A spokesperson for South Sudan’s opposition and rebel group says that their leader Riek Machar has fled the country. Mabior Garang of the SPLM-IO said on Thursday that Machar had gone to a safe country within the region.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has expressed disappointment over the failure of talks between the Sudanese government and rebels on a ceasefire in Darfur and two other conflict zones. The talks on a cessation of hostilities in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan were held in Addis Ababa last week after …

Dozens of people have been killed in a violent clash between a pro-government militia group and a separatist umbrella organization in northern Mali, a local source told Anadolu Agency Friday. The clashes started on Tuesday in Kidal between fighters of the pro-government group, GATIA, and armed members of the separatist …