Niger coup

Niger coup: crackdown on coup leaders, travel ban

Niamey In the African country of Niger, the army claims that they have carried out a coup and they have overthrown the government of President Mohamed Bajoum. West African countries have threatened to use force if the country's President Mohamed...
Sudan mass graves

Sudan: 87 mass graves were found in volatile Darfur region

The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces and allied militias have been found in a mass grave in West Darfur, the United Nations said on Thursday. According to "credible information" obtained by the UN Human...
Al-Shabaab Somalia

Al-Shabaab captures military base in southern Somalia, 4 killed

Mogadishu Militants have captured a military base in southern Somalia. Four people, including three Somali security officers, were killed in fighting between al-Shabaab militants and regional forces. Al-Shabaab fighters in Jubaland state captured the Garili military base, which was recently...
BRICS

10th BRICS Education Ministers Meeting in Mpumalanga

Johannesburg The 10th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting lasted for two days in Skukuza, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa and was attended by Education Ministers and representatives of all five BRICS countries, in which Namibia was also present. Invited Special Guest Country....
Sudan violence

More than 3 million displaced due to violence in Sudan

Khartoum United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than three million people, nearly half of whom are children, have been displaced from their homes since violence in Sudan continued in April. OCHA and UNICEF reported that...
airstrikes in Sudan

22 killed in airstrikes in Sudan

Khartoum At least 22 people have been killed in an airstrike on a Sudanese town,  It is one of the bloodiest attacks in the weeks-long conflict between the Sudanese army and a rebel paramilitary organization. The attack took place on...