Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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KHARTOUM (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed in clashes in the south of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday, local medics said as fighting continued between the country’s army and a paramilitary force. In a statement on Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate said the Mayo area witnessed heavy shelling late the previous night, leaving a...
KANO, Nigeria (AA): China’s president has pledged to increase economic cooperation with Nigeria, saying the country is important to Africa and the world. Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday through his Special Envoy Peng Qinghua, who is also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. Peng met Nigerian President ...
WASHINGTON (AA): The Sudanese military’s decision to withdraw from US-mediated peace talks with a rival paramilitary force is “highly unfortunate,” the White House said Wednesday. “We want to see the fighting stop. We want to see the aid get in and it’s hard for that aid to get in to people in Khartoum and around ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s army reportedly suspended participation in Saudi Arabia-hosted cease-fire talks with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The news was carried by a number of Sudanese media outlets, including Aljareeda newspaper and the Alrakoba news portal. There was no confirmation from the Sudanese army. The reports emerged as fierc...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 11 babies have died in an orphanage in Sudan as a result of the ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to local medics. Medics blame malnutrition and frequent power cuts for the deaths at the Mygoma Orphanage in the capital Khartoum. The violence has […]
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso’s prime minister has ruled out negotiations with insurgents who control swathes of the country, while suggesting that security risks could delay the country’s return to civilian rule. His comments to lawmakers came as officials reported the deaths of around 40 people in weekend attacks....
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach besieged civilians. US and Saudi mediators said late Monday that the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed to extend by five days the [&helli...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The Somali army has said that an al-Shabaab group attack on a military base in the central province of Galgadud was repulsed, killing a number of them. The al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab attacked the military base in the recently liberated town of Masagaway in Galmudug state, which housed newly deployed soldiers ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged on Tuesday he was being “illegally held” by security forces and urged the public to protest. “I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets,” he said on social media, escalating a political tug-of-war with President Macky Sall’s g...
Misratah, Libya (AFP): A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 people convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS members to be tried and sentenced. […]
