Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Battles raged in Sudan’s war-torn capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, as residents of an island in the Nile reported being “under siege” amid desperate shortages. Eight weeks of fighting have pitted army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo — commonly known a...
GENEVA (AA): The UN refugee agency UNHCR has said it is shocked by the killing of 10 refugees in Sudan’s conflict-torn capital, stressing that the security of all civilians “must be respected.” “We are shocked and saddened by reports that at least 10 refugees were killed in Khartoum, Sudan,” the UNHCR said on Twitter. N...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): At least 10 Congolese students were killed and others seriously injured when their university area in Khartoum was bombed, an official confirmed Tuesday. “The deaths occurred after shelling by the regular army on an area occupied by an unarmed civilian population, including foreign nationals on Sunday,” Communication and M...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The governor of Sudan’s western Darfur region has declared the area a “disaster zone” amid killings and looting. “Crimes continue to be committed against residents at a time when we are seeking by all means to protect civilians and combat crime,” Minni Arko Minnawi said on his Facebook account. He said locals […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 20 civilians were killed in an attack in North Darfur state in western Sudan, according to its governor. Nimir Abdulrahman told Anadolu that gunmen on motorbikes and SUVs opened fire on residents in the town of Kutum, west of the provincial capital Al-Fasher, late Sunday. He provided no further details […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Amnesty International condemned Senegalese authorities Friday for restricting social media networks following protests against the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to a two-year jail term. Police used tear gas late Thursday to disperse deadly protests that erupted in the national capital of Dakar and other tow...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): The United Nations and African Union called for calm in Senegal Friday after an outbreak of deadly violence that prompted authorities to deploy the army. Nine people were killed on Thursday after popular opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, was sentenced to two years in jail, which may take him out of the running [&helli...
OSLO, Norway (AA): The NATO chief has said that sending additional troops to Kosovo “does not mean” that the alliance has given up on a possible political solution to the ongoing clashes. Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks came before the informal NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Norway’s capital Oslo. Responding to the question on...
LONDON (AA): The violence in northern Kosovo has to be condemned and the perpetrators of it have to be made accountable, the EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell’s remarks came before the 2nd European Political Community Summit, which brought together the leaders of European countries on the continent and the heads of EU [&hel...
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP): Moscow has said that it thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to “invade” its southwestern border as Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles, killing three including a child. The Ukrainian capital faced nearly nightly air raids in May, including an unusual daytime attack on Monday that sent residents running for shelter. As K...
