Voting concluded in Mali on Sunday on a new constitution in the ruling junta’s first electoral test, with insecurity and political disagreement preventing voting in some areas.The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup but strongman leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, has vowed to return the country to civilian …

Voting ends in Mali on junta’s new constitutionSun, 18 Jun 2023 20:10:29 GMT Read More »

Grieving families buried their dead in western Uganda on Sunday while others searched desperately for missing loved ones after militants killed dozens of students in a “brutal” school attack.Officials say at least 41 people, mostly students, were massacred Friday in the worst attack of its kind in Uganda since 2010.President Yoweri Museveni, in his first …

Fear, grief after 41 dead in ‘brutal’ Uganda school attackSun, 18 Jun 2023 17:23:54 GMT Read More »

Malians voted Sunday on whether to back a new constitution in a first electoral test for the ruling junta but fears of jihadist attacks and political disagreements prevented voting in some areas.The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup but strongman leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, has vowed to …

Malians vote on junta’s new constitutionSun, 18 Jun 2023 16:20:57 GMT Read More »

A 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals took effect on Sunday to allow for the delivery of desperately needed aid to the country, on the eve of a humanitarian conference.The army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has since April 15 been battling paramilitary forces commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, after the two …

72-hour truce between Sudan’s warring generals takes effectSun, 18 Jun 2023 15:19:48 GMT Read More »

Malians voted Sunday on whether to back a draft constitution drawn up by the governing junta which has fuelled speculation that the country’s strongman ruler will seek election.The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup, which followed years of instability marked by jihadist insurgencies and political and economic crisis.Some …

Mali junta holds vote on new constitutionSun, 18 Jun 2023 13:16:43 GMT Read More »

Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.Officials say at least 41 people, mostly students, were massacred at a secondary school near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo late Friday by …

Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attackSun, 18 Jun 2023 07:52:16 GMT Read More »

A fresh ceasefire took effect in Sudan on Sunday after intense fighting that saw deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded over the border into Chad.The army, commanded by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has since April 15 been battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, …

New truce between Sudan’s warring generals takes effectSun, 18 Jun 2023 05:30:45 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital Saturday, a citizens’ group said, as medics in Chad reported …

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifiesSun, 18 Jun 2023 00:07:09 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine ‘war must be settled’Sat, 17 Jun 2023 23:47:37 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital Saturday, a citizens’ group said, as medics in Chad reported …

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifiesSat, 17 Jun 2023 21:08:49 GMT Read More »