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Haftar announces ‘final chance’ for elections

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - The Libyan National Army of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced "a final opportunity" to draw up a road map...

Rebel crisis in eastern DR Congo threatens endangered mountain gorillas

M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern DR Congo is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park and leaving the endangered species vulnerable to poachers,...

Libya sentences 17 ‘IS members’ to death

Tripoli (AFP) – A Libyan court on Monday sentenced 17 people to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group and carrying...

Lawsuit accuses social media giant Meta of inflaming Ethiopia’s civil war

A new lawsuit has accused Meta Platforms META.O of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook, inflaming the country's bloody civil war. The...

Thousands flee violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile: UN

juba (AFP) – Violence in South Sudan's far north has forced thousands of civilians to flee in recent weeks, UN agencies said Wednesday, adding some...

Sudan and S. Sudan’s Customs sign Cooperation Agreement

Khartoum-(SUNA)- The Sudan's customs Corporation and South Sudan Customs Commission signed in Juba, the capital of south Sudan,  an agreement aimed at opening  crossing borders...

For survivors of Ethiopia’s Tigray war, truce brings cautious hope

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A ceasefire deal in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people impacted by the bloody two-year...

Glencore’s agent in South Sudan, paid bribes to government officials

LONDON, - (Reuters) - Employees and agents of a British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore (GLEN.L)used private jets to transfer cash to...

Ethiopia warring parties agree to truce deal

Pretoria (AFP) – The warring sides in Ethiopia's devastating conflict have agreed on a truce, the African Union's mediator announced on Wednesday following marathon...

Central African Republic (CAR) convicted three militiamen for crimes against humanity

Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) – A court in the Central African Republic (CAR) in a historic ruling on Monday convicted three militiamen for...

Ethiopian government and the rebel in Tigray talk continue

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Talks between the Ethiopian government and the rebel authorities in Tigray aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to their devastating...

WHO’s Tedros says narrow window to ‘prevent genocide’ in Ethiopia

NAIROBI (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in...

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