Africa

Authorities have urged residents in affected areas to exercise extreme caution, avoid flooded zones.

Authorities said efforts are ongoing to track down fleeing suspects.

Sudan’s government says they continue to expand security perimeters around cities and strategic installations.

Authorities previously stated some of the stolen items had already been smuggled across borders, and the whereabouts of the majority of the artefacts remain unknown.

The Gambia requested the ICJ declare that Myanmar breached its obligations under the convention, to order the cessation of any wrongful acts, and to ensure reparations and guarantees of non-repetition for Rohingya victims.

Morocco’s seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, Water Minister Nizar Baraka said on Monday.

Armed assailants boarded a fishing trawler off Gabon’s coast over the weekend and abducted nine sailors, the defence ministry said on Monday.

Somalia’s Council of Ministers has annulled all agreements and memoranda of understanding related to bilateral security and defence cooperation between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates, citing concerns over national sovereignty.

The African Union has expressed concern after the United States’ government recently directed the cessation of funding and participation in some of the United Nations’ entities.

Since April 2023, the conflict between the army and the RSF has killed tens of thousands and left around 11 million people displaced.