The UN reported that in the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at least 180 people have died and 1,800 have been injured. Volker Perthes, the UN’s special envoy to Sudan, noted that the country’s situation is “very fluid, so it’s very difficult to say where […]
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In order to give a public lecture at King’s College, London, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will leave Abuja on Sunday. The lecture was a component of the school’s yearly Africa Week 2023 events, according to a statement from Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, in Abuja. In 1829, King George IV and the Duke of Wellington founded
Simon Ekpa, the self-declared factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has criticized those who have urged him to travel to Nigeria rather than remain in Finland and discuss events there. Ekpa, who was detained and questioned by the Finnish police in February 2023 regarding alleged plans to impose a “sit at home”
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The largest criminal gang in Colombia, the Clan del Golfo, also known as the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC), attacked police, so President Gustavo Petro of Colombia ordered the suspension of a ceasefire. Against the Clan del Golfo, I have commanded the armed forces to resume all military operations, Petro tweeted. “We won’t stand by while
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In an effort to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats, Britain and France have agreed to pay each other 480 million pounds ($577 million) over the course of three years. Speaking at a summit intended to mend fences after years of argument over Brexit, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French
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In defiance of criticism from human rights organizations, Ugandan lawmakers have introduced legislation to parliament that calls for severe new penalties for same-sex relationships in a nation where homosexuality is already prohibited. Annet As the first step in an expedited procedure to pass the proposal into law, Speaker of the House Anita Among referred the
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Seven people were shot dead at a Jehovah’s Witness church next to a car repair shop on Thursday night in Germany’s Gross Borstel District before the gunman turned the gun on himself, according to the police. According to police spokesman Holger Vehren, officers were informed of the shooting at around 9.15 p.m. They quickly responded
An explosion in his office has killed Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the Taliban governor of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan. AFP reported on Thursday that Muzammil was the most senior official to be killed since the Taliban retook power in 2021. Since then, there has been a marked decrease in violence, but numerous attacks, many of
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The United States put itself at risk of a clash with Beijing by asserting that Washington was not looking for a fight and that there had been no shift in U.S.-Chinese ties. In response to China’s foreign minister’s warning that Washington must alter its “distorted” perspective or risk conflict, John Kirby, the White House’s spokesman
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According to officials in Mexico and the US, two of the four Americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead, while the other two are still alive and have returned to the US. On March 3, four US citizens were taken hostage by armed men as they entered Matamoros, a city
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