Sudan’s military and its paramilitary rival each have announced that they will abide by a 24-hour cease-fire, starting Wednesday (Apr. 18) evening, after a previous attempt at a truce failed a day earlier. A similar pause Tuesday (Apr. 17) night fell apart almost immediately, and it was not clear if the new attempt would hold. Earlier Wednesday the Al-Taif neighbourhood,… Read More

The UN mission in Mali said on social networks that two peacekeepers were wounded Tuesday by a mine explosion in central Mali. “Our office in Mopti confirms an explosion near the village of Amba, 75 km west of Douentza, injuring two peacekeepers who were part of a logistical convoy en route to that region,” it tweeted. UNMISSA did not specify… Read More

The Libyans face “a historic opportunity to overcome” the crisis in which their country has been mired since 2011, the UN envoy to Libya said on Tuesday, still hoping for elections to be held this year. “A historic opportunity is open to overcome this decade of crisis,” Senegalese Abdoulaye Bathily, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Manul),… Read More

Khartoum’s hospitals have been thrown into chaos by the explosion of violence between Sudan’s two top generals. People have been unable to leave their homes since Saturday as the two sides engaged in gun battles and bombarded each other with artillery and airstrikes. More than 185 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded since the fighting erupted, according to… Read More

Hundreds of people gathered in Rome on Tuesday to protest the government’s new plans to crack down on migrants. The country’s senate is due to take up proposed legislation put forward by the government of far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni that aims to make it harder for migrants to gain temporary permission to stay in Italy. Coalition ally Matteo Salvini, who… Read More

Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, left hospitals damaged and medical supplies and food in short supply Monday after three days of urban warfare. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, Sudan’s army chief Abdel… Read More