By Aidan Lewis (Reuters) – A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal has suspended all mining activity for nearly three years on its side of the southeastern Faleme river in a decree aimed at protecting the environment and supporting local communities threatened by an artisanal gold mining boom. Mining-related dredging and chemical discharges have helped pollute the Faleme, which flows from the uplands …
ZURICH (Reuters) – A Swiss citizen working on a U.S.-funded aid project has been arrested in Burkina Faso, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Switzerland and a foreign official said on Tuesday. The motive for the arrest was not immediately clear. “The FDFA is aware of the arrest of a Swiss citizen in Burkina …
(Reuters) – U.S. Africa Command General Michael Langley and Chargé d’affaires Jeremy Berndt met Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar, the U.S Embassy in Libya said on social media platform X on Tuesday. The U.S. urges all Libyan stakeholders to engage constructively in dialogue, with support from United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMI) and …
By Ayman Werfali BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Several oilfields across Libya have halted output as closures spread, engineers said on Tuesday, amid a dispute over control of the central bank and oil revenue. Presidency Council head Mohammed al-Menfi in Tripoli had issued a decision to replace central bank head Sadiq al-Kabir and the bank’s board – …
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By Sofia Christensen DAKAR (Reuters) – Hundreds were killed in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday after suspected jihadists opened fire on them as they were digging trenches around a town to protect it from attacks, victims’ relatives and a source who spoke to wounded survivors said. The attack outside the town of Barsalogho is one …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations Security Council committee is considering sanctioning two generals with Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for threatening the country’s peace, security, or stability, including through violence and human rights abuses. If the men are designated it would be the first U.N. sanctions imposed over the …
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By Eltayeb Siddig ARBAAT, Sudan (Reuters) – Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, resulting in the worst in a series of floods that have devastated a country already torn by 500 days of war. The collapse of the …
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By Felix Onuah LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a visit to China next week to discuss cooperation on the economy, agriculture and satellite technology, a Nigerian government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu, who has set in motion deep reforms in Africa’s largest economy, will be in …
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By Bhargav Acharya and Sonia Rolley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has asked Japan to donate at least 2 million doses of mpox vaccine, a senior official at Africa’s top public health body and a Congolese official said on Tuesday. Japan’s government said last week that Congo had requested mpox vaccine shots, …
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