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Africa News Tonight: Kenyan authorities exhumed 16 more bodies Tuesday, bringing the death toll at the Good News International Church to 89. In Sudan, a shaky cease-fire has allowed a group of South Africans previously trapped in Khartoum to leave the country. With a video posted on social media early today, U.S. President Joe Biden officially kicked off his bid for re-election. And, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Nigeria Union of Journalists have condemned the conviction of two Nigerian journalists on conspiracy and defamation charges. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - A U.S.-brokered three-day cease-fire between Sudan’s warring generals seems to be holding, despite sporadic clashes, after previous cease-fires quickly failed. Russia has threatened to scrap an initiative that enables the safe export of grain from Ukrainian Black Sea ports to the world market. Plus, Kenya’s opposition says it will resume protests over the high cost of living, alleged economic mismanagement and election fraud. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - As countries rush to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from Khartoum, Sudanese nationals are fending for themselves amid power blackouts and loss of internet service. Nigerian authorities say they are trying to evacuate 5,000 Nigerians, especially students, who are stranded in Sudan due to fighting there. Plus, American entrepreneur Elon Musk is struggling to launch his satellite internet service, Starlink, in Africa, with only two of 54 countries so far signing up to it. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - Dozens of countries scrambled to arrange transportation to get their citizens out of Sudan amid concerns that fighting could escalate and cut off exits from the country. As the rush to get embassy personnel out of the Sudanese capital to safety continues, one analyst says the writing was on the wall that the leaders of the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force would turn on each other. And, Kenyan authorities have recovered at least 50 bodies of members of the Good News International Church, who are believed to have starved themselves to death. Police Monday rescued 29 members of the church in a forest near the coastal town of Malindi. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - UNICEF warns intense fighting in Sudan is taking a devastating toll on children and putting millions of lives at risk. The World Health Organization says more than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting in Sudan. And, Egypt needs stability in Sudan and a strong ally to support its position on the dispute over Ethiopia’s massive dam project. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - Kenya's President William Ruto has offered to mediate between Sudan's warring parties. Rights activists have welcomed Uganda's president returning a draft anti-homosexuality bill to parliament for review, saying it gives them more time to fight it. Plus, tomorrow is Earth Day, and the United Nations warns that humanity faces catastrophe because of its relentless abuse of the planet. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - A Nigerian African affairs expert is urging the international community to deploy an international force to stop the fighting in Sudan. And, a Nobel Prize-winning Ukrainian is in Pretoria this week as part of a group urging South Africa's government to re-think its friendly relations with Russia as it wages war on Kyiv. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - On the eve of the end of Ramadan, fighting continues in Sudan for a sixth day with no end in sight. While ceasefire attempts in Sudan have failed, the release of scores of Egyptian troops has raised hopes that more foreigners trapped in the fighting could be evacuated. And, The UN children’s fund, UNICEF, warns many children are likely to die from vaccine-preventable diseases due to a decline in routine immunization during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - Fighting raged in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum today after the warring parties locked in a power struggle failed to uphold an overnight cease-fire. Doctors say five days of clashes between Sudan's Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have left nearly 300 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. Officials on Cameroon's northern border with Nigeria say Boko Haram militants in the past week destroyed hundreds of homes in large attacks that killed at least six villagers and two soldiers, and left thousands homeless. Plus, Forbes Africa business magazine recently announced its famous “30 Under-30” list of African innovators. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight - Conflict in Sudan’s capital has provoked global calls for a cease-fire, but questions remain about how other countries can persuade combatants in Khartoum to lay down their arms. Fighting raged in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum after the warring parties, locked in a power struggle, failed to uphold an overnight cease-fire. And, migrants in South Africa are celebrating a victory after the Johannesburg High Court declared null and void all regulations denying them free healthcare in government hospitals. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!