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Deadly fighting between army, paramilitaries in Sudan capital

Fighting in the Sudanese capital raged into the night after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the regular…

Fighting rocks Sudan capital as regular army battles paramilitaries

Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Saturday as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other's bases, days after…

DEVELOPING STORY: Sudan paramilitaries say in control of Khartoum presidential palace

  Sudan's paramilitaries said they were in control of several key sites following fighting with the regular army Saturday, including…

DEVELOPING STORY: Sudan paramilitaries say they took control of Khartoum airport

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Force said it had taken control of Khartoum airport…

10 Nigeria schoolchildren kidnapped: official

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Tuesday 4/4/2023 Ten students have been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State where criminal gangs…

Freed French journalist returns home to emotional welcome

  by Delphine TOUITOU with Camille LAFFONT in Niamey French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on…

South Africa braces for nationwide protests

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa braced for protests on Monday after a left-wing party called for a "national…

Ten million children in Africa’s central Sahel face ‘extreme jeopardy’: UN

  Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and desperately need humanitarian help…

M23 rebels clash with DR Congo troops despite ceasefire

by Alexis HUGUET Agence France-Presse GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- M23 rebels clashed with soldiers on two fronts in eastern…

Pakistan suicide bomber kills nine police officers

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others on Monday in an attack…

Riot in Indonesia’s Papua leaves 10 dead

Indonesia has deployed security forces to a town in the breakaway eastern region of Papua after 10 people were killed…

Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to battle jihadists

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army…

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