The United Arab Emirates promised the US it will not arm Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, said US lawmakers on Thursday, as the civil war in the country continues to foster one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, placing millions
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years. An outbreak of mpox in the Democratic
Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a “public health emergency of continental security” by Africa’s top health body over an outbreak that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of Sudan, arrived in Qatar Thursday on an official visit to discuss the ongoing crisis in his country. The trip, which comes after similar visits to Egypt and South Sudan in recent days, has prompted speculation that he is willing to seek a
Young boys pull containers of water as they return to their huts from a well in the village of Ntabasi village amid a drought in Samburu East, Kenya, on Friday, Oct, 14, 2022. © Brian Inganga, AP A devastating drought that
A power struggle between Sudan’s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead. Residents dodged gunfire in the capital, Khartoum, as rival forces battled over the presidential palace, state TV, and
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for an official visit to Ethiopia at the Bole International airport in Addis Ababa on March 14, 2023. © Tiksa Negeri, Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived late Tuesday in Ethiopia on
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba at the Presidential Palace in Libreville on March 1, 2023. © Ludovic Marin, AFP France’s President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a diplomatic drive
Pope begins trip to DR Congo and South Sudan Francis to meet victims of war in Congo Trip postponed from July due to pope’s knee ailment KINSHASA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Pope Francis denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts