Africa
Sudanese who escaped from war-torn Tuti island speak of hunger, disease
Muhammad Awad and his family are among dozens who escaped Sudan’s Tuti island earlier this year amid a siege by the Rapid ...Sudan war deaths are likely much higher than recorded, researchers say
By Nafisa Eltahir and El Tayeb Siddig Reuters More than 61,000 people are estimated to have died in Khartoum state during the ...UN Security Council considers action on Sudan war
By Michelle Nichols Reuters The United Nations Security Council is discussing a British-drafted resolution that demands Sudan’s warring parties cease hostilities and ...Fifteen Chad soldiers killed in operation against Boko Haram, army says
At least 15 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko Haram fighters on Saturday, ...Dozens die of mysterious illness in besieged Sudan town
At least 73 people have died of mysterious causes in the Sudanese town of al-Hilaliya, besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, ...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 ...














