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U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage Sudan talks

The top U.S. diplomat for Africa was due in Khartoum on Wednesday to join an international push to salvage a deal between Sudan’s military rulers and opposition groups two months after the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir. The visit comes after an Ethiopian envoy said the...

Amnesty, HRW warn UN against Sudan pullout

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch warned U.N. peacekeepers Tuesday against withdrawing from Sudan at a time when the Janjaweed militia is not only keeping up war crimes in Darfur but also taking its "despicable brutality" to Khartoum. "It's hard to imagine a worse time to decide to close...

Cholera surge stalks Yemen's hungry and displaced

In the last two weeks Dr Asmahan Ahmed has seen a surge in suspected cholera cases arriving at her health center in Abs, a small, Houthi-held town in northwest Yemen. “Every day there are 30-50 cases, no fewer. Suddenly it became like this,” she said in the 15-bed diarrhea treatment...