Brics group looks to expand at summit despite divisions among key members
Experts say India concerned about expansion and any overt anti-west turn as leaders fly into South Africa Leaders from developing countries representing almost half the...
Category : Africa
Thousands flee homes after rebel attack in southern Sudan city
Families said to have run away with nothing as three forces fight in South Kordofan state Thousands of people have fled their homes in the...
Delegation from west African bloc meets Niger’s ousted president
Ecowas group seeking restoration to power of Mohamed Bazoum also met army officers behind coup A delegation from west Africa’s economic bloc has arrived in...
West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup
Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage A west African regional political grouping has reiterated it...
Cape Verde boat disaster: vessel drifted for month after alarm raised, says NGO
Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard A Spanish NGO alerted...
Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry
Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’ The past four...
Family of academic detained in Egypt accuse US of breaking pledge to help
Salah Soltan, a US green card holder and critic of Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, claims he faces death in Cairo jail and urges Biden to act A...
At least 63 people feared dead after boat found off Cape Verde
Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands More than 60 people are believed to have died after the...
