DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): A gendarme and four civilians were killed after terrorists attacked the Tillaberi region of Niger, the Nigerien Armed Forces General Staff said on Saturday evening. “In the afternoon of July 14, 2023, a detachment of the national gendarmerie on a convoy escort mission on the Torodi-Makalondi stretch was the target of a [...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Representatives of Sudan’s army have arrived in Saudi Arabia to resume cease-fire talks with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to a Sudanese diplomatic source. “The army delegation returned to Jeddah city late Saturday to resume negotiations with the RSF,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymit...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has formed a liaison committee with political groups and rebel movements to reach a “political solution” to the Sudanese crisis. In a statement, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, said the move aims “to reach a comprehensive political soluti...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Libya said Sunday that production from two oil fields south of the country has resumed after the release of a former finance minister. Production at El-Sharara and El-Feel oilfields was shut on Thursday following the detention of former Finance Minister Faraj Boumtari. In a statement, the Libyan Oil Ministry confirmed that...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The Sudanese Army on Saturday accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting a hospital and killing five people. “Continuing their violation of international humanitarian law and all norms of war, rebel militias targeted the emergency room of the military hospital in Omdurman with a drone today, killing five patients...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called for a peaceful protest on Saturday after authorities blocked a planned rally to publicly confirm his nomination as a candidate in upcoming presidential elections. Sonko on Thursday “was unanimously voted in as the PASTEF-Patriots’ candidate for the February 25,...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian rights groups called on Friday for emergency aid and shelters for migrants expelled from Sfax last week, as dozens of people protested in Tunis in support of their plight. Hundreds of migrants fled or were forced out of Tunisia’s second-largest city after racial tensions flared following the July 3 killing ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigeria has declared a state of emergency over food security and inflation in the country, the president announced Friday. “We declared a state of emergency and unveiled a comprehensive intervention plan on food security, affordability, and sustainability, taking decisive action to tackle food inflation,” Tinub...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The US has condemned the atrocities allegedly committed by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in West Darfur. “Reports of mass graves in Misterei and El Geneina provide further evidence of atrocities committed by the RSF and its allied militias in Sudan,” the US Embassy in Khartoum said in a state...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said that he has launched an investigation into new alleged war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region. In his briefing to the UN Security Council, Karim Khan said the violence between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has spilled ...
