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People who had already run from one war found no safety in the next place they stopped. The headline is stark: Sudan paramilitary drone strike kills 41 displaced people in Blue Nile province, close to the Ethiopian border. The rights group Emergency Lawyers, which tracks the war, blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for Friday’s […]
During a trip that showed the longtime allies were getting along better after a fight, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was cautiously optimistic about keeping the peace. On Wednesday, he asked Ethiopia to make sure that people were held responsible for the brutal Tigray conflict, but he was cautiously optimistic about keeping the peace. […]
After wreaking havoc across southern Africa for the second time in a month, the catastrophic tropical cyclone Freddy is now certified to have claimed the lives of nearly 200 people in the country of Malawi. As the rain keeps coming down and rescue workers struggle to find both the dead and the living in the […]
Tropical Storm Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in one week over the weekend, killing more than one hundred people, injuring scores more, and leaving a path of devastation in its wake. On Monday, Mozambique and Malawi were assessing the damage caused by Freddy, which had ripped through the region over the […]
As violent extremism in West Africa’s Sahel region spreads southward toward coastal states, the United States military has initiated its annual military training exercise with the objective of assisting other armies in containing the jihadi threat. This week marked the beginning of the yearly U.S.-led exercise known as Flintlock, which provides training in counter-insurgency tactics […]
According to sources, fighting broke out on Friday between M23 militiamen and government forces close to the city of Goma in the eastern DR Congo, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon. The mission is the first part of an airlift that the European Union said would help the city last Saturday. On […]
Even though human rights groups were against it, Ugandan lawmakers brought a bill to parliament on Thursday that would make the punishments for same-sex relationships even harsher in a country where homosexuality is already illegal. The bill has been sent to a house committee for review by the Speaker of the House, Annet Anita Among. […]
On Tuesday, the UN and the Ethiopian refugee agencies said that about 100,000 people had fled fighting in Somaliland, the self-declared independent region of Somalia, and taken refuge in a remote area of Ethiopia where there was already a severe drought. This has occurred in the span of one month. The UN High Commissioner for […]
Local sources say that fighting was still going on in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, even though the M23 rebellion had agreed to a new ceasefire that was announced in Luanda on March 3. Hospital and humanitarian organization sources say that fighting between the army and the […]
The United States of America is the only country in the Sahel region that has not been the target of any assaults since 2011. Four jihadists broke out of a Nouakchott prison on Sunday night and killed two police officers before being caught. According to a statement released by the Ministry of the Interior on […]
The first group of Burundian soldiers who were supposed to go to the dangerous east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now arrived in Goma. In the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been struggling with the rise of militias, including the rebel March 23 Movement (M23), […]
At a rally against the government of Tunisia that was held on Saturday and organized by the influential UGTT trade union, which called on President Kaid Said to embrace “dialogue,” more than 3,000 people demonstrated against the government. Since freezing parliament and firing the government in July 2021, Saied has been able to concentrate almost […]
Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, stated that the period of French interference in African affairs was “well over” as he started a tour of four African nations to renew frayed ties. As a result of Africa’s reemergence as a theater for heated international competition and the expansion of the spheres of influence of Russia […]
On Wednesday, the Labour Party of Nigeria issued a statement condemning the results of the country’s presidential elections, alleging they were not “transparent, free, and fair.” Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate for the Labour Party, provided specific examples of acts of violence and voter intimidation during a briefing held on Wednesday. He also […]
Early Wednesday morning, it was announced that the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election was Bola Tinubu, who was running for the ruling party. Soon after, he thanked his supporters and made an appeal to his opponents, who are already demanding a rerun of the election in the country with the most people in Africa. Atiku […]
According to the provisional results that were published by the Electoral Commission on Monday, the non-party candidate for the presidency of Nigeria, Peter Obi, has won the most votes in the key state of Lagos, narrowly beating the candidate for the party that is currently in power in his home base. There are three strong […]
In order to stop China and Russia from becoming more powerful in the area, French President Emmanuel Macron will start a tour of the countries of central Africa the week after next. He will visit four of these countries during this tour. A summit on the environment is scheduled to take place in Gabon, which […]
The presidential election in Nigeria has been marked by long delays at some polling locations, but this has not dissuaded the large crowds of voters who are hoping for a fresh start after years of worsening violence and hardship under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The nation with the most people on the African […]
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 […]
