Africa
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. ...Hunger, squalor mar South Sudan post-war unification efforts
Here in crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces after a five-year civil war so they ...27 dead in Mauritania migrant boat disaster: UN
Twenty-seven people died after the engines on their migrant vessel failed, leaving them stranded off the coast of Mauritania, the United Nations ...Egypt, Sudan suspend talks with Ethiopia over disputed dam
Egypt and Sudan suspended talks with Ethiopia after it proposed linking a deal on its newly constructed reservoir and giant hydroelectric dam ...Floods affect more than 50,000 in Sudan: UN
More than 50,000 people have been affected by flooding across Sudan over the past week, the United Nations said Wednesday. “Torrential rains ...UN, AU urge Darfur troop deployment to protect civilians
The joint UN-African Union mission in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region urged the government Tuesday to deploy troops there “as soon as possible” ...Sudan to send more troops to Darfur after deadly attacks
UN officials reported a fresh massacre of more than 60 people in Sudan’s West Darfur, as the country’s prime minister promised fresh ...Somalia’s parliament ousts prime minister in no-confidence vote
Somalia’s parliament removed Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire from his post in a vote of no confidence on Saturday for failing to ...














