By Maggie Michael CAIRO (Reuters) -Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated to one of Sudan’s warring factions raided one of Khartoum’s oldest churches, opening fire at church officials as they searched for cash, gold and women, two witnesses said. The raid was one of many targeting homes, factories, banks and places of …
Witnesses recount gunmen’s raid on church in Sudan’s capital Read More »
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Assailants killed three rangers and another member of their convoy in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday morning, the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) said. The attackers struck as the convoy, escorted by ICCN rangers, left Kivandya village near Virunga national park which is …
Four killed in east Congo ambush near gorilla park Read More »
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located between Marrakech and the Atlantic coast. But the scarcity of Homo sapiens fossils from early in our evolutionary history and the geographical spread …
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa Read More »
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development traveled on Thursday to Chad, where tens of thousands have fled fighting in neighboring Sudan, to meet with Sudanese refugees and officials, a USAID spokesperson said. Some 60,000 Sudanese refugees, mostly women and children, have poured over the border since …
USAID chief goes to Chad to meet Sudanese refugees, discuss humanitarian needs Read More »
By Mai ShamsElDin and El Tayeb Siddig CAIRO (Reuters) – After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo but says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. “They saw everything, the gunfire was falling …
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children Read More »
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge on Thursday freed two students arrested over a satirical song criticising the police, after President Kais Saied said their detention was “totally unacceptable” and called for their release, their lawyers said. Youssef Chelbi and Dhia Nsir were arrested on Wednesday after posting a clip on Tik Tok and Facebook …
Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police Read More »
By Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine shot down 29 of 30 missiles launched by Russia in overnight air strikes but one person was killed in an attack on the southern city of Odesa, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. Black smoke filled the sky over Kyiv during the ninth attack on the capital this …
Ukraine says it shot down 29 of 30 missiles in overnight Russian attacks Read More »
By Zohra Bensemra and Mahamat Ramadane KOUFROUN, Chad (Reuters) – Fleeing the village to escape from attackers, crossing a desert border, building a shelter from straw and rags, waiting for food aid: these are familiar hardships for Halime Adam Moussa, who has fled Sudan for Chad with her family for a second time. Moussa, 68, …
A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad Read More »
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian president Kais Saied pledged on Wednesday to guarantee the safety of Jewish citizens and their temples, after meeting the country’s chief rabbi in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue. Last Tuesday a National Guardsman killed two Jewish visitors and two policemen at the synagogue on Djerba island – …
Tunisia president pledges safety for Jewish citizens after synagogue attack Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least four Nigerians were killed in an attack on a convoy of two U.S. government vehicles in Nigeria on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, adding that the attack did not appear to be directed at the U.S. mission there. In a statement on Wednesday, Blinken said the U.S. mission …
At least four Nigerians killed in attack on U.S. convoy -Blinken Read More »
