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President Ruto Becomes Ambassador For Youth Engagement On The Enviornment

Kenya's President Ruto engages youth as their Ambassador for Climate change

Zenger

Money from France will not help Comoros swallow the Wuambushu pill

Azali Assoumani, president of the Union of Comoros and the African Union rotating chairman, told RFI that he will not accept the forced repatriation by France of around ten thousand people from Mayotte to the Comoros. Nor will he accept a financial compensation to take undocumented Comorians from Mayotte as…

Radio France Internationale

Air raids in Sudan capital ahead of first direct talks

Khartoum (AFP) - Air strikes battered Sudan's capital on Saturday, as fighting entered a fourth week only hours before the warring parties are to meet in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks.

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Sudan warring sides to start talks amid persistent fighting

Khartoum (AFP) - Air strikes battered Sudan's capital on Saturday, as fighting entered a fourth week only hours before the warring parties are to meet in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks.

AFP

South Sudan brokers new seven-day ceasefire in Sudan

In tonight's edition: A new week-long truce is agreed in Sudan as the African Union holds an emergency meeting in Ethiopia on how to de-escalate the conflict that's already cost at least 500 lives in almost three weeks. Also, Ugandan lawmakers pass a new version of an already harsh anti-LGBT…

France 24

Japan PM's Africa tour a bid to counter China, Russia influence

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began his first week-long Africa tour in Egypt at the weekend. The four-nation visit is part of a concerted effort to strengthen relations with the "Global South" and counter the growing influence of China and Russia in the region.

Radio France Internationale

Mass exodus from Sudan as deadly fighting enters third week

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

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Intense Arab, International Contacts to Stop War in Sudan

Saudi Arabia and France stressed the importance of stopping the military escalation between the conflicting parties in Sudan, the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), that erupted on Saturday. During a phone call on Wednesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel fears Sudan unrest could end prospects of peace treaty

Israel is using its relationships with the generals leading the Sudanese military and the RSF to urge them to end the fighting.

Axios

Europe outsourcing asylum to African countries is a terrible idea – there are alternatives

For 40 years, western governments have entertained ideas of outsourcing asylum processing and refugee hosting to the global south. It is not a new idea. And neither are the controversies that have accompanied it.

The Conversation

African Union urges nearly $90 million for its Somali force

The African Union is appealing for nearly $90 million for its peacekeeping force in Somalia as it provides support to the country's military forces battling al-Shabab extremists

The Independent UK

Tunisia: President's offensive statements targeted black migrants - with widespread fallout

The statement by Tunisian President Kais Saied that “urgent measures” were needed “against illegal immigration of nationals from sub-Saharan Africa” which were causing “violence and crime” set off a nation-wide violent backlash against migrants.

The Conversation

Blinken asks Ethiopia to strengthen peace on first post-war visit

ADDIS ABABA - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Ethiopia to "deepen the peace" in its war-torn north, as he announced a $331-million aid package to the country during a visit aimed at repairing relations shaken by the two-year conflict.

Bangkok Post

US secretary of state visits Ethiopia in bid to consolidate peace efforts

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his first visit to Ethiopia since the war in Tigray. He urged the longstanding ally to "deepen the peace" in the north and repair relations shaken by the brutal two-year conflict.

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Israel Slams South Africa Parliament Decision To Downgrade Ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as "disgraceful" the South African parliament's decision to downgrade Jerusalem's embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office

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