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Thousands mark Algerian protest movement anniversary Algerian riot police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators who on Saturday marked the first anniversary of a protest movement that seeks an overhaul of the political... more

Politics Libya peace negotiations end without cease-fire The U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar this week ended on Saturday... More
Africa Locust crisis is linked to climate change: Guterres U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres drew a direct link between climate change and a locust crisis in East Africa, speaking in Addis Ababa ahead of an African Union (AU)... More
Africa Sudanese administration divided over Israeli policy Despite the Sudanese army's willingness to normalize relations with Israel after Sovereign Council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the civil transition government seems reluctant to take hasty steps More
Africa Mercenaries fighting for Libya's Haftar reveal themselves on social media The mercenaries that have been brought from Chad, Sudan and Russia to fight alongside Libyan putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar are disclosing themselves despite attempts to deny... More
Africa More details of UAE's Sudanese youth recruitment revealed The UAE has been under the spotlight since reports over deceiving hundreds of young Sudanese to be recruited in war zones such as Libya and Yemen were revealed. Audio recordings,... More
Africa Young Sudanese return after UAE recruitment scandal Young people from Sudan tricked by an Emirati security firm into guarding oil facilities under the control of the putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar returned to their country and... More
Diplomacy 'Libya rivals agree to turn truce into cease-fire' The U.N. envoy to Libya said Tuesday there was a "genuine will to start negotiating" between rival military factions as they planned to meet for the first time for talks in... More
Africa Kenya's 2nd President Daniel Arap Moi dies aged 95 Kenya’s longest-serving president, Daniel Arap Moi, has died aged 95, the presidency in Kenya confirmed Tuesday. "It is with profound sadness and sorrow that I announce the... More
Africa Locust invasion spreads across Horn of Africa Somalia declared Sunday a locust infestation, sweeping the Horn of Africa, to be a national emergency, the first country in the region to do so, while locusts appeared in... More
Africa France ramps up military presence in Sahel France said Sunday it was boosting its military presence in the Sahel by adding a further 600 troops to its 4,500-strong operation in Mali and four other countries in the... More
Africa Lassa fever kills 41 in Nigeria amid global coronavirus scare Forty-one people have died in Nigeria since an outbreak of the highly contagious Lassa fever earlier this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said amid the... More
Africa At least 20 killed in Tanzania church stampede At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said Sunday. Hundreds of... More
Africa Sudanese families urge gov't to take concrete action Families of Sudanese men who were tricked into guarding Libyan oil facilities by an Emirati security firm accused the Sudanese government of failing to take necessary action,... More
Africa Attack kills 36 in eastern Congo: local official Some 36 people have been killed in the eastern Congo region of Beni, a local official said Wednesday. Previously the administrator for the Beni region, Donat Kibwana, told... More
Africa Sudan investigates UAE youth recruitment after protests Sudan said Tuesday it was investigating the case of Sudanese men who were transferred to Libyan oil facilities after being hired as guards by an Emirati company. Sudan's foreign... More
Africa Children victims of brutal Sahel violence, UN reports A surge in violence and insecurity in the central Sahel region in Africa has left 5 million children vulnerable as they will be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance this... More
Politics Haftar's spokesman: 'Force of arms' will solve Libya crisis Putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari openly declared late Sunday that Haftar forces are seeking a military solution instead of a political one in the... More

Africa Violence displaces 4,000 daily in Burkina Faso: UN More than 4,000 people are forced to flee their homes every day in Burkina Faso amid rising attacks on civilians by terrorist groups, the U.N. Refugee Agency said on Friday. "In... More
Africa Algerians mobilize to mark first year of protests Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement known as "Hirak," one that quickly forced an ailing president from power and is now... More
Africa Lassa fever hits Lagos as Nigeria deaths top 100 An outbreak of Lassa in Nigeria has killed 103 people this year, health authorities said, as the first confirmed case was reported in the economic hub Lagos. "Cumulatively... More
Africa Locust plague spreads to South Sudan The worst locust plague to hit East Africa in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after years of civil war,... More
Africa Libyan gov't suspends cease-fire talks after Haftar attack in Tripoli Libya's UN-recognized government suspended cease-fire talks late Tuesday after an attack in Tripoli by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar, a statement said. The seaport... More
Africa Second locust invasion to hit East Africa within weeks The second invasion of desert locusts is likely to hit East Africa within a few weeks, environmental experts warned Tuesday. The insects were currently laying eggs along their... More
Africa Burkina Faso church attack leaves 24 dead amid rising violence A group of gunmen killed 24 civilians, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said. It was the latest attack against... More
Africa First Israeli plane flies over Sudan amid outrage Israeli commercial planes have started flying over Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Sunday, after a secret meeting with the African Muslim country's de facto... More
Africa Over 6,000 bodies discovered in Burundi's mass graves Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found more than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves in Karusi Province, the largest finding since the government launched a nationwide... More
Africa Tunisia faces risk of new elections amid political deadlock As the political parties in the parliament fail to compromise over forming a government, the country may have to hold new elections amid a deteriorating economic situation More
Africa Attack targets central Mali village targeted in last year's massacre, 31 killed At least 31 people were killed on Friday in an attack on a village that was the scene last year of Mali's worst civilian massacre in recent memory, the government said. A... More
Africa Egypt confirms Africa's first coronavirus case Africa's first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Egypt. However, the country's health ministry has not revealed the nationality of the patient. A joint... More
Africa Sudan to pay $30M to families of USS Cole victims Sudan's transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS Cole in Yemen as part of the government's... More
Africa Sudanese ex-leader refuses to deal with ICC Sudan's ousted leader, Omar al-Bashir, refuses to deal with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it is a "political court" and Sudan's judiciary is able to deal with... More
Politics Haftar faces war crimes charges in US Six Libyan families sued the putschist commander Khalifa Haftar and the United Arab Emirates government in a federal U.S. court Monday for their alleged roles in committing... More
Africa 'Where it begins': Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places... More

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