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WHO chief calls for more funding to fight Ebola

DRC: The World Health ⁠Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of ​the Congo's latest Ebola ​outbreak to play a central role in fighting the disease.WHO Director-General Tedros...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus washes his hands as he arrives in DRC to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak. — Reuters

UN refugee agency: 200,000 have fled Sudan

Sudanese refugee children who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region eat their breakfast beside makeshift shelters near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad - Reuters

Sudan warring sides make humanitarian pledge without truce

UN Special Representative in Sudan Volker Perthes speaks during a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan. - Reuters

Around 200,000 people have fled from Sudan: UN

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UN urges halt to Sudan conflict as fighting rumbles on despite talks

This picture taken on Thursday in Geneva, shows the Human Rights Council during a special session devoted to Sudan. The UN rights chief called on the international community to exert all possible pressure on the fighting sides in Sudan to resolve the conflict. AFP

Tunisia 'safe', president says after 5 killed outside synagogue

A woman in traditional Djerbian clothes walks in Tunisia's resort island of Djerba, on Thursday. Tunisian President Kais Saied the day before sought to reassure the world over the safety of his country, an important tourist destination, after a police officer shot dead five people, most of them outside Africa's oldest synagogue. - AFP

Battles shake Sudan’s capital as power struggle escalates

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Sudan faces displacement crisis as truce talks yield no progress

A soldier stands as Sudanese women who fled the violence in their country wait to receive food supplies near Chad borders. — Reuters

Over 700,000 displaced within Sudan: UN

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Congo flood victims buried en masse as death toll rises above 400

Congolese civilians gather after the death of their family members following rains that destroyed building in the village of Nyamukubi. — Reuters

Airstrikes rock Sudan as truce talks yield no breakthrough

Smoke billows in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals. — AFP

Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek an end to conflict

The broken glass of a car showroom in southern Khartoum after a looting attempt

Arab League re-admits Syria after 11-year absence

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UN top aid chief in Saudi for Sudan talks as fighting flares

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Sudan's warring rivals to attend Jeddah talks

Sudanese Army sodliers walk near tanks stationed on a street in southern Khartoum, on May 6, 2023, amid ongoing fighting against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Air strikes battered Sudan's capital on May 6, as fighting entered a fourth week only hours before the warring parties are to meet in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks. (Photo by AFP)

Trapped by war, Saved by 2 students with a taxi

An undated photo of Sami al-Gada, left, and Hassan Tibwa. (via The New York Times)
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