Sexual violence on staggering scale in Sudan civil war: UN
Rape is widespread in Sudan鈥檚 civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a 鈥榮taggering鈥� scale.
Africa
WFP calls for full access to Sudan amid looming famine
The World Food Programme has called on the warring parties in Sudan鈥檚 conflict to grant full access to the agency as the countries faces the imminent threat of famine...
40 killed in attack on army in Chad
An attack by jihadist group Boko Haram on the Chadian army killed around 40 people overnight near the Nigerian border, the government and local sources said Monday...
Ghana minister new C鈥檞ealth secy general
The 56-nation Commonwealth announced Ghana鈥檚 foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the new secretary general of the organisation at a rancorous summit in...
50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack: activists
A network of activists in central Sudan said that at least 50 people were killed in a single attack on Friday by the Rapid Support Forces, who have besieged and raided entire villages in al-Jazira state...
Activists say over 50 killed in two days of Sudan battles
Local activists in central Sudan have reported over 50 people killed since clashes erupted in Al-Jazira state on Sunday after a paramilitary commander defected to the army.
140 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
An explosion has killed more than 140 people in northern Nigeria as crowds rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker, officials said on Wednesday.
Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills almost 100 people: police
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday...
Seven shot dead in a South Africa home
Seven people were gunned down southwest of Johannesburg before the alleged shooter turned the gun on himself, police said Sunday, the latest in a string of mass shootings...
Air strike kills 23 in Khartoum market
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.
Senegal plans breakaway from foreign dependence, debt
Senegal鈥檚 government will on Monday present plans to break away from foreign dependence and debt in favour of local resources and human capital, said...
UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what president Joe Biden called a 鈥榟istoric agreement鈥� will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military base with...
Around 20 dies as boat sinks on DR Congo lake
Rescuers have recovered some 20 bodies after a boat carrying people and merchandise capsized Thursday on Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo, security and harbour sources said.
48 dead in Sudan paramilitary attacks on Darfur city
Two days of attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on the Darfur city of El-Fasher killed 48 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚 suffering.
18 killed in Sudan market attack
A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚...