Africa
10 Nov 2023
The worst flooding to hit Somalia in decades has killed 29 people and forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday, following heavy rains that have inundated towns across East Africa.
10 Nov 2023
The first round of negotiations on the sudanese conflict ended in Jeddah, between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army... The meeting has not been able to reach a cease fire, although the 2 warring parties committed to facilitate humanitarian aid...
9 Nov 2023
Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and "temporarily affected" hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) said on Monday.
8 Nov 2023
Mali has announced plans to build several nuclear power plants in cooperation with Russian energy firm Rosatom. But is such an undertaking feasible?
8 Nov 2023
This is the fourth such incident involving an IED since the convoy's departure from the UN base in Kidal on Tuesday. Mali's government has refused to authorize flight support for the convoy.
8 Nov 2023
Kenya only shook off British rule in 1963 and relations between the two countries have been complicated ever since. More recent events at a British army training camp have not helped improve matters.
8 Nov 2023
South Africa and Chad have decided to recall their diplomatic staff from Israel for consultations. The move comes in response to Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. Also, more than 20 people have been killed in an attack near the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Since April, violence in the country has left at least 10,000 people dead and millions displaced.
8 Nov 2023
Why is Kenya leading the mission? Kenya has a history of sending peacekeepers to volatile countries and offered to send 1,000 personnel to Haiti in July. Nairobi says it wants to take part in the “rebuilding” of the country, which has been run by unelected officials for years.
7 Nov 2023
The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital’s new “Green War Room” is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade.
7 Nov 2023
DR Congo's educated young people have been battling high unemployment levels and a congested labor market prompting calls for government intervention.
7 Nov 2023
Xenophobia is nothing new to South Africa but experts warn attacks on foreigners could rise as nationalist campaign rhetoric heats up.
7 Nov 2023
Guinea's justice ministry has said three assailants and four members of Guinea's defense force were among the dead after former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was briefly broken out of prison on Saturday
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