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The once-pristine white oil tanks of Sudan’s largest refinery have been blackened by nearly two years of devastating war, leaving the country heavily dependent on fuel imports it can ill afford.The Chinese-built Al-Jaili refinery, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) north of Khartoum, was captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), just days after fighting …

Battle for Khartoum wrecks key Sudan oil refineryThu, 20 Mar 2025 11:54:54 GMT Read More »

A court on Thursday set for November the trial of a daughter of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, accused of inciting 2021 riots that left more than 350 people dead.Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, 42, is among several people charged with inciting terrorism and public violence via posts on social media after Zuma was sent to prison …

Riots trial of ex S.Africa president’s daughter to start in NovemberThu, 20 Mar 2025 09:47:40 GMT Read More »

For the past two months, Elsie has been receiving daily calls from desperate children surviving on HIV treatment whom she is not allowed to help.The lively 45-year-old aid worker, who did not want to give her real name, used to spend her days visiting hundreds of HIV patients in South Africa’s Msogwaba township around 300 …

‘Some won’t survive’: US cuts threaten S.Africa’s young HIV patientsThu, 20 Mar 2025 07:44:38 GMT Read More »

Few details on a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had come to light on Wednesday, the day after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held surprise talks in Doha.Fighting in the mineral-rich east of the DRC has recently intensified with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launching a …

Little light on DR Congo truce terms shed after surprise summitWed, 19 Mar 2025 19:17:22 GMT Read More »

Months of political infighting in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State have culminated in the federal government declaring a state of emergency, putting residents on edge and throwing the country into constitutional uncertainty.The region is prone to street gang violence and theft from crude pipelines, but it’s also a key economic lifeline for the west African fossil …

Emergency declaration upends government in oil-rich Nigerian stateWed, 19 Mar 2025 17:32:20 GMT Read More »

The terms of a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were unclear Wednesday, a day after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held surprise talks in Doha.Fighting in the mineral-rich east of the DRC has recently intensified with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launching a lightning offensive and …

DR Congo ceasefire terms still unclear after surprise summitWed, 19 Mar 2025 16:29:27 GMT Read More »

Three cyclones have battered Mozambique in three months, pounding one of the world’s most impoverished regions, pushing thousands of people into distress and leaving experts wondering whether more frequent storms will become the norm.The unusually clustered series of cyclones has also piled pressure on aid groups assisting people in the area, where the repeated disasters …

Mozambique cyclone cluster raises fears of new normWed, 19 Mar 2025 15:44:42 GMT Read More »

Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa.”Still too many dead in a new shipwreck in the Mediterranean,” Chiara Cardoletti, the Italy representative of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said on X.An inflatable …

Italy says six dead, 40 missing after migrant shipwreckWed, 19 Mar 2025 12:47:42 GMT Read More »

Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second gold in Los Angeles and says she will not be intimidated by Donald Trump.The US president last month signed an executive order barring transgender women from competing in the female categories of sports.Trump had …

Algerian boxer Khelif ‘not intimidated’ by Trump as she targets second Olympic gold in LAWed, 19 Mar 2025 12:40:02 GMT Read More »

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee climate disasters last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for early warning systems covering the entire planet.Poorer countries are severely affected by cyclones, droughts, wildfires and other disasters, according to the State of the Global Climate annual report by the World Meteorological …

Record numbers forced to flee climate disasters: UNWed, 19 Mar 2025 12:26:36 GMT Read More »