Sudan rebels say shelling resumes around oil state capital
Fighting in South Kordofan and nearby Blue Nile state has displaced or severely affected 900,000 people - UN
Malis locust mitigation capacity undermined by conflict
[ABIDJAN] In the coming weeks, Northern Mali could face severe locust outbreaks, as a result of recent fighting and instability that has weakened the region's capacity to destroy the insects, according to experts.
New fighting in Sudan's Darfur region, several killed
Darfur has been plagued by violence since mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms in 2003, complaining the central government in Khartoum had neglected the remote western territory