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French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday.The knife-wielding suspect, identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site of Saturday’s attack in the …

France makes arrests after deadly ‘Islamist’ knife attackSun, 23 Feb 2025 10:26:08 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.”It’s done,” a source close to the organisers of the signing ceremony in Nairobi told AFP.The signatories said the charter paves the way for a “government …

Sudan’s RSF, allies sign charter for rival government: sourcesSun, 23 Feb 2025 09:32:49 GMT Read More »

A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities.The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site …

One dead, several wounded in ‘Islamist’ knife attack in FranceSun, 23 Feb 2025 03:55:54 GMT Read More »

One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an “Islamist terror act”.Prosecutors said three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse, carried out by a 37-year-old suspect who is on a terror prevention …

One dead, several police wounded in ‘Islamist’ knife attack in FranceSat, 22 Feb 2025 20:46:10 GMT Read More »

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the bloodshed.The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to UN experts, now controls large swaths of eastern Democratic Republic of …

M23 pushes deeper in east DRC, UN urges Rwanda forces to leaveSat, 22 Feb 2025 18:58:57 GMT Read More »

An “out-of-control” waterborne disease outbreak in southern Sudan has killed at least two dozen and left more than 800 others in hospital over the past three days, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Friday.The outbreak in White Nile state followed a reported drone strike on the Um Dabakar power station — 275 kilometres (170 miles) …

Sudan waterborne disease outbreak kills 24, hospitalises 800: MSFFri, 21 Feb 2025 21:35:14 GMT Read More »

Opener Ryan Rickelton struck a maiden one-day international hundred as South Africa routed Afghanistan by 107 runs in the Champions Trophy in Karachi on Friday.Rickelton cracked a 106-ball 103 with seven boundaries and a six to anchor South Africa’s imposing total of 315-6 in the Group B match at the National Stadium. South Africa’s pace attack …

Rickelton hits century as South Africa rout Afghanistan in Champions TrophyFri, 21 Feb 2025 17:53:05 GMT Read More »

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east as international pressure mounted on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the fighting.The M23 — which is supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers according to UN experts — took control of the South Kivu provincial capital Bukavu on …

M23 advances deeper in east DRC as Congolese troops fleeFri, 21 Feb 2025 17:46:49 GMT Read More »

Bertin Gnangon Aba was asleep when he heard the sound of bulldozers razing his house in northern Abidjan, by far Ivory Coast’s largest city.”They destroyed everything I had, even my identity card. They didn’t even give me the time to take anything. Everything has been destroyed,” Aba, who is in his 60s, told AFP. He …

Working-class Abidjan razed in I. Coast clean-up crazeFri, 21 Feb 2025 17:28:47 GMT Read More »

South Africa said Friday that talks to end Russia’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine must involve all parties and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected on a state visit soon for discussions.President Cyril Ramaphosa invited Zelensky to talks after heavy criticism of moves by Russia and the United States to negotiate an end to the …

S.Africa wants ‘inclusive’ talks on ending Ukraine war, invites ZelenskyFri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:09 GMT Read More »