Two pro-democracy MPs in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini, were found guilty on Thursday of terrorism and murder in connection with the wave of anti-regime protests that rocked the country in 2021. The two men,
Ugandan peacekeepers killed in jihadist attack in Somalia
Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.
Senegal Government Cuts Mobile Internet Access Amid Deadly Rioting
Senegal’s government has cut access to mobile internet services in certain areas because of deadly rioting in which “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online, it said in a statement on Sunday. The West
Fighting Escalates in Khartoum After Cease-Fire Expires
Fighting intensified in several areas of Khartoum on Sunday, residents of Sudan’s capital reported, a day after the expiry of a cease-fire deal between rival military factions brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
De jeunes musulmans affrontent la police après la prière à Addis Abeba
Des affrontements ont éclaté vendredi, après la prière musulmane, près de la plus vaste mosquée d’Addis Abeba, entre la police et des jeunes fidèles furieux de la destruction de mosquées dans le cadre d’un projet
Ituri : les groupes armés appelés à cesser la violence afin de rejoindre le PDDRC-S
En marge de la visite du secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies en charge de sécurité et Paix en Ituri, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, le gouverneur de l’Ituri, lieutenant-général Johny Luboya, estime que cette visite augure un
Crise au Soudan: vers l’escalade?
L’accord de cessez-le-feu, qui avait débuté le 22 mai dernier et qui a pris fin la nuit du 3 au 4 juin, avait permis de diminuer un tout petit peu l’intensité des combats et un
US military kills senior Al-Shabaab commanders in Somalia
For the second time within a week, the US Africa Command has confirmed firing drones in Al-Shabaab villages within Somalia, with the latest killing of three Al-Shabaab commanders in interior parts of Jubaland where the
Burkina: 2 civilians and 50 “terrorists” killed in an attack in the north
Two civilians and 50 “terrorists” were killed on Wednesday during a “complex ambush” against the military escort of a food convoy in northern Burkina Faso, the army general staff said in a statement on Thursday.
Uganda says 54 African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia by al-Shabaab militants
Death toll one of heaviest since pro-government forces launched offensive against jihadists last August Fifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has said,