Africa
Tunisians step up protests against Saied’s crackdown on opposition
Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in the Tunisian capital against the government under the slogan “opposition is not a crime”, calling ...Congo, Rwanda fighting continues despite peace pledge
Fresh fighting in eastern DR Congo on Friday forced hundreds to flee across the border into Rwanda, a day after a peace ...Leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal alongside Donald Trump
By Danny Kemp and Shaun Tandon AFP US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo ...Streets deserted in Guinea-Bissau capital after military takeover
Streets were nearly deserted Thursday in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, with the announcement of election results thwarted by the military seizing power, ...Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction
By TUNDE OMOLEHIN, OPE ADETAYO and MARK BANCHEREAU, Associated Press All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week ...Around 30 people killed in Congo copper mine incident, officials say
Around 30 people were killed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo on Saturday after a bridge collapsed, the country’s artisanal ...Paramilitary force pushes east in new escalation of Sudan’s war
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Eltayeb Siddig and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan’s civil war is shifting its ...42 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libyan coast
By Jana Choukeir and Ahmed Elumami Reuters At least 42 migrants are missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off ...Women in Darfur report rape, lost children amid Sudan violence, UN says
By Mike Heuer UPI Women fleeing El Fasher in western Sudan are subjected to rape, starvation and deadly bombing, the United Nations ...Sudan’s RSF paramilitaries agree humanitarian ceasefire
By Fatma Khaled, Associated Press The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for ...














