3m Sudan children facing acute malnutrition: UN
An estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition this year in war-torn Sudan, according to the United Nations Children鈥檚 Fund.
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Lebanon army chief becomes president after 2-year vacancy
Lebanon鈥檚 lawmakers elected on Thursday army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.
Chad presidential palace attack foiled, 20 killed
Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad鈥檚 presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers died in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said on Thursday.
Ethiopia backs new peacekeeping force in Somalia
Ethiopia on Friday announced that it will collaborate with a new African Union force against Islamist Al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia, which is set to deploy later this month.
27 migrants die off Tunisia as two boats capsize
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.
Kenya detains protesters rallying against recent abductions
Kenyan police forcibly detained dozens of demonstrators and a senator, AFP witnessed on Monday, firing tear gas into small peaceful rallies protesting recent alleged abductions that have enraged the country.
Morocco migrant boat wreck on Dec 19 left 70 missing: Mali
The sinking of a vessel carrying migrants in Moroccan waters on December 19 left 70 people missing, including 25 from Mali, that country鈥檚 government said on Thursday.
Mozambique post-election violence kills 125 in three days: NGO
Around 125 people have been killed in three days of violent clashes across Mozambique amid opposition-led protests over the presidential election results, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday.
Post-election unrest:聽Mass jailbreak in Mozambique
More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison on Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as...
Sudan faces 鈥榳idening鈥� famine crisis
Famine has spread across war-torn Sudan and is projected to expand even further, a UN-backed assessment said on Tuesday, with refugee camps and displaced communities hit particularly hard.
Death toll in food queue stampedes in Nigeria rises to 32
Nigerian police on Sunday raised the total death toll from two stampedes at food distribution centres to 32.
Nigeria school fair stampede kills 35 children
A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has killed 35 children and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday.
UN warns 鈥榞ravity鈥� of Sudan crisis not understood
The international community does not grasp the seriousness of the crisis ravaging Sudan after more than a year and a half of civil war, a high-level UN official warned on Monday.
HRW accuses Sudan paramilitaries of widespread sexual violence
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces聽 and allied militias, at war with the army, of committing widespread sexual violence against women in southern Sudan....
At least 7 killed in Mali attack
At least seven people were killed Sunday in an attack in central Mali, the local diocese and a civil society organisation told AFP....