Two days after the Tripoli airport was hit by a rocket, the UN-backed government announced a state of emergency in the city as the death toll from fighting in recent days reached 39, including civilians caught in the crossfire. The fighting erupted last week between armed groups from Tripoli against others from a town to […]
Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of U.S.-led negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in resource-rich eastern Congo, according to U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and the Middle East, Massad Boulos. Boulos welcomed the draft text on social media, calling it “an important step,” though details of […]
As fighting continues to rage in Sudan’s capital Khartoum after a 24-hour-ceasefire failed to hold, African and world leaders warned of the real danger that the escalating crisis in Sudan could spill over to the wider region and degenerate into a security and humanitarian crisis on a disastrous scale. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday […]
