DRC army clashes with M23 rebels around strategic highway
Goma – Troops clashed with M23 rebels around a strategic highway in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on... Read more
29 Oct, 2022
Mali militarises police force
Bamako – Mali on Thursday announced the militarisation of the police, as it seeks to quell a decade-old jihadist... Read more
29 Oct, 2022
Rights group says hundreds massacred in Mali by Islamic State jihadists
Niamey – Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State group have massacred hundreds of people in northeast Mali this... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Sudanese protest to call on UN to end tribal conflicts
Khartoum – Around 150 Sudanese protesters rallied on Thursday in front of the United Nations headquarters in Khartoum to... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
US accuses Russia’s Wagner of worsening security in Mali
Dakar – Mali’s security situation has become “significantly worse” due to the ruling junta’s choices, including an alleged decision... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso sets up government on ‘war footing’
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation’s territory,... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso recruits 50 000 civilians to help battle jihadists
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50 000 civilian defence volunteers to help the... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Jihadist raids spark new exodus in Mozambique
Chiúre – Even the exhaustion from walking 40 kilometres, fleeing jihadists who had attacked her village, could not mask the... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Hunger forces hard choices in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northeast
Gongulong – Ten years ago the threat of jihadist violence forced Falmata Mustapha to abandon the fertile land that her... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso ‘terrorist’ attack kills 10 soldiers
Ouagadougou – At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers died and around 50 were wounded on Monday in an assault... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
