Africa

Eight dead, 84 injured in Guinea fuel depot blast

Women who fled violence in Sudan's West Darfur have described being raped by armed fighters wearing RSF military uniforms, or robes and turbans commonly worn by Arab militiamen during ethnically targeted attacks on the city of El Geneina.

A Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court on Friday ordered the 'immediate and unconditional' release of ousted Niger President Mohammed Bazoum. The court ordered the reinstatement of Bazoum, who was overthrown July 26 by the military. "It is Mohammed Bazoum who represents the State of Niger.

Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region is now grappling with a deadly famine. While some have left the worst-hit areas to avoid starvation, many others are left behind.

Gunmen pulled out a patient from an MSF ambulance and shot him dead in the capital, Port-au-Prince. MSF announced the indefinite closure of an emergency clinic as the group conducts a security analysis.

A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country's "shocked" president to declare a state of emergency for much of the day.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile warned that Tibet is "dying a slow death". Penpa Tsering said that Chinese government policies are aimed at the "eradication" of Tibetan identity. Among them, Tsering cited the policy of forcible schooling of some 1 million Tibetan children in what he described as "colonial-style boarding schools" in which the youngsters are separated from their families, taught only in Chinese and forced to pledge allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party.

Next week, voters in Congo will decide whether President Felix Tshisekedi will serve a second term. Many voters want their leader to revive the DRC's fragile economy by dumping the dollar.

A face-to-face meeting is agreed between warring parties in Sudan. But army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are yet to make the first move towards a ceasefire. Also, sanctions stay in Niger but ECOWAS says they could be lifted as soon as a short transition towards civilian life is reached.

Between 1952 and 1960 in Kenya, the Mau Mau rebels who rose up against British rule faced a brutal crackdown that killed thousands of them. Left out of the history books for decades, these independence heroes are now fighting for recognition before the last survivors die out. Our correspondents report.

Germany's army says the last of its soldiers are on their way home, bringing a 10-year mission to an end. Mali's military junta ordered UN peacekeepers out, while cozying up to Russia.

South Africa has for decades relied on coal to generate its electricity. The country's transition plan will cost billions and put jobs at risk. But is there a light at the end of the tunnel?