#SouthSudan.
#Kiir gives new #Warrap state governor a poisoned chalice?

The #South #Sudanese president is hoping to put an end to insecurity in #Warrap state, his birthplace and electoral stronghold. He has appointed a new governor who will have to navigate between the interests of local barons and government heavyweights.

#SUDAN,
Fighting between the #Sudanese army and paramilitaries spread on Friday to the outskirts of Wad Madani, a town so far spared from the violence where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have taken refuge, an #AFP correspondent reported.

The #Sudanese army prevented civilians from entering the town, which was overflown on Friday by fighter jets and where the sound of explosions could be heard, according to the same source.

Since the start of the war on April 15 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Wad Madani, capital of al-Jazira state, 180 kilometers south of Khartoum, has become a refuge for half a million displaced persons fleeing the fighting in the capital, according to #UN figures. #africa