Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): At least 14 civilians have been killed in war-torn Sudan’s capital as rival forces are locked in a key battle over control of the Khartoum police headquarters, activists said Monday. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which since mid-April has been fighting Sudan’s regular army, announced late Sunda...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Artillery fire, air strikes and gun battles rocked Sudan’s capital on Saturday, witnesses told AFP, as the UN urged a stop to “wanton killings” that have left decomposing bodies in Darfur. While fighting rages, relief efforts have stalled after more than two months of fighting between rival generals. Ho...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Wagner mercenaries were returning to base on Sunday as their mutinous leader agreed to go into exile after President Vladimir Putin was forced to accept an amnesty deal. The agreement appears to end the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army could storm Moscow, but analysts said Wagner’s revolt...
ISTANBUL (AA): Malik Shiraz is frantically searching for his brothers in Kalamata, a small town on the southern Greek coast engulfed in a frenzy since last week’s deadly migrant shipwreck. “It was such a small boat. Why did the agents put so many people on it?” he asked, desperation palpable in his voice. By “agents” […]
Sewekhaye, Senegal (AFP): An outbreak of violence in Senegal is having a ricochet effect on the country’s sheep herders ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice- the Eid al Adha. The deadliest clashes in years broke out in the capital Dakar on June 1 after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years’ jail, […...
ANKARA (AA): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the warring parties in Sudan to lay down their arms in a cease-fire ahead of the Muslim religious festival of Eid Al-Adha. In a statement, Hissein Brahim Taha, secretary-general of the Muslim bloc, “appealed to all warring parties in Sudan to work towards a comprehensiv...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes resumed on Wednesday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group after the expiry of a 3-day cease-fire, according to witnesses. Sounds of artillery shelling were heard in Bahri, north of the capital Khartoum, with billows of smoke seen rising from the area. Jet fighters were al...
DOHA, Qatar (AA): Qatar has said it is working to reopen its embassy in Bahrain and appoint an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Monday, Qatar and the UAE agreed to restore their diplomatic representation and reopen embassies. “The next step is to appoint ambassadors,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari told...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): The head of the UN’s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Sudan’s neighbours to keep their borders open despite security worries. Filippo Grandi warned in an interview with AFP that the two-month-old war threatened to spread insecurity in the “fragile” nations that border Sudan. “My appeal to all ...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): The head of the UN’s refugee agency Filippo Grandi said on Tuesday that more than 500,000 people have fled the fighting in Sudan. “Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan following the beginning of the conflict,” he said at a press conference in Nairobi. “Two million people [&h...
