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...
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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.
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.
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.