Africa

Europe, China, and Japan raced to extract their citizens from Sudan on Monday and thousands more people used a partial lull in fighting between the army and a paramilitary force over the past two days to escape the country’s deepening crisis. The sudden eruption of violence between the military and …

Residents of Sudan’s capital reported renewed heavy gunfire on Thursday as thousands tried to flee fighting that has killed scores of civilians before the Eid holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri, one of Africa’s most populous urban areas, …

Three flights carrying 177 Egyptian troops from Sudan have arrived in Cairo and a separate group of 27 air force personnel are in the care of the Egyptian embassy in Sudan, the Egyptian army said on Thursday. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri have been rocked …

Air strikes and explosions hammered Sudan’s capital on Wednesday after the failure of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the army and paramilitary forces, forcing residents to stay hunkered down and prompting Japan to prepare to evacuate its citizens. Continuous bombardments and loud blasts could be heard in central Khartoum in the …

Sudan’s rival commanders agreed a 24-hour ceasefire from Tuesday evening, the army said, following calls to each side from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over fierce fighting in Khartoum that saw shots fired at a US diplomatic convoy. The ceasefire will start at 6.00 p.m. (1600 GMT) and will …

Calls grew to stop the fighting in Sudan as the capital was bombarded for a third day in deadly fighting between rival military factions that threatens to derail the nation’s stumbling shift from autocracy to civilian rule. At least 97 civilians have been killed and 365 injured since the fighting …

At least one person has reportedly been killed while many more were injured after Nigerian police opened fire on Quds Day protesters in the main city of Abuja. Videos from Abuja showed police firing tear gas at the protesters, who were scrambling for cover, at the annual International Quds Day march …

Sudan’s paramilitaries say they are in control of several key sites, including the presidential palace in central Khartoum, following fighting with the regular army. Fierce exchanges of gunfire as well as massive explosions hit the capital on Saturday as columns of smoke bellowed from various places and soldiers were deployed on the …

The Sudanese army said on Thursday that the mobilisation in the capital Khartoum and other cities of a para-military force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo had raised the risk of confrontation. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) moves represented a “clear violation of law,” the army said in a rare …

Germany’s ambassador to Chad will be expelled within 48 hours for his “impolite attitude” and “non-respect of diplomatic practices”, the government in N’Djamena said in a statement Friday. The ambassador, Jan Christian Gordon Kricke, has been in the role since July 2021, and the government gave no official explanation for …

At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official told Reuters. The coast guard rescued 17 others off southern city of Sfax from the same boat, two of whom are in critical …

Germany’s ambassador to Chad will be expelled within 48 hours for his “impolite attitude” and “non-respect of diplomatic practices,” the government in N’Djamena said in a statement Friday. The ambassador, Jan Christian Gordon Kricke, has been in the role since July 2021, and the government gave no official explanation for …

Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages, residents said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue …

Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media. Liberation said its correspondent Agnès Faivre and Le Monde’s Sophie Douce arrived in …

The move follows US oil giant’s pull-out from Chad in December Chad’s energy ministry has announced the nationalization of all the assets and rights that belonged to a subsidiary of US oil major ExxonMobil, including hydrocarbon permits as well as exploration and production permits, according to a Reuters report on …

Refugees have complained of overcrowding and malnutrition, a charity has claimed. People seeking asylum in the UK who complain of overcrowding, poor food, and mental health problems have been warned that they may be deported to Rwanda, according to the findings of a report by the Refugee Action charity released …

Some protesters have stormed the national assembly in Abuja over the just concluded presidential election in Nigeria. The protesters carried placards with the inscriptions such as ‘Save our Democracy’, “INEC + Corruption, Politicians are killing our Democracy,” and “INEC killing the Nigerian Democracy.” DAILY POST reports that some of the …

Several hundred supporters of President Kais Saied rallied in Tunis on Monday to show their support for him after a crackdown on opponents accused of treason and corruption, and to reject what they call foreign interference. “The people want the country to be cleansed!” they chanted in a central Tunis …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on an Africa visit also met representatives from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with officials in Ethiopia a dispute with downstream Egypt over Ethiopia’s completion of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Egypt and Sudan have been in talks …

About 2.5 tons of natural uranium have disappeared in Libya, announced the UN nuclear agency, AFP reported. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the organization’s member states that inspectors on Tuesday found that 10 barrels containing uranium ore concentrate “were not available as previously announced” …