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France 24
4 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Ghana names finance minister as defence chief after fatal crash
Afrique 12:00 Issued on: Modified: Following a military helicopter crash in which both the defence and environment ministers were killed, Ghana's president appointed the country's finance minister to also head defence. The two ministers died alongside six others when the helicopter went down in the central Ashanti region. Also, a new outbreak of cholera has compounded the already dire humanitarian situation in Sudan. Health organisations are now appealing for urgent access to safe areas, clean water and medical support in order to contain the spread of the disease before it worsens. Finally, in Uganda, a student is now behind bars after posting a fake video on TikTok accusing President Yoweri Museveni of various atrocities in Parliament. The two-month sentence for the social media post comes after the student was allegedly abducted and then reappeared at a police station last week, sparking public outcry.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
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Focus on Africa August 12, 2025 34 minutes Available for over a year Dozens of soldiers have been arrested in Mali accused of plotting to topple the country's military leaders, sources say. The wave of arrests reflect tension within the military government. The authorities have not yet commented on the arrests. We'll hear analysis. Also, more than 400 people have died and over 6,000 have been affected following a cholera outbreak in Sudan's Darfur region. What are the challenges when it comes to dealing with an epidemic within IDP camps? And how and why an AI generated model sparked international debate? We hear from the creators. Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Bella Hassan, Mark Wilberforce and Nyasha Michelle in London. Makuochi Ofakor in Lagos. Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
Al Jazeera
29-05-2025
- Health
- Al Jazeera
‘This must stop now': UN food body condemns RSF attacks on Sudan premises
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is 'shocked and alarmed' that its premises in southwestern Sudan have been hit by repeated shelling from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the paramilitary group wages a brutal civil war, now in its third year, with the Sudanese army. 'Humanitarian staff, assets, operations and supplies should never be a target. This must stop now', the United Nations body said on X on is the last major city held by the Sudanese army in the Darfur region. It has witnessed intense fighting between the army and RSF since May 2024, despite international warnings about the risks of violence in a city that serves as a key humanitarian hub for the five Darfur states. For more than a year, the RSF has sought to wrest control of el-Fasher, located more than 800km (500 miles) southwest of the capital, Khartoum, from the army, launching regular attacks on the city and two major famine-hit camps for displaced people on its outskirts. Adding to humanitarian woes on the ground, the Health Ministry in Khartoum state on Thursday reported 942 new cholera infections and 25 deaths the previous day, following 1,177 cases and 45 deaths the day before. Aid workers say the scale of the cholera outbreak is deteriorating due to the near-total collapse of health services, with about 90 percent of hospitals in key war zones no longer operational. Since August 2024, Sudan has reported more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases and at least 1,700 deaths across 12 of its 18 states. Khartoum alone has seen 7,700 cases and 185 deaths, including more than 1,000 infections in children under five, as it contends with more than two years of fighting between the army and the RSF. Sudan's army-backed government in Khartoum state announced earlier this month that all relief initiatives in the state must register with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), a government body that oversees humanitarian operations in Sudan. Aid workers and activists are fearful these regulations will lead to a crackdown on local relief volunteers, exacerbating the catastrophic hunger crisis affecting 25 million people across the country. The HAC was given expanded powers to register, monitor and, critics argue, crack down on local and Western aid groups by former leader Omar al-Bashir in 2006, according to aid groups, local relief volunteers and experts. The army-backed government announced last week that it had dislodged RSF fighters from their last bases in Khartoum state, two months after retaking the heart of the capital from the paramilitaries. The city, nonetheless, remains nonetheless devastated with health and sanitation infrastructure barely functioning. The RSF has been battling the SAF for control of Sudan since April 2023. The civil war has killed more than 20,000 people, uprooted 15 million and created what the UN considers the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
