Sudan: Health Conditions Deteriorate As More People Flee

U.N. agencies warn health conditions are deteriorating in Sudan and neighboring countries as growing numbers of people flee escalating fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces… Read more »

Somalia: Roadside Explosion Kills At Least Six

At least six people were killed and 12 others were injured when a roadside explosion hit a minibus in southern Somalia on Wednesday morning, the local governor says. Read more »

Sudan: United Nations Urges Negotiated Solution for Sudan Conflict

A senior United Nations official for Africa called Wednesday for a negotiated solution to the conflict in Sudan, saying there is no alternative. Read more »

Sudan: Medical Students From War-Torn Sudan Find Hope in Rwanda

At least 160 medical students who fled their homes and abandoned their studies due to the war in Sudan have found hope and a second chance to complete their education in Rwanda. Read more »

West Africa: Senior U.S. Diplomat Visits Niger for Talks With Country's Military Leaders

A top U.S diplomatic official has visited Niger to urge the nation's new military rulers to restore the West African nation's democratically elected president to power. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Countries Urged Not to Deport Burkina Faso Refugees Amid Escalating Violence

The U.N. refugee agency, the UNHCR, Thursday appealed to West African states not to forcibly repatriate refugees who have fled escalating insecurity and violence sparked by… Read more »

Niger: Niger Coup Supporters Protest Sanctions As Neighbors Debate Intervention

As West African states consider intervening in Niger to restore democracy one week after a military coup, hundreds of supporters of Niger's junta gathered in the capital Niamey on… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Says Military Deployed After New Militant Attack Kills At Least a Dozen

Cameroon said Thursday that at least 12 people have been killed in new attacks by Boko Haram in Darak, a fishing island on Cameroon's northern border with Chad and Nigeria.… Read more »

Sudan: Amnesty Blames Sudan Rival Forces, Militias for War Crimes, Civilian Suffering

Amnesty International says Sudan's warring military factions are committing war crimes as the country is ravaged by more than three months of violence. The group has documented… Read more »

Niger: Washington Closely Watching Niger After Coup

The White House says it's closely watching a coup in Niger, as the U.S. Embassy prepares to evacuate some staff from the West African nation. With the coup plotters staring down a… Read more »

Niger: U.S. Joins France, Italy in Evacuating Citizens From Niger

Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived Wednesday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for two days of meetings to discuss last week's coup… Read more »

Africa: France Faces Uncertain Way Forward in Africa's Sahel Region

Planeloads of French citizens are returning home. Anti-French demonstrations are peppered with Russian flags. French military and political interests are once again under attack in… Read more »

West Africa: Tense Atmosphere in Sahel As Neighbors Warn Against Military Intervention in Niger

Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS are holding talks in Nigeria Wednesday about last week's coup in Niger. Earlier this week, the regional economic bloc set a… Read more »

West Africa: Sahel Region Coups Make Room for Terrorist Groups - Analysts

West African nations have given Niger one week to return to civilian rule following the recent coup there and threatened measures including the use of force unless coup leaders… Read more »

Cameroon: Women Protest Separatist War, Cost of Living On Pan African Women's Day

Hundreds of women and activists marched in the capital of Cameroon Monday, calling for an end to the country's separatist crisis and for the government to provide more help to… Read more »

Sudan: Rights Groups Call for Sudan War Crimes Investigation

A group of Sudanese rights and professional bodies has accused both warring parties in Sudan of committing atrocities that could be prosecuted as war crimes and crimes against… Read more »

East Africa: Tension Between Sudan, Kenya's Ruto Impedes IGAD Mediation Effort in Sudan

Analysts say a spat between Sudan and Kenya is hurting regional efforts to mediate an end to the war in Sudan. This week a Sudanese general accused Kenyan President William Ruto of… Read more »

Somalia: Parliament Speaker Suspects 'Traitors' May Have Facilitated Bombing

The speaker of Somalia's lower house of Parliament has strongly condemned Monday's "cowardly, merciless and unreligious" bombing of a military base that claimed the lives of 25… Read more »

Malawi: World Food Programme Halves Food Assistance for Refugees

The World Food Program in Malawi says a funding shortfall has forced it to cut by one-half food rations for more than 50,000 people at the country's only refugee camp. Read more »

Africa: Activists Want Egypt to Ease Entry for Refugees From Sudan Conflict

With Sudan's conflict now at the 100-day mark, advocacy groups are calling on Sudan's neighbor Egypt to ease entry requirements for refugees, saying displaced Sudanese face a dire… Read more »

Somalia: At Least 20 Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bomb - Source

Heavy casualties have been reported after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at Mogadishu's Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy early Monday, sources said. Read more »

Africa: Ukraine War Looms Large Over Russia-Africa Summit

African leaders are to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg at the end of this month for a summit, billed as strengthening cooperation in peace, security,… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Airstrike in Somalia Kills Five Militants

The U.S. military command in Africa has said it conducted an airstrike in central Somalia that killed five al-Shabab militants. Read more »

Cameroon: English-Speaking Civilians Say Economic Activity At Standstill After Separatist Roadblocks

In Cameroon, authorities say separatists have set up roadblocks to at least 20 western districts to protest what they call excessive brutality by government troops. The rebels… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Military, Separatists Trade Accusations of Civilian Killings

Cameroon's military says it has arrested scores of rebels suspected in the shooting deaths of 10 civilians Sunday in the northwest town of Bamenda. The military says separatists… Read more »