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Skeletal information continues to be released publicly on the progress of the Saudi-US mediated talks in Jeddah between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that began on 6 May. But SAF leader Gen Abdel Fattah…

Malians To Hold Referendum In June On Changing  Constitution Malians have been digesting the news that there's finally to be a referendum on whether to update their constitution on June 18th. It's supposed to move the vast country…

Explosions have been heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Kremlin. The air strikes come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak at The Hague…

Gunfire and explosions have echoed across the Sudanese capital Khartoum for the 20th straight day. Witnesses reported loud blasts and exchanges of fire on the streets. Heavy bombardments also rang out in the adjoining cities of…

The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has cleared presidential opposition candidate Samura Kamara to run in the June election. Mr Kamara, who was defeated by Julius Maada Bio in the 2018 ballot, has been on trial since February…

'Khartoum Water, Markets And Banking Apps Are Back' Tagreed Abdin thinks about leaving Sudan every day, but for now in her corner of the capital, people are trying to "return to normalcy" in small ways. Her local vegetable market…

Police officers have been deployed on the streets in Kenya's capital Nairobi ahead of planned protests by the opposition. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to resume protests amid warning by the authorities that they…

The eligibility of who can be evacuated from Sudan has not changed, but those working to evacuate British nationals have some "element of discretion" over who they assist, Downing Street has said. British passport holders and their…

The US and South Korea have secured a landmark deal to counter the North Korean nuclear threat. Washington has agreed to periodically deploy US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear planning operations.…

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warns he cannot offer guarantees about what will happen in Sudan - if and when the current ceasefire ends. He says the UK had "always planned to evacuate under whatever circumstances on the ground".…