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Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average
By Reuters,
1023, August 5, 2020 (EAT)
The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico lea...
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Kenya records 167 new COVID-19 infections; highest single-day cases
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1733, June 7, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has recorded 167 new COVID-19 cases marking the highest number of infections recorded in a single day since the outbreak of the disease in the c...
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Dozens dead in new bout of inter communal fighting in Chad
By VOA,
1009, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between rival ethnic groups in Chad, President Idriss Deby said on Friday. The viol...
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Sudan urged to ensure justice for raped women protesters
By VOA,
1308, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
Sudanese women were a driving force during months of protests that ousted veteran autocrat Omar Al-Bashir, but the sexual violence they endured risks ...
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Sudan’s military council to be dissolved in transition deal
By VOA,
2125, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan's top general says the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April will be dissolved with the i...
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Sudan’s opposition agree power-sharing deal with military
By Reuters,
1534, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups agreed provisionally on Friday to share power for three years, brin...
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Sudan military council, opposition reach power-sharing agreement
By Reuters,
1010, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached an agreement to share power during a transition period lead...
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Sudan’s protesters accept roadmap for civilian rule
By VOA,
1215, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long sta...
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Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal
By VOA,
937, June 15, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the ...
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Sudan police fire tear gas to break up protests
By VOA,
2103, June 10, 2019 (EAT)
Sudanese police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Sudan's capital Khartoum during a civil disobedience campaign to demand civilian rule. The...
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Sudan protesters call for civil disobedience
By VOA,
1538, June 9, 2019 (EAT)
Protest leaders in Sudan are urging people to participate in acts of civil disobedience to put pressure on the military after the deadly disruption of...
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Pope Francis appeals for peace, dialogue in Sudan
By Reuters,
1513, June 9, 2019 (EAT)
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in Sudan following a bloody crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum last week. ...
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Two Sudan rebel leaders arrested after meeting Ethiopia PM: sources
By Reuters,
920, June 9, 2019 (EAT)
Two Sudanese rebel leaders were arrested early on Saturday shortly after meeting visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is trying to mediat...
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UN moving civilian staff out of Sudan for now
By VOA,
945, June 7, 2019 (EAT)
The United Nations said Wednesday it is temporarily removing some civilian staff from Sudan because of the security situation in the country, where se...
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Sudan death toll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors
By CNN,
949, June 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Sudan death toll from Monday's attack on the sit-in of pro-democracy protesters has risen to 100, after 40 bodies were recovered from the River Ni...
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Sudan’s military chief says he’s ready to resume talks as death toll rises to 60
By Reuters,
2052, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s military ruler on Wednesday offered to resume a dialogue on a transition to democracy, one day after he scrapped all agreements with an oppo...
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Death toll in Sudan violence rises to 60
By Reuters,
942, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
The number of people killed since security forces stormed a protest camp outside the Sudan Defence Ministry in central Khartoum two days ago has risen...
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Gunfire in Khartoum as anti-government protests continue
By VOA,
849, April 10, 2019 (EAT)
Gunfire was heard outside the Sudanese military headquarters in the capital of Khartoum Tuesday as demonstrations seeking the ouster of President Omar...
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Heavy gunfire heard at protest in Sudan’s capital: live TV
By Reuters,
1326, April 9, 2019 (EAT)
Activists said in a statement posted on social media that army soldiers guarding the ministry were trying to protect the demonstrators and opened the ...
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South Sudan executed 7 people in February
By VOA,
1515, March 2, 2019 (EAT)
South Sudan executed at least seven people in February, a death toll that Amnesty International says, represents “as many as were executed in the wh...
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