Sudan war is world鈥檚 worst humanitarian crisis: AU
African Union officials on Tuesday branded Sudan鈥檚 civil war the 鈥榳orst humanitarian crisis in the world鈥� and warned it was leaving hundreds of thousands of children malnourished.
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Suspected jihadist attack kills 32 in Mali
A suspected jihadist attack on a convoy escorted by Malian soldiers and Russia鈥檚 Wagner mercenaries has killed 32 people in northern Mali, officials said on Saturday.
Trump freezes aid to S. Africa, citing law to 'seize' land
President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg\'s denials.
DRC conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group were threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned the risk of violence spreading regionally had 鈥榥ever been higher鈥�.
M23 addresses crowds in captured DRC city
Rwandan-backed M23 said Thursday it wanted to 鈥榣iberate all of the Congo鈥� in its first public meeting since seizing the eastern city of Goma after deadly clashes, as its fighters advanced towards another regional capital.
80 killed in southern Sudan violence
The United Nations warned on Thursday that two southern Sudan states were 鈥榦n the brink of catastrophe鈥� after a recent eruption of violence reportedly killed at least 80 people in one city.
Congolese protest against EU support of Rwanda
Hundreds of Congolese nationals protested on Tuesday at the EU offices in South Africa to demand sanctions against Rwanda over its support for rebels in the turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
US strikes in Somalia neutralise 鈥榢ey鈥� IS figures
The government of Somalia鈥檚 semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday that US military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed 鈥榢ey figures鈥� in the Islamic State group.
56 killed as fighting grips greater Khartoum
Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists....
DRC fighting has spawned health emergency: Africa
The head of Africa鈥檚 health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a 鈥榝ull-scale public health emergency鈥�, warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics.
700 people killed in DRC city of Goma since Sunday: UN
At least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo鈥檚 North Kivu province, a UN spokesman said on Friday.
UN decries 鈥榮ummary executions鈥�, rapes amid DRC fighting
The UN on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in eastern DR Congo, as the M23 armed group moves pushes deeper into the country, warning of summary executions and widespread rapes.
20 killed in South Sudan plane crash
A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, Unity state minister for information said on Wednesday...
Gunshots in DRC鈥檚 Goma as protesters attack embassies
Gunshots rang out on Tuesday through parts of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma, where Congolese soldiers have clashed with militia fighters backed by Rwandan troops, while furious protesters attacked embassies in the capital Kinshasa.
Japanese man ends 6,000km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town
A 34-year-old Japanese man, Yuji Gump Suzuki, on Sunday arrived in Cape Town to end a more than 6,000-kilometre (3,700-mile) journey from Kenya to South Africa on foot while pulling a rickshaw.