Africa
Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
By Ange Adihe Kasongo and Sonia Rolley Reuters As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest ...Sudan’s RSF kill more than 200 in White Nile
Sudan’s RSF have killed more than 200 people in attacks on villages around the town of al-Gitaina in White Nile state over ...Sudan’s RSF attacks famine-stricken camp as battle lines harden
By Maggie Michael, Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have attacked the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp, residents and medics say, ...Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would ...M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing ...Militia kills more than 35 civilians in east Congo
By Thomson Reuters Armed militants killed more than 35 civilians during an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic ...Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush
Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali’s northeastern city of Gao on ...Eastern and Southern African leaders seek way out of Congo conflict
By David Lewis and Nuzulack Dausen Reuters Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on ...Puntland offensive deals blow to Islamic State in Somalia
By Feisal Omar Reuters Forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope ...Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said ...