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Africa
Report indicts African Union for failing to prevent, resolve conflicts
In Africa, conflict-driven fatalities, displacement and economic destruction have reached staggering levels and are surging.
By James Wanzala
8h ago
A cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 20 people as it struck Madagascar, toppling houses and causing major flooding, the Indian Ocean island's disaster authority said Wednesday.
By AFP
10h ago
By Benard Orwongo
1d ago
By AFP
1d ago
A medical student has died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a major university in Senegal, the government said on Tuesday.
By AFP
1d ago
Junta-led Burkina Faso's parliament has dissolved all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers seized power more than three years ago.
By AFP
1d ago
The atrocities unleashed on Sudan's El-Fasher last October were a "preventable human rights catastrophe", the UN rights chief said Monday, warning they now risked being repeated in Kordofan.
By AFP
2d ago
Uganda is in advanced negotiations with Tanzania to develop a pipeline for transporting refined petroleum products, a move government officials say will strengthen regional energy security.
By Ndung’u Gachane
2d ago
Sudan on Monday announced it was returning to east African bloc IGAD, two years after freezing its membership over a decision to invite rival paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo to a summit.
By AFP
2d ago
South Africa's membership brings the country into the heart of Afreximbank's vision to transform the structure of Africa's trade.
By Brian Ngugi
2d ago
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos demanded that Asmara "withdraw its troops from Ethiopian territory and cease all forms of collaboration with rebel groups."
By AFP
3d ago
South Africa will withdraw its 700 troops deployed under the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in the conflict-plagued DR Congo, presidency says.
By AFP
3d ago
“If we were in Congo for the minerals, we would be 100 times richer than we are now,” said President Kagame during Umushyikirano
By Rosa Agutu
3d ago
Prateek Suri is widely recognised as Africa’s youngest billionaire and the richest Indian operating on African soil, with an estimated net worth of USD 1.9 billion.
By Boniface Mithika
4d ago
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