Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an “unrelenting” drought, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. An estimated 24,000 people have arrived at the camp complex since the end of September, some of the […]
Tag: Peace and Security
Geneva — The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for tens of thousands of Somalis in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps as unrelenting drought grips the Horn of Africa and funding dries up. More than 80,000 Somalis fleeing conflict and drought have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps over the past two years, more […]
Khartoum, Sudan — More than 50 Sudanese political forces, civil groups and the military leaders signed a power-sharing deal Monday that raised hopes of ending violent clashes between security and protesters since last year’s coup. The agreement calls for immediate security and military reforms which include combining all militias, including the Sudan paramilitary Rapid Support […]
Addis Abeba — Protests erupted in many towns and cities, including schools and university compounds, in different places across Oromia following the weekend violence in East Wollega zone of Oromia regional state, in western Ethiopia. The attacks on 25 and 29 of November in Kiremu and Gida Ayana districts of East Wollega Zone, which authorities […]
Peace talks in Nairobi between the DR Congo government and multiple armed groups could not be concluded on time on Monday, December 5, after some delegates left the negotiation area citing unpaid allowances. Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the facilitator of the Nairobi process, was expected to announce the outcome of the weeklong […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Biruta, has said that the misguided approach to pacifying eastern DR Congo has only worsened the persistent security challenges in the restive region for close to three decades. He was responding to a tweet and subsequent statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that followed the latter’s conversation […]
President Muhammadu has urged the Nigerian Army to remain apolitical and committed to the discharge of their constitutional duties in line with global best practices. The president made the remarks while declaring open the 2022 Chief of Army Staff annual conference held at international conference center Kasarawa, Sokoto state. He said his administration has maintained […]
Nairobi — Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to reconvene the official closing session of the Nairobi process of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace talks. Kenyatta was forced to postpone the session Monday after a section of delegates walked out in protest over unpaid allowances and other issues. The former Head of State […]
Nigeria yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation with Vietnam. The signing of the MoU was the major highlight of the bilateral meeting between the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his Vietnamese counterpart, Madam Võ Thi Ánh Xuân, at the presidential palace in Hanoi. In a statement issued by the media […]
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has denied accusing the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) of insincerity and exaggeration of oil theft figures as reported in a national daily. The Navy in statement issued yesterday and signed by its Director of Information, AO Ayo-Vaughan Commodore, said in collaboration with the NNPC, both bodies were working together […]
The best current pictures of zones of insecurity, areas of return, and motivation for return is given in a 1 November study by Joao Feijó of the OMR (Rural Observatory), based on extensive October interviews. He finds thousands of displaced people are returning home, “mainly motivated by factors of revulsion to the resettlement sites (related […]
The Cabo Delgado civil war continues, with insurgents moving south into mining areas, Chiure district, and down to the Lúrio River and again into Nampula province. There have been attacks near the two main roads. The Indian-owned Gemrock ruby mine on the border between Ancuabe and Moatize districts was attacked 20 October, with substantial damage […]
The ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Political Affairs, will hold a special retreat for focal point Directorates working with the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) from 7th – 9th of December, 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. The retreat, which is financially supported by the Royal Danish Government, is meant among others, to increase the synergy […]
Ending war needs more than military force; End normalised corruption and give youth hope of a better future, say Catholic bishops With young people still joining the insurgents, “we must unite all our efforts to find ways of solving this disgrace, not depending solely on the use of military force,” says a pastoral letter published […]
TotalEnergies and France seem to be inching toward resuming work on the gas inside a protection zone run by Rwanda, while the war continues elsewhere in Cabo Delgado. TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne has said repeatedly he would not return until there is peace, but that seems increasingly unlikely, and he is under pressure to generate […]
The heaviest fighting continues in two places that will worry TotalEnergies. The map below shows insurgents have not been pushed far out of the two gas districts of Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, which TotalEnergies will want as its security zone. In Nangade district on the Rovuma River border with Tanzania, battles have effectively closed […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning a peacekeeping force to intervene against jihadism in its member states and in the event of coups. West Africa’s leaders on Sunday agreed to establish a regional peacekeeping force to intervene against jihadism and to help restore constitutional order in a region that has seen […]
Khartoum — El Wasig El Bereir, Secretary-General of the National Umma Party (NUP) and spokesperson for the Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) said that the signing of the framework agreement with the military will be no later than Monday. However, Adel Khalafallah, the spokesperson for the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party, says that the […]