Sudan’s warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war, an African regional bloc said Sunday. Meanwhile, Sudan’s
Pentagon Says It Seeks To Quell Violent Extremism In Africa’s Sahel Region
Security in Africa’s Sahel region has steadily declined over the last decade, Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Sahel is a semiarid region that
Attack on Red Cross convoy in Sudan kills two, injures seven
An attack on a humanitarian convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Sudanese capital Khartoum killed two people and injured seven on Sunday, the ICRC said. The wounded included three ICRC
The Nigerian Army And Tudun Biri Nakbah – OpEd
Outrage, anger and shock have greeted the killing of 85 persons including women and children in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State by Army drone strikes targeting suspected terrorists but which accidentally
Al Qaeda’s Growing Presence in Southern Yemen Is a Threat to the Regional Security Framework
The recent announcement of an assassination of the commander of the Security Belt forces (in South Yemen), Brigadier General Abdul Latif Al-Sayed, by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is yet another reminder that not
‘They Followed Wrong Intel’: Why Nigerian Army Bombed Over 100 Civilians In Kaduna
An official statement from the Nigerian army, released today, Dec. 5 and signed by its Spokesperson Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the group had been on “aerial patrol when they observed a group of people
Gabon Coup Leader Visits Cameroon to Press for End to CEMAC Sanctions
Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, visited Cameroon on Wednesday, asking central African states to lift economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections. When Nguema ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in
Creating a Culture of Military Professionalism in Senegal
Senegal’s culture of military professionalism has been the outcome of a deliberate and long-term effort to inculcate values of service, meritocracy, and respect for democratic values. The Senegalese Armed Forces are recognized for their professionalism,
RSF turned media premises into detention facilities: Sudanese Journalists Union
The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has denounced the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)’s use of the buildings of the Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) as detention centres and the subsequent sale of SBC equipment in Omdurman markets. In
Mali : 500 personnes exécutées par l’armée et des combattants étrangers en 2022 à Moura (ONU)
Les Nations unies ont accusé vendredi l’armée malienne et des combattants « étrangers » d’avoir exécuté en mars 2022 au moins cinq cent personnes lors d’une opération antijihadiste dans le centre du pays, dans un