The White House has dismissed claims that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. This is despite its recognition of genocide in Sudan. The Biden administration condemned Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces or RSF for systematic ethnic killings and brutal violence, declaring a genocide there. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said the RSF ...
Amid civil war in Sudan, lawyer Suhenda Abdulvahap has become a beacon of hope for displaced people. She leads a food aid initiative in the city of Omdurman, serving up to 10,000 meals and distributing 30,000 loaves of bread daily to families devastated by the conflict. The war between Sudan’s military and Rapid Support Forces […]
In Sudan’s Goz al-Haj Camp, nearly 8,000 refugees endure severe hardships, battling cold, hunger, and inadequate health care. Escaping the violence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), civilians like pharmacist Fawwaz Abdulbaki describe their exodus as hellish Their villages have been overrun and dignity assaulted. Aerial footage from Anad...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) — Tunisian authorities retrieved the bodies of 27 irregular migrants after their boat capsized off the country’s eastern coast, a health official says. Hatem Al-Sharif, regional health director of Sfax province, said 25 other migrants were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Kerkennah Islands on Wednesday. He sai...
The Sudanese government has accused Western media of distorting facts about the ongoing civil war. Information Minister Khalid Aleisir said the media unfairly supports the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) narrative and wrongly accuses the Sudanese army of targeting civilians. Alesir claimed the RSF abuses civilians, robs homes and commits violence...
The Sudanese government has rejected a U.N.-backed report declaring famine in the conflict-ridden country, citing flaws in methodology. Agriculture Minister Abubakar Omar El-Bushra dismissed the report as “unrealistic,” questioning data collected from 15 states. Out of these states, seven are under siege by paramilitary forces, whe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a draft resolution to establish the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The 15-member Council adopted the UK-led draft resolution with 14 votes in favor, and the US abstaining. The AUSSOM will replace the African Union Transition Mission in Somal...
Libyan authorities have deported 400 irregular migrants to Niger by land, marking the first such operation in 12 years. The deportation, conducted Wednesday, is part of intensified efforts to curb illegal migration. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Buredia, deputy head of security at the Anti-Illegal Migration Unit, said the agency has ramped up op...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Many civilians are feared dead and several others have been injured after Nigerian Air Force fighter jets bombed two communities during an operation targeting militants. The airstrikes affected residents of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame local government area of the northwestern Sokoto State. Local...
Kenya is taking bold steps to save the critically endangered white rhino from extinction through advanced reproductive technologies. With only two female white rhinos left in the world, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has partnered with the BioRescue Consortium to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques. Isaac Lekolool, head of veterinary an...
