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Heavy fighting in Khartoum; Sudan’s children caught in conflict, UN says

5 May 2023

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Noureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fierce fighting persisted in Sudan on Thursday despite a truce agreement as U.S. intelligence said rival forces were trying to gain the upper hand ahead of possible negotiations and the U.N. warned of the violence’s devastating toll on children. Despite multiple ceasefire declarations, the two sides appeared …

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Tunisia facing unprecedented migration crisis as bodies wash ashore

5 May 2023

By Tarek Amara SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Bodies of drowned migrants wash up most days on Tunisian beaches, lie unclaimed in hospital corridors and fill morgues, evidence of a surge in people seeking to cross the Mediterranean that has been accelerated by a government crackdown. Coastguard patrols return to the port of Sfax crammed with …

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Kenyan cult leader to remain in prison after more than 100 followers die

4 May 2023

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death will be detained by police until a hearing on Friday, a court ruled on Tuesday as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest where 101 corpses have already been unearthed. Kenyan authorities say the dead were members of …

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Biden paves way for new U.S. sanctions tied to Sudan violence

4 May 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden paved the way for new Sudan-related sanctions on Thursday, calling the country’s raging power struggle a “betrayal” of its citizens. Biden signed an executive order laying groundwork for potential sanctions as his intelligence chief warned that the conflict between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is …

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Egyptian ex-MP planning presidential bid says relatives arrested

4 May 2023

By Farah Saafan CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have arrested two male relatives and three friends of former member of parliament Ahmed Eltantawy, he said on Thursday, shortly before his announced return home ahead of an intended presidential election bid. Eltantawy confirmed to Reuters by phone from Beirut that the arrests occurred on Tuesday, declining …

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Japan’s PM Kishida seeks closer ties with Africa in bid to woo ‘Global South’

4 May 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he hoped to see closer ties between Japan and Africa as he seeks to win over the “Global South” ahead of a Group of Seven (G7) summit he will host later this month. Kishida said that Japan would act as an intermediary between the …

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Nightmare in Sudan: African expats struggle to find way out

4 May 2023

By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian law student Umar Yusuf Yaru was relaxing in his apartment when he first heard gunfire last month in his Khartoum neighbourhood. For the next nine days, Yaru hunkered down alone as the Sudanese armed forces clashed with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), hoping the fighting would end. …

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