A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said Sunday, after a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean
Armed groups kill dozens in Nigeria’s Benue state
At least 74 people killed in two separate attacks by armed groups this week, officials say. At least 74 people were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen this week in Benue state, north central
Attack kills around 20 in eastern Congo; Islamic State claims responsibility
Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that authorities said killed around 20 people. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement
Burkina Faso: Dozens dead in suspected terrorist attack
Officials have decried the “despicable and barbaric attack,” but did not immediately say who was behind it. The West African country has been fighting militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group since 2013.
The Horn Of Africa States: What A HAS Regional Block Means For The World – OpEd
The security landscape of the Horn of Africa States has not changed since the opening of the Suez Canal. Although the region was always prominent in and important for human travel and trade over millennia,
Gunfire, protests in Ethiopia’s Amhara over plan to disband regional force
Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a federal government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said.
In Somalia’s War With Al-Shabab, Media Access an Issue
As Somalia gears up for the second phase of its war with al-Shabab militants, there is a tussle between the independent media and the government over how much access journalists should have to the front
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied rejects IMF ‘diktats’
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday rejected “foreign diktats” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in stalled talks with the heavily indebted country over a bailout package. “Regarding the IMF, foreign diktats that
Mozambique Legalizes Local Militias to Help Fight Northern Insurgents
Mozambique has legalized creation of local militias under the military to help fight Islamist militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province. A decree was approved and announced Wednesday, after a Cabinet meeting in Maputo late
In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock amid fears of what comes next
After three years of failed rains, the animals in the southern Ethiopian village of Kura Kalicha are dying. Dozens of decomposing cattle carcasses lie on the parched earth, their flesh picked over by scavengers. Jilo