By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a U.N. envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rapid aging of both wealthy and middle-income countries will make their economies increasingly dependent on migration from poorer countries, and the process needs to be better managed, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The bank’s latest World Development Report said that about 184 million people across the world now…
By Eleanor Whalley (Reuters) – After more than a week of conflict in Sudan, Bandar Dowelbait said his food supplies have nearly run out and he can only go outside to look for drinking water during lulls in fighting which has turned his city into a war zone. Dowelbait, 26, said he wants to leave…
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways Corp forecast a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Tuesday as the low-cost carrier remains confident about a robust recovery in leisure and international travel. Shares of the airline rose 2.64% in premarket trade after it reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss. The New-York based carrier maintained an optimal low-cost structure, while adding new…
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Sudan said on Tuesday there was a “high risk of biological hazard” after one of the sides in the Sudan fighting seized a laboratory. Speaking to reporters in Geneva via video link, Nima Saeed Abid said that at least 459 people had been killed in…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the…
LONDON (Reuters) – Zambia has sent a debt restructuring proposal to its official creditors, a spokesperson for the government’s advisors said on Monday. The country, which was the major sovereign casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been in default since 2020, said on Friday it would share a first fully-formed debt restructuring plan with…
KAMPALA (Reuters) – At a shelter for lesbian women in Uganda’s capital Kampala, gone are the days when the residents, having fled abuse and stigma at home, could breathe easy and be themselves. That came to an end a month ago when parliament passed some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ legislation, which would criminalise the…
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has prompted foreign countries to race to extract their diplomats and citizens. Several countries evacuated nationals by air, while some went via Port Sudan on the Red Seaabout 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum. This…
By Aidan Lewis and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Fighting in Sudan since April 15 has killed hundreds of people, sparked a humanitarian crisis with thousands fleeing their homes and prompted foreign countries to evacuate their citizens for fear of an all-out civil war in an already unstable region. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tension had…