IGAD announced on Tuesday the appointment of Lawrence Corbandi of South Sudan as its special envoy to Sudan.

The Sudanese army advanced towards new areas in western Omdurman, where it took control of the “Doha” neighborhood and other areas on the outskirts of the Libyan market.

The Russian ambassador to the Central African Republic, Alexander Bikantov, announced on Tuesday that his country is discussing with the African country the site of establishing a Russian military base there.

The Tunisian government on Tuesday signed a 250-million-euro ($271 million) deal with Chinese road and bridge complex Sichuan to build a bridge in the Mediterranean city of Bizerte.

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello said on Tuesday he hoped the parties to Sudan’s conflict would resume dialogue after Ramadan and work to prevent a wider regional war, despite the failure of previous negotiations.

Argentine footballer Angel Di Maria received a threat at his family home on the outskirts of the Argentine city of Rosario on Monday amid a wave of drug-related violence in the region.

The Egyptian government said on Tuesday it had begun paying arrears owed to foreign companies working on petroleum projects in the country.

After his historic victory in the presidential election, Senegal’s new President Baciro Diomaye Faye delivered a speech in which he stressed his country’s continued status as a safe and reliable ally of its international partners.

The United Arab Emirates announced that President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday received a written message from Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, regarding the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries.

The Libyan Minister of Investment, Ali Al-Saidi, discussed with the Director of Exportway in Russia and Belarus, ways of mutual cooperation.

An explosion occurred at a hotel near a police station in northeastern Kenya, where official authorities announced that the explosion resulted in the death of a civilian and 3 police officers, in addition to a number of injuries.

The attempted suicide of a Tunisian migrant in an Italian prison has sparked controversy over the abuses faced by Tunisian migrants in that country.

Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered six migrant bodies and seized 2,425 migrants over the past three days, security authorities said Monday.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerikaya announced on Tuesday that authorities had arrested 147 people on suspicion of links to the Islamic State group in nationwide operations.

Ammar al-Siddiq, a member of the external advisory council of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces commander Ammar al-Siddiq, accused Islamists of obstructing peace negotiations.

Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency has announced that it plans to provide social assistance to civilians affected by the conflict in Gaza and Khartoum from next week.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended Tunisian weightlifter Ghofrane Belkheir after a banned substance was discovered in the results of a test conducted during the African Athletics Championships in Alexandria in February.

Morocco is facing a cereal season that could be the worst in 17 years, forcing it to import about 75% of its estimated annual needs of more than 10 million tonnes, according to central bank data.

The North African Football Federation’s head of women’s football development Hafsa Messaaf announced that the North African Refresher Championship for women’s under-20 football clubs will be held in Tunisia, following Morocco’s apology.

Sudan is suffering from challenges in transporting South Sudan’s oil through its pipelines, due to the war in the country, according to the website “iRadio” specialized in South Sudan news.