Warring Sudanese factions fight on after failing to agree truce; 200,000 have fled Sudan, says UN
Khartoum, SudanReuters Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan’s warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree to a ceasefire despite committing to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access. A so-called declaration of principles was signed in Saudi Arabia late on Thursday after nearly a week of talks between the […]
Ethiopia brings some migrants home as concern over Saudi camps grows
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Ethiopia will repatriate nearly 2,000 migrants from Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, a government minister said on Thursday, amid growing international concern over conditions in migrant detention camps. Ethiopia is estimated to have tens of thousands of workers in Saudi Arabia and is under pressure to bring them home […]