Sudan peace talks stalled before they began in Juba on Wednesday as a key rebel grouping said it refused to negotiate with Khartoum, claiming government forces were still bombarding its territory. Juba is hosting talks between the government of new prime minister Abdalla Hamdok and representatives from two umbrella groups of rebels that fought forces of now ousted president Omar al-Bashir in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. The talks were launched on Monday in the presence of h ......

Nigeria is looking to claim $62 billion from international oil firms for back revenues it says it is owed -- but even the country's own oil minister admits the government has little chance of success. The eye-watering amount relates to a 1993 law governing production sharing agreements between the country and oil majors that said the revenue split should be reviewed if prices reached over $20 per barrel. Despite the price of crude soaring above that point over the past two decades the divi ......

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Wednesday issued a royal pardon for journalist Hajar Raissouni, overturning a prison sentence for an illegal abortion and sexual relations outside marriage, the justice ministry said. The 28-year-old will walk free in the coming hours , while sentences handed down to her Sudanese fiance, gynaecologist, anaesthetist and a medical assistant were also overturned, an official told AFP. The case, which saw Rassiouni and the others sentenced on September 30, had ......

The journalist, Hajar Raissouni, was arrested with her fiancé as they were leaving a gynecologist?s office in the capital last year. ......

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