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Four political activists in Burkina Faso, belonging to a political movement denouncing civilian massacres blamed on the army and allied militias, have been kidnapped, their group said on Sunday.Their abduction follows that of another member of the same Servir et Non Se Servir (SENS) movement on Tuesday, and added to numerous other kidnappings of people …

Four political activists abducted in Burkina Faso: NGOSun, 23 Mar 2025 13:35:45 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s military said Saturday it seized several key buildings in central Khartoum from paramilitary control after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised “full liberation” following the recapture of the presidential palace.Army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said the military was “continuing to pressure” the Rapid Support Forces throughout the city centre, giving a list of buildings recaptured …

Sudan army advances in central Khartoum after retaking palaceSat, 22 Mar 2025 18:23:24 GMT Read More »

When fighting first gripped the Sudanese capital in April 2023, quickly overwhelming Khartoum’s hospitals, Dr. Safaa Ali faced an impossible choice: her family or her patients.She said she stayed up all night before deciding not to follow her husband to Egypt with her four children.”I was torn. I could either be with my children, or …

On Khartoum front line, Sudan women medics risk all for patientsSat, 22 Mar 2025 13:56:46 GMT Read More »

Former African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen scored both goals as Nigeria beat Rwanda 2-0 in Kigali on Friday to win for the first time in 2026 World Cup qualifying.  The 26-year-old forward, on loan from Napoli to Galatasaray, struck after 11 minutes and three minutes into added time at the end of the …

Osimhen strikes twice to give Nigeria World Cup boostFri, 21 Mar 2025 21:22:31 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces on Friday, dealing a major blow to the paramilitaries who responded with drone attacks that killed a news crew and soldiers.The victory, one of the military’s most significant in its two-year war with the RSF, lends the army an advantage but not …

Sudan army recaptures presidential palace from paramilitariesFri, 21 Mar 2025 20:28:19 GMT Read More »

The Rwanda-backed M23 has said it is committed to a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite its capture of a key town and no-show at peace talks this week.In recent months the armed group has seized swathes of the restive yet mineral-rich eastern DRC in a lightning offensive, forcing more than 100,000 …

Rwanda-backed M23 says committed to truce despite taking key DR Congo townFri, 21 Mar 2025 16:56:56 GMT Read More »

Zimbabwe expressed pride Friday at the appointment of its sports minister as International Olympic Committee president but there was also criticism of the state of sports under Kirsty Coventry’s watch.The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who has contributed seven of Zimbabwe’s overall Olympic medals tally of eight, on Thursday became the first woman and the first African to …

Coventry makes Zimbabwe proud, despite some criticismFri, 21 Mar 2025 15:54:59 GMT Read More »

The Sudanese army recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces on Friday, dealing a major blow to the paramilitaries who responded with deadly drone attacks.State television had broadcast scenes of fighters celebrating in the palace, before three of its journalists and a number of army personnel were killed in a drone …

Sudan army recaptures presidential palace from RSFFri, 21 Mar 2025 15:12:03 GMT Read More »

Ismaila Bangoura has bad dreams about the night when, he says, Mauritanian police burst into the place in Nouakchott he shared with other Guineans, beat them up and carted them off to a police station. After three days in detention without food or access to toilets, they were taken to the border with Senegal on March …

Migrants deported from Mauritania recount police beatingsFri, 21 Mar 2025 14:57:02 GMT Read More »