Africa
Sudan’s RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent raids
Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces ...Botswana voters kick out ruling party of nearly six decades
By Brian Benza Reuters Botswana’s voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering ...Nigeria’s hunger crisis deepens with 33 million at risk, report says
By Macdonald Dzirutwe Reuters Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food ...War in Sudan has displaced over 14 million, or about 30% of the population, UN ...
The war in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people, or about 30% of the population, since it broke out over ...Around 40 killed in attack on Chad military base
Around 40 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base in Chad’s Lake region over the weekend, the central African ...At least 124 killed after Sudan’s RSF attack village, activists say
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 124 people in a village in ...African progress backslides as coups and war persist
By Libby George Reuters Nearly half of Africa’s citizens live in a country where governance has worsened over the past decade, as ...Mozambique police clash with opposition protesters after disputed election
Mozambique police on Monday fired teargas and bullets at protesters in the capital Maputo who had gathered at the scene where two ...UN envoy proposes Western Sahara partition plan
The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario ...Death toll from fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria rises to 147
By Camillus Eboh and Ahmed Kingimi Reuters A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa after the ...