The US Africa Command has confirmed Friday’s operations against the ISIS-Somalia militants, in the latest crackdown, which seeks to eliminate the militants from strategic areas within Puntland state. The US is a close partner of
Extremist rebels capture remote but key town in central Somalia
The extremist rebels of al-Shabab seized control of the central Somali town of Mahaas on Sunday after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive, according to witnesses. Mahaas, in the central region of Hiraan,
Nigeria Says Jailed 44 For Terrorism Financing
Nigeria on Saturday slapped 44 Boko Haram jihadists with jail terms of up to 30 years for funding terrorist activities, a spokesman for a counterterrorism agency said. The convicted were among 54 suspects arraigned in
With the RSF at its doorstep, could Egypt enter Sudan’s war?
The Rapid Support Forces’ seizure of the tri-border area, a key trade and smuggling nexus, has brought Sudan’s war closer to Egypt than ever before In mid-June, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control
What Africa must do as global rush for critical minerals intensifies
Global powers and the tech industry are competing for African minerals. Thirty percent of the world’s critical minerals come from Africa, and their access is a priority for South Africa’s government during its G20 presidency
ANALYSIS: Will US brokered Rwanda-DRC deal pave way for peace?
Recent efforts to resolve the M23 crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have taken a new turn. After the breakdown of the Angola-led Luanda talks in mid-December 2024, a joint East African
Assimi Goïta se voit accorder un mandat de cinq ans
Le chef militaire du Mali, le général Assimi Goïta, s’est vu accorder par le parlement de transition un mandat présidentiel de cinq ans, renouvelable sans élections. Le chef de la junte, qui a pris le
RDC: plus de 30 000 Sud-Soudanais réfugiés en Ituri depuis le mois de mars
En République démocratique du Congo, 30 000 Sud-Soudanais ont traversé la frontière ces dernières semaines pour se réfugier en Ituri. Ils ont fui les combats dans leur pays. Aujourd’hui, ils se trouvent dans la chefferie
JNIM in Mali: How an al-Qaeda offshoot became one of Africa’s deadliest militant groups
Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks sweeping across several West African nations, especially Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. On 1 July, the group
El Fasher clashes continue as Sudan’s RSF rejects UN truce
Renewed artillery strikes rocked El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, this morning, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rejected a UN-proposed humanitarian truce. The escalation comes amid reports of hundreds of children succumbing