Africa
Sudan protesters resume talks with army over transition
Sudan\'s pro-democracy movement resumed talks with the ruling military council over a transfer of power to civilian rule, a protest leader said, ...Troops deploy as Sudan braces for mass protest
Troops deployed in Sudan\'s capital ahead of a planned mass protest against the country\'s ruling generals, amid international calls for restraint to ...Papua New Guinea volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes
Volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forced 15,000 villagers in the country\'s northeast to flee their homes, aid agencies said.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 ...




