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The opposition in South Sudan announced that one of its military bases near the capital Juba was bombed on Monday night, while Washington expressed “deep concern” over escalating violence. The clashes between forces loyal to President Salva...
(Reuters) - Aid workers said that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is at war with the Sudanese army, has imposed new restrictions on aid delivery to areas where it seeks to strengthen its control,...

Russia’s book police: literature, once exempt, gets censor’s chop

A new “council of experts” set up in Russia is leveraging a decade-old law against gay “propaganda” to censure books. The move marks a...

Christie’s Poirot farewell unveiled at ‘dark’ crime exhibition

Cambridge (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Agatha Christie's 1930s typewriter and the manuscript of her final Hercule Poirot novel, which was kept for decades in a...

“Secrets and schemes to destabilize Niger”. France bans publication of book by former ambassador in Niamey

The French Foreign Ministry has banned the publication of a book by its former ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Eté, under several pretexts, including invoking...

‘Prophet Song’ by Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for fiction

Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland...

‘Toxic masculinity’: Russia targets women behind award-winning play

Moscow (AFP) – Yelena Efros has been sending letters to Russian prisons for years, as the head of a volunteer group writing regular dispatches to...

Kahlil Gibran’s Lebanon hometown celebrates ‘The Prophet’ centennial

Bsharre (Lebanon) (AFP) – Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Kahlil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been...

Kyiv bids farewell to writer killed in Russian strike

  Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Inside Kyiv's St Michael's cathedral, mourners gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, who died of her...

Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize for darkly comic memory novel

LONDON (AP) — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic...

6 books compete for nonfiction ‘winner of winners’ prize

LONDON (AP) — Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of...

Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship

LONDON (AP) — Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works...

Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack

London (AFP) – Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel "Victory City", an "epic tale" of a...

Sudanese historian Yusuf Fadl Hassan is SIBF 2022 ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’

Sharjah-(SUNA) -The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has announced Sudanese historian Yusuf Fadl Hassan as ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’ for its upcoming 41st annual...

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