
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
Their warning is the latest in a series of statements from campaigners and experts warning that Africa is facing an unprecedented food crisis. There is a death ...
Suspected jihadists kill 33 Burkina Faso troops: army
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
A contingent of troops came across "a complex, large-scale attack" in the East region which also left 12 soldiers wounded, according to an army statement. The s...
Ceasefire shaky as Sudanese, foreigners flee
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
"The pause was not fully upheld, with attacks on headquarters, attempts to gain ground, air strikes, and explosions in different areas of the capital," UN Speci...
France lets aged African army veterans finally 'go home'
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
After nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family so he could claim his French army pension, the old soldier is finally being allowed to return...
'Difficult days': Evacuees recount risky escape from Sudan
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
Elderly women in wheelchairs and babies asleep in their parents' arms were among nearly 200 people from 14 countries who disembarked from a naval frigate in the...
Talks begin between Ethiopia and Oromo rebel group
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
The foes kicked off preliminary negotiations in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, said the spokesman Odaa Tarbii. "These initial talks are intended to est...
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