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1 million in Gaza could experience starvation

United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy …

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10 million Sudanese fled their homes

The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million as war drives about a quarter of the population from their homes, the U.N. migration agency told The Associated Press on Monday. More than 2 million other people have been driven abroad, mostly to neighboring Chad, …

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 Malawi’s vice president plane is missing 

A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday while on a short trip from the capital to a mountainous region in the country’s north and a search is underway, the president’s office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the southern African …

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The Islamist insurgents threatening west Africa

h The market town of Bawku, crammed into a nook of Ghana’s most north-eastern region, is about a day’s drive from the country’s coastal capital, Accra. But the distance between the two places is not merely geographical. While Accra boasts rich culture, nightlife and a steady stream of tourists, rural …

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Blinken traveled to Cape Verde

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken touched down on a remote African island chain before heading on to the Ivory Coast on Monday, kicking off a four-nation swing through the continent intended to show the Biden administration’s continued interest in Africa amid major conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. …

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More than 40 dead in Liberia

A leaking fuel tanker exploded earlier this week as people gathered to collect the gasoline, leaving more than 40 dead, authorities in Liberia said Thursday. The blast on Tuesday also injured at least 83 people in the town of Totota in the central part of the West African country, health …

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South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with …

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Wagner in the Russian policy

In the past year, since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, Russian regular troops have not been able to achieve their main goals in Ukraine. The high human losses of the Russian armed forces forced the Kremlin to engage the services of private military companies, which attract mercenaries …

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Libyan embassy in Khartoum attacked and looted

Libya’s foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned an attack on its embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, whose buildings were ransacked and looted. Tripoli “denounced the assault and looting” of the Libyan embassy building in Khartoum, whose staff had been evacuated due to the violence, according to a ministry statement. Expressing …

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Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced. The victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and Garissa town, northeastern Kenya police chief …

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