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April 25, 2023
Russia, Proxies Compete With China for Africa

WASHINGTON - After decades when Moscow was a dominant presence in Africa, China began an aggressive effort to gain sway - and valuable resources - on the continent. And that has caused "incidents" that some may view as a struggle between Beijing and Moscow for Africa dominance.
April 25, 2023
Russians Warn of War

UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose nation currently chairs the UN Security Council, warned that body Monday that the world was at a threshold "possibly even more dangerous" than during the Cold War.
April 25, 2023
Shooting Despite Sudan Cease-Fire

UPDATED AGAIN WITH FFC STATEMENTS: KHARTOUM — Sporadic gunfire rang out in parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum Tuesday despite a US-brokered agreement between the warring generals to cease-fire for 72 hours to pave the way for talks on a more lasting truce.
April 24, 2023
US: Sudan Generals Agree to 72-Hour Cease-Fire

Sudan's battling generals have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, after over a week of combat killed hundreds, wounded thousands and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners.
April 24, 2023
Report: Wagner Group Working to Realign Africa

UPDATED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN COMMENTS: WASHINGTON - In an exclusive article, the Washington Post says the Wagner Group is aggressively working to create a “confederation” of anti-Western states in Africa as the Russian mercenaries create instability while using their paramilitary and disinformation capabilities to aid Moscow’s allies.
April 24, 2023
Kenya Starvation Cult Victim Count Climbs

NAIROBI - The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation climbed to 73 Monday, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast.
April 24, 2023
Foreigners Flee Khartoum

UPDATED WITH UN GUTERRES COMMENT: KHARTOUM - Nations around the world raced to extract thousands of their citizens from Khartoum on Monday during an apparent lull in fierce fighting between the army and a paramilitary force.
April 22, 2023
Sudan Rivals Okay Evacuations as Clashes Continue

KHARTOUM — Evacuations of foreign nationals in battle-scarred Sudan got underway Saturday as fighting between the forces of rival generals in the capital Khartoum entered a second week following a brief lull.
April 21, 2023
S. Africa Gunman Slaughter Entire Family

JOHANNESBURG - Unknown gunmen stormed a house and killed 10 members of a family on Friday, in the latest mass shooting to rock crime-ridden South Africa.
April 21, 2023
No Eid Cease-Fire in Sudan

UPDATED AGAIN WITH WAGNER GROUP POSSIBLE INVOVLEMENT: KHARTOUM - The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses reported, as they ignored appeals for an Eid ceasefire. The mercenary Wagner Group reportedly offered weapons to the RSF.
April 20, 2023
Khartoum Clashes Continue

KHARTOUM - Sudan's military leader, Abdel Fattah al-Buran dismissed the possibility of talks as explosions and gunfire resounded in Sudan's capital Thursday, with fighting between the forces of two rival generals showing no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking Eid, the end of Ramadan.
April 19, 2023
Residents 'Wait and See' As Clock Strikes on Sudan Cease-Fire

Aid workers, tourists and locals based in Sudan have expressed fear amid the conflict that has entered its fifth day in the northeast African nation, after fighting broke out between the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
April 19, 2023
Accused US 'Leaker' Stays Jailed

WASHINGTON - A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who is facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will remain in jail for now, according to court filings.
April 19, 2023
Sudan RSF Agrees to New Cease-Fire

UPDATED AGAIN WITH HOSPITAL SITUATION: KHARTOUM - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed on Wednesday to a 24-hour ceasefire starting at 1600 GMT following a days-long power struggle and bloody clashes with the army.
April 19, 2023
Khartoum Conflict Continues

KHARTOUM - Air strikes and explosions hammered Sudan's capital on Wednesday after the failure of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the army and paramilitary forces, forcing residents to stay hunkered down and prompting Japan to prepare to evacuate its citizens.
April 18, 2023
Gunfire Rocks Sudan After 24-Hour Cease-Fire Takes Effect

KHARTOUM —A 24-hour truce agreed between Sudan's rival military factions was quickly disrupted by renewed gunfire in Khartoum on Tuesday, despite U.S. pressure to calm fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis.
April 17, 2023
Explainer: What's Behind the Violent Struggle for Sudan?

Fighting in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other sites has continued into a third day Monday as powerful rival military factions battle for control following weeks of brewing tensions.
April 17, 2023
US, UN Call for Sudan Ceasefire

The United States and the United Nations on Monday called for a ceasefire in Sudan as the capital was bombarded for a third day in deadly fighting between rival military factions that threatens to derail the nation's stumbling shift from autocracy to civilian rule.
April 15, 2023
Rage Rips Through Sudan

KHARTOUM — Fighting in Sudan's capital raged into Sunday morning after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the national army that left at least three civilians dead on Saturday and sparked international alarm.
April 14, 2023
Top France Court OKs Pension Changes

UPDATED WITH UNION RESPONSE: PARIS - The French constitutional court on Friday approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, while rejecting certain parts of the legislation.

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