In a development quite contrary to expectation, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has welcomed the extension of South Sudan's transitional period until February 2027. The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, had expressed his…
Ethiopia’s Tigray governing party (TPLF) quits ruling coalition
The Tigray bloc of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Monday announced it would ‘legally separate’ and instead work with parties that share its ideologies. The resolution by Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) was reached after a…
Iran’s Potential Retaliation Pose Big Threat to ‘Innocent’…
More than 3,000 additional U.S. troops were headed for the Middle East on Monday to bolster defenses in case Iran makes good on its threat to retaliate for the Trump administration's targeted killing of a…
President Trump Warns Erdogan Against Stoking the Fire…
Donald Trump warned his Turkish counterpart that “foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya”, after Ankara voted to send troops to the oil-rich North African state. President Trump spoke to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the…
Nigeria to withdraw troops from the north of…
The Nigerian military will be withdrawing troops from parts of the country to enable the Nigeria Police Force to assume full security control. Despite fresh threats by the Islamic State in collaboration with Boko Haram,…
Rwanda records 2,597 arrests for drunk driving in…
At least 2,500 people were arrested in 2019 in Rwanda for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a senior police officer revealed Saturday in Kigali.According to the Commissioner of Police in charge of…
Uganda’s President treks 192km in memory of bush…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, is currently on the 195-Km Great Trek that kicked off yesterday in memory of the National Resistance Army (NRA) Bush War that ushered in the National Resistance Movement (NRM)regime in 1986.The…
Al-Shabaab attacks base used by U.S.-Kenyan troops
The al-Shabab extremist group attacked a military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya early Sunday, with U.S. aircraft and vehicles destroyed, Kenyan authorities said. Kenya’s military said the pre-dawn breach was…
Zimbabwe votes against U.N. resolution on Rohingya persecution
Zimbabwe was the only African country that voted against a United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, resolution on the Myanmar persecution of Rohingya Muslims. The resolution, “Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was…
Boko Haram: Chad withdraws all troops from Nigeria
Chad has withdrawn its 1,200-strong force who were on months-long mission fighting Boko Haram from Nigeria. Chadian Army’s spokesman also confirmed on Saturday that none of their personnel remain in Nigeria. “It’s our troops who…
US Navy cancels joint exercises in Morocco, redeploys…
The US Navy has cancelled planned joint exercises with the Moroccan military amid raised tensions following the operation in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds…
Roadside bomb kills children on bus in Burkina…
Fourteen civilians, including many schoolchildren, died Saturday when a roadside bomb blew up their bus in northwestern Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province…
Egypt appeals against escalation in Iraq following US…
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was following developments in Iraq with great concern and appealed against any further escalation. The statement came after a U.S. air strike that killed the commander of Iran’s…
Ugandan president inaugurates “Africa Kwetu”
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday began a six-day walk in honor of the country’s fighters who won a five-year guerrilla war in 1986. Museveni flagged off the 195-km historic trek code-named “Africa Kwetu”, loosely…
Libya conflict may become ‘fierce war’ – Haftar
The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the…
Unidentified gunmen kill 19 in Central Nigeria
Gunmen on Thursday killed 19 people in a raid on a rural community in central Nigeria night, police said Friday. The assailants, yet unidentified, attacked the village of Tawari in Kogi State, 100 kilometres south…
Djibouti, Eritrea face threats as US-Iran conflict escalates:…
The Red Sea strait of Bab el Mandeb, located between Yemen and the African countries of Djibouti and Eritrea is one of the areas that might be on the receiving end of rising escalations between…
Pro, anti-Turkey protests rock Libya over troop deployment…
Two protests, for and against the news of Turkish military deployments into Libya took place in different parts of the country. On Thursday n the eastern city of Benghazi, Libyans took to the streets to…
Ethiopia’s opposition parties merge as election fever rises
Opposition parties in Ethiopia including Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Nationalist Party (ONP) have formed a coalition ahead of May’s national elections. The coalition comes hardly a week after OFC…
