Heavy fighting erupted in several parts of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday June as a three-day ceasefire between rival military factions expired, casting doubt on peaceful transition plans. The bitter military rivalry between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been battling each other for more than two months, wreaked destruction on […]
Succes Masra, Chad’s new Prime Minister, has presented a new cabinet of 41 ministers including 8 new comers, one day after his appointment by the country’s transitional leader, Mahamat Idriss Déby. Masra officially took office Tuesday January 2 in a ceremony attended by outgoing transitional Prime Minister, Saleh Kebzabo who led the administration for 14 […]
Zimbabwe joined gold miners from Indonesia to Peru last year by ratifying the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty adopted in 2013, that seeks to phase out the toxic metal to protect human health and the environment. Inhaling fumes or regular contact with mercury during gold mining can each have devastating effects […]
