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UN appeals for $6 Billion to cope with Sudan’s severe hunger crisis

The United Nations has launched on Monday February 17 an urgent appeal for $6 billion in humanitarian aid to alleviate what it has described as the world’s worst-ever hunger crisis in Sudan, exacerbated by ongoing civil conflict. This plea comes amid a mass displacement of people and widespread food insecurity, following 22 months of brutal […]

Germany agrees, in ‘historic’ deal, to return Nigeria’s looted Benin bronzes

Following in the UK’s footsteps, also Germany has now signed an agreement to transfer ownership to Nigeria of the Benin Bronzes, among Africa’s most culturally significant artifacts, looted in the 19th century. The Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage (SPK) and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) inked the deal on Thursday (25 August) […]

Libya : Islamists and Misrata rebels fight to control Tripoli airport

Tripoli international airport has become the center of interest of different rebel groups in Libya. The airport is controlled by the rebels from Zintan but the Islamists and fighters from Misrata want to take it over from them. The Zintan rebels are being accused of backing the liberalists in the Libyan parliament. The clashes have […]