By Eliza Mackintosh and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The violence that has exploded in Sudan as the country’s two top generals grapple for power has unfolded at a terrifying, breakneck speed. But, by many accounts, the clash was long in the making — the culmination of years spent by the international community legitimizing the two military
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN A once powerful member of the former Sudanese government wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity has been freed from prison in the capital Khartoum. Ahmed Haroun was the head of the ruling National Congress Party and among dozens of Sudanese
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari, Sarah Diab and Larry Madowo CNN Police have now recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, believed to be linked to a cult that allegedly encouraged its followers to starve themselves to gain salvation, the country’s government said. Kithure Kindiki, the Kenyan interior minister, said
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi, Brent Swails and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a “huge biological risk” after Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital Khartoum, as foreign nations raced to mount rapid evacuation efforts from the country and violence punctured a fragile US-brokered
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow’s top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Lavrov was in charge of the meeting, titled “Maintenance of international peace and security,” because Russia currently holds
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Miles of empty fields where you might expect a build-up of armor. Tank tracks that emerge in the mud from nowhere, and lead there too. Distant artillery duels that locals say peak and ebb. The silence is beginning to be telling. Ukraine has made extraordinary efforts to conceal the
Continue ReadingBy Clarissa Ward and Mick Krever, CNN On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a handful of protesters gather outside an upscale Parisian apartment complex. “Freedom for political prisoners!” they chant. “Down with Putin! Putin is a war criminal!” Several hold signs: “He makes money off the war in Ukraine. His family lives in France,” or “Family
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow’s top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Lavrov was in charge of the meeting, titled “Maintenance of international peace and security,” because Russia currently holds the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Miles of empty fields where you might expect a build-up of armor. Tank tracks that emerge in the mud from nowhere, and lead there too. Distant artillery duels that locals say peak and ebb. The silence is beginning to be telling. Ukraine has made extraordinary efforts to conceal the start
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN After a two-decade absence, at least one lion has returned to Chad’s Sena Oura National Park. An image of a “muscular female lion” in the park was captured by a remote camera in February, according to a news release from the Wildlife Conservation Society, which released the image on Thursday in
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN The son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Nikolai Peskov, claimed in an interview with Russian media that he decided to serve in Ukraine with Russia’s Wagner mercenary force. “I considered it my duty… I couldn’t sit on the sidelines and watch friends and other people go there,” Peskov
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh, Noon Salih, Sana Noor Haq and CNN journalists in Sudan Foreign powers have rescued embassy staff, diplomats and nationals caught in Sudan’s deadly fighting, even as on the ground many Sudanese are stuck in deteriorating and deadly conditions. At least 50 people were injured and an unknown number killed in shelling that
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, Duarte Mendonca and Heather Chen, CNN Six Leopard 2 tanks bound for Ukraine have left the Spanish port city of Santander in northern Spain and are en route to their destination, the Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles said Saturday. Robles told journalists the tanks left Santander “along with 20 heavy transport
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN A fire believed to have been started by a flambéed pizza has killed two people and injured 12 others at a restaurant in the Spanish capital Madrid, city officials said Saturday. “It appears the fire started when a flambéed pizza was being served, which set fire to the decorations in the
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova More than 3,000 people were evacuated on Saturday from residential buildings in the Russian city of Belgorod after a bomb was found close to the area accidentally bombed by Russia’s air force earlier this week, Russian state media reported. Explosives specialists assessed the device and said there was no danger of explosion,
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, Niamh Kennedy, Sugam Pokharel, Ivana Kottasová, Eyad Kourdi, Jennifer Hansler and a CNN journalist in Sudan Saudi Arabia has become the first country to announce evacuations of its stranded citizens from Sudan, a week after intense fighting broke out there between two rival forces. The Saudi foreign ministry said “several nationals of
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi Two men are battling for control in Sudan, but stuck in the middle are the country’s people. Hundreds have died, tens of thousands have fled. Residents have been stranded at home and in shelters without food or water, and petrol has become an increasingly important commodity. Since the fighting began last Saturday,
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence sometimes imagines walking through London and looking at buildings his son Stephen might have worked on, had he lived long enough to fulfill his dream of becoming an architect. The closest he
Continue ReadingBy Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence sometimes imagines walking through London and looking at buildings his son Stephen might have worked on, had he lived long enough to fulfill his dream of becoming an architect. The closest he ever
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey Belgium has destroyed a shipment of American beer after taking exception to its maker’s slogan that it was “The Champagne of Beers.” Belgian customs crushed the 2,352 cans of Miller High Life beer earlier this week, reasoning that they were improperly labeled as Champagne. The move came after a trade association for
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