Africa

Ghana's Mahama briefs ECOWAS chair Tinubu on Sahel mediation efforts

Mahama emphasised the complexity of the situation but expressed optimism that continued dialogue wou

UK urges nationals to leave South Sudan amid rising insecurity

South Sudan's multiparty unity government has been shaken by the arrest of several leaders from

Sudan army claims 'regaining full control' of capital Khartoum

The army, after suffering a string of defeats for a year and a half, launched a counteroffensive tha

Sudan's Burhan says laying groundwork for election of civilian government

The head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that his transitional adm

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-hit DRC

Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the

UN warns Machar's arrest brings South Sudan closer to war

Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has warned that the house arrest agai