Women in rural Morocco face educational barriers which hinders development. The literacy rate for women in Morocco is around 54%. In contrast, the literacy rate for men is around 75%. This difference is due to
Al-Qaeda-linked Group Claims Deadly Mali Attack On UN Peacekeepers
An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack last week in Mali’s deeply troubled north that killed two United Nations peacekeepers. Mali has been grappling with a political and security crisis since
More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations
More than 45 people have been killed and a dozen wounded by a militia group in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, said the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo on Monday. The attack, which occurred Sunday
New video shows Al-Shabaab leader dispatching fighters to AU military base
The Al-Shabaab militants have released a new video purportedly of its leader Ahmed Umar alias Abu Ubaidah, the Emir who is on the US list of most wanted terrorists, allegedly addressing fighters in an undisclosed
DR Congo says Sudan army killed 10 citizens in Khartoum
Ten Democratic Republic of Congo citizens have died in Sudanese army strikes on a Khartoum university campus, the Congolese government said on Monday. Sudan has been mired in a political and humanitarian crisis since mid-April
Bandits kill 30 villagers in northern Nigeria in protection-money reprisal attack
Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria’s north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local police have said. Attackers on motorcycles “killed eight people
Attaque meurtrière contre un camp de déplacés en RDC
Une nouvelle tuerie attribuée à une milice communautaire a fait au moins 46 morts, dont de nombreux enfants, dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi dans un camp de déplacés du nord-est de la RDC,
Bénin: l’armée recrute pour sécuriser ses frontières
Au Bénin, le recrutement exceptionnel de 5000 jeunes Béninois par l’armée annoncé par le gouvernement en avril dernier a démarré. Depuis 2021 le Bénin fait face à des attaques de groupes armés. Ce recrutement entre
Mali: UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in attack
The attack took place in the northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate according to the United Nations. A security patrol was targeted first by an improvised explosive device and then by
Six civilians killed in extremist attack in Mogadishu beachside hotel
Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday (June 9) night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. The police statement published on Saturday said 10 other