After fleeing conflict, displaced women face rape in east Congo
By Djaffar Sabiti GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Four men with machetes were hard on their heels as…
Africa
Ghana receives first $600 million tranche of $3 billion IMF loan -Ghana’s finance minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said on Friday that the first $600 million tranche of a $3…
Air strikes hammer Khartoum as army chief drops RSF foe from Sudan council
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s capital Khartoum and sister city Bahri came under renewed air attack on Friday as the war between…
‘Where is the state?’: Mass looting engulfs Sudanese capital
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery…
More than 1 million people displaced by Sudan crisis – UN refugee agency
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than a million people have been displaced by fighting in Sudan so far, including a quarter…
Japan’s G7 refugee balancing act: door open for Ukrainians, but not many others
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – More than a year after escaping her native Kyiv with a broken leg one…
Witnesses recount gunmen’s raid on church in Sudan’s capital
By Maggie Michael CAIRO (Reuters) -Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated to one of Sudan’s warring factions…
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo…
Egypt’s central bank leaves key interest rates on hold
(Reuters) – Egypt’s central bank kept its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying that growth had slowed in the…
Heavy fighting in Sudan’s capital as food aid needs grow
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan’s capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp,…