Africa
Hundreds killed in fighting in DR Congo, despite US-mediated peace deal
More than 400 civilians have been killed as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in Kivu province in eastern Democratic ...Rwandan-backed rebels push toward strategic town in new offensive in eastern Congo
BY RUTH ALONGA, JUSTIN KABUMBA and WILSON MCMAKIN AP Rwandan-backed rebels pushed into the outskirts of the strategic city of Uvira in ...Peace deal at risk as DR Congo, Burundi slam Rwanda and M23 advances
By Claire Doyen, AFP A just-signed agreement aimed at ending the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo looked to be unravelling ...Tunisians step up protests against Saied’s crackdown on opposition
Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in the Tunisian capital against the government under the slogan “opposition is not a crime”, calling ...Congo, Rwanda fighting continues despite peace pledge
Fresh fighting in eastern DR Congo on Friday forced hundreds to flee across the border into Rwanda, a day after a peace ...Leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal alongside Donald Trump
By Danny Kemp and Shaun Tandon AFP US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo ...Streets deserted in Guinea-Bissau capital after military takeover
Streets were nearly deserted Thursday in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, with the announcement of election results thwarted by the military seizing power, ...Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction
By TUNDE OMOLEHIN, OPE ADETAYO and MARK BANCHEREAU, Associated Press All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week ...Around 30 people killed in Congo copper mine incident, officials say
Around 30 people were killed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo on Saturday after a bridge collapsed, the country’s artisanal ...Paramilitary force pushes east in new escalation of Sudan’s war
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Eltayeb Siddig and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan’s civil war is shifting its ...














