US, Saudi Arabia say Sudan warring sides to start talks

Khartoum, May 6 (AFP/APP): The US and Saudi governments confirmed direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces would start in Jeddah on Saturday, even as fighting showed little signs of abating in the Sudanese capital. A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed […]

Floods kill over 100 people in east DR Congo

Bukavu, DR Congo, May 5 (AFP/APP): More than 100 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, officials said on Friday. Archimede Karhebwa, the assistant administrator of South Kivu’s Kalehe territory — which was hit by […]

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