US Envoy Says Russian Ship Picked Up Weapons In South Africa
The rand and South Africa's 2030 government bond extended losses after the U.S. assertion as currency traders said they were worried that South Africa could now face Western sanctions.
May 12, 2023
Japan Pledges To Mobilise $1 Billion To Help Nations Around Ukraine Accept Refugees
On Ukraine, the G7 will confirm financial support pledged so far and the effect of IMF support programmes, while boosting coordination among multilateral development banks and backing surrounding countries, Suzuki said.
May 11, 2023
Teenager Killed, Dozens Injured In Fresh Bout Of Senegal Unrest
A 15-year-old girl was killed and about 30 people were wounded during clashes between protesters and security forces in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday night, a local official said on Wednesday.
May 11, 2023
Russian Mercenary Chief Says He's Still Not Getting Enough Shells For Ukraine
Prigozhin said that the Russian leadership had asked the defence ministry to check the status of Wagner's shell request, but that bureaucracy meant the process was a slow one.
May 11, 2023
US Negotiators At Sudan Talks Are 'Cautiously Optimistic' - Nuland
Both sides have failed to abide by repeated truce deals.
May 11, 2023
Return Of Benin Bronzes Delayed After Nigerian President's Decree
Nigeria is on a quest to get thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now southwestern Nigeria, in 1897.
May 11, 2023
In Khartoum, Civilians Face Desperate Struggle To Survive
The World Food Programme said that as many as 2.5 million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger.
May 11, 2023
Battles Shake Sudan's Capital, Ceasefire Talks Reported To Make Progress
The army has been pounding targets across the three cities since Tuesday as it tries to root out RSF forces that have taken control of large residential areas and strategic sites since early in the conflict that erupted on April 15.
May 11, 2023
Yellen, At G7, To Underscore U.S. Commitment To Ukraine For 'As Long As It Takes'
"I look forward to coordinating with other G7 members to support Ukraine and degrade Russia's ability to wage war," she said in the remarks released by Treasury as the war approaches its 450th day.
May 11, 2023
Analysis-North Africa Backslides Toward Swirling Debt Troubles
Tunisia and Egypt are edging closer to major debt crises which could suck in a volatile North Africa region and pose tough choices to wealthy Gulf Arab neighbours
May 11, 2023
How Russians End Up In A Far-right Militia Fighting In Ukraine
The RVC was founded by Moscow-born Denis Kapustin, also known as Denis Nikitin or by the nom de guerre White Rex.
May 11, 2023
How Sudan's Paramilitary Forces Took Parts Of Khartoum, Stormed Army Chief's Quarters
When conflict flared in Khartoum almost a month ago, pitting Sudan's armed forces and their heavy weaponry against a paramilitary force born out of an agile but lightly-armed desert militia, it looked like it might prove a one-sided fight.
May 10, 2023
Senegal Opposition Leader Calls For Mass Protest After Court Ruling
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Tuesday rejected a court ruling that could preclude him from running in next year's election, vowing to pursue his candidacy and calling for a mass protest against President Macky Sall.
May 10, 2023
Outbound Inspections Resume Under Black Sea Grain Deal - UN
There were no inbound or outbound inspections of ships on Sunday or Monday.
May 10, 2023
Thousands Still Missing As Congo Flood Survivors Search For Relatives
The floods, in a remote, mountainous area of South Kivu province, ripped through the riverside villages of Nyamukubi and Bushushu five days ago, razing houses, destroying crops and killing more than 400 people.
May 10, 2023
Sudan Capital Rocked By Air Strikes, Looting
The two forces, which have failed to abide by repeated truce deals, sent representatives to talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Saturday.
May 10, 2023
Russian Mercenary Chief Says He's Been Told To Stay In Bakhmut Or Be Branded Traitor
The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force fighting in eastern Ukraine said on Tuesday said he had been told he and his men would be regarded as traitors if they abandoned their positions in the city of Bakhmut.
May 09, 2023
Sudan Deepens Crisis In Africa As UN Sees 5 Million More Needing Aid
When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run.
May 09, 2023
Zimbabwe Prize-winning Novelist Acquitted Over Anti-government Protest
He said the High Court judges did not immediately give reasons for the acquittal.
May 09, 2023
Congo Flood Survivors Mourn Lost Relatives As Death Toll Rises Above 400
Humanitarian workers have spent days recovering mud-caked bodies from the wrecked villages in Kalehe territory, where days of torrential rain triggered landslides and caused rivers to break their banks on Thursday.
May 09, 2023
Tight Security As Nigeria Presidential Election Result Challenged
On Monday, the five judges of the Presidential Election Petition Court set the rules for the hearing but did not get into substantive arguments.
May 09, 2023
US To Announce $1.2 Billion In Military Aid For Ukraine -source
Ukraine will receive 155-mm Howitzer ammunition, counter-drone ammunition, and funding for satellite imagery as well as various types of training, said the official.
May 09, 2023
No Black Sea Grain Deal Ships Inspected As Russian Deadline Looms
"In 2022, Ukraine supplied more than half of WFP's global wheat grain procurement, as it was the case in 2021," the U.N. said in a statement.
May 09, 2023
Russia Launches New Attack On Ukraine's Capital, Officials Say
Russia launched about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine's capital on Tuesday, the second attack in as many days, with air defence systems shooting all of them down, officials said, after air raid alerts blared over most of the country.
May 09, 2023
Sudan's Well-off Stuck In Limbo At Border Town En Route To Egypt
While women, children and the elderly can enter Egypt freely, though often after waiting days in testing conditions at a packed border, Sudanese men aged 16-50 must apply for visas.
May 08, 2023
Bringing Ukraine Closer To Europe, Zelenskiy Marks 1945 Nazi Surrender
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War Two by saying on Monday he would formalise a day of remembrance in Ukraine on May 8 when other Western countries celebrate Europe's victory.
May 08, 2023
Sudan Paramilitary RSF To Attend Jeddah Talks With Armed Forces
Riyadh and Washington earlier welcomed the "pre-negotiation talks" between the army and the RSF, and urged them to actively engage following numerous violated ceasefires.
May 08, 2023
Security Worries Overshadow Russia's Victory Day Preparations
Victory Day is a key anniversary for President Vladimir Putin, who often evokes the spirit and sacrifice that helped the Soviet Union defeat Nazi Germany in 1945 to kindle Russians' sense of patriotism
May 08, 2023
Gunmen Kill Journalist In Restive Northwest Cameroon, Says Union
Gunmen shot dead a journalist late on Sunday in Bamenda, a city in Cameroon's troubled northwest region, the local journalists' union said, in at least the third killing of a media worker in the country this year.
May 08, 2023
Russia Launches Mass Strikes On Ukraine Ahead Of May 9 Victory Day Holiday
Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its cherished Victory Day holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany.
May 08, 2023
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