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 …
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 …
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 — …
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 …
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 »
The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children, 270,000 of them in the Darfur region, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has said, warning more were at “grave risk”.Fighting has raged in Sudan since mid-April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid …
Sudan war drives one million children from homes: UNFri, 16 Jun 2023 19:34:11 GMT Read More »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday called on Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate their conflict, as he arrived in the war-torn country on a mission to broker peace. “This war must be settled and there should be peace through negotiations,” he told reporters after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Ramaphosa was among a group of …
