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Last updated: 13 hours ago Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday, after nine people were killed Thursday in demonstrations against the country’s ruling generals. The demonstrators moved later to a sit-in area, which started last Thursday night outside al-Jawda hospital where injured protesters are still being treated. The United States and others in the international… Read More

West African leaders attending a regional summit agreed Sunday to lift sanctions on Mali and Burkina Faso, two neighbors led by military governments. Speaking in Accra, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou – Ecowas Commission President – said the head of states had reached an agreement with Bamako, which has promised a return to democratic rule. If the 15-nation regional bloc maintained Mali’s… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Unable to travel to Congo, Pope Francis greeted the Congolese community in Rome on Sunday, borrowing words from their native languages to wish peace and joy in an especially vibrant ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica. Francis, 85, was supposed to make a pilgrimage to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in early July. But… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Water levels were receding in major rivers in Bangladesh’s northeast regions, but the city of Sylhet, which was badly hit by the floods, remained partially submerged on Sunday. The flooding displaced hundreds of thousands, and roads leading to Sylhet and Sunamganj areas was largely cut off after torrential monsoon rain last month. More than 100… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Cows are lifted by a crane from the roof of a building in preparation for Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. The animals are kept on the rooftop for a year where they are well-kept on by their owners, before marking Eid al-Adha with the slaughter of the… Read More

Last updated: 32 minutes ago Russia claimed on Sunday to have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and the entire frontline Lugansk region as a mayor said six people were killed by Russian shelling to the west. The gains claimed by Russia would mark a decisive breakthrough for Moscow’s forces seeking control of eastern Ukraine, more than four months… Read More

Kenya’s long-time opposition leader and the head of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Raila Odinga held presidential election campaigns in his hometown in Bondo Siaya County, Kenya. Odinga, in his address, promised to address issues of education, corruption and poverty if elected in the 9th August election. “There are four enemies that Kenyans are struggling with: poor health, ignorance, poverty,… Read More

A start-up entrepreneur from South Africa wants to change the way edible caterpillars popularly known as “mopane worms” are viewed and eaten. For many people, particularly from western European backgrounds, the idea of eating insects is still riddled with fear and inhibition. But they can be a valuable source of nutrition and farming them is not detrimental to the environment.… Read More

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday, after nine people were killed Thursday in demonstrations against the country’s ruling generals. AP video shows a police armoured vehicle firing tear gas towards the protesters, who used shields and threw stones in retaliation at the vehicles. The demonstrators moved later to a sit-in area, which started last Thursday… Read More

Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development. Francis issued a video message on the day he was supposed to have begun a week-long pilgrimage to the two African countries. Francis had to cancel the trip because of knee pain that… Read More