Africa

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is losing as much as 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a United Nations-backed study released today.

Cheers erupt as the student-led project sees a successful start at the International Space Station.

An orphanage defends the reigning Miss South Africa after a barrage of social media criticism.

The students were twice denied visas to attend a multi-national competition in Washington.

The men helping people to park their cars in Ivory Coast... for a price.

South Africans spend more than $4bn (£3bn) a year protecting themselves and their homes.

More than a century ago a former slave fulfilled her dream to meet Queen Victoria, taking with her a gift.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali today condemned continuing ceasefire violations by two signatories of the 2015 Peace and Reconciliation Agreement.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

When former slave Martha Ann Erskine Ricks fulfilled her dream of meeting Queen Victoria, sailing from Liberia to England in 1892, she took with her a special gift for the monarch.

Veterans of the Biafran War, which began 50 years ago this week, remember what it was like to fight on the front line and explain why they still support independence from Nigeria.

Renowned Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré has become the first African to design the prestigious Serpentine Pavilion in London. So how did a tree inspire his design?

A new movement has emerged with a new leader Nnamdi Kanu calling for Biafran independence from Nigeria.

Portraits of Libyan migrants taken on board the vessel that rescued them.

African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent, the United Nations said in a new report released today, noting that tourism demand there is increasingly driven by Africans themselves.

While a number of steps have been taken to address the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), the former deputy head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has urged continued vigilance to ensure that the world body’s personnel do no harm while carrying out their duties.

Will a plan to create jobs for Eritrean refugees stop them from travelling to Europe?

Viral videos of 'bouncing rice balls' have fuelled fake rumours of "plastic" rice being sold in Africa.

Many refugees sent to the Baltic states later go elsewhere, creating another headache for the EU.

July 2, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir on Sunday issued a decree to extend the unilateral cessation of hostilities in war zones until October 2017.

According to the presidential decree seen by Sudan Tribune, the decree comes in continuation of the “government's approach to national dialogue and to allow the holdout groups to join the peace process”.

The Sudanese army has been fighting the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) rebels in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan, also known as the Two Areas since 2011 and a group of armed movements in Darfur since 2003.

In June 2016, President Omer al-Bashir declared a unilateral four-month cessation of hostilities. In December, he extended the ceasefire for one month following a two-month extension declared in October.

Last April, the Sudanese Council of Ministers extended the unilateral cessation of hostilities in war zones for six months.

It is noteworthy that the SPLM-N, and two of Darfur movements, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) led by Minni Minnawi, and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) last October extended for six months the unilateral cessation of hostilities in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan they declared in October 2015 and April of 2016.

Following six days of talks in Addis Ababa last August, the armed movements and the government failed to conclude a deal on the security arrangements and humanitarian access in Darfur and the Two Areas prompting the African Union mediation to suspend the talks indefinitely.

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