France riots: Nearly 500 people arrested as protests begin fourth night

Paris, France CNN — Nearly 500 people have been arrested in France as violent protests erupted in the fourth night over the killing of a 17-year-old who was shot by police. The protests continued into the early hours of Saturday, defying a ban on all “major events” in the country announced the day before. There … Read more

Children die every day in a border camp in South Sudan while waiting for international aid

Renk, South Sudan CNN — Kueaa Darhok, wearing baggy pants over borrowed rubber boots, tries to make his way through the sucking mud and deep puddles on his way to the communal kitchen at the center of the transit camp he now calls home. There, Sudanese refugees and returning South Sudanese wait under his reassuring … Read more

An airstrike in the Sudanese capital kills 17 people, including five children, hours before the US and Saudi Arabia negotiate a ceasefire

CNN — At least 17 people, including five children, were killed on Saturday, according to the country’s Health Ministry, after an airstrike hit a residential area in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, hours before the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a 72-hour ceasefire. At least 25 houses were destroyed in the air raid on the … Read more