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South Africa’s ruling ANC has called for the country, which has been criticized since the start of the war in Ukraine for its closeness to Moscow, to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday. The Hague-based ICC issued an arrest warrant in March for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war crime of “deporting” Ukrainian children.… Read More

At least 20 people were injured on Tuesday after two shells fell on a medical centre in Sudan’s most populous city, Omdurman, according to hospital officials. Blood stains covered the floor of Al-Roomy medical centre after it was hit by the projectile shells at noon local time. “All patients who were sitting on the seats were injured below their knees.… 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. Dozens of hospitals have shuttered in Khartoum and elsewhere across Sudan due to the fighting, and dwindling… Read More

The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the first review of Tanzania’s three-year extended credit facility, allowing immediate disbursement of about $153 million in budgetary support, the IMF said in a statement. The international financial lender said Tanzania’s economic reform program was progressing well in a challenging global economic environment, but authorities must work to boost domestic revenues, while stepping… Read More

A difficult draw for the Flying Eagles U20, who will play Brazil, Italy and the Dominican Republic in the World Cup 2023 of their category which will take place in Argentina from May 20 to June 11. Friday’s draw (Apr. 21) was led by former Argentine and French internationals Juan Pablo Sorin and David Trezeguet. Three of the four African… Read More

The UN Human Rights Office, is calling for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for “those responsible to be held to account.” At the bi-weekly news briefing today (25 April) in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office made the following statement on Burkina Faso: Available information… Read More

Guinea-Bissau has become the first non-European country to join an international agreement on government accountability for human rights and the environment, the United Nations announced Tuesday. Conakry signed the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters on April 4, becoming its 47th signatory country, according to the UN. The Convention, also… Read More

The number of cholera cases in Mozambique has increased tenfold since February, with more than 28,000 people infected in the southern African country still reeling from the deadly Cyclone Freddy, UNICEF said Tuesday. “More than 28,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in Mozambique,” Guy Taylor, spokesman for the Mozambican branch of the UN agency, which has distributed 2.4 million… Read More

A plane carrying the first batch of Kenyan evacuees from Sudan landed at the airport in Nairobi on Monday night. The dozens of evacuees disembarked from a Kenya Air Force plane, and were received by Defence Secretary Aden Duale. More evacuations are underway, with the foreign ministry on Monday stating that three evacuation programs were active. As fighting continues in… Read More

In the central region of Uganda, wheel loaders are busy loading trucks with sand. Sand at the Seroma mining company quarry comes from the Lwera wetland, an area near Lake Victoria that is a key ecosystem. It is a breeding ground for fish, serves as a stop for migratory birds and can store vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide underground. The wetland stretches… Read More