US President Donald Trump says he is sceptical a deal can be reached on border security before government funding expires again next month. He spoke to the Wall Street Journal as eight…
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Sudan opposition head backs protesters’ call for Bashir to go
Sudan’s main opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi has called for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, throwing his support behind anti-government demonstrators after weeks of deadly protest. Speaking today to…
The number of people killed in an Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has risen to four hundred and forty-three, health authorities have announced, as new President Felix Tshisekedi began…
New Congo president Tshisekedi calls for unity after divisive election
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi called for national reconciliation on Thursday as he became Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, succeeding Joseph Kabila in Congo’s first transfer of power via an election…
Three people were killed on Thursday in Sudan as anti-government protests spread to more towns in the country, the Central Committee of Sudan’s Doctors, an organisation playing a key role…
Zimbabwe president condemns crackdown, backers raise impeachment fears
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised on Tuesday to investigate a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove…