Fighters affiliated to the Islamic State group killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack on their base in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria, military sources told AFP Saturday. And with many soldiers still missing, one

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A woman cried out upon seeing what looked like a corpse, a sheet-covered form lying on a stretcher. As volunteers wheeled it onto the stage, Boris Taleabong Alemnge recited a poem whose title spoke the

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Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) group announced yesterday that they had targeted the Israeli Nevatim Airbase with a hypersonic ballistic missile, saying the operation “successfully achieved its goal.” Yahya Saree, the group’s military spokesman, said in

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Des sources africaines et occidentales pointent du doigt le rôle ambigu du régime militaire algérien, accusé d’alimenter les groupes terroristes actifs au Sahel ainsi qu’aux abords de la frontière avec la Libye, la Mauritanie ainsi

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L’armée congolaise a dénoncé l’occupation d’une nouvelle localité dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) par les rebelles du M23, en dépit des efforts de médiation régionaux et internationaux. Le 3 mai, les

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Bottom Line Up Front For the fourth year in a row, the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa—a semi-arid region stretching from the Sahel desert in North Africa to the more humid savannas of the south—has

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As millions of Sudanese flee the conflict that erupted in April 2023, some are escaping the immediate dangers of war only to fall victim to human trafficking networks, according to a report by the African

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Widespread condemnation has followed the release of footage purportedly showing members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) executing at least 31 people, including minors and elderly individuals, whom the RSF accused of being associated

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Escalating hostilities and attacks in North Darfur over the past week have effectively obliterated Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, 15 kilometres from the North Darfur capital El Fasher, forcing all of its 500,000+ inhabitants

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Au Tchad, à l’occasion du septième anniversaire de son parti les Transformateurs mardi 30 avril, l’ex-Premier ministre de la Transition Succès Masra a appelé le président Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno à « changer de cap