Politics

LATEST | Security tightens grip in coup-hit Sudan as global pressure bites

Khartoum – Sudanese security forces launched sweeping arrests of anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, tightening the regime’s grip while the... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Politics

Sudan coup imperils hard-won international backing

Khartoum – Impoverished Sudan has only this year begun to make major headway reversing decades of isolation and moving... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Countries

Ethiopia launches air strike on rebel ‘training centre’, govt says

Nairobi – Ethiopia’s military on Tuesday launched another air strike in war-torn Tigray, hitting what a government official called... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Politics

Sudan PM released as protesters face tear gas

Khartoum – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was brought home late Tuesday, his office said, after a day of... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Politics

Sudanese stand ground in protests against coup

Khartoum – Angry Sudanese stood their ground on Tuesday in street protests against a military coup which has been... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

News

UN ‘alarmed’ as Somalia fighting displaces 100 000

Nairobi – The UN warned on Tuesday of severe humanitarian problems in central Somalia after 100 000 people were displaced... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Politics

‘Coup’ in Sudan: What we know

Khartoum – Sudan’s civilian leaders were detained on Monday in a “coup”, the information ministry said, before a top general... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Countries

ISIS claims deadly bombing in Ugandan capital

Kampala – The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Monday claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a restaurant in Uganda... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Countries

Two dead in bus explosion near Kampala, Uganda, police say

Kampala – At least two people died and several were wounded on Monday in an explosion on a bus near... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Politics

WATCH | Sudanese protest into night after general ousts government

Khartoum – Crowds protested into the night in Sudan on Monday against a military coup, with chaos engulfing the... Read more

26 Oct, 2021