Africa
Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
Kenya’s military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over ...UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in ‘extreme, immediate danger’
Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife ...Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war
By Elizabeth Pineau and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Donors pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for war-torn Sudan at a conference ...Somali pirates say hijacked ship MV Abdullah released after $5 million ransom was paid
By Abdiqani Hassani Reuters Somali pirates released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 early on Sunday after a ...Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
By Ngouda Dione Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people ...Sierra Leone declares national emergency on drug abuse
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency on substance abuse following calls on his government to crack down ...Somalia expels Ethiopian envoy amid naval base dispute
By Giulia Paravicini Reuters Somalia said on Thursday it was expelling Ethiopia’s ambassador, closing two Ethiopian consulates and recalling its own ambassador ...Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 18, displaces thousands
A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian ...Attackers shoot 15 dead in South Sudan, including local commissioner, says official
Unidentified youths shot dead 15 people in South Sudan’s Pibor region, including its commissioner, a senior official said on Wednesday, in the ...South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave
BY DENG MACHOL AP South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme ...