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Port Sudan has become a focus for foreign nationals hoping to escape the violence by sea — with passenger ships making crossings to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. But despite the huge numbers trying to get out, there are some who are making their way back to the war torn country so they can be with their families. One passenger said:… Read More

Around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a jihadist “war” in northern Togo, President Faure Gnassingbe has said, in a ground-breaking interview. The small West African nation, along with neighbouring Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast, is increasingly facing threats of a jihadist spillover from Burkina Faso and Mali. “We have paid a heavy price, especially our defence… Read More

On this episode, Jerry Fisayo Bambi and the Inspire Africa team bring you positively impacting stories in sports and education. First, we go to Burkina Faso to see the self-defense training program of Gloria Guissou Kabré, a well-decorated sportswoman in the country. Guissou Kabre having distinguished herself in Karate, a martial art is now offering training self-defense training to women… Read More

As the fighting between Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters its third week, more people try to leave the country. Explosions and heavy arms have been heard in the capital Khartoum even after the parties agreed to expand a cease-fire of another three days. Since the beginning of this violent part on the conflict more than 400 civilians… Read More

Medical staff working at the Al-Now Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, have complained of lack of resources as they struggle to deal with the influx of patients. “There is a huge lack in the medical teams and a huge lack in the hospital’s facilities. In normal circumstances there are teams, now the shift is longer as not enough doctors exist, there… Read More

Nine very old riflemen, who fought for France in Indochina and Algeria, arrived in Senegal on Friday to end their lives peacefully, after a long battle with the French administration to have their “sacrifices” recognised. When the first of them walked through the doors of the plane at Blaise Diagne airport, installed in his wheelchair, white beard, dressed in a… Read More

Humanitarian groups and Chadian authorities need urgent funding to support thousands of refugees fleeing across the border from neighboring Sudan, according to the World Food Programme. The UN has said as many as 20,000 people have crossed from Sudan into Chad since fighting erupted between factions led by rival generals earlier this month. “It’s extremely urgent because in six to… Read More

Hundreds gathered Friday in Mali’s capital Bamako to call for MINUSMA the UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country to leave. Protestors responded to a call by local political and activist groups close to the country’s military junta to attend the protest meeting. The protestors, many waving Russian flags, say the UN peacekeepers’ decade-long presence is no longer required.… Read More

A Burkinabe human rights organization counted 136 civilians, including 50 women and 21 children, killed on April 20 in the village of Karma in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing army fatigues. “Our teams have documented and recorded 136 lifeless bodies in Karma, including 50 women and 21 children, among them babies under 30 days old killed on their mothers’… Read More

Mohamed El Morabity of Morocco has won the 37th Marathon des sables, a desert ultra-trail in self-sufficiency (250 km), made difficult by the heat in the sahara desert. Running under 40.5 ° C El Morabity beat his compatriot Aziz Yachou in the last stage. The two men are in the same order in the general standings. Mohamed El Morabity won for… Read More