Africa
Sudanese government, key rebel group to restart peace talks
Sudan’s transitional government and a powerful rebel group that controls large swaths of the country’s restive south said Friday they have agreed ...UN chief warns of famine risk in 4 countries
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict ...UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccine
The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a ...EU calls for Libya truce, resumption of peace talks
The EU’s foreign policy chief held talks with Libya’s UN recognised government on Tuesday to push for renewed efforts to resolve the ...Africa declared free from wild polio
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a ...Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past
When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they ...Pressure grows on Mali junta as coup leader steps forward
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday joined a chorus of international voices pressing for a return to civilian rule in Mali ...At least 45 African migrants die off Libya in worst shipwreck of 2020: U.N.
At least 45 African migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast ...Mali coup leaders pledge new elections after detaining president
Mali’s president said Wednesday he had resigned to avoid “bloodshed” after he was detained in a military coup, whose leaders pledged new ...Mutineering troops seize Mali’s president and prime minister
Rebel troops seized Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in a dramatic escalation Tuesday of a months-long crisis. ...














