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In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war

By the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was already convulsing from the malaria attacking his brain. After being given medication he lies fast asleep, naked and feverish, attached to a drip, his anxious mother sitting on the bed...

Huge crowds join sit-in outside Sudan's defense ministry

A huge crowd massed outside Sudan’s Defense Ministry on Thursday to demand civilian rule, a Reuters witness said, challenging the Transitional Military Council that removed President Omar al-Bashir earlier this month to cede power. They were responding to a call by the Sudanese...

Dozens wounded as police break up Morocco teacher protest

Over 70 demonstrators were left wounded Thursday after Moroccan police used water cannon to disperse a rally in the capital by thousands of contract teachers protesting over their employment terms. Teachers chanting "Social justice!" and "No to dismantling public schools!" attempted to camp...