Sudan: two dead in drone attack

At least two people, including a minor, were killed Wednesday in a drone attack targeting the Sudanese town of Tamboul, southeast of Khartoum, during an army ceremony, during an army ceremony, a medical source told AFP. According to two witnesses, the strike targeted the city while a military ceremony was taking place there. The minor victim was 11 years old, according to the same medical source, which also reported several injuries.

According to local media, the ceremony took place in the presence of Abu Aqla Kaykal, commander of the Sudanese Shield Forces, which is close to the army.

The attack comes the day after a secret meeting in Switzerland between the head of the army and de facto leader of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and the American emissary for Africa, Massad Boulos, and the American emissary for Africa, Massad Boulos, according to Sudanese government sources.

Security guarantees for Ukraine: Macron says Trump remains open

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump was willing, in an exchange with European leaders, for the United States and other allies to participate in providing security guarantees to Ukraine in order to end the war led by Russia.

According to Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump clearly ruled out, during a call with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the possibility of Kyiv joining the Atlantic Alliance, a major blocking point in any prospect of peace agreement with Russia.

Gaza: tensions are growing between the Israeli government and the General Staff

While the army has accepted a new massive intervention in Gaza, the defense minister and the head of the Israeli armed forces disagree on the strategy. The profound disagreement concerns after senior officials, magistrates and soldiers have been questioned over the past two years, accused of lacking loyalty to Benjamin Netanyahu

For the past ten days, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, head of the armed forces, has been subjected to personal attacks, criticisms and challenges from members of the coalition. One of the main players in this revolt is the defense minister himself, Israel Katz, a loyal supporter of the Israeli prime minister

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Cholera patients receive care at a specialized center in refugee camps in western Sudan, in Tawila. At least 40 people have died in a week in Darfur, in western Sudan, in the worst cholera epidemic that the country, which is mired in civil war, has seen in years, Doctors Without Borders announced on Thursday

Russia announced on Wednesday to restrict calls made via WhatsApp and Telegram messaging, a new turn of the screw by the authorities after the blocking, in recent years, of several Western social networks. The Russian authorities accuse these messengers of facilitating fraud and “involving Russian citizens in acts of sabotage and terrorist activities”, adds

Two rudimentary boats that left at the beginning of the week from the coast of northwestern Libya, with a hundred migrants on board, were shipwrecked, one after the other, one after the other, on Tuesday, August 12, off Lampedusa. According to a still provisional toll, there are 27 dead, including a newborn baby, around twenty missing and 61 survivors, mainly men, rescued by the Italian customs police and coast guard. According to several accounts, the countries of origin of the shipwrecked are Egypt, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan