Africa
Countries split on plastics treaty focus as U.N. talks close
The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split ...UN panel accuses regional South Sudan officials of overseeing gang rapes, beheadings
South Sudan should investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine, UN ...Gunfire heard inside besieged Somalia hotel, parliament session delayed
Gunfire was heard on Monday from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby ...Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicentre’s quarantine for 21 days
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola outbreak by ...Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack in the northwest
Nigerian gunmen kidnapped at least 60 people in a remote community in northwestern Zamfara state who were mostly women observing Prophet Muhammad’s ...African leaders agree on ceasefire in east Congo from Friday
African leaders have declared a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo starting Friday, which is aimed in particular at stopping attacks ...Gunmen abduct more than 100 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
More than 100 people, including women and children were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northeastern Zamfara state on Sunday, ...COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being ...Rwanda, Kenyatta request M23 ceasefire and withdrawal from east Congo
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and ...G20 considers resolution condemning Russian invasion
Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations were considering a draft resolution on Tuesday in which most members strongly condemn the ...
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