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Sudan: Khartoum zoo animals caught in the crossfire/in /by
Dozens of animals in Sudan's capital zoo, including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards, are believed to have died after street fighting between rival forces in the country made the place inaccessible.
Sudan: Price of basic commodities go up by 60% as fighting escalates/in /by
“What we live as those responsible for the tran sportation of goods is not hidden from anyone. All people are unemployed in the light of the war, and we in the transport sector suffer greatly because we have drivers who have become semi-unemployed, and they have families and expenses.."
DR Congo: Authorities visit affected villages, hand out coffins and aid to disaster victims/in /by
"These coffins arrived late. We would have liked for them to arrive in time, it was important because we have already buried people like pigs, putting 3, 5, 10, 40 people in the same hole. But hey, there are still bodies under the rubble that need to be found and maybe these coffins will be useful "
Gunman kills four at Tunisia synagogue pilgrimage/in /by
The Ghriba attack also comes as Tunisia endures a severe financial crisis that has worsened since President Kais Saied seized power in July 2021 and rammed through a constitution that gave his office sweeping powers and neutered parliament.
France: trial of a former Rwandan gendarme for “genocide”/in /by
The trial of Philippe Hategekimana, naturalized French in 2005 under the name of Philippe Manier, opened Wednesday in Paris for "genocide, crimes against humanity and participation in an agreement" for the preparation of these crimes.
Niger: more than 13,000 women and children have fled “exactions”/in /by
More than 13,000 women and children have fled the islands of the Niger River, after "exactions" by armed men in these territories of the Tillabéri region (west), where clashes between communities have left several dead, said Tuesday the Nigerien public radio station Voix du Sahel.
DRC: around Goma, “48 victims of sexual violence per day”/in /by
During the last two weeks of April, "more than 670 victims of sexual violence were taken care of" in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, alerted the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday evening.
Sudan: strong explosions in Khartoum on the 26th day of the war/in /by
"We were awakened by explosions and heavy artillery fire," a resident of Omdurman, a city on the outskirts of Khartoum, told AFP
Nigeria: Gunmen storm Sunday church service, abduct 25 in Kaduna/in /by
"At the sound of the gunshots, everybody scampered to safety. We forgot that they were even lying down there because the gunshots were everywhere. You can't know where to run to. So that was how they came, met them and they shot them. " Rikichi David, Chikun resident
Senegal opposition calls for protests over alleged threat to bar Sonko from vote/in /by
"We call on the Senegalese people and the nation's active forces to mobilise so that, beyond the F24 march on the 12th (May 2024, ed.), the 19th will be a great demonstration to thwart all these prospects of obstructing President Ousmane Sonko's candidacy throughout the country and in the diaspora."