Africa

France's fighter jets withdraw from Chad over disagreement

The withdrawal comes barely a week after Chad announced that it was ending its military ties with Fr

South Sudan, UN roll out cholera vaccination

The South Sudanese government, in partnership with United Nations agencies, has started a vaccinatio

Nearly 10,000 flee Sudan war to S. Sudan daily: UN

Almost 10,000 people a day are fleeing Sudan's civil war across the border to South Sudan, the Unite

Uganda military court adjourns Besigye trial

A Ugandan military court has adjourned the trial of veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye to next

Egypt building collapse kills eight people

Eight people were killed and three more injured when a six-storey building collapsed in central Cair

Shelling kills 65 people in Sudan's Khartoum

Paramilitary shelling on the Sudanese city of Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killed at least 65