70 killed in attack on western Sudan hospital
An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organisation chief said on Sunday....
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27 Nigerian soldiers killed in suicide attack
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack in the northeast, two army sources said on Sunday....
Nine South African peacekeepers killed in DR Congo
Nine South African peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with M23 forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including two from UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO, the defence ministry said on Saturday....
30 killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur
A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region killed 30 people and injured dozens, a medical source said Saturday....
4,00,000 displaced this year in east DRC violence: UN
More than 4,00,000 people have already been displaced this year due to intensifying violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said Friday.
1m people fled Sudan war to S Sudan: UN
Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the figures illustrated the scale of the unfolding humanitarian crisis...
Eight illegal miners killed in Ghana in clashes with soldiers
At least eight illegal miners were killed in Ghana overnight after clashes with soldiers guarding the AngloGold Ashanti mining site in central Obuasi, the army said Sunday.
More deadly anti-Sudanese protests in South Sudan
Another 12 people have died in the past two days in South Sudan in attacks on citizens from northern neighbour Sudan, the security forces reported Saturday, despite an overnight curfew.
South Sudan declares nighttime curfew after looting in capital
Police in South Sudan declared a nighttime curfew on Friday, the morning after anti-Sudanese protests in the capital Juba degenerated into looting.
Mozambique inaugurates new president
Mozambique鈥檚 new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office on Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results...
60 killed at illegal South African mine
Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, police said on Wednesday...
Sudan rescuers say 120 killed by shelling near capital
Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling of an area of Omdurman, the capital Khartoum鈥檚 twin city just across the Nile River, killed more than 120 people.
Lebanon鈥檚 president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam PM
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun on Monday picked international jurist Nawaf Salam to form a government to pull the war-scarred country out of economic crisis.
Mali junta chief hosts Sudan鈥檚 de facto leader
The head of Mali鈥檚 ruling junta met Saturday with the de facto leader of Sudan, with both putschists in the grip of military struggles at home....
21 killed in vigilante gang ambush in Nigeria
At least 21 government militiamen were killed in an ambush by criminal gangs in Nigeria鈥檚 northwest Katsina state, police said early Saturday.