Africa

Security forces in Sudan opened fire and used tear gas to try to disperse large crowds of protesters calling for an end to military rule in the country, a doctors’ organization linked to the protest movement said. A protester died and several others injured in Omdurman, the second city where …

Chanting “We need peace in Ukraine”, dozens of Nigerians gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, calling for an end to the invasion of Ukraine. They chanted “We need peace in Ukraine” while carrying signs that read “Our children, our future,” referring to Nigerian students living in Ukraine. …

At least 13 people died in multiple attacks by gunmen on villages in Borno State in northeast Nigeria over the weekend, according to reports. The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out the attacks. The raids on four villages took place within 48 hours, the BBC reports. Villagers …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is angry with his Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor after the Foreign Office issued a statement calling for Russia’s immediate withdrawal from Ukraine, local media reported. News 24 reported (paywall) that Ms Pandor “raised the ire” of Mr Ramaphosa after her department issued a statement calling …

The Nigerian ambassador to Romania has announced that so far about 200 Nigerians – many of them students – have arrived in the capital Bucharest from Ukraine, the BBC reports. Ambassador Safiya Nuhu announced a “good welcome” to the group and said they were staying in hotels after fleeing the …

A group of gunmen attacked supporters of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe, killing one and injuring several others on Sunday, local media reported. Using spears, machetes, iron bars and stones, the attackers injured opposition activists during the rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe. “Armed men stabbed …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment over the mistreatment of Nigerian students at the Ukrainian border following the Russian invasion of the country. A total of 4,000 Nigerian citizens remain stranded in Ukraine as they attempt to flee the country. The president’s office said in a statement on Twitter, …

Some 1,000 Ukrainian tourists are stranded in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar after the Ukrainian airspace was closed to civilian flights following Russia’s military action in the country. Zanzibar’s government says it is liaising with the Ukrainian embassy in neighbouring Kenya to evacuate the tourists to Poland. Tourism Minister Leila …

Armed men have kidnapped five people working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the north of Cameroon, local officials say. Those abducted are three aid workers of Chadian, Senegalese and French-Ivorian nationality, as well as two Cameroonian security guards. The abduction took place during an attack in Cameroon’s Far North …

The World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday held a meeting with local officials in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province over food aid recipients who accused community leaders involved in the relief distribution of demanding sexual favors . The head of the UN agency in Mozambique, Maurício Bortee, expressed concern about the …