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Over 150 Sudanese women raped or assaulted while fleeing El-Fasher, says local group
EL-FASHER, Sudan — More than 150 Sudanese women were subjected to rape and sexual harassment while fleeing the city of El-Fasher in North Darfur, a local civil group said Friday, as violence and displacement intensify in the war-torn region. Adam Regal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur, told the Sudan Tribune that fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) pursued fleeing civilians along escape routes, detaining some in the Qarni area, where thousands remain trapped, including children separated from their families. Regal said more than 1,300 people have been injured by gunfire, while 1,210 children are suffering from malnutrition and 700 elderly individuals are in critical condition. He added that over 15,000 survivors...
November 08, 2025

Over 150 Sudanese women raped or assaulted while fleeing El-Fasher, says local group

Women at a detention center for migrants in Benghazi, Libya
Torture videos reveal global human trafficking network
BENGHAZI — From the living room of her third-floor apartment in rural Germany, Abeba winces as she stares at her phone.“This will be my final message,” her younger brother Daniel says in an audio message. “I understand that you may not have the financial means to assist me directly, and I never expected that from you. Please, just make sure my message reaches those who might be able to help.”She and her husband don’t know exactly where her brother is. Somewhere in southern Libya. They’ve heard it’s an area called Kufra. What they do know is that every time he calls, or they receive a video, he’s being mercilessly tortured by men who remain off camera. Videos seen by CNN show Daniel being tied up, urinated on, kicked, and beaten with a metal pole. CNN is using pseudonyms...
November 06, 2025

Torture videos reveal global human trafficking network

Tanzania had the reputation for being a stable country
Curfew lifted in Tanzania's main city after election unrest
DAR ES SALAM — Tanzanian police have lifted a night-time curfew imposed since last Wednesday in the main city Dar es Salaam following deadly election protests, as life slowly returns to normal across the country.Following the unrest, the internet was cut nationwide and most shops in Dar es Salaam closed amid acute shortages of basic essentials and soaring prices. Schools shut and public transport came to a halt.On Tuesday, some shops reopened and traffic resumed but with queues persisting at some petrol stations in Dar es Salaam.Families continue to search for or bury relatives killed in the clashes between the security forces and opposition supporters who denounced the poll as a sham.President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Monday after being declared the winner of last...
November 05, 2025

Curfew lifted in Tanzania's main city after election unrest

Felix Kemboi is reeling from the shock of losing six relatives
Agony for families as landslide death toll climbs in Uganda and Kenya
KAMPALA/NAIROBI — More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region last week."I lost a grandmother, a maternal aunt, an uncle, two sisters, a family friend and a cousin. They were staying together in Kaptul village," Felix Kemboi told the BBC on the Kenyan side.So distressed was the 30-year-old Felix that he struggled to put the experience into words.On both sides of the border, many people are still missing and search and rescue teams have been sent out to find them, amid warnings that more landslides could occur."As heavy rainfall continues to be experienced across several parts of the country, the risk of landslides, especially along the Kerio Valley region, is heightened," warns Kenyan Interior Minister...
November 04, 2025

Agony for families as landslide death toll climbs in Uganda and Kenya

Polling day itself was marred by clashes, especially in the main city of Dar es Salaam
Protests spread across Tanzania after elections marred by unrest
DAR ES SALAAM — Protests have escalated in major cities across Tanzania as opposition supporters denounce Wednesday's presidential and parliamentary elections as a sham.Hundreds of demonstrators also crossed into Kenyan territory, barricading roads, lighting bonfires and tearing down posters of President Samia Suluhu Hassan along the way.Kenyan police said two people died after fleeing running battles with Tanzanian police.Protesters accuse the government of undermining democracy, as the main opposition leader is in jail and another opposition figure was disqualified from the election, bolstering Samia's chances of winning.Anger grew on Thursday after the electoral commission started announcing results, with Samia getting nearly 95% of the vote in south-western Mbea...
October 31, 2025

Protests spread across Tanzania after elections marred by unrest

Ezzeldin Hassan Musa was beaten with sticks before he managed to flee
'We saw people murdered in front of us' — Sudan siege survivors speak out
TAWILA, Sudan — Shaken, scratched and left with just the clothes he is wearing, Ezzeldin Hassan Musa describes the brutality of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the wake of the paramilitary group taking control of el-Fasher city in the Darfur region.He says its fighters tortured and murdered men trying to flee.Now in the town of Tawila, lying exhausted on a mat under a gazebo, Ezzeldin is one of several thousand people who have made it to relative safety after escaping what the UN has described as "horrific" violence.On Wednesday, RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo admitted to "violations" in el-Fasher and said they would be investigated. A day later a senior UN official said the RSF had given notice that they had arrested some suspects.About an 80km (50-mile) journey from...
October 31, 2025

'We saw people murdered in front of us' — Sudan siege survivors speak out

Sudanese who fled el-Fasher city, after Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people in the western Darfur region, carry firewood at camp in Tawila, 29 October 2025
Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing hundreds in North Darfur hospital
GENEVA — Paramilitary forces in Sudan have allegedly killed 460 people at a maternity hospital in the city of el-Fasher, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.In a statement, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed horror at reports that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had slaughtered hundreds at the Saudi Maternity Hospital after capturing the capital of North Darfur province over the weekend.The WHO was “appalled and deeply shocked” by the development, he said.The Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the war, accused RSF fighters of “cold-bloodedly” killing everyone they found inside the hospital on Tuesday, including patients and visitors.Sudanese residents and aid workers also claimed that the RSF, who have been fighting a civil war...
October 30, 2025

Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing hundreds in North Darfur hospital

Women wearing headscarves sit side by side, holding young children in their arms
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city 
NAIROBI — Fears are mounting of mass killings in the key Sudanese city of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured it from government forces.In a address on Monday evening, Sudan's military chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the withdrawal of troops in response to the "systematic destruction and killing of civilians".The UN said there were credible reports of "summary executions", while Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab referred to satellite imagery of "piles of bodies executed en masse".The RSF has denied accusations of killing civilians and targeting non-Arab ethnic groups, despite evidence presented by the UN and human rights organisations.The fall of el-Fasher in the Darfur region could mark a significant turning...
October 29, 2025

Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city 

Officials inspect the crash site of an aircraft near Diani, Kenya, on Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Eleven dead after plane carrying German and Hungarian tourists crashes in Kenya
NAIROBI — A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly European tourists, in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale early on Tuesday while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve.The airline, Mombasa Air Safari, said that eight Hungarian passengers, two Germans and the Kenyan pilot died in the accident.The Cessna Caravan-type aircraft crashed in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip in southeastern Kenya, authorities said.The airline said the pilot failed to communicate upon departure from Diani and that the airport control tower tried to reach him for 30 minutes before the plane was located."Our primary focus right now is on providing all possible support to the families affected," Mombasa Air Safari said in a statement.Investigating agencies said they...
October 28, 2025

Eleven dead after plane carrying German and Hungarian tourists crashes in Kenya

Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 92, reacts after he cast his ballot during the presidential election in Yaounde, Cameroon on October 12, 2025
World’s oldest head of state, Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya, wins eighth term
YAOUNDE — Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya has been declared the winner of heavily disputed elections by the Central African country’s Constitutional Council.Biya, got 53.7% of the vote compared to the 25% of his main challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has been re-elected for an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100, according to official results announced on Monday.“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning reelection by comfortable margins.Biya came to power, elbowing aside his patron and predecessor Ahmadou Ahidjo,...
October 27, 2025

World’s oldest head of state, Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya, wins eighth term

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