Africa
Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on barracks
By Umaru Fofana Reuters Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after unidentified gunmen attacked a military barracks and attempted to break ...Ethiopia talks with rebel group OLA end without deal
A second round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and a rebel group aimed at ending a decades-old conflict in the country’s ...Bus passengers use rope to pull themselves to safety as floods hit Kenya’s Mombasa
Heavy rains pounded the streets of Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, with some passengers evacuated from a flooded bus by holding on ...Advances give Sudanese paramilitary force momentum in seven-month war
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Gains for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across western and southern parts of the country ...UN warns violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’
Violence against civilians in Sudan is “verging on pure evil,” a senior United Nations official warned on Friday, as a humanitarian crisis ...Darfur refugees report new spate of ethnically driven killings
By Maggie Michael Reuters People fleeing to Chad have reported a new surge in ethnically-driven killings in Sudan’s West Darfur as the ...Suspected Boko Haram kills at least 40 in Nigeria’s Yobe state
At least 40 people were killed in Nigeria’s Yobe state between Monday and Tuesday after suspected Boko Haram militants shot at villagers ...Violent protests break out in Mozambique after local elections
Police suppressed violent protests in Mozambique on Friday as opposition supporters took to the streets to decry the results of local elections ...Sudan army, paramilitary RSF to return to negotiations
By Nafisa Eltahir, Khalid Abdelaziz and Daphne Psaledakis Reuters Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they will return to ...Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel’s Gaza campaign
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza after nearly ...