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Sudan protesters insist on civilian head for new governing body
Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on May 20, 2019
Sudanese protest leaders said Sunday they will insist a civilian runs a planned new governing body in new talks with army rulers, as Islamists warn...
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Sudan protesters vow to press on despite talks suspension
Agence-France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on May 17, 2019
Sudanese protesters voiced regret Thursday at an army decision to suspend crucial talks on installing civilian rule but vowed to press on with a sit-in...
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Jihadists back in dock over murder of two Scandinavian women
Agence France-Presse . Morocco | Updated at 02:51pm on May 16, 2019
A street vendor, a plumber and a carpenter are among two dozen jihadist suspects who return to a Moroccan court on Thursday, charged in connection...
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Talks with protesters suspended: Sudanese army ruler
Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 02:43pm on May 16, 2019
Sudan’s army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said that talks with protesters over installing civil rule had been suspended for...
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11 missing Niger soldiers found dead after gunmen killed 17
Agence France-Presse . Niamey | Updated at 02:30pm on May 16, 2019
The bodies of 11 missing Niger soldiers have been discovered after an ambush by armed men killed 17 of their colleagues on patrol near the...
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Sudan army, protesters agree three year transition
Agence-France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on May 16, 2019
Sudanese army rulers and protest leaders Wednesday agreed on a three-year transition period for transferring power to a full civilian administration, even as negotiations over...
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Six shot dead as Sudan sees breakthrough in civil rule talks
Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 02:30pm on May 14, 2019
Five Sudanese protesters and an army major were shot dead Monday in the capital, hours after protest leaders and the ruling generals reached a breakthrough...
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Sudan army rulers, protesters resume key talks on civil rule
Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
marmy rulers and protest leaders resumed crucial talks Monday over handing power to a civilian administration after a deadlock in negotiations, as angry demonstrators blocked...
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Six killed in Burkina Faso Church shooting
Agence France-Presse . Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Updated at 12:14am on May 13, 2019
Gunmen killed a priest and five churchgoers during mass Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso, security sources and...
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Algeria protesters stage first mass rally of Ramadan
Agence France-Presse . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on May 12, 2019
Protesters thronged Algeria’s capital for the first Friday mass rally of Ramadan, pressing their demands for reforms and the departure of key figures from ousted...