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Sudanese exiled rebel leader Abdel Wahid Nur — a veteran of decades of fighting in the troubled Darfur region — says there can be “no winner” in the war now raging between two rival generals. “The Sudanese people want neither of them,” Nur, now based in neighbouring South Sudan, told AFP. “They want a civilian government.” Battles have flared for… Read More

The first group of Nigerian evacuees from Sudan arrived in Abuja on Wednesday after several days stranded at the border with Egypt. According to Nigerian authorities, the evacuation plan covers more than 3,500 nationals. “Bullets passed through our heads, we laid down at our own homes, we had to lay down on the ground. You can’t even sit down because… Read More

The number of victims in Rwanda’s floods has risen to at least 127. Torrential rains have swept through the Western, Southern and Northern provinces destroying homes and causing landslides. According to Rwandan authorities, most of the deaths occurred in the Western Province bordering Lake Kivu. Rwanda’s minister in charge of emergency management, Marie Solange Kayisire, announced that emergency relief was… Read More

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday met with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Nairobi. The leaders discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing crisis in Sudan. Kishida reiterated his nation’s desire to strengthen trade relations with Kenya in order to help contribute to the stability of the region. “We would like to strengthen coordination with Kenya,… Read More

On World Press Freedom Day the journalists’ rights group Reporters Without Borders said it was concerned the Sahel region is in danger of becoming “Africa’s biggest news blackout zone.” In a gloomy report published a month ago, Reporters Without Borders denounced a “constant deterioration” in the working conditions of the local and international press in the Sahel. Thirty media outlets,… Read More

The U.N.’s humanitarian chief arrived at Sudan’s main seaport on Wednesday, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gathered there in hopes of fleeing by plane or boat. The battle for control of Sudan erupted after months of escalating tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by… Read More

Conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic made more than a quarter-billion people suffer acute food insecurity last year in 58 countries. That’s roughly three percent of the global population which now stands at eight billion. Acute food insecurity is when a person’s inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger. In seven of them… Read More

Senegal and Tunisia are among the countries that have fallen the most in the annual press freedom ranking, published on Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 21st edition of this ranking highlights in particular the effects of disinformation, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In two thirds of the 180 countries assessed, the specialists who contribute to the development of the… Read More

South African Singer, Pretty Yende is set to perform at the coronation of Charles III on May 6, in front of tens of millions of television viewers. Pretty Yende has performed in some of the world’s greatest opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera House to the Paris Opera, via La Scala in Milan. The 38-year-old Opera singer, who will be… Read More

After an absence of two years caused by the pandemic, the Nomads Festival returned to Morocco. Deep in the desert and over three days, the event aims to keep alive the old ways in a fast moving society dominated by new technology. “The international nomads festival is looking to connect with various activities all linked to nomadism. This festival is… Read More