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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 production in Blocks 3...

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 vehicle carrying a wedding...

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 home of powerful former...

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 Nigerian border, the government...

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 to face flooding brought...

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 after Addis Ababa's shock...

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 creating opportunities for the...

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 Monday challenging the president's...

Ethiopia plagued by abductions ‘epidemic’

Addis Ababa (AFP) – One day in August, Aynalem was on her way to university in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia when armed men...

South Sudan says it is ready to restart pumping oil through Sudan

A worker walks by an oil well at the Toma South oil field to Heglig, in Ruweng State, South Sudan August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jok...

South Sudan announces two-year extension of transitional period, postponement of elections

The presidency of South Sudan announced the extension of the transitional period in the country for two years, in addition to postponing the date...

Ugandan court convicts LRA rebel leader of war crimes in landmark trial

Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 offences, including crimes against humanity, on Tuesday in Uganda’s first...

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