Africa
Fighting flares in South Darfur amid fears of new civil war
Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Violence flared in the western Sudanese city of Nyala and elsewhere in the state of South Darfur ...Niger coup supporters rally as regional force mulls intervention
By Boureima Balima and Felix Onuah Reuters Thousands of people gathered in Niger’s capital on Friday to demonstrate in favour of last ...Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan’s education sector
When war in Sudan’s capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and ...Five killed in South Africa’s Cape Town amid taxi strike
Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began ...Niger closes airspace as it refuses to reinstate president
Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc after ...France backs West African efforts to make Niger coup fail
France will support efforts by the West African regional grouping ECOWAS to make the military coup in Niger fail, the French foreign ...Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency in Amhara after clashes
Ethiopia’s government declared a six-month state of emergency on Friday in the country’s second-largest region, Amhara, following days of clashes between the ...Niger arrests politicians after coup, other juntas voice support
The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained senior politicians on Monday, their party said, defying international calls to restore democratic rule, ...West Africa threatens force on Niger coup leaders, French embassy attacked
West African nations imposed sanctions and threatened force on Sunday if Niger’s coup leaders fail to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum within ...Morocco says it has Dominican Republic support over Western Sahara
The Dominican Republic has recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, Rabat’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, as a slowly growing number of ...











