Somalia’s military says an offensive in the central Hiran region has captured 20 villages that were occupied by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. A Somali National Army commander, Captain Mohamed Ibrahim Daud, told VOA by

The terror group also claimed a policeman was killed on Saturday during an attack on a checkpoint in Geidam. The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known

Public employee wages have become a blunt political instrument in the hands of many African governments. Last week, hundreds of police special constabularies in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State in southwestern Nigeria, staged a

In a new piece of historical thought leadership political analyst and naval strategist Harry Halem reminds readers of the role which the Senussi dynasty played in shaping the Libyan state we know today As the

The ongoing conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cost approximately six million lives since 1996, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in world history. Ethnic and geopolitical

Conflict erupted in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province just a few years after some of Africa’s biggest gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma Basin off the coast. Mozambicans see this as no coincidence. A

An official lamented that pipeline vandalisation impacts negatively on crude oil production, gas supply, refineries’ operations, among others. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Sunday said it losses 470,000 bpd of crude oil

Industry insiders say six decades of oil exploration have made the Niger Delta one of the most polluted places on earth and damaged a lot, including farmlands. This June, Aibakuro Warder was disappointed by the

Nigeria’s military says it has killed more than 250 Islamist militants with the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) groups in attacks over the past two weeks. A military spokesman said Nigerian

L’ONG a collecté des données sur les agissements en Centrafrique et au Mali de ces mercenaires proches du Kremlin. C’est un rapport d’une dizaine de pages qui apporte un peu de clarté sur les agissements