Rebels and troops clash in DRC despite summit call
Goma – Fighting flared on Monday between the DRC’s army and M23 rebels in the country’s troubled east, just... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Gunmen kill five policemen in southeast Nigeria
Lagos – Less than a week before presidential elections in Nigeria, gunmen killed five police officers in two separate... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Eight soldiers killed in jihadist-torn Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – Eight soldiers have died in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Burkina Faso announces French army operation officially over
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso announced on Sunday that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state... Read more
20 Feb, 2023
UN says Somaliland clashes displace more than 185 000
Nairobi – Clashes have forced more than 185 000 people to flee their homes in a contested border town... Read more
18 Feb, 2023
Amnesty says M23 rebels raped dozens of women in east DRC
Kinshasa – M23 rebels raped more than 60 women and girls during attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more
18 Feb, 2023
Two teens killed in Guinea anti-junta clashes, relatives claim
Conakry – Two people died on Thursday in clashes between anti-junta protesters and security forces in Guinea, a municipal... Read more
18 Feb, 2023
DRC launches voter registration in violence-torn east
Goma – Voter registration ahead of year-end presidential elections got underway on Thursday in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC)... Read more
17 Feb, 2023
The raging jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – The West African state of Burkina Faso is in the grip of a jihadist insurgency that has... Read more
17 Feb, 2023
Ethiopia church says crisis over as rogue bishops apologise
Nairobi – Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christian Church, one of the oldest in the world, says a crisis that erupted after... Read more
17 Feb, 2023
