The UK has put specific sanctions on people connected to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) because more proof of war crimes in the Darfur region has come to light. After a BBC Verify investigation found that executions in El-Fasher were the fault of a high-ranking RSF officer, the move was made. El-Fasher is a place […]
Ecuador has made a bold move to strengthen its national security apparatus and this was done via the official declaration of the Muslim Brotherhood qas a terrorist group under Presidential Decree 239. This action indicates the growing world-wide apprehension against extremist movements and indicates a strong desire of Ecuador to be part of the international […]
An attack on a village in the central region of Mali that is being blamed on jihadists has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 civilians, according to statements made by local authorities on Friday. The assault on Kani-Bonzon on Thursday took place not too far from the border with northern Burkina Faso, which […]
The current drought conditions in the Horn of Africa are worse than those that existed during the hunger that occurred in 2011, during which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives. It was announced on Wednesday by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center that below-normal rainfall is anticipated during the monsoon season over […]
Just days before the presidential elections, at least eight Nigerian police officers were slain in separate attacks in the southeast of the nation by suspected rebels. More than 90 million people are enrolled to vote this Saturday to choose President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in Nigeria. Buhari is standing down after serving two terms in office. […]
During the recent annual summit of the African Union, which was held in Ethiopia, a disagreement regarding Israel’s accreditation to the organization led to the removal of a top Israeli diplomat. During the opening ceremony of the summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, a video was posted to social media showing security workers walking Ambassador […]
On Saturday, African leaders gathered to discuss a myriad of challenges that the continent is currently experiencing. At the same time, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged them to do more to bring peace to regions that have been torn apart by conflict. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn as well […]
Violence in the disputed town of Las Anod in Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia, has forced more than 185,000 people to leave their homes. This is according to the local office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). “More than 185,000 people have been displaced,” Osha wrote […]
According to the president of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which is an agency of the United Nations, there has been a considerable increase in the number of women and children traveling from the Horn of Africa to Gulf countries through Yemen. This is a matter of alarm (UN). According to IOM Director General […]
Flooding brought on by heavy rains over the past several days prompted South Africa to proclaim a state of national disaster on Monday night. Crisis management centers in many provinces say that seven people have already died and that others have gone missing because of the flooding. The effect of the floods has prompted the […]
The “outbreak” of the Marburg virus has reportedly caused the deaths of nine people in Equatorial Guinea, according to the country’s health minister and the WHO. The hemorrhagic fever has a mortality rate that is almost identical to that of Ebola. According to the country’s health minister, Equatorial Guinea has verified it’s first-ever outbreak of […]
In one of the areas of Uganda with the lowest level of resources and the lowest ratio of doctors to patients, where there is only one doctor for every 25,000 people, achievements are not ignored. However, in the Nakaseke district of Uganda, which is approximately 65 kilometers away from the capital city of Kampala, there […]
After the visit to the region by the Russian ambassador, Sergey Lavrov, the foreign ministers of three nations in West Africa that have lately been the target of military coups have appealed for their countries to be readmitted into two important regional blocs. In a joint statement released on Thursday, the top diplomats of Mali, […]
According to Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda, Cameroon has limited mobility along the border with Equatorial Guinea in the wake of “many inexplicable deaths” caused by an unknown illness that causes hemorrhagic fever. Manaouda made the announcement on Friday. In a statement, he explained that the limits were put in place because of “the […]
An ambush on a supply convoy carrying United Nations soldiers in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in the deaths of eight civilians, according to a military governor in the region. According to the governor of the North Kivu province, the soldiers were firing “warning bullets” during the violence […]
According to a new toll that was announced on Monday by the governor of the Sahel region, at least 25 people were killed in an attack that is suspected to have been carried out by jihadists in the northern region of Burkina Faso on Saturday. This includes at least 22 civilians and three police officers. […]
The military junta that now rules Mali announced on Sunday that it was dismissing the head of the UN mission’s human rights section, MINUSMA, and giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision was made after a Malian rights activist made a speech at a United Nations conference last month in which he […]
The heads of state in the region have demanded that all parties to the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately stop fighting. As Congo and its neighboring country, Rwanda, accuse each other of helping armed rebels, tensions are rising in the area, and people are talking about going to […]
According to a statement that was reported by AFP on Friday, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Burkina Faso that focuses on human rights has accused the army of killing at least 25 people, including a lady and a baby, in the east of the country this week. These allegations were initially met with silence from […]
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has issued a warning that as much as half of the drugs that are now for sale in the Sahel region are either of poor quality or have passed their expiration date. The substandard medications are removed from the distribution chain in Europe, as well as, […]