
Renewed violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile
Violence broke out over a land dispute between members of the Hausa people and rival ethnic groups.
At least 150 people have reportedly been killed in ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile in the last two days. Fighting broke out over a land dispute between members of the Hausa people and rival ethnic groups last week.
We speak to Malawi’s Homeland Security Minister, Jean Sendeza, who travelled to the two mass graves where at least 29 bodies were exhumed and discovered in a northern district of Mzimba.
Sierra Leone will hold the June 2023 general elections under the proportional electoral system, despite opposition decrying the move.
And our Resident Presidents discuss the offspring of a president who keeps causing controversy on Twitter.
Photo: A woman walks to her damaged house in the aftermath of ethnic clashes in Sudan's Blue Nile state. Credit: Getty Images.
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