Khartoum / AFP Dozens of health facilities supported by the World Health Organization in strife-torn areas of Sudan risk closure due to a lack of funds, exposing one million people to likely epidemics. Eleven clinics have already been shut in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan where years of fighting between government troops and black African rebels has forced tens …

  Ouagadougou / AFP Mali’s president said on Sunday he could let Burkina Faso forces pursue extremist fighters when they flee across the border into his country, days after militants massacred 12 Burkinabe soldiers. Around 40 fighters attacked a base some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the Burkina-Mali border on Friday in what local authorities called the biggest ever extremist attack …

  MANILA / AP The United States said on Sunday that it would work with the Philippine president to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows US troops to visit the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte was enraged after a US government aid agency deferred a vote on a renewal of a major development assistance package …