The United Nations migration agency warned Friday that critical funding shortfalls have forced it to 鈥榯emporarily suspend鈥� a vital transport link in South Sudan, stranding people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan.
The death toll in central Nigeria flash floods has risen to at least 88 after rescuers recovered more bodies, an emergency services official said on Friday.
Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan鈥檚 military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.
At least 44 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Tuesday, raising the toll in the latest raids in a region where herders and farmers often clash...
The African Union called for a permanent ceasefire in Libya on Saturday after deadly clashes in the capital earlier this month and demonstrations demanding the prime minister鈥檚 resignation.
Clashes between South Sudan鈥檚 army and fighters backing the rival to president Salva Kiir have killed at least 75 civilians since February, the UN human rights chief said on Friday.
South Africans voiced anger on Thursday at US president Donald Trump鈥檚 persistent false claim of a genocide against white farmers that were repeated in talks with president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Clashes erupted on Tuesday between the Sudanese regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Khartoum鈥檚 twin city, the army said, calling the fighting part of a 鈥榣arge-scale鈥� offensive.
Libya鈥檚 UN-backed premier Saturday called on armed groups to align themselves with 鈥榮tate institutions鈥� after days of deadly clashes in Tripoli and protests demanding his resignation.
Chad鈥檚 former prime minister Succes Masra, a critic of the ruling authorities of the central African nation, was taken by force from his home early Friday, his party said.
The United Nations expressed deep concern Thursday over rising violence in Libya鈥檚 capital, warning the clashes risk mass displacement and put civilians in grave danger.
