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Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to parliament for reconsiderationUganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has refused to sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that imposes the death penalty for homosexualit…
US prepares troops for possible evacuation of embassy staff from Sudan
The US is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its base in Djibouti if factional violence continues, officials sayThe US is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its base in Djibouti in case of an eventual evacuat…
Sudan’s military rules out negotiations with rival paramilitary force
Sudan’s military ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force on Thursday, saying it would only accept its surrender as the two sides continued to battle in central Khartoum and other parts of the country, threatening to wreck international …
Khartoum residents seek medical advice online as hospitals attacked
The World Health Organization has urged both sides in Sudan to pause fighting to allow people to get medical attention, as Khartoum’s residents have banded together on social media offering aid, advice and support as fighting between two rival faction…
Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi remanded in custody
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his Ennahdha party said on Thursday, denouncing his “unjust imprisonment”.
Sudan: up to 20,000 flee violence as rival leaders refuse to negotiate
Military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of RSF both rule out truceUp to 20,000 people have fled the escalating violence in Sudan to seek safety in neighbouring Chad, many of whom lack basic needs such as food, water and shelter,…
Tunisian judge orders jail for Islamist opposition leader Ghannouchi
A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of main opposition party Ennahda and a prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician’s lawyer told Reuters.
Burundi launches manhunt for former PM accused of plotting coup
The authorities in Burundi are searching for former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, seven months after he was dismissed in a high-level political purge. However, the reasons behind the search have not yet been clarified.
Sudan’s warring generals – podcast
Fighting in Sudan is continuing despite an internationally brokered truce. At the heart of the conflict is a power struggle between two powerful generals in a country permanently in the grip of its military. Nesrine Malik reportsWhen Omar al-Bashir was…