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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations children’s agency said on Friday it will run out of its supply of lifesaving food to treat children suffering from acute forms of malnutrition in Ethiopia and Nigeria within the next two months due to lack of funding exacerbated by Trump administration cuts to foreign aid. …

One million malnourished children in Nigeria and Ethiopia risk losing aid, UNICEF says Read More »

DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil wars, military takeovers and rebellions. The Sudanese army said on Friday it had gained full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, in one of the most symbolic gains in …

Major moments in Sudan’s history of coups, wars and instability Read More »

By Giulia Paravicini GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ceasefire “doesn’t concern us” as his forces pushed deeper into Congolese territory by capturing the strategic town of Walikale. Walikale is the farthest …

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By Sonia Rolley BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At his bar in Bukavu – a city in eastern Congo overrun by Rwandan-backed rebels last month – Adolphe Amani dipped into his dwindling stock of beer to serve a table of thirsty customers watching a recent Sunday football match on his television. But with …

Congo conflict shutters Heineken brewery, cripples economy Read More »