Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) – A UN evacuation convoy arrives in Port Sudan as foreign nations evacuate their citizens from war-torn Sudan. United Nations head of mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, says he is “happy and glad” the “not-so-comfortable” convoy made it out of Khartoum.
North West Province (South Africa) (AFP) – One of the world’s largest rhino conservation farm is going up for auction in South Africa. After a 30-year quest to save the endangered species, owner John Hume has no choice but to throw in the towel. The farm is home to nearly 2,000 southern white rhinoceros, whose horns are highly sought after on black markets.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country this month, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations says.
Washington (AFP) – Soon after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last year that Nina Jankowicz would head a newly-formed Disinformation Governance Board, she faced an onslaught of online abuse, including death threats, that drove her to resign after merely 10 weeks on the job.
Tsoundzou Deux (Mayotte) (AFP) – A group of CRS and RAID police officers are supporting local police officers who have been attacked by young people in the Mayotte island jungle after an identity check. “We want people to protect us”, said a resident of Tsoundzou, who said she felt “terror” and never imagined that she would experience clashes on such a scale. The attacks came after Mayotte authorities launched Operation Wuambushu (“Take Back”) to remove illegal migrants who have settled in slums on the island.
Lima (AFP) – Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo flies in on helicopter to the Barbadillo prison, following extradition from the United States to face charges of money laundering and corruption during his mandate. The 77-year-old, who served as Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, was flown in the evening by helicopter to the Barbadillo prison, journalists witnessed. Toledo is wanted by Peruvian prosecutors investigating a sprawling scandal involving Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
Moscow (AFP) – Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for the Russian Defence Ministry, says Russian forces have “repelled” a drone attack on the port of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea, adding that there were “no losses”.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) “risks a catastrophic conflagration within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says at a Security Council meeting.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces the “devastation” caused by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine during a Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, saying that the Russian invasion is a violation of international law and is “causing massive suffering” to the Ukrainian people.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says “the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis” as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Washington (AFP) – The United States has “deep concern about the engagement” of the Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says during a news conference in Washington.
Basse-Terre (AFP) – The underwater exploration programme “Under The Pole” has been exploring the depths of the world’s seas for the past fifteen years. Two months ago, they dropped anchor off the French island of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, to study the deep-sea animal forests of the mesophotic zone (between 30 and 200 metres), a section still largely unexplored.
