Africa

India and Egypt reviewed the ‘entire gamut of bilateral strategic partnership’ during the 14th India-Egypt Foreign Office consultation at Cairo, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Monday. …

The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the surge in violence across South Sudan, warning that civilians and aid workers are paying a devastating price as humanitarian operations are increasingly targeted. …

China has entered into a landmark trade agreement with South Africa, offering Pretoria zero-tariff treatment for all its exports to the Chinese market. The pact, signed by Chinese Commerce Minister …

South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and looting halted a major UN food convoy in restive Upper Nile state and clashes continue …

Ethiopia’s government Tuesday for the first time acknowledged the involvement of troops from neighboring Eritrea in the war in the Tigray region that ended in 2022, accusing them of mass killings, …

Morocco has evacuated more than 50,000 people, nearly half the population of the northwestern city of Ksar el-Kebir, as flooding driven by weeks of heavy rain threatened to inundate the …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday stressed the need for the full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire and the peace plan proposed by United …

A senior South Sudanese army commander has proposed the creation of a separate state for the Nuer community as a way to end recurring ethnic violence, warning that civilians were …

Military tensions in South Sudan are “rapidly expanding” between Government forces and opposition militia as fighting continues in restive Jonglei state. Briefing journalists based at UN Headquarters in New York …

The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, is facing continued instability and violence as military escalation looms, following reports earlier this week that a senior army commander had called on troops …