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Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout Thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead.President Samia Suluhu Hassan had sought to solidify her position and silence criticism within her party in the virtually uncontested polls, with the main challengers either jailed or disqualified.In the run-up, rights groups …

Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths fearedThu, 30 Oct 2025 06:52:35 GMT Read More »

UN chief Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to military escalation in Sudan on Thursday after reports that more than 460 people were shot dead in a maternity hospital by paramilitary forces.Mohammad Hamdan Daglo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries which recently seized the city of El-Fasher from army forces, has …

UN calls for end to Sudan siege after mass hospital killingsThu, 30 Oct 2025 04:07:38 GMT Read More »

Yona Sabri Ellon cannot see the ball at his feet, but he can hear it. A faint rattle guides him past a defender and he fires into the back of the net.Ellon has taken his South Sudanese blind football team a step closer to their dream of playing at the 2028 Paralympics in California.The 22-year-old …

South Sudan’s blind football team dreams of Paralympic gloryThu, 30 Oct 2025 01:06:02 GMT Read More »

In Bamako’s business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard, waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.Jihadists have rendered everyday life in Mali increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought the west African country to its knees.”I’ve been …

Jihadist fuel blockade makes life a struggle in Mali’s capitalWed, 29 Oct 2025 19:45:45 GMT Read More »

The head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries vowed on Wednesday Sudan would be unified by “peace or through war” and expressed sympathy after reports of mass killings by his group in the newly captured El-Fasher.The RSF took the city, the last army holdout in the vast Darfur region of western Sudan, after more than …

Paramilitary chief vows united Sudan as his forces are accused of mass killingsWed, 29 Oct 2025 19:32:39 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday that his country has advanced to “text-based” negotiations with Washington towards securing a better tariff deal — and hoped one would materialise “soon”.The South African government has been seeking to negotiate a better tariff deal with the United States, after US President Donald Trump’s administration hit the country …

S. African president eyes better US tariff deal ‘soon’Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:06:51 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s warring factions should halt fighting in which hundreds of civilians have been reported killed, including 460 in a hospital, since paramilitaries captured El-Fasher, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Wednesday.The Sudanese army-aligned government, meanwhile, accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting mosques and Red Crescent aid workers in the city, where Yale …

WHO urges Sudan ceasefire after alleged massacres in El-FasherWed, 29 Oct 2025 15:52:17 GMT Read More »

Tanzanian police declared an evening curfew in the country’s largest city after hundreds protested on Wednesday, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as polls closed on an election where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.Despite heavy security in the commercial capital Dar es …

Curfew declared after Tanzania protests election without oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 15:42:31 GMT Read More »

In Bamako’s business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.Jihadists have rendered everyday life in the west African country increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought Mali to its knees.”I’ve been …

Jihadist fuel blockade makes daily life a struggle for Bamako residentsWed, 29 Oct 2025 13:17:38 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army-aligned government accused paramilitaries on Wednesday of attacking civilians in mosques during their recent takeover of the western city of El-Fasher, where satellite images show evidence of “continuing mass killing”, Yale researchers say.The capture of El-Fasher on Sunday after an 18-month siege marked by starvation and bombardment has solidified the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) …

Sudan govt accuses RSF of attacking mosques in El-Fasher takeoverWed, 29 Oct 2025 11:50:40 GMT Read More »