Africa
Nearly 170 people killed in attack in South Sudan’s Ruweng
By DENG MACHOL, Associated Press At least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South ...Residents of eastern Congo city fear disease after discovery of mass graves
By RUTH ALONGA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE AP Residents of Uvira in eastern Congo expressed concerns Friday that decomposing bodies might spread disease ...Chad shuts border with Sudan in bid to stop conflict spreading
Chad closed its eastern border with Sudan on Monday after weekend clashes linked to Sudan’s civil war killed five Chadian soldiers, two ...Attackers kill at least 50, abduct women and children in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters – At least 50 people were killed and several women and children abducted after armed men attacked a ...Sudan atrocities are ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN says
By Robin MILLARD AFP The United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said on Thursday the siege and capture of El-Fasher by ...At least 37 die from gas inhalation at Nigeria mining site
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters At least 37 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a mining site in Nigeria’s Plateau state, a ...Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted ...African Union summit clouded by Saudi-UAE rivalry in Horn of Africa
A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates across the Horn of Africa is overshadowing this weekend’s African Union summit, ...Cyclone Gezani kills dozens, displaces thousands in Madagascar
The death toll from Cyclone Gezani rose to 40 on Friday, three days after its passage across Madagascar, as officials struggled to ...Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of military aggression, backing armed groups
Ethiopia’s foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, according to a letter ...














