For years, the G5 Sahel has been mobilizing to fight extremists in the African region — but some experts believe that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s new Sahel alliance could render the French-inspired G5 group redundant. The decision by coup leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to ditch the France-supported G5 Sahel group could […]
Polls likely due in 2024 could unsettle Galmudug, a building block of Somalia’s federal project, increasing frictions along clan and other lines. State and federal authorities have a shared interest in ensuring a clean vote. They should cooperate toward that end. What’s new? The Somali federal member state of Galmudug has experienced recurrent strife during […]
Save the Children has reported that the number of children killed in Gaza over the last three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across all the world’s conflict zones since 2019. Since 07 October, more than 3 257 children are reported to have been killed. This includes at least 3 195 in […]
Fatima Muhammed Barnawi died on November 3rd, 2022, at the age of 83, in the Palestine Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She was subsequently buried in Gaza City, currently witnessing the genocidal atrocities of the settler colonial Zionist Israeli State. But most Nigerians would probably, never have imagined that the veritable lady of the Palestinian resistance, […]
Human Rights Watch February 2023 Submission to the UK Parliament The following submission was presented to the UK parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Sudan and South Sudan in February 2023, based on research by Human Rights Watch conducted since 2021. The submission was made prior to the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed […]
Immediate action is needed to prevent the Amhara conflict from extending regionally. Ethiopia’s Amhara region has been the epicentre of political violence and armed conflict, with Fano ethnic militias clashing with the federal government since April this year. Calls from national and international actors for hostilities to end have gone unanswered. President Sahle-Work Zewde, in […]
It was excitement on Tuesday as 68 year old Dusenge Rambahose,a Congolese refugee was reunited with her family by Uganda Red Cross , International Committee of the Red Cross Uganda and partners after 11 years. The development is a milestone for the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programme in Uganda, supported by the International Committee […]
Wad Madani / Port Sudan — On Friday evening, the authorities in El Gezira issued a curfew between 18:00 and 6:00, following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on areas near the state capital Wad Madani. Dozens of people have been injured in Abu Haraz. People living and sheltering in the city are fleeing […]
US private security company Bancroft Global Development says it is in talks with the Central African Republic over “future activities”, in a possible bid to muscle Russia’s Wagner mercenary group out of the country riven by a decade-long civil war. Bancroft denied having deployed in the CAR capital Bangui, but said it was in contact […]
Port Sudan — The Eastern Sudan Civil Forces Alliance yesterday renewed its call on the warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) not to transfer the war to the East in order to keep it a safe haven for civilians. In a press statement yesterday, the spokesperson for the Eastern […]
In the wake of the persistent threat of terrorism in Nigeria and the recent revelation by Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi (rtd) – that the plane crash which killed a former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, was caused by terrorism sponsors – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged not to sweep […]
Washington, DC — MODERATOR: Good afternoon from the State Department’s Brussels Media Hub. I would like to welcome everyone joining us for today’s virtual press briefing. We are very honored to be joined by the Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Molly Phee. A quick reminder that today’s briefing is on the record. […]
“ECOWAS, under the influence of foreign powers, betraying its founding principles, has become a threat to its member state…” Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso said. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso last week announced they wanted nothing to do with the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, further deepening tensions between the bloc and countries currently led by juntas. […]
MATADI, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Ngoma* is deaf, so she didn’t hear the group of boys as they snuck up behind her on a road in her hometown of Matadi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “They ambushed me, then dragged me to a secluded area and abused me,” she told UNFPA, […]
It beats the imagination and common sense that this security challenge is appearing unsurmountable. Amidst the chaos and despair, one cannot overlook the glaring lack of accountability in addressing the insecurity plaguing the nation. From the executive arm to the legislative arm, thence to the security and civil bureaucracies, pertinent questions are arising regarding the […]
As insecurity continues to plague various part of Nigeria, the federal government appears to have finally come around to the idea of having state police. Yesterday, at a meeting with 36 state governors, attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the national security adviser (NSA), the inspector-general of police (IGP), the director-general of the Directorate of […]
A movement of dozens of African civil society groups call on the AU to take actions in pursuit of climate justice, peace, and equality. We, the members of the African Movement Building Space, believe that the magnitude of the crises we face demands systemic change that results in the creation of sustainable societies and new […]
Khartoum — Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalated again in greater Khartoum last week. Especially Omdurman witnessed fierce clashes. In southern Khartoum, seven people were fatally hit by shells on Thursday. Four people were killed in a drone attack on a market in Khartoum North. All charity […]