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A US jury on Tuesday convicted a Gambian man for torturing opponents of the African country’s former president by burning and beating them, including with molten plastic.Michael Sang Correa, 46, served in an armed unit known as the “Junglers,” which answered to The Gambia’s then-president, Yahya Jammeh. A trial in Denver, Colorado, found that Correa and …

US jury convicts Gambian ‘death squad’ member for tortureTue, 15 Apr 2025 22:11:59 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s paramilitary declared on Tuesday the establishment of government rivalling the army-backed administration, two years into a war that has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.The war that erupted on April 15, 2023 has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 13 million, with no sign of peace on the horizon.The fighting has pitted …

Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government two years into warTue, 15 Apr 2025 20:38:05 GMT Read More »

Britain and European Union countries led international calls Tuesday for “an immediate and permanent ceasefire” to end the devastating war in Sudan, as nations pledged more than 800 million euros in fresh humanitarian aid.The international community also “stressed the necessity of preventing any partition of Sudan,” a statement at the end of a London conference …

Nations urge ‘immediate’ end to Sudan war, pledge 800 mn euros in new aidTue, 15 Apr 2025 18:09:22 GMT Read More »

Tanzania’s main opposition party on Tuesday declared its disqualification from upcoming national polls was unconstitutional, only a week after its leader was detained and charged with treason.The east African nation’s authorities have increasingly cracked down on its opposition, with the Chadema party accusing President Samia Suluhu Hassan of returning to the repressive tactics of her …

Tanzania opposition says election disqualification is unconstitutionalTue, 15 Apr 2025 15:40:40 GMT Read More »

Nadjala Mourraou held her haggard two-year-old son in her henna-tattooed hands for the medics to examine. Then came the painful diagnosis: little Ahma, like many of his fellow Sudanese refugees, was severely malnourished.The pair were towards the front of a long line snaking out of the doctors’ tent at an already overcrowded refugee camp in …

Flow of Sudan civil war refugees puts Chad camp under strainTue, 15 Apr 2025 15:16:18 GMT Read More »

Sudan on Tuesday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis — with no sign of peace.Fighting erupted on April 15, 2023 between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, headed by his former …

Sudan marks two years of war with no end in sightTue, 15 Apr 2025 14:34:17 GMT Read More »

Somalia on Tuesday launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50 years, a step towards universal suffrage ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2026 in the volatile nation.The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent natural …

Somalia launches first voter registration in capital in five decadesTue, 15 Apr 2025 14:07:32 GMT Read More »

Amna Hussein didn’t stop when the bullet hit her hand. She kept on running as paramilitaries attacked Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s western Darfur region in the dead of night.”They entered Zamzam and started shooting at us,” she told AFP in the small town of Tawila, 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of the huge famine-stricken camp, …

‘We just ran’: survivors recount escape from famine-hit Sudan campTue, 15 Apr 2025 13:54:51 GMT Read More »

The UK led international calls Tuesday for a swift end to the devastating war in Sudan, hosting a gathering of world officials with fresh pledges of humanitarian aid as the conflict which has cost thousands of lives entered its third year.The war erupted on April 15, 2023 in a bitter power struggle between rival generals …

Nations call for immediate end to ‘horrific’ Sudan warTue, 15 Apr 2025 11:59:54 GMT Read More »

An island in the middle of Sudan’s capital that used to draw crowds to its Nile River farms now stands nearly deserted after two years of war, its homes ransacked and once-lush fields left fallow. Nestled at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, Tuti Island has been devastated by two years of war …

Sudan war drains life from once-thriving island in capital’s heartTue, 15 Apr 2025 10:56:42 GMT Read More »