Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): The first group of several thousand Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrived in Abuja on Wednesday, after days of trying to escape persistent fighting. According to Nigerian authorities, the evacuation plan covers more than 3,500 nationals, but their total number could be greater. More than 5,000 Nigerians are believed to resi...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso’s defence minister on Wednesday denounced what he said was an “international coalition” lined up against his country and alleged there had been violations of the country’s air space. And the country’s intelligence agency said an April massacre of civilians — whic...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to send a high-level delegation to Sudan for talks on the situation in the conflict-torn country. At least 550 people have been killed and more than 4,900 injured in fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 15, according [&he...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was “absolutely essential” that the crisis in Sudan not spread beyond its borders and threaten democratic transitions and peace processes in neighbouring countries. Sudan has been rocked by violence since April 15 between the country’s de facto lead...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany announced on Wednesday that it will extend its military mission in Mali for the last time, and will gradually withdraw its troops by May 31, 2024. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office said in a statement that the last one-year extension would allow the UN to make the necessary adjustments, as it is […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): A senior UN official in Khartoum on Wednesday demanded security guarantees for the delivery of aid as persistent fighting between Sudan’s rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. The visit by top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths comes one day after neighbouring South Sudan announced that the w...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The UN chief on Wednesday said “we failed” to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. “The UN was taken by surprise” by the conflict, because the world body and others were hopeful that negotiations would be successfu...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Sudan’s already troubled health sector faces the risk of “disaster” after more than two weeks of heavy fighting have rocked the poverty-stricken country, a UN World Health Organization official warns. Even before the deadly conflict broke out on April 15, “the healthcare system in Sudan faced numerou...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s largest union on Monday attacked the government’s handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt. Tunisia is seeking a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund, which conditions any aid on a serie...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The UN on Monday warned that more than 800,000 people could flee fighting in Sudan, where gun battles and explosions again shook the capital in violation of the latest truce agreed between warring generals. The chaos and bloodshed, now in their third week, have already sparked an exodus of tens of thousands of […]...
