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Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump’s aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a trip to Europe on Wednesday.  Entirely surrounded by South Africa, Lesotho …

Lesotho’s king warns nation will reel from Trump cutsTue, 25 Mar 2025 16:09:06 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s opposition said Tuesday that several key political figures had been arrested, a day after one of its army bases was bombed as international concern mounts over the risk of a return to civil war.Clashes between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, First Vice President Riek Machar, have threatened a …

South Sudan opposition decries arrests, strike as US urges talksTue, 25 Mar 2025 13:07:57 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombed late Monday as Washington warned it was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence between rival factions.Clashes between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, First Vice President Riek Machar, have left their 2018 power-sharing agreement increasingly fragile and …

South Sudan opposition decries strike as US warns of rise in violenceTue, 25 Mar 2025 11:39:41 GMT Read More »

The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded late Monday as Washington warned it was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence between the rival factions.Clashes between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, First Vice President Riek Machar, have left their 2018 power-sharing agreement increasingly …

South Sudan opposition decries strike as US warns of rise in violenceTue, 25 Mar 2025 05:52:28 GMT Read More »

Authorities detained two journalists in Burkina Faso on Monday after the media body to which they belong denounced attacks on freedom of expression under the country’s military rulers, the association said.The Journalists’ Association of Burkina Faso (AJB) said on Facebook that its president Guezouma Sanogo and deputy president Boukari Ouoba were detained at a national …

Burkina journalists held after defending freedom of speech: media bodyMon, 24 Mar 2025 21:30:01 GMT Read More »

South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned Monday, reporting almost 700 deaths in six months, including many children.The organisation’s children’s fund UNICEF said 40,000 cholera cases were reported from the end of September to March 18, “including 694 deaths country-wide, its worst …

South Sudan suffers worst cholera outbreak in 20 years: UNICEFMon, 24 Mar 2025 16:17:12 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army has recaptured the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries and is pushing ahead to wrest full control of the capital, but analysts warn that the brutal two-year war is far from over.In the early days of the fighting, the army-aligned government was forced to flee Khartoum, which army forces are now a breath away …

Sudan war at ‘turning point’ but no end in sight: analystsMon, 24 Mar 2025 14:39:21 GMT Read More »

Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them told AFP on Monday.The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 which claimed up to 600,000 …

Ethiopian, Eritrean officials accused of war crimes during Tigray conflictMon, 24 Mar 2025 10:54:44 GMT Read More »

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo met main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane for talks in an effort to ease tensions, following months of violent clashes between protesters and security forces, the president’s office said late on Sunday. The gas-rich southern Africa nation has been gripped by political turmoil since October’s disputed general election. The election, which several international observer …

Mozambique leader meets opposition chief to reset relationsMon, 24 Mar 2025 09:47:09 GMT Read More »

The leaders of 22 Indigenous peoples from five continents held prayers for nature in Chile on Sunday at the end of a 46-day pilgrimage around the world.The “Indigenous sages” carried out an ancestral ceremony of the Anasazi people, who lived in the Chaco Canyon before European settlement in what was to become the US state …

Indigenous leaders end world voyage with prayer for natureMon, 24 Mar 2025 02:40:45 GMT Read More »