The boys, whose average age is 10, were intercepted while being transported to Niger Republic. The Niger State Government has rescued 21 underage boys from an alleged human trafficking syndicate in Magama Local Government Area,
Africa File, January 30, 2025: Rwandan-Backed M23 Captures Goma; SAF Breakthroughs in Khartoum; IS Sahel Linked to Angola Plot Targeting Biden Visit; IS Calls for Jihad in Sudan; Somalia Agrees with Egypt in AUSSOM
The Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Key Takeaways: DRC. The Rwandan-backed M23
RDC: la guerre dans l’est du pays se joue aussi sur les réseaux sociaux
En République démocratique du Congo, les membres du groupe M23 soutenus par le Rwanda ont pris le contrôle de nombreux quartiers de Goma cette semaine. Face à cette situation jugée préoccupante, la Communauté de développement
Agencies: Sudan war displaces nearly 1 million people to Chad
Almost one million people have fled into neighboring Chad in the nearly two years since war broke out in Sudan, a consortium of international agencies has said. The 23 organizations said in a press release
France hands over last military base in Chad
France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and
Africa File Special Edition: M23 March Threatens Expanded Conflict in DR Congo and Regional War in the Great Lakes
The Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Key Takeaway: Rwandan-backed M23 rebels captured
Conflit dans l’est de la RDC: sommet extraordinaire des dirigeants de la SADC au Zimbabwe
Alors que la Communauté de développement d’Afrique australe (SADC) a déployé une force multinationale composée de soldats sud-africains, tanzaniens et malawites dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), un sommet extraordinaire des chefs
Est de la RDC : « C’est toute la région qui est menacée », met en garde le président burundais
Alors que les rebelles du M23, soutenus par le Rwanda, ont pris Goma et progressent dans le Sud-Kivu, la SADC s’est réunie ce vendredi à Harare et a appelé à un sommet conjoint avec l’EAC.
Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC
The fall of Goma to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels has sent shock waves through the region and risks triggering a wider regional war. Memories remain fresh of the devastating Congo Wars of the