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KHARTOUM, May 22 (Xinhua) — The death toll in the armed clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has risen to 863, the Sudanese Doctors Union said on Monday.

“The number of civilian deaths since the beginning of the clashes has risen to 863 with 3,531 injuries,” the nongovernmental body said in a statement. Over 1 million people have been displaced since the conflict began on April 15, fleeing to safer locations inside and outside Sudan, theREAD MORE

YAOUNDE, May 22 (Xinhua) — Scores of women have been abducted in Cameroon’s English-speaking region of Northwest where an armed separatist conflict is underway, security and local sources said Monday. The women were abducted by separatist fighters in Big Babanki village of the region after they staged a protest demonstration against a tax imposed on them by the fighters, a family source of one of the kidnapped women told Xinhua by phone. 

“They are about 50 women in captivity. They are betweenREAD MORE

Former President Jacob Zuma has been briefed about the programme of action of the African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (ARETA), which includes plans to create unity amongst left-wing political parties and “save our nation”. Zuma met the senior leadership of ARETA at his home in Nkandla, northern Kwazulu-Natal yesterday, where he was presented with the organisation’s 10-point plan ahead of next year’s general elections, according to party president Carl “Mpangazitha” Niehaus. 

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THIS pastime found to be popular in the world-famous Bali island of Indonesia is inspiring the growth of quad biking in the Zimbabwean resort town of Kariba. It has come in handy as stakeholders in devising strategies to diversify tourism offering in this northern Zimbabwean town.

Kariba Quad Bike Adventures is the brainchild of Jacob Parichi (39), after he realised a gap in the local tourism space. In an interview, he mentioned how the idea drew inspiration from Bali.

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AT least 24 people have died from cholera in Somalia this year. A majority of those that have succumbed to the water-borne disease are children under the age of five. A total of seventeen children have so far been confirmed dead.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the deaths have been documented from 7442 cases. The overall case fatality rate is 0,3 percent. In the last week of documentation, there have been 519 new suspected cases with three associated deaths.

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NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – GLOBAL donors have been urged to address the impact of the climate injustice that has left thousands dead in East Africa. Some 21 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) made the appeal as the international community gathers in New York this week for the Horn of Africa High Level Pledging Conference.

The NGOs have urged the donors to address this by making the financial pledges required to fully fund the humanitarian response and help address immediate and long-termREAD MORE

Limpopo model Kgaoletso Ntsoane has set her sights on scooping the South African title of Miss Teen World with the hopes of representing the country in South America later this year.

Ntsoane, 18, is not just a beauty queen, but a self-motivated hard-worker who believes in using her brain power to inspire the lives of young people in her rural home village of Ga-Mphahlele Maijane outside Polokwane.

She is currently preparing to participate in the South African leg of theREAD MORE

ATHENS, May 21 (Xinhua) — Greek conservatives received a clear mandate from Greek people to continue efforts to change the country with a strong government, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday after his New Democracy (ND) party won the general elections by a huge margin.

ND garnered 40.79 percent of the votes, securing 145 seats in the next 300-member parliament, according to 96.03 percent of the votes counted, official results released by the Interior Ministry showed. The main opposition party,READ MORE

CAIRO/RIYADH, May 21 (Xinhua) — Regional organizations and countries on Sunday welcomed the week-long ceasefire agreement reached between Sudanese warring parties late Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Arab League (AL) said in a statement on Sunday that it welcomed the Agreement on a Short-Term Cease-fire and Humanitarian Arrangements, which will facilitate the delivery of emergency humanitarian aid and the restoration of basic services in Sudan. 

AL Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit stressed the necessity for the two warring parties to fully implementREAD MORE

KHARTOUM, May 21 (Xinhua) — The Sudanese Army announced on Sunday its commitment to the Agreement on a Short-Term Cease-fire and Humanitarian Arrangements it signed with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah late Saturday.

“The armed forces announce their commitment to the agreement and hope the RSF will abide by what it says,” the Sudanese army spokesman said in a statement. “The duration of the short-term cease-fire is seven days and will enterREAD MORE