The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will call for an end to Sudan’s bloodshed during a major Berlin conference on Wednesday, as the war enters its fourth year and humanitarian needs soar, according to The Guardian.
A journalist trapped in Sudan's war finally received three years of messages after reconnecting his phone, revealing the horrors he witnessed, according to BBC.
Efforts to end Sudan’s catastrophic war have been criticized as ‘bloody unacceptable’ by the country’s top UN official, as new reports show the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis is worsening, according to The Guardian.
Ghanaian winger Dominic Frimpong was killed in an armed robbery on his team’s bus as they returned from a match on Sunday, according to the Ghana Football Association.
In Djibouti and Benin, presidential candidates must afford nomination fees of up to £328,000, according to the Guardian. Critics argue this excludes many potential contenders.
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for the first papal visit to the country, calling for peace on the opening stop of a tour of Africa that signals the continent’s growing importance to the Catholic church, according to The Guardian.
Millions of people in war-ravaged Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country’s food crisis deepens, according to a report published by a group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Pope Leo XIV is set to focus on Africa, the world's fastest-growing Catholic region, during an 11-day tour of the continent, according to a senior Vatican official.
Civilians are feared to have died after reports that Nigerian military jets struck a village market in the north-east of the country, according to Reuters and local reports.
Nearly 400 people in Nigeria have been sentenced for links to militant Islamic groups, according to the BBC.
Chimpanzees in Uganda have been locked in a vicious 'civil war' for eight years, according to a new study, with researchers recording 24 killings, including 17 infants, since 2018.
Popular Tanzanian musician Matonya has been charged with rape in Kenya, according to Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
According to the Refugee Processing Center, the United States has admitted 4,499 refugees since October, with all but three from South Africa, highlighting a significant shift in refugee admissions under current policies.
The humanitarian situation in Sudan has reached catastrophic levels, with over 10 million people in need of urgent assistance, according to the International Rescue Committee.
According to the BBC, Zimbabwe's proposed constitutional amendments to scrap presidential elections and extend the president's term have caused deep divisions, with opposition figures calling it a 'slow coup' and ruling party supporters defending the move as necessary for stability.