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South Sudan’s Kiir pledges country’s first selection

Juba (AFP) – South Sudan's leader Salva Kiir on Tuesday pledged that delayed elections set for next year would go ahead as planned and...

Sudan conflict shows how peace could unravel in South Sudan if world doesn’t watch, UN envoy says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for South Sudan warned the Security Council Tuesday not to take its eyes off the world’s newest...

Leader of Russia’s Wagner helped boot UN peacekeepers from Mali, US says

By Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was concerned about the Russian Wagner Group's destabilizing activities...

In Africa, France targets Russian and Wagner disinformation

  PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) - After armed men killed nine Chinese nationals at a gold mine in Central African Republic in March, a video circulated on...

WFP hopes to resume some Ethiopia food aid distribution by July

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme hopes to resume some food aid distribution in Ethiopia as soon as next month once it...

India’s Modi seeks African Union’s full membership in G20

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to the leaders of the G20 nations proposing the African Union be given...

Many culprits stole food aid in north Ethiopia, investigation finds

By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) - Regional and federal government officials as well as Eritrean soldiers were involved in the theft of food aid in...

Death toll in clashes between ethnic groups at UN displacement camp in Malakal now more than 20

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The death toll from clashes between displaced people inside a U.N. site in South Sudan has risen to more...

UN agency joins US in suspending food aid to Ethiopia after diversions

By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it was temporarily halting its food aid assistance in Ethiopia...

Local representative says ethnic clashes at U.N. site in South Sudan kill at least 13 people

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A local representative says at least 13 people are dead and 21 have been wounded in clashes at a...

Eastern Libya forces deport thousands of Egyptian migrants on foot across the land border

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan forces have expelled thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days, deporting them to Egypt...

Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role...

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