Seventeen people – five children – have been killed in an air strike in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, officials say. Twenty-five homes were...
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The outcome of Friday’s UN Security Council vote on the future of the peacekeeping force in Mali was never in doubt – they had little choice but to...
It is the airport wait from hell. Paloich Airport, which usually buzzes with the sound of well-heeled workers serving South Sudan’s oil fields, has...
A temporary ceasefire in Sudan has been agreed as fighting between two warring factions entered its sixth week. Previous truce attempts between Sudan’s...
The war in Sudan, which has shown “how quickly hard-won gains towards peace can be wiped out”, must not distract attention from the risks facing...
A Scots diplomat has told how he was scrambled to join the UK government’s evacuation of Brits fleeing war-torn Sudan while attending his best...
An 85-year-old British citizen in Sudan was shot and injured by snipers and his wife then died of starvation despite repeated calls for assistance made to the...
Kenyan police fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting near parliament on Tuesday against a proposed finance bill that would hike taxes on fuel and...
Both sides in Sudan’s conflict could be carrying out war crimes on medical facilities and staff, according to evidence seen by BBC News Arabic. Hospitals...
Entire villages in Sudan’s West Darfur region have been burned to the ground by marauding militias, with aid agencies now warning the region is on the...