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Update: Over 20 killed after Sudanese army plane crashed in residential area Feb 26, 2025

Among those killed was Major General Bahr Ahmed, a senior commander in Khartoum who previously served as the commander of the army across the entire c...

Britain to pause bilateral aid to Rwanda over role DR Congo conflict Feb 25, 2025

Britain said it would also coordinate with partners on potential new sanctions and suspend future defence training assistance to Rwanda.

Children face lethal violence, rape in east Congo war Feb 25, 2025

The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence as the rebels, known as M23, press on after seizi...

Roberta Flack, American singer and Grammy winner, dies aged 88 Feb 24, 2025

Flack revealed in November 2022 that she had been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and could no longer sing.

Clash between Ethiopian and Kenyan fishermen leaves many dead or missing Feb 24, 2025

On Monday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said none of the missing Kenyans had been found.

Pope Francis remains critical and has 'slight' kidney issue, Vatican says Feb 23, 2025

Outside Gemelli hospital, people gathered to pray near a statue of the late Pope John Paul II, who was treated at the facility many times during his l...

Sudan's army makes key advances after RSF signs political charter Feb 23, 2025

Attempts at peace talks in the conflict have stalled and both sides have continued to draw on their foreign backers for arms.

Pope Francis had 'tranquil' night after respiratory crisis – Vatican Feb 23, 2025

The pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 after experiencing difficulty breathing for several days.

Congolese President Tshisekedi plans unity government in response to eastern DRC crisis Feb 23, 2025

Tshisekedi told a meeting of the ruling Sacred Union coalition not to be distracted by internal quarrels.

Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter in Nairobi to form parallel government, two signatories say Feb 23, 2025

According to the text of the charter, the signatories agreed that Sudan should be a "secular, democratic, non-centralised state" with a single nationa...

Influx of 40,000 fleeing DRC war worsens Burundi humanitarian plight, UN says Feb 21, 2025

Several areas in northwest Burundi are overwhelmed with people, some of whom have been displaced several times and have arrived injured or with health...

UN Security Council to call on Rwanda to pull troops from Congo Feb 21, 2025

The French-drafted U.N. resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu" and demands that M23...

DRC army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town Feb 21, 2025

Fighting with the M23 has continued outside the town, in the southern part of the wider Lubero territory, for the past 72 hours, Congolese army spokes...

Somalia says its army, allied militias repel Al-Shabaab attacks, kill more than 130 Feb 20, 2025

Al Shabaab attacked four villages in the Middle Shabelle region with vehicles laden with explosives on Thursday morning, and briefly captured two of t...

Mbappe hat-trick buries Man City to fire Real Madrid into last 16 Feb 20, 2025

It was the first time in City coach Pep Guardiola's illustrious career that one of his teams in the Champions League had failed to reach the round of...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon attends his first criminal trial hearing Feb 20, 2025

Prosecutors last month indicted Yoon after accusing him of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024.

South Africa's white farmers would be among victims if Trump ends growth bill Feb 19, 2025

Some Republicans want to punish South Africa for land reform, its genocide case against Israel and other actions such as naval exercises with Russia a...

Rebel advance causes panic in Congolese border town Uvira Feb 19, 2025

Residents and officials described scenes of looting, bodies lying in the street, and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanga...

South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts Feb 19, 2025

Trump in January ordered a 90-day pause in all foreign development assistance pending assessment of its consistency with his "America First" foreign p...

Uganda discharges all eight Ebola patients after they recover, health minister says Feb 19, 2025

Health MInister Aceng said 265 contacts remained under "strict quarantine and monitoring" in the capital Kampala, as well as in Jinja and Mbale - two...

Pope Francis has double pneumonia, complicating his treatment, Vatican says Feb 19, 2025

The Vatican said on Monday that doctors had changed the pope's drug therapy for the second time during his hospital stay to tackle a "complex clinical...

Attacks by Sudan's RSF leave over 200 dead as force prepares political charter Feb 19, 2025

White Nile state, where activists said three days of RSF attacks had left more than 200 dead, has emerged as a key battleground as the army regains te...

Burundi troops withdraw from M23 fight in new blow to DRC Feb 18, 2025

Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there, but more recently, to aid in the fight against M23...

DRC army retreat from Bukavu leads to clashes with allied militias Feb 18, 2025

Three Congolese military sources said the decision to retreat was made to avoid the bloodshed that accompanied the fall of Goma, eastern Congo's large...

Children were executed by M23 in Congo's Bukavu, UN says Feb 18, 2025

She also voiced concern for journalists, human rights defenders and members of civil society organisations who are seeking protection from reprisals b...

Rebel-held ports in eastern DR Congo re-open as humanitarian aid needs grow Feb 18, 2025

A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...

Commonwealth urges Uganda to release detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye Feb 18, 2025

Besigye's prosecution by a military court and near three-month incarceration for offences including illegal firearms possession has stoked public ange...

Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months Feb 18, 2025

The government had last year restricted the use of the crossing, which is crucial to reaching famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region, saying that...

South Africa says silence from US on bid for talks, China pledges support Feb 18, 2025

Trump cut U.S. financial assistance to the country this month, citing disapproval of its land reform policy and genocide case against Israel at the In...

Ethiopia bondholders say IMF report 'artificially' creates solvency issue Feb 17, 2025

The East African nation defaulted on its sole $1 billion bond in December 2023, and negotiations over restructuring the debt have been slow and acrimo...

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