Africa

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to crush the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, in a video statement, ruling out any reconciliation. He reaffirmed that the army would neither forgive nor negotiate with the RSF while also offering…

The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday that 58 million people were at risk of extreme hunger or starvation unless urgent funding for food aid is secured, after drastic shortfalls from donors so far this year, including the United…

A Congolese general expressed "indignation" on Friday about social media comments by Uganda's military chief that threatened to seize a city in northern Congo, reflecting heightened diplomatic strains as the region spirals deeper into…

Kenya is sending former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to South Sudan as a special envoy to help defuse a rift between President Salva Kiir and longtime rival Firsts Vice President Riek Machar which threatens to drag the country back to war.…

Democratic Republic of Congo doubled salaries for soldiers and police on Friday, the finance ministry said, in an apparent bid to boost morale as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance in the east. M23 has seized eastern Congo's two largest…

Grave violations against children have surged across Sudan’s Darfur states since the start of the year, with 110 violations verified in North Darfur alone and a staggering 83 per cent increase in child casualties in Sudan compared to the…

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new army chief ahead of planned protests on Monday, called by a group of war veterans who want to force the president to resign. The former major general, Emmanuel Matutu, takes…

A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the international security force has been killed after an attack by suspected gang members, the country's transitional council says, after he was initially reported missing. "This…

A tourist submarine carrying 45 passengers sank off the Egyptian coast, sìx people died, and nine were injured on Thursday, said provincial officials. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the…

South-East Senators on Thursday appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immortalise the late Professor Humphery Nwosu, by naming the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters after him. They also urged the…