The paramilitary capture of El-Fasher, Sudan’s oldest capital and Darfur’s historic heart, sparked fears Tuesday of mass killings reminiscent of the region’s darkest days. After an 18-month siege marked by starvation and bombardment, the city is now under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — descendants of the Janjaweed militias accused of genocide two …
Reports were mounting on Tuesday of ethnically motivated atrocities in the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher since its capture by paramilitaries, with allies of the army accusing fighters of executing “more than 2,000” civilians.El-Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than 18 months of brutal siege warfare, giving the group control over …
Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind a WWII-era massacre by French colonial forces.In November 1944 around 1,600 soldiers from several west African countries were sent to the Thiaroye camp after …
At dawn in a village in Kenya’s Maasai Mara wilderness, zebras rouse themselves and head away from the huts where they like to sleep as protection from lions.Bernard Kirokor, 21, recounts watching an elephant give birth across from his village a few days earlier, showing a video of the mother protecting the newborn, its trunk …
Sudan’s army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of “atrocities” by the paramilitary group now in control of the city.Fears have mounted for the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the city in western Darfur, trapped in …
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent in a vote which his two greatest rivals were barred from, the electoral commission said Monday.One of those barred rivals, the ex-international banking CEO Tidjane Thiam, slammed the polls, saying they were not a “true election” and calling on supporters …
Hundreds of Cameroonians took to the streets in protest on Monday after the world’s oldest head of state, Paul Biya, was proclaimed to have won an eighth term extending his more than four-decade rule.Biya, 92, was re-elected with 53.7 percent of the vote in the central African country, according to official results announced by the Constitutional …
A US-trained economist who appears to be an almost immovable cornerstone of Ivory Coast’s political life, President Alassane Ouattara won a fourth term Monday following the presidential election.The country’s electoral commission announced the veteran leader won a landslide 89.77 percent of Saturday’s poll, which excluded his two main rivals, former president Laurent Gbagbo and Credit …
The world’s oldest head of state, Paul Biya, has extended his more than four-decade rule by securing an eighth term in Cameroon’s presidential poll which his rival claimed to have won, the Constitutional Council announced Monday.Biya, 92, was re-elected with 53.7 percent of the vote in the central African country, according to official results announced …
Rival rejects Cameroon’s 92-year-old Biya’s eighth termMon, 27 Oct 2025 16:39:45 GMT Read More »
The world’s oldest head of state Paul Biya, 92, has extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon’s presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, in the face of a fierce protest by his rival.Biya, 92, was re-elected with 53.7 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the …
