Africa
Sudan generals say AU, Ethiopian plan basis for talks with protesters
Sudan\'s ruling generals said that a new, joint proposal drafted by Ethiopia and the African Union could be a base to resume ...Army chief and regional leader killed in Ethiopia
Ethiopia\'s army chief and a top local leader have been shot dead during an attempt to overthrow a regional government in northern ...Central African Republic is worst country for food insecurity: WFP
About 40 percent of the population of the perennially unstable Central African Republic faces acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme.30 killed in triple suicide bombing in NE Nigeria
Thirty people were killed late Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, emergency services reported, in an attack bearing the ...Second patient dies of Ebola in Uganda, as death toll climbs in DRC
Uganda recorded its second Ebola fatality after a family contaminated with the virus crossed from neighbouring DR Congo, prompting World Health Organization ...Nearly 100 killed, 19 missing in central Mali village massacre
Bodies recovered from a massacre of almost a 100 people by a Malian ethnic militia included at least 24 children, many of ...Sudan rivals agree to new talks as protest strike ends: mediator
Protest leaders have agreed to end a campaign of civil disobedience launched after a deadly crackdown on demonstrators and to resume talks ...Uganda confirms Ebola case as virus spreads from DRCongo
A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of ...Sudan protesters reject talks after 101 killed in crackdown
Sudanese protest leaders turned down an offer by the ruling military council for talks and demanded justice for a crackdown that doctors ...Papua New Guinea prime minister quits after weeks of turmoil
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O\'Neill announced his resignation after seven years in the top job following weeks of high-level defections ...




