Africa
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 ...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 ...














