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Western, Arab states pledge $1.5 billion for Sudan's troubled transition

Western and Arab countries pledged $1.5 billion at a conference hosted by Germany to help Sudan ease an economic crisis hampering its transition towards democracy after the fall of autocratic leader Omar al-Bashir. The European Union pledged 312 million euros ($350.13 million), the United...

UN aid chief: Yemen will fall off a cliff if no new funds

The UN humanitarian chief warned that without massive financial support, Yemen will "fall off the cliff," with many more people starving to death, succumbing to COVID-19, dying of cholera and watching their children die because they haven’t been immunized for killer diseases. Mark Lowcock...

Saudi-led coalition deploys troops to monitor truce between Yemeni allies

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it deployed troops in the province of Abyan to monitor a ceasefire between the internationally recognized government and the southern separatists. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern...

Tunisia protesters, police clash anew in deprived south

Tunisian youths clashed with police overnight in a town in Tunisia's deprived south, where a protest movement is demanding jobs and services, the interior ministry said Wednesday. "Several hundred people" gathered Tuesday night in front of a local security forces facility in Douz, 475...