As the conflict in Sudan enters its third week the World Health Organisation‘s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean alerted for the consequences of the conflict in the healthcare facilities in the country.  “In numbers, approximately 61 percent of the medical institutes in Khartoum stopped working because to the direct military attacks, military occupation for those institutes and firing their… Read More

Convening in Cairo, Egypt, Arab League permanent members held Monday (May 1st) an emergency meeting on the fighting in Sudan. Egypt’s deputy permanent representative outlined a draft resolution to halt fighting in the neighbouring country. “Egypt calls (within the draft resolution) for an immediate and comprehensive cessation of conflict, and for all (conflicting) parties to initiate their efforts to give… Read More

The German parliament has given the green light to the deployment of troops to Niger. Sixty German soldiers will join a small EU mission set up last December with the aim of helping the country improve its logistics and infrastructure. The decision by parliament in Berlin reinforces the continued commitment to a German presence in the Sahel region despite the… Read More

Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has issued red flag over the ongoing violence in his country warning the clashes could deteriorate into one of the worst civil wars than those experience in Syria and Libya if the fighting is not stopped. The former premier is now calling for a truce between the warring generals from both the Sudanese army… Read More

A Moroccan diplomatic source said Friday that two Moroccan cyclists have been missing for several days on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger. The two men, Abderrahmane Serhani (65) and Driss Fatihi (37), have not been heard from since they entered Burkina Faso from Côte d’Ivoire and headed across the border to Niger, the source said. They had left… Read More