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Medics on Saturday said they are overwhelmed by the hundreds of wounded fleeing Sudan’s Darfur region, which has become an increasing focus of global concern more than two months into the country’s war.Residents of the capital Khartoum, hundreds of kilometres (miles) east of Darfur, on Saturday also reported fresh air strikes, gunfire and explosions there …

Medics say overwhelmed by wounded from Sudan’s DarfurSat, 17 Jun 2023 10:43:47 GMT Read More »

Militants linked to the Islamic State group have killed 25 students in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in years, police and local officials said Saturday.The army said it was pursuing militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after the cross-border raid late Friday on a secondary school in Kasese district near the …

25 students killed in militant attack on school in western UgandaSat, 17 Jun 2023 09:11:26 GMT Read More »

Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces militia, the national police spokesman said Saturday.Fred Enanga said the ADF, which is based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, attacked a secondary school in Mpondwe late Friday where “a dormitory was …

25 killed in militant attack on school in western Uganda: policeSat, 17 Jun 2023 06:23:04 GMT Read More »

A high-level African delegation was preparing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a day after its calls for talks between Moscow and Kyiv were rebuffed by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.The diplomatic team had gone to Kyiv on Friday to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of …

African leaders prepare to meet Putin after Zelensky rules out talksSat, 17 Jun 2023 05:07:25 GMT Read More »

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out the possibility of talks with Russia on Friday after a visiting delegation of African leaders urged both countries to de-escalate.The diplomatic team came to Kyiv to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of Russia’s invasion — in particular from rising grain prices — …

Zelensky rules out talks with Russia as African leaders urge de-escalationSat, 17 Jun 2023 03:21:49 GMT Read More »

A delegation of African leaders met President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and told Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate and negotiate, hours after sheltering from missile strikes on Kyiv.The high-level diplomatic team came to the Ukrainian capital to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of the war, including rising grain …

African leaders urge de-escalation after missile attack on KyivFri, 16 Jun 2023 22:20:26 GMT Read More »

Mali’s foreign minister called Friday for the UN Security Council to withdraw the peacekeeping mission in his country “without delay,” denouncing its “failure” to respond to security challenges.The country’s military rulers have increasingly imposed operational restrictions on peacekeepers and also broke Mali’s longstanding alliance with former colonial power France.”The government of Mali calls for the …

Mali calls for immediate end of UN missionFri, 16 Jun 2023 20:57:22 GMT Read More »

Congolese voters are hoping the government keeps its promise to produce new ID cards for the first time in decades after preparations for December elections finally offered them official documents.National ID cards were last issued in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1990s, when the country was called Zaire and ruled by longtime dictator …

DR Congo yearns for end to long wait for new ID cardsFri, 16 Jun 2023 20:01:45 GMT Read More »

Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of a new Malian constitution held separate rallies in the capital Bamako on Friday before this weekend’s referendum, AFP journalists reported.Around 50,000 supporters of the “yes” campaign backed by the military government gathered in a stadium on Bamako’s outskirts, in a meeting attended by junta leader Assimi Goita.Goita …

Rallies grip Bamako before Mali constitutional referendumFri, 16 Jun 2023 19:49:34 GMT Read More »