New figures on Sudan’s crisis show conditions deteriorating as fighting expands in scope between warring generals. The deadly war that has been raging between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for
DR Congo’s war-displaced face rebel shelling and militia abuses
‘Displaced people today find themselves in a situation similar to the one they initially fled.’ Residents of displacement sites in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo say they are living
Niger revokes French company’s operating permit at major uranium mine
Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano, the company said, significantly escalating tensions between the military junta and the country’s former colonial power. Niger,
Malian political parties say leaders arrested amid crackdown
An alliance of political parties and civil society groups in junta-led Mali said several of their leaders were arrested on Thursday evening during a private meeting at a house of a former minister. The alliance
El Fasher death toll mounts amid calls to destroy RSF artillery
The death toll in El Fasher has risen to over 260, with more than a thousand five hundred injured since fighting began in May, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health
The Horn Of Africa States: All Is Not Well In The EAC – OpEd
On June 7th, 2024, the East Africa Community held its 23rd Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the member countries. The EAC is a regional organization that brings together the countries of East
Mali’s al-Qaida-linked Islamist leader convicted by ICC for war crimes in Timbuktu
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday (26 June) convicted an al-Qaida-linked jihadist who was accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants’ one-year rule over Mali’s Timbuktu in 2012. Al
Nigerian Army deploys 177 officials to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping
He said the Nigerian government, through ECOWAS, stood united with the government and people of Guinea-Bissau. The Nigeria Army, on Wednesday, announced the deployment of 177 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief
Analysts worried by report of Sahel militants crossing into Nigeria
Regional security analysts are warning Nigerian authorities to take caution following a new report that armed militants operating in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have a found their way into northwest Nigeria through the borders of
Somalie : Transfert de Base de l’ATMIS
La Mission de Transition Africaine en Somalie (ATMIS) a remis hier la base opérationnelle avancée de Ceel Eglow dans la région du Middle Shabelle à l’Armée Nationale Somalienne, marquant ainsi le troisième transfert de base