Africa
More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds
More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying ...Armed attackers in Nigeria kill 20, mostly women and children
At least 20 people, mostly women and children, were killed and several houses burned by armed attackers in a village in Nigeria’s ...Air strikes pound Sudan’s capital as conflict enters second month
The Sudanese army carried out air strikes in the north of the capital Khartoum on Monday, attacking its paramilitary rivals around a ...G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will debate this week the idea of implementing targeted controls on investments ...Battles shake Sudan’s capital, ceasefire talks reported to make progress
Fighting in Sudan’s capital escalated on Wednesday with fierce clashes and air strikes, but rival military factions were reported to be close ...Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek end to Sudan conflict
Fighting could be heard in south Khartoum on Sunday as envoys from Sudan’s warring parties were in Saudi Arabia for talks that ...Sudanese say warring factions ignore their plight as hardships grow
Heavy gunfire echoed around Khartoum on Friday as civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital said the army and rival paramilitary were fighting ...Sudan’s warring generals extend theoretical truce but keep fighting
Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air ...Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people, UN says
The United Nations warned on Monday that 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battled in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire ...Air strikes and fighting as Sudan truce collapses
Sudan’s rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire that is set to expire on Sunday as their ...











