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.

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,

Clashes between supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the police have killed at least 15 people. The violence erupted after he was sentenced to two years in prison. Senegalese government officials said on Saturday

Chronic emergencies in Africa are being ignored while Ukraine dominates headlines and receives more funding, says NGO The displacement of 2 million people in Burkina Faso has been named the world’s most neglected crisis, while

The measures came a day after Sudan’s military pulled out of peace talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah that aimed to stop the fighting. The United States announced new sanctions on Thursday on two

Over the past three months, observers have speculated about the restoration of ties between Egypt and Iran. For many, it seemed logical for the Egyptian regime of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to follow the Saudi example

It is over a month since clashes erupted between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to severe losses and further destabilising a politically fragile and insecure region which has long been

Local authorities and Amhara forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have continued to forcibly expel Tigrayans as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign in Western Tigray Zone since the November 2, 2022, truce agreement, Human