Deadlock in South Sudan’s negotiations for a transitional government
Talks aimed at getting a transitional unity government in South Sudan are deadlocked. The world’s newest country faces sanctions if agreement is not reached by Saturday. The logjams outnumber the breakthroughs in South Sudan’s short and troubled history. The death toll from six years of civil war approaches 400 000. Sticking point now is dividing […]
Lorry ploughs into Kinshasa traffic killing at least 10
A lorry with faulty brakes has ploughed into traffic in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. The official death toll in 10 but eyewitness put it higher. At least 40 people are injured. ends intro The truck hit a minibus taxi, several cars and motorbikes and a number of pedestrians. Health Minister Eteni Longodo was on the […]
Children makeup more than half the victims of village attack in Cameroon
At least 22 people – more than half of them children – have died in an attack on a village in northwest Cameroon. No-one has claimed responsibility, but opponents of President Paul Biya are blaming the army. ends intro James Nunan of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Agency says a pregnant woman and 14 children, […]