Amnesty International has welcomed a UN report accusing the Malian army and “foreign” fighters of having executed over 500 people in 2022 during anti-jihadi operations in the Moura region. The figures by the UN High
Libyan forces deploy in western city after deadly fighting
A Libyan interposition force deployed in the country’s western city of Zawiya after battles between armed groups left three people dead. Rival factions in the city had been fighting on and off for weeks before
Sudan’s military chief freezes bank accounts of rival paramilitary group amid truce attempts
Sudan’s military chief has ordered the freezing of all bank accounts belonging to a rival paramilitary force. The two sides have battled for weeks across Sudan, pushing the troubled country to the brink of all-out
Le Soudan, eldorado des mercenaires étrangers
Des combattants venus du Mali, du Tchad et du Niger soutiendraient les miliciens du général « Hemetti », qui bénéficieraient aussi d’armes en provenance de Libye. Sur le champ de bataille soudanais, les deux généraux
Manifestation réprimée au Tchad : 77 personnes condamnées à la prison vont être graciées
Ces condamnations font suite à une manifestation violemment réprimée le 20 octobre 2022, où 73 personnes avaient été tuées selon le gouvernement. Soixante-dix-sept personnes ont été condamnées à de la prison ferme après une manifestation
Somalia: FGS dispatches troops for second phase of Al-Shabaab crackdown
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has dispatched soldiers to various front lines awaiting the second phase of a crackdown against Al-Shabaab militants, in what comes a few days to the official scale-down of soldiers serving
Somalia: At least 4 soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab bomb attack
Uganda-trained soldiers were among security officers killed in Sunday’s suspected Al-Shabaab explosion, police said in a report, just moments after Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre lauded the progress made in the restoration of safety in
Sudan war complicates Russia’s port plans, strains Wagner ties in Libya
Events in Sudan would have perhaps gone unnoticed in Russian society, including by politicians and the media, if Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had not visited Khartoum two months before fighting broke out last week
Sudan Crisis Holds Real Danger For Arab, North Africa And Sahel Nations – OpEd
It has been somewhat inevitable that Sudan’s geopolitical position has seen the crisis in that country spill over into the region including the Sahel and North African countries. These nations are not immune to the
EACRF struggles with a belligerent host already seeking Plan B
Countries contributing troops to the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) have found themselves arguing for a need to have the mission stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid a move by Kinshasa