Africa
Congo and Rwanda say peace talks in Angola will not take place
A meeting between the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will not take place as planned on Sunday, both countries ...Dozens of UAE flights head to airstrip UN says supplies arms to Sudan rebels
By Reade Levinson and David Lewis Reuters Since civil war erupted in Sudan last year, dozens of cargo planes from the United ...Burkina Faso’s military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree Friday dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of ...Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first female president
By Nyasha Nyaungwa Reuters Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party has been elected president and will be the country’s first female ...Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision
By Saliou Samb and Bate Felix Reuters A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast ...Kenya and Uganda to mediate in Ethiopia-Somalia dispute
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Saturday he and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would help mediate between Ethiopia and Somalia in a ...At least 27 people die in Nigeria river, over 100 missing after boat capsizes
BY CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press — At least 27 people died and more than 100, mostly women, were missing on Friday, after ...Heavy gunfire erupts in South Sudan capital of Juba
Heavy gunfire erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Thursday evening after security forces moved to arrest the former head of the ...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 ...














