Africa
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 ...Hundreds flee as Congo’s M23 rebels near key city of Goma
Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels has moved close to the key eastern city of ...Ethiopia combatants sign deal to start implementing truce
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that ...Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the ‘skin of the Earth’
In America’s dusty Corn Belt this spring, the land was drowning. In China’s Yangtze river basin, it’s bone dry. Farmers in both ...Al Shabaab militants attack Somali military base
Al Shabaab militants attacked a Somali military base in the central Galgaduud region on Monday, the defence ministry and the Islamist group ...For survivors of Ethiopia’s Tigray war, truce brings cautious hope
A ceasefire deal in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people impacted by the bloody two-year conflict that their ...














