Africa
Sudanese general ignored U.S. warning as army rolled out coup plan
Hours before Sudan’s army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior U.S. envoy warned the country’s top general not to take ...World Bank halts Sudan operations in blow to coup leaders, strike calls gain support
The World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan on Wednesday in response to the military’s seizure of power from a transitional ...Cambridge college, Paris museum return looted African artefacts
A Cambridge University college and a Paris museum on Wednesday handed back cultural artefacts looted from West Africa during the colonial era, ...U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today’s emissions pledges
Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, ...Seven killed, 140 hurt in protests against Sudan military coup
Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and a health ministry official said seven people were killed by gunfire ...Three killed after Sudan’s military seizes power in coup
Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency on Monday as soldiers rounded up civilian leaders, and three people were killed when ...Greenhouse gas levels hit record; world struggles to curb damage
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations ...Sudan civilian leaders arrested in apparent military coup
Armed forces detained Sudan’s prime minister over his refusal to support their “coup” on Monday, the information ministry said, after weeks of ...U.N. plane aborts landing as air strike hits Ethiopia’s Tigray
An Ethiopian government air strike on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Friday forced a U.N. flight carrying aid workers ...Ethiopia conducts two air strikes on Tigray within hours, war escalates
The Ethiopian government carried out a second air strike within hours on the Tigray region on Wednesday, significantly escalating a campaign to ...














