Africa

Eritrea and Ethiopia signed the Algiers agreement after the two neighbours fought a bloody war in 1998-2000, resulting in the death of 70,000-80,000 people on both sides.

Kenyan climate activist Truphena Muthoni has set a new world record after hugging a tree for 72 consecutive hours in Nyeri County, completing the feat on Thursday.

Kenya’s High Court has put the brakes on a $1.6 billion Kenya-US Health Cooperation Framework, issuing temporary orders after a petition argued the agreement risks allowing the transfer of confidential health data belonging to Kenyan citizens

Some 200 Nigerian and Côte d’Ivoire troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country’s foreign minister said on Thursday.

New allegations have placed the Bank of France under scrutiny, as human rights advocates and researchers accuse it of playing an indirect but significant role in events leading up to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The US threatened to slash aid to South Sudan late on Wednesday, accusing its government of imposing “illicit costs” on humanitarian operations and hindering UN peacekeeping efforts.

At least 10 bodies have been collected from the streets of Uvira in eastern DRC after M23 rebels advanced into the city early this week, security and local sources said.

UN officials are to meet with Sudan’s warring parties in Geneva, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya on Thursday, without disclosing a date for the discussions.

The military said the troop deployment was agreed between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, Sudan Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is in Saudi Arabia on an official visit.