Addis Abeba — On Monday, December 19, 2022, a document specifying terms of reference (TOR) for a monitoring, verification, and compliance mechanism of the “Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement” (the Pretoria agreement) was signed in Nairobi, Kenya. In this TOR the parties agreed to form a joint committee composed of one representative from each of […]
Tag: Peace and Security
Addis Abeba — Ethiopians residing in Western Gonder, Quara district and the Sudanese residing in Ankurana and Kerchedi villages held people to people discussions on 01 January aimed at addressing root causes infrequent insecurities and tof guarantee security and cementing lasting peace in their borders. According to information from the Amhara regional state Communications Bureau […]
Abuja — The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put his house in order and save the country from, “repeated, unwarranted national embarrassments.” The advised was is contained in a statement made available in Abuja, yesterday, by the SMBLF and signed by its leaders, Chief Edwin Clark, […]
Investigations have kicked off into circumstances under which a UPDF soldier under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) shot three of his colleagues dead in Mogadishu on Monday morning. Investigations have kicked off into circumstances under which a UPDF soldier under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) shot three of his […]
With violence continuing into the new year, security experts call on the EU to push for a more local approach in Mali. Disputes with Mali’s ruling military junta and their close relationship with Russian mercenaries over the past two years have caused France, Germany and their EU allies to wind down security operations in the […]
Cape Town — The European Union (EU) has called on all states in the Great Lakes region to stop support from flowing to armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but has singled out Rwanda for an unusually blunt warning. In a statement issued on December 31, referring to rebels of the “March 23 […]
The East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF) deployed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over two territories formally under control of the M23 fighters. This was reached on Saturday, December 31 in a meeting between officials from the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF), the ad Hoc Verification Mechanism and Extended Joint […]
Mogadishu — The Federal government of Somalia has issued a statement announcing fresh fighting in the central coastal region of Mudug, a hotbed of terror. The battle occurred in the vicinity of Harardere after two groups within Al-Shabaab disagreed over the surrender to the Somali army after a series of battlefield defeats. A number of […]
Momodou Sabally was arrested after Gambia’s government said it had thwarted a coup. He was minister under strongman Yahya Jammeh, who ruled for 22 years. The Gambian government has released former minister Momodou Sabally, his lawyer said Friday. The opposition politician was detained last week as the government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. […]
Kismayo — Jubaland state of Somalia said its troops killed several Al-Shabaab members were killed in the Lower Juba region during a counter-attack. Lieutenant general Ismail Sahardid Keydsane confirmed that the regional troops repulsed an attack against a military base in Baarka, which lies near the coastal town of Kismayo. Jubaland is preparing for an […]
Garowe — The President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, has issued a statement on the situation in the city of Lasanood. He accused Somaliland of carrying out a brutal attack on the civilians. Deni said that the Somaliland army killed innocent people, who came out only to protest against the hunting of the key figures, […]
Khartoum — The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) is organising a number of workshops to prepare for the nation-wide dialogues on the five outstanding issues that have to be agreed on with the military junta in order to start a new transitional period governed by a civilian government. The dialogues are scheduled to start on January […]
Implementation of Pretoria agreement speeds up. Ethiopia’s federal government would retake command of the city of Mekelle, capital of the Tigray regional state, in the coming few days, exactly two years after the onset of war in November 2022. On December 29, 2022, federal police troops were stationed in Mekelle to safeguard federal facilities and […]
Categories
East Africa: South Sudan Drowns in War
The new President of Kenya, William Ruto (PhD), revealed on the eve of this year’s Christmas, December 24, 2022, how his government is deeply concerned about the recent escalation of hostilities in South Sudan, a nation with which Kenya shares a narrow border compared to other neighbors. Ruto’s statement referred to his country as a […]
Five million of the people are in Tigray Authorities in Ethiopia estimate that over eight million people are now dependent on humanitarian aid because of the war in the country’s north. A report was released when the humanitarian situation in North Ethiopia began to improve after a peace deal was reached between the federal government […]
The court said the Ivorian soldiers sought to undermine Mali’s security. The arrest of the soldiers has sparked a diplomatic row between the two West African nations. Forty-six Ivory Coast soldiers were sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring against Mali’s government, a court in Mali ruled on Friday. Public prosecutor Ladji Sara said […]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30,000 civilians to flee their homes. According to OCHA, armed men from Jonglei state, an eastern region beset by gun violence, attacked communities in nearby Greater Pibor […]
Niamey, Niger — Countries in Africa’s Western Sahel region — including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — saw a 50% increase in deaths due to conflict in 2022. That’s according to figures from the Armed Location and Event Data Project. As violence has spread, so too has Russia’s influence and political instability, with increasing coups […]