South Sudan rocked by heavy gunfire as Sudanese businesses looted
Unrest follows protests by South Sudanese youth over alleged killings of fellow nationals in Sudan by Sudanese Armed Forces Heavy…
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France hands over second army base in Chad amid withdrawal
Abéché (Chad) (AFP) – France on Saturday handed over its second army base in Chad as part of an agreement with…
South Sudan: Production of 90,000 barrels of oil per day resumed after export halt due to civil war in Sudan
Juba – Reuters: South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Puot Kang Chol, said on Tuesday that the country will resume oil…
More than 70 killed in Ethiopia road accident
Nairobi (AFP) – The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a…
Kiir holds urgent talks over shootout at ex-spy chief’s home
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir held an urgent meeting of top security brass on Friday after a shootout at the…
Boko Haram attack on Chad army garrison kills scores of people, government says
Around 40 members of the Chadian army were killed in an overnight attack by jihadist group Boko Haram near the…
Chad’s capital under threat as floodwaters rise
N’Djamena (AFP) – At the spot where the Chari and Logone Rivers meet, residents of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, have been scrambling…
Ethiopian actions ‘flagrantly violate’ Somali territorial integrity: Somali PM
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Somalia’s prime minister on Friday accused Ethiopia of actions that “flagrantly violate” Somalia’s territorial integrity…
Rising Somalia-Ethiopia tensions threaten Horn of Africa
Nairobi (AFP) – Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, heightened by arms shipments, risk destabilising the fragile Horn of Africa and…
South Sudan lawyers challenge the postponement of elections in court
NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Reuters) – A group of South Sudanese lawyers filed a case to the country’s top court on…