Malians voted Sunday on whether to back a draft constitution drawn up by the governing junta which has fuelled speculation that the country’s strongman ruler will seek election.The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup, which followed years of instability marked by jihadist insurgencies and political and economic crisis.Some …

Mali junta holds vote on new constitutionSun, 18 Jun 2023 13:16:43 GMT Read More »

Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.Officials say at least 41 people, mostly students, were massacred at a secondary school near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo late Friday by …

Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attackSun, 18 Jun 2023 07:52:16 GMT Read More »

A fresh ceasefire took effect in Sudan on Sunday after intense fighting that saw deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded over the border into Chad.The army, commanded by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has since April 15 been battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, …

New truce between Sudan’s warring generals takes effectSun, 18 Jun 2023 05:30:45 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital Saturday, a citizens’ group said, as medics in Chad reported …

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifiesSun, 18 Jun 2023 00:07:09 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine ‘war must be settled’Sat, 17 Jun 2023 23:47:37 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital Saturday, a citizens’ group said, as medics in Chad reported …

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifiesSat, 17 Jun 2023 21:08:49 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, on Saturday told his Russian counterpart the fighting had to stop.His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.The …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin ‘war’ must endSat, 17 Jun 2023 20:32:03 GMT Read More »

A blunder by Morocco goalkeeper Munir el Kajoui led to a 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying defeat in South Africa on Saturday — their first loss since reaching the 2022 World Cup semi-finals.Zambia completed a joyful day for southern Africa by hammering the Ivory Coast 3-0 in Ndola to secure a place in the …

Goalkeeper howler sinks Morocco, Zambia run riot to qualifySat, 17 Jun 2023 19:12:21 GMT Read More »

Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, the country’s deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday.The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who also abducted six people during a raid on a school late Friday …

Militant attack kills 41 at Ugandan schoolSat, 17 Jun 2023 18:24:57 GMT Read More »

Malians appear divided over the military junta’s loud call for UN peacekeepers to immediately leave the west African country in the throes of a jihadist insurgency.The foreign minister called Friday for the UN Security Council to withdraw the nearly 15,000 peacekeepers from his country “without delay”, denouncing their “failure” to meet security challengesThe mandate of …

Hopes and fears in Mali after call for UN peacekeepers to pull outSat, 17 Jun 2023 18:04:46 GMT Read More »