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...
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...
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 […]
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...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Gunfire rang out Sunday in the Sudanese capital, adding to truce violations which United States and Saudi mediators said hindered the delivery of desperately needed aid. Witnesses in Khartoum told AFP they could hear “shooting in the south of the city”, on the sixth day of the one-week ceasefire which expires...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum despite a ceasefire agreement. A 7-day ceasefire came into force between the rivals on May 22 following talks between the two conflicting parties in Saudi Arabia. On Friday, Saudi Arabia and the United ...
